Re-configurable multi-standard terminal for heterogeneous networks

Author

Brakensiek, Jörg ; Oelkrug, Bernhard ; Bücker, Martin ; Uffmann, Dirk ; Dröge, Axel

Author_Institution

Nokia Res. Center, Bochum, Germany

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

30

Abstract

The next generation of mobile communication systems will lead to an integration of existing networks and access technologies, forming a heterogeneous network. New architectures are needed to serve new requirements from these new systems. The paper highlights the requirements of a reconfigurable multi-standard terminal from the physical-layer point of view. A reconfigurable architecture consisting of algorithm domain specific accelerators, allowing autonomous complex digital signal processing without interference from a microprocessor or digital signal processor, is explained. Performance comparison numbers with the latest digital signal processors show the effectiveness of the proposed architecture.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; digital signal processing chips; power consumption; radio access networks; reconfigurable architectures; software radio; telecommunication terminals; access technologies; algorithm domain specific accelerators; autonomous complex digital signal processing; heterogeneous networks; next generation mobile communication; power consumption; reconfigurable architecture; reconfigurable multi-standard terminal; Computer architecture; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processors; Energy consumption; Microprocessors; Mobile communication; Next generation networking; Signal processing algorithms; Software radio; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2002. RAWCON 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7458-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2002.1030109

Filename

1030109