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FPGA-based prototyping of IEEE 802.11a base band processor

2004; Faculty of Technical Sciences in Cacak; Volume: 1; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2298/sjee0403125d

ISSN

2217-7183

Autores

Dejan M. Dramicanin, Dejan Rakic, Slobodan Denic, Veljko Vlahovic,

Tópico(s)

Antenna Design and Analysis

Resumo

In technical literature and especially in domestic, predominant way to examine performance of 802.11a-based systems are experiments in simulations. In this paper, we present FPGA based 802.11a prototype, which gave us a possibility to gain closer insight into the problems of OFDM system implementation. A specific design of base band modem physical layer is discussed, along with the presentation of the FPGA prototyping platform on which it was developed. Prototype is implemented on the latest generation of FPGA chips, using state-of-the-art tools for DSP development. Custom made development environment, and design flow optimized for rapid prototyping of software defined radios, are also presented in the paper.

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