Tackling 4G challenges with "TACT" - Design and optimization of 4G radio receivers with a transceiver architecture comparison tool (TACT)

Author

González, Delia Rodríguez de Llera ; Rusu, Ana ; Ismail, Mohammed

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm

Volume

22

Issue

6

fYear

2006

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Current integration trends imposed by the market are pushing toward the software radio paradigm. 4G radio receivers, where different wireless standards converge, make RF engineers face harder and harder challenges. Electronic design automation (EDA) tools play an increasing role in the design and verification of wireless system. This article presents a transceiver architecture comparison tool (TACT) which is a hierarchical, user-friendly, Matlab-based tool. It automates the design-space exploration procedure for 4G (fourth generation) wireless receivers. An example that considers a multistandard wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA)/wireless local area network (WLAN) receiver was also presented to illustrate the capabilities of TACT

Keywords

4G mobile communication; broadband networks; circuit optimisation; code division multiple access; electronic design automation; software radio; transceivers; wireless LAN; 4G radio receivers; Matlab tool; WCDMA; WLAN receiver; design-space exploration; electronic design automation; multistandard wideband code division multiple access; software radio; transceiver architecture comparison tool; wireless local area network; wireless system design; wireless system verification; Computer architecture; Design optimization; Electronic design automation and methodology; Multiaccess communication; Radio frequency; Receivers; Software radio; Software standards; Transceivers; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

8755-3996

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCD.2006.307272

Filename

4099510