Prototyping of a WLAN system using C++ based architecture exploration

Nikolaos S. Voros; Konstantinos Masselos

3rd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications

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Prototyping of a WLAN system using C++ based architecture exploration

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1619,
    author={Nikolaos S. Voros and Konstantinos Masselos},
    title={Prototyping of a WLAN system using C++ based architecture exploration},
    proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications},
    proceedings_a={MOBIMEDIA},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={Wireless systems architecture exploration hardware/software codesign.},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1619}
}

Nikolaos S. Voros
Konstantinos Masselos
Year: 2010
Prototyping of a WLAN system using C++ based architecture exploration
MOBIMEDIA
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1619

Nikolaos S. Voros¹^,*, Konstantinos Masselos²^,*

1: Dept. of Communication Systems and Networks TEl of Mesolonghi Ethniki Odos Antiriou Nafpaktou, Varia Nafpaktos 30300, Greece
2: Dept. of Computer Science and Technology University of Peloponnese Terma Karaiskaki, Tripolis, 22100, Greece

*Contact email: voros@teimes.gr, kmas@uop.g

Abstract

Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are currently considered as one of the most popular application domains. In this paper the protyping of a WLAN system on a platform including microprocessors and FPGAs is described. The prototyping started from architecture exploration using a C++ library for hardware/software codesign. The developed prototype allowed evaluation of the system performance and the architecture decisions. The use of the systematic architecture exploration allowed making correct decisions early in the design cycle thus avoiding time consuming iterations from lower design stages (necessary when constraints are not met by the final implementation).

Keywords: Wireless systems architecture exploration hardware/software codesign.

Published: 2010-05-16
Modified: 2011-09-19

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2007.1619