Interface and Reconfiguration Controller for a wireless MAC-oriented dynamically reconfigurable hardware co-processor

Nabi, S.W., Wells, C.C. and Vanderbauwhede, W. (2008) Interface and Reconfiguration Controller for a wireless MAC-oriented dynamically reconfigurable hardware co-processor. In: Kebschull, U., Platzner, M. and Teich, J. (eds.) 2008 International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications, 8-10 Sept. 2008, Heidelberg, Germany. IEEE Computer Society: Piscataway, N.J., USA, pp. 591-594. ISBN 9781424419609 (doi: 10.1109/FPL.2008.4630016)

Abstract

To address the challenges of the consumer wireless device industry, we have designed a dynamically reconfigurable architecture with flexibility limited to address the MAC layer. It is a Software/Hardware partitioned platform in which critical tasks are delegated to a dynamically reconfigurable hardware co-processor. It will handle data streams of multiple (up to 3) different protocol standards, by reconfiguring on a packet-by-packet basis. The Interface and Reconfiguration Controller uses a combination of controllers to dynamically reconfigure the functional units in the architecture and delegate MAC tasks to them. Results of packet transmission on a prototype model indicate that the device handles three transmission requests from different protocol modes in a fraction of the packet durations.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Vanderbauwhede, Professor Wim and Wells, Dr Cade
• Authors: Nabi, S.W., Wells, C.C., and Vanderbauwhede, W.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
• ISBN: 9781424419609