MAC and baseband hardware platforms for RF-MIMO WLAN

Z. Stamenković*, K. Tittelbach-Helmrich, M. Krstić, J. Ibanez, V. Elvira, I. Santamaria

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract / Description of output

The paper describes hardware solutions for the IEEE 802.11 MAC (Medium Access Control) layer and IEEE 802.11a digital baseband in an RF-MIMO WLAN transceiver that performs the signal combining in the analogue domain. Architecture and implementation details of the MAC processor including a hardware accelerator and a 16-bit MAC-PHY interface are presented. The proposed hardware solution is tested and verified using a PHY link emulator. Architecture, design, implementation, and test of a reconfigurable digital baseband processor are described too. Description includes the baseband algorithms (the main blocks being MIMO channel estimation and Tx-Rx analog beamforming), their FPGA-based implementation, baseband printed-circuit-board, and real-time tests.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Papers - 5th European Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications, ECCSC'10
Pages26-33
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2010
Event5th European Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications, ECCSC'10 - Belgrade, Serbia
Duration: 23 Nov 201025 Nov 2010

Conference

Conference5th European Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications, ECCSC'10
Country/TerritorySerbia
CityBelgrade
Period23/11/1025/11/10

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Baseband
  • MAC
  • MIMO
  • Processor

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