Rapid Industrial Prototyping and SoC Design of 3G/4G Wireless Systems Using an HLS Methodology

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2006-07-01
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Many very-high-complexity signal processing algorithms are required in future wireless systems, giving tremendous challenges to real-time implementations. In this paper, we present our industrial rapid prototyping experiences on 3G/4G wireless systems using advanced signal processing algorithms in MIMO-CDMA and MIMO-OFDM systems. Core system design issues are studied and advanced receiver algorithms suitable for implementation are proposed for synchronization, MIMO equalization, and detection. We then present VLSI-oriented complexity reduction schemes and demonstrate how to interact these high-complexity algorithms with an HLS-based methodology for extensive design space exploration. This is achieved by abstracting the main effort from hardware iterations to the algorithmic C/C++ fixed-point design. We also analyze the advantages and limitations of the methodology. Our industrial design experience demonstrates that it is possible to enable an extensive architectural analysis in a short-time frame using HLS methodology, which significantly shortens the time to market for wireless systems.

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MIMO-OFDM, Wireless systems, VLSI, HLS methodology
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Y. Guo, D. McCain, J. R. Cavallaro and A. Takach, "Rapid Industrial Prototyping and SoC Design of 3G/4G Wireless Systems Using an HLS Methodology," EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems, vol. 2006, no. Article ID 14952, 2006.

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