Title :
A requirements-driven simulation framework for communication infrastructures design
Author :
Meroni, Alessandro X. ; Rana, Vincenzo X. ; Santambrogio, Marco Domenico ; Bruschi, Francesco X.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milano
Abstract :
Dynamic reconfiguration capabilities of FPGA devices are commonly exploited in order to perform changes in a system with respect to computational elements. In this paper, we propose a framework able to exploit different levels of simulations in order to perform a requirements-driven design of the communication infrastructure of a reconfigurable system, so that the overall performances can be improved. To accomplish this requirements-driven design it is necessary to perform a design space exploration of applications and scenarios in which a particular system can be used. A new scenario-centric approach is proposed in order to identify metrics and requirements needed to apply a communication infrastructure reconfiguration.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; formal specification; logic design; reconfigurable architectures; system-on-chip; FPGA devices; communication infrastructure design; computational elements; design space exploration; dynamic reconfiguration; reconfigurable system; requirement-driven design; requirement-driven simulation; scenario-centric approach; Algorithm design and analysis; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Embedded system; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Scalability; Space exploration;
Conference_Titel :
Specification, Verification and Design Languages, 2008. FDL 2008. Forum on
Conference_Location :
Stuttgart
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2264-7
DOI :
10.1109/FDL.2008.4641431
