An Open and Reconfigurable Platform for 4G Telecommunication: Concepts and Application

Author

Clermidy, Fabien ; Lemaire, Romain ; POPON, Xavier ; Kténas, Dimitri ; Thonnart, Yvain

Author_Institution

LETI, CEA, Grenoble, France

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

449

Lastpage

456

Abstract

Advanced telecommunication applications require more and more flexibility. Static and run-time configuration mechanisms, as well as plug-in computing units are two solutions to solve this issue. In this paper, we propose an open architecture, dedicated to complex data-flow applications, fulfilling these requirements thanks to a distributed configuration scheme and a standard interface for data flow computing units. Based on this architecture, an open platform demonstrator has been designed. Simulation results on a 3GPP/LTE application are presented, showing a reconfiguration time overhead of only 2.6%.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; telecommunication; 3GPP-LTE application; 4G telecommunication; complex data-flow applications; open platform; plug-in computing units; reconfigurable platform; run-time configuration mechanisms; static configuration mechanisms; Application software; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Digital systems; Downlink; OFDM; Receiving antennas; Telecommunication computing; Throughput; Transmitting antennas; Network-on-Chip; Reconfigurable Platform; Software Defined Radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital System Design, Architectures, Methods and Tools, 2009. DSD '09. 12th Euromicro Conference on

Conference_Location

Patras

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3782-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DSD.2009.200

Filename

5350210