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Efficient Design Methods for Embedded Communication Systems

EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems volume 2006, Article number: 064913 (2006) Cite this article

Abstract

Nowadays, design of embedded systems is confronted with complex signal processing algorithms and a multitude of computational intensive multimedia applications, while time to product launch has been extremely reduced. Especially in the wireless domain, those challenges are stacked with tough requirements on power consumption and chip size. Unfortunately, design productivity did not undergo a similar progression, and therefore fails to cope with the heterogeneity of modern architectures. Electronic design automation tools exhibit deep gaps in the design flow like high-level characterization of algorithms, floating-point to fixed-point conversion, hardware/software partitioning, and virtual prototyping. This tutorial paper surveys several promising approaches to solve the widespread design problems in this field. An overview over consistent design methodologies that establish a framework for connecting the different design tasks is given. This is followed by a discussion of solutions for the integrated automation of specific design tasks.

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Holzer, M., Knerr, B., Belanović, P. et al. Efficient Design Methods for Embedded Communication Systems. J Embedded Systems 2006, 064913 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/ES/2006/64913

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