Fault tolerant approaches targeting ultra low power communications system design

Amin Khajeh Djahromi; Ahmed M. Eltawil; Fadi J. Kurdahi; IEEE

doi:10.1109/VETECS.2007.535

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Fault tolerant approaches targeting ultra low power communications system design

Amin Khajeh Djahromi, Ahmed M. Eltawil, Fadi J. Kurdahi and IEEE

2007 IEEE 65TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-6, pp.2600-2604

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings

01/01/2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VETECS.2007.535

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This paper presents a new approach to co-designing communication systems and their respective hardware architectures. We show that by taking into account the specific needs and assumptions of the algorithms running on hardware, the circuit specifications targeted by ASIC engineers can be relaxed. This in turn leads to optimal designs in both power consumption and robustness. A case-study of a complete WCDMA modem incorporating this approach shows a savings of 23% in embedded memory power consumption and a total of 13% power savings for the whole system.

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Title: Fault tolerant approaches targeting ultra low power communications system design
Creators - without role: Amin Khajeh Djahromi - University of California, Irvine
Ahmed M. Eltawil - University of California, Irvine
Fadi J. Kurdahi - University of California, Irvine
IEEE
Publication Details: 2007 IEEE 65TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-6, pp.2600-2604
Series: IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings
Publisher: IEEE
Number of pages: 5
Identifiers: 9942603908331
Academic Unit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding