A Reconfigurable Tile-Based Architecture to Compute FFT and FIR Functions in the Context of Software-Defined Radio

Ajay Kapoor, Sabih H. Gerez, F.W. Hoeksema, Roelof Schiphorst

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    Abstract

    Software-defined radio (SDR) is the term used for flexible radio systems that can deal with multiple standards. For an efficient implementation, such systems require appropriate reconfigurable architectures. This paper targets the efficient implementation of the most computationally intensive kernels of two significantly different standards, viz. Bluetooth and HiperLAN/2, on the same reconfigurable hardware. These kernels are FIR filtering and FFT. The designed architecture is based on a two-dimensional arrangement of 17 tiles. Each tile contains a multiplier, an adder, local memory and multiplexers allowing flexible communication with the neighboring tiles. The tile-base data path is complemented with a global controller and various memories. The design has been implemented in SystemC and simulated extensively to prove equivalence with a reference all-software design. It has also been synthesized and turns out to outperform significantly other reconfigurable designs with respect to speed and area.
    Original languageUndefined
    Pages369-377
    Publication statusPublished - 2005
    Event16th Workshop on Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, ProRISC 2005 - Veldhoven, Netherlands
    Duration: 17 Nov 200518 Nov 2005
    Conference number: 16

    Workshop

    Workshop16th Workshop on Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, ProRISC 2005
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    CityVeldhoven
    Period17/11/0518/11/05

    Keywords

    • IR-59530
    • architectures for digital signal processing
    • Software-defined radio (SDR)

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