Guest editorial: Special issue on design and programming of signal processors for multimedia communication

  • Yen Kuang Chen*
  • , David W. Lin
  • , John V. McCanny
  • , Edwin H.M. Sha
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The technical challenges in the design and programming of signal processors for multimedia communication are discussed. The development of terminal equipment to meet such demand presents a significant technical challenge, considering that it is highly desirable that the equipment be cost effective, power efficient, versatile, and extensible for future upgrades. The main challenges in the design and programming of signal processors for multimedia communication are, general-purpose signal processor design, application-specific signal processor design, operating systems and programming support and application programming. The size of FFT is programmable so that it can be used for various OFDM-based communication systems, such as digital audio broadcasting (DAB), digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) and digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H). The clustered architecture design and distributed ping-pong register files in the PAC DSP raise new challenges of code generation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)207-208
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Signal Processing Systems
Volume51
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

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