Title :
Configurable baseband digital transceiver for Gbps wireless 60 GHz communications
Author :
Diamantopoulos, D. ; Galiatsatos, P. ; Karachalios, A. ; Lentaris, G. ; Reisis, D. ; Soudris, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
The evolution of 60 GHz wireless networks using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technique imposed requirements of increased processing in the baseband implementations. The current paper focuses on the design of a pipelined architecture realizing the baseband functions. The design bases on using parallel paths to achieve a throughput of 1.6 Gbps. The number of paths is configured at compile time to be 4, 8 or 16, for achieving maximal throughput by either using cutting edge technology FPGA platforms or target implementations with low cost devices. FPGA implementations validate the results.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; field programmable gate arrays; radio transceivers; wireless channels; FPGA; Gbps wireless communications; baseband functions; bit rate 1.6 Gbit/s; configurable baseband digital transceiver; cutting edge technology; frequency 60 GHz; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; parallel paths; pipelined architecture; wireless networks; Baseband; Computer architecture; Estimation; OFDM; Receivers; Synchronization; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beirut
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1845-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1844-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2011.6122246
