A Workbench for Analytical and Simulation Based Design Space Exploration of Software Defined Radios

Author

Kempf, T. ; Wallentowitz, S. ; Ascheid, G. ; Leupers, R. ; Meyr, H.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Integrated Signal Process. Syst., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen

fYear

2009

fDate

5-9 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

286

Abstract

This paper presents a workbench addressing the issue of early design space exploration for Software Defined Radios (SDRs). Key contribution is a pre-simulation mathematical analysis based on Synchronous Data Flow (SDF) graphs, which supports system architects in their soft- and hardware design decisions at early design stages. The analysis is integrated into an Electronic System Level (ESL) based simulation framework allowing a seamless design flow from purely mathematical analysis down to the final implementation of the SDR. In a case study of an exemplary selected physical layer processing the usefullness of the workbench is highlighted.

Keywords

software radio; design space exploration; electronic system level-based simulation framework; software defined radios; synchronous data flow; Analytical models; Communication standards; Hardware; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical model; Process design; Signal design; Software radio; Space exploration; Wireless communication; Design Space Exploration; ESL design; Multiprocessor System-on-Chip; Software Defined Radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, 2009 22nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

ISSN

1063-9667

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3506-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLSI.Design.2009.24

Filename

4749688