Title :
A SystemC QoS router design with virtual channels reservation in a wormhole-switched NoC
Author :
Horchani, Mohamed ; Atri, Mohamed ; Tourki, Rached
Author_Institution :
EE Lab., Fac. of Sci. at Monastir, Monastir
Abstract :
NoC is the communication media in a SoC (system on chip) environment decoupling computation from communication. This paper presents the design of an on-chip network router with quality-of-service (QoS) support. The router uses a virtual channel architecture with a priority-based scheduler to differentiate between multiple connections with various QoS requirements sharing the same physical channel. A SystemC based methodology is used to achieve an RTL simulation of the design.
Keywords :
network-on-chip; quality of service; telecommunication network routing; QoS router design; SystemC; decoupling computation; virtual channels reservation; wormhole-switched NoC; Bandwidth; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Delay; Network-on-a-chip; Quality of service; Routing; System-on-a-chip; Throughput; Time division multiplexing; NoC; QoS; SoC; SystemC; virtual channel; wormhole;
Conference_Titel :
Design and Test Workshop, 2008. IDT 2008. 3rd International
Conference_Location :
Monastir
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3479-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3478-7
DOI :
10.1109/IDT.2008.4802525