Title :
A flexible FPGA-based MIMO geometric fading channel simulator for rapid prototyping
Author :
Fard, Saeed Fouladi ; Alimohammad, Amirhossein ; Cockburn, Bruce ; Schlegel, Christian
Author_Institution :
Ukalta Eng., Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We present an FPGA-based baseband fading simulator for the fast verification of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication systems. The simulator can be reconfigured in real time to simulate different geometric MIMO channel models. When implemented on a Xilinx XC5VLX110 FPGA, our 4 × 4 MIMO fading channel simulator occupies only 6.6% of the configurable slices while generating more than 16 × 324 million samples per second.
Keywords :
fading channels; field programmable gate arrays; FPGA-based baseband fading simulator; MIMO wireless communication system; field programmable gate arrays; flexible FPGA-based MIMO geometric fading channel simulator; geometric MIMO channel models; multiple input multiple output; multiple-input multiple-output; rapid prototyping; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Fading; Field programmable gate arrays; Light scattering; MIMO; Solid modeling; Transmitting antennas; Virtual prototyping; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Field-Programmable Technology, 2009. FPT 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4375-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4377-2
DOI :
10.1109/FPT.2009.5377634
