System Design

Aim

The course aim at both developing the students skill in solving complex design problems using a well structured design process that assures that the design goal is reached as well as provide advanced knowledge in both the electronics and application domain. After successfully completing the course, the student can:

• Solve complex design problems using a well structured design process
• Learn to use fast prototyping tools for DSP systems
• Apply knowledge from previous courses, search for supplementary knowledge, and find creative solutions
• Manage advanced project work in an industrially professional way
• Communicate technical project results orally and in writing

A purpose for the course is also for the students to acquire knowledge and abilities within the general area of entrepreneurship, with particular focus on business planning for new ventures. After the course, students should be able to:

• account for models that describe what it takes for a new venture to have a stable basis for further development and to asess the level of development of ventures using such models; and
• account for the information and analyses needed to evaluate a development project from a business point of view and have the ability to collect and analyse relevant information for the purpose.

Content

The course will cover all essential steps in the design and implementation of a multi-carrier based communication system. Basic theory for the multicarrier system and current standards for radio LAN is provided as needed. A top-down design-flow will be used, starting from the system specification, partitioning, algorithms, mapping to a software/hardware resource structure, and ending with a working implementation in FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array). The design process is centered on building a sequence of models with increasing level of detail. The modeling, realization, verification of functionality, and implementation of the communication system is based on the use of high-level tools.