Title :
Quality of Service in NoC for Reconfigurable Space Applications
Author :
Ferrer, Albert ; Parkes, Steve ; Mendham, Peter
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Dundee, Dundee, UK
fDate :
July 29 2009-Aug. 1 2009
Abstract :
Configurable system-on-chip (SoC) solutions based on state-of-the art FPGA are a good candidate to fulfill the requirements of future high end onboard payload applications. Reliability, performance and flexibility provided by SoCs can be further extended using a new communication paradigm, the network-on-a-chip (NoC). NoCs have the potential to solve the scalability problem of traditional on-chip bus systems but may introduce uncertainties due to contention for shared network resources. This paper explores NoC solutions that provide QoS and propose a methodology for the seamless integration of payload data-handling protocols into NoC architecture.
Keywords :
data handling; network-on-chip; protocols; quality of service; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA; NoC architecture; QoS; SoC solution; network-on-chip; new communication paradigm; on-chip bus system; payload data-handling protocol; quality-of-service; reconfigurable space application; scalability problem; shared network resource; system-on-chip; Art; Field programmable gate arrays; Network-on-a-chip; Payloads; Protocols; Quality of service; Scalability; System-on-a-chip; Telecommunication network reliability; Uncertainty; FPGA; MPSoC; Network-on-a-Chip; NoC; QoS; Reconfigurable; SpaceWire; System-on-Chip;
Conference_Titel :
Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2009. AHS 2009. NASA/ESA Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3714-6
DOI :
10.1109/AHS.2009.58
