Title :
802.11a MAC layer: firmware/hardware co-design
Author :
Yeong, J.H. ; Rao, X.M. ; Shajan, M.R. ; Wang, Q. ; Lin, C.Y. ; Qu, X.H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Embedded wireless communication devices nowadays are getting more and more sophisticated and running at higher speeds than ever before. In order to achieve the flexibility of design and shorten the time-to-market, a firmware/hardware co-design approach is being adopted more often. The IEEE 802.11a MAC layer design conducted at the Institute for Infocomm Research uses this concept to realize the full potential of the protocol and at the same time provide the flexibility for future upgrade. This paper explains in detail the process of firmware/hardware co-design and the rationale behind our approach.
Keywords :
access protocols; firmware; hardware-software codesign; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11a; MAC layer; hardware codesign; time-to-market; wireless communication devices; Application specific integrated circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; IEC; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Microprogramming; Reduced instruction set computing; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2003 and Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia. Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Conference of the Fourth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8185-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.2003.1292802
