This thesis describes the implementation of the physical layer for an experimental low-power wireless communication device. The system utilizes differential coherent correlation and threshold-based detection to produce a robust random-access packet-based communications protocol. Prior to implementing the system in hardware, the detection algorithm was rigorously simulated with a software model in C. The simulations revealed the tradeoffs between the packet miss performance and different system parameters such as input bit precision and threshold value. Having determined a suitable configuration, the detection algorithm was implemented on an FPGA platform. The focus of the FPGA design was on throughput and resource utilization. The final system utilizes approximately 6% of the slices available on a Xilinx Virtex II XC2V8000 FPGA and has a throughput of about 5 MChips/Second.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/717 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Son, Eric Tien Tze |
| Contributors | Gaudet, Vincent (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Schlegel, Christian (Computing Science ), Cockburn, Bruce (Electrical and Computer Engineering) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1728226 bytes, application/pdf |
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