Title :
A heterogeneous reconfigurable baseband architecture for wireless LAN transceivers
Author :
Lu, Wenqing ; Zhao, Shuang ; Lu, Chao ; Zhou, Xiaofang ; Sobelman, Gerald E.
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of ASIC & Syst., Fudan Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
An efficient and configurable computational platform is indispensable in order to meet multiple wireless communications standards. We have developed a heterogeneous reconfigurable architecture to support the arithmetic, logic and signal processing functions which are required for transceivers used in standardized wireless local area networks. Each execution unit in this reconfigurable architecture focuses on a certain general operation, so that the combination of them can complete the various algorithms. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach through an implementation of the baseband of IEEE 802.11a/b/g standards and evaluate its performance.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; reconfigurable architectures; transceivers; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11standard; heterogeneous reconfigurable baseband architecture; wireless LAN transceiver; wireless communications standard; wireless local area network; Arithmetic; Baseband; Communication standards; Computer architecture; Reconfigurable architectures; Reconfigurable logic; Signal processing algorithms; Transceivers; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; WLAN; reconfigurable architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Electro/Information Technology, 2008. EIT 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2029-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2030-8
DOI :
10.1109/EIT.2008.4554315
