Title :
FPGA Technology Adds Flexibility to Baseband and RF Communications Applications
Author_Institution :
Nat. Instrum., Austin, TX
Abstract :
The performance of modern communications test systems depends on a combination of software and hardware. Moving critical and computationally intensive software algorithms into FPGAs provides both the flexibility and the speed demanded by today´s communications standards. This paper explains the need for digital onboard signal processing and its advantages for communications systems.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; signal processing equipment; telecommunication equipment testing; FPGA technology; RF communications applications; baseband communications applications; communications test systems; computationally intensive software algorithms; digital onboard signal processing; field programmable gate array technology; Application software; Baseband; Communication system software; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Radio frequency; Signal processing algorithms; Software performance; Software testing; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Autotestcon, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0051-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1088-7725
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.2006.283618
