Title :
A feasibility study of UML in the software defined radio
Author_Institution :
Commun. Test Oper., Agilent Technol. Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Abstract :
This paper studies the feasibility of using UML in software defined radio (SDR). The contributions of the study are in three areas: 1) SDR is used as an example to elaborate the UML for hardware software co-design in embedded communication system. A hybrid UML design approach for the SDR open architecture, SCA, is elaborated in the paper. 2) Some compiler design techniques are also elaborated. The integration and mapping of UML with other languages, e.g. VHDL in the system design and hardware software is discussed as well. 3) Some extensions for UML are proposed for the real time embedded system, especially SDR.
Keywords :
computer architecture; embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; program compilers; software radio; specification languages; systems analysis; VHDL; compiler design techniques; embedded communication system; feasibility study; hardware software codesign; open architecture; real time embedded system; software defined radio; system design; unified modeling language; very high-speed integrated circuit hardware description languages; Communication system software; Computer architecture; Hardware; Object oriented modeling; Operating systems; Radio control; Real time systems; Software radio; Space technology; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Design, Test and Applications, Proceedings. DELTA 2004. Second IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Perth, WA, Australia
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2081-2
DOI :
10.1109/DELTA.2004.10050
