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1、ABSTRACTELECHITAYASURESH,SANATHKUMAR.SystemLevelDesignofaTurboDe-coderforCommunicationSystems.(UnderthedirectionofProfessorWinserEAlexander).Advancementsinsilicontechnologyhaveheraldedanincreaseindevicedensitiesandconsequentlydesigncomplexity.TheincreasingcomplexityofmodernSy
2、stemonaChipdesignsdictatesacohesivemethodologyforco-simulationatbothhighandlowabstractionlevels,effectivedesignspaceexploration,systemintegrationandhighsimulationspeeds.AsingleunifieddesignflowwouldavoidmanyoftheshortcomingsfacedbythetraditionalRTLapproachtodesignandverification.
3、ThisthesisinvestigatedaSystemCrbaseddesignmethodologytomodelcomplexdigitalsystemsatmultiplelevelsofabstraction.TheSystemClanguage,whichisaC++classlibrary,isamulti-paradigmlanguageforhardwaredesignandverification.ThecapabilitiesofSystemCinsupportingtimedbehavior,hierarchy,concu
4、rrency,andcreationoffastexecutablespecificationsofthetargetdesignhavebeendemon-stratedinourwork.Itwasouraimtoclearlyrepresenttheabilityoftheproposeddesignflowtocaptureandvalidatethedetailsofadesignatthesystemlevelofabstraction,startingwithanabstractFunctionalVerificationlevel,wo
5、rkingourwaythroughtotheCycleAccuratelevel.ThiswasexemplifiedbythedesignofacomplexIterativeTurboDecoderalgorithmasaprototypesystemtotestourdesignflow.WecomparedthedecoderbehavioratthesystemlevelusingSystemCandattheRTLus-ingVerilog2001r.Wefoundthatsimulationsperformedatthesysteml
6、evelexecutedmuchfasterthansimulationsattheRTL.Weusedthesystemleveldesigntoestimateround-offerrorswithouthavingtorefineourdesigntotheRTL.WedemonstratedtheeaseofarchitecturalexplorationusingSystemCbyimplementingtwoclassesofinterleaversfortheTurboDecoder:thePseudoRandomandthe3GPPS
7、tandardInterleaver.WealsoperformedadetailedpowerandareaanalysisontheRTLmodelusingtheSSHAFTtool.Weestablishedasinglelanguageframeworkthatallowsanalysisofthetrade-offsbetweenhardwareandsoftwareimplementationmodels.SystemLevelDesignofaTurboDecoderforCommunicationSystemsbySanathKu
8、marElechitayaSureshAthesissubmittedtotheGraduateFacultyofNorthCaroli
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