Wireless RF systems modelling using SystemC. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Fangyan; Dekneuvel, Eric; Butaud, Rémi; Jacquemod, Gilles
• Is Part Of: Microelectronics journal. Volume 58(2016)
• Page Start: 60
• Page End: 69
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Behavioral modelling -- Bluetooth and BLE -- SystemC-AMS -- RF modelling -- BER and power consumption evaluation; Microelectronics -- Periodicals; Microélectronique -- Périodiques; Microelectronics; Electronic journals; Journals - contents and abstracts; Periodicals; 621.3805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2016.10.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-8324

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, we present a method to realize wireless communication system modelling using SystemC at different levels of abstraction. The objective of the simulations is to analyze the system-level performance with considering circuit-level specifications by integrating the necessary circuit-level measurements (or Spice simulation) into the system-level models. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) RF Transceiver is chosen for this study. It is modelled with SystemC-AMS (SCAMS) and is integrated into a SystemC-TLM (SCTLM) described digital BLE environment to achieve a global system simulation. The simulation gives results as the RF Transceiver energy consumption and Bit-Error-Rate (BER), which can be used to analyze and optimize RF system design.