Guo, YuanbinMcCain, DennisCavallaro, Joseph R.Takach, Andres2012-06-042012-06-042006-07-01Y. Guo, D. McCain, J. R. Cavallaro and A. Takach, "Rapid Industrial Prototyping and SoC Design of 3G/4G Wireless Systems Using an HLS Methodology," <i>EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems,</i> vol. 2006, no. Article ID 14952, 2006.10.1155/ES/2006/14952http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=2075168015207292411&hl=en&as_sdt=0,44https://hdl.handle.net/1911/64214Many 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.engMIMO-OFDMWireless systemsVLSIHLS methodologyJournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ES/2006/14952