Modern iterative channel code decoder architectures have tight constrains on the throughput but require flexibility to support different modes and standards. Unfortunately, flexibility often comes at the expense of increasing the number of clock cycles required to complete the decoding of a data-frame, thus reducing the sustained throughput. The Network- on-Chip (NoC) paradigm is an interesting option to achieve flexibility, but several design choices, including the topology and the routing algorithm, can affect the decoder throughput. In this work logarithmic diameter topologies, in particular generalized de-Bruijn and Kautz topologies, are addressed as possible solutions to achieve both flexible and high throughput architectures for iterative channel code decoding. In particular, this work shows that the optimal shortest-path routing algorithm for these topologies, that is still available in the open literature, can be efficiently implemented resorting to a very simple circuit. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture features a reduction of about 14% and 10% for area and power consumption respectively, with respect to a previous shortest-path routing-table-based design.
Exploiting generalized de-Bruijn/Kautz topologies for flexible iterative channel code decoder architectures / Condo C.; Martina M.; Ruo Roch M.; Masera G.. - In: INTEGRATION. - ISSN 0167-9260. - STAMPA. - 50(2015), pp. 139-146. [10.1016/j.vlsi.2014.11.003]
Titolo: | Exploiting generalized de-Bruijn/Kautz topologies for flexible iterative channel code decoder architectures | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2015 | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2014.11.003 | |
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