Title :
Design and Implementation of a Reconfigurable OFDM Modulator for Software-Defined Radios
Author :
Palacios, Oscar Robles ; Cardenas, Carlos Silva
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Group, Pontificia Univ. Catolica del Peru, Lima
Abstract :
The purpose of the present work is to describe the design and implementation of an innovating and flexible architecture of an electronic device that allows us to perform orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation on a FPGA. In addition to that, it is the main purpose of this paper to highlight the versatility of the hardware implemented, which is ideal for the software- defined radio technology. The architecture presented is based on the direct digital synthesis (DDS) theory and is implemented using a hardware description language (VDHL) code. The outcome of the implementation is a portable, scalable, quickly adaptable and configurable system which supplies a high quality signal.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; codes; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; software radio; FPGA; VDHL; direct digital synthesis theory; hardware description language code; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation; reconfigurable OFDM modulator; software-defined radios; Clocks; Digital communication; Digital signal processing; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware design languages; OFDM modulation; Quadrature phase shift keying; Signal design; Signal generators; Signal synthesis;
Conference_Titel :
Programmable Logic, 2008 4th Southern Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Carlos de Bariloche
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1992-0
DOI :
10.1109/SPL.2008.4547767
