Abstract
As new radio standards are deployed without substantially supplanting existing ones, the need for multimode multiband handsets and infrastructure increases. This article describes how emerging FPGA technology's unique combination of size and power efficiency plus field programmability offers a transition of FPGAs from ASIC prototyping to embedded products. Software-defined receiver examples suggest an enlarged role for FPGAs in pragmatic paths toward the productization of software radio technology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 108-112 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | IEEE Communications Magazine |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1999 Feb |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering