IEEE 802.11n Physical Layer Implementation on Field Programmable Gate Array

Hendra Setiawan (Universitas Islam Indonesia)
Yuhei Nagao (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Masayuki Kurosaki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Hiroshi Ochi (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

TELKOMNIKA (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control)
Vol 10, No 1: March 2012

Register transfer level (RTL) development is a time cost step that requires high diligence and fidelity to get the valid interpretation of abstraction function of digital circuit. In this research, we introduce and prove that Model-Based Design Process (MBDP) is an effective and efficient way to develop a RTL complex system such as wireless communication. Using MBDP flow, we interpret, develop, and verify the physical layer RTL of a new standard that ratified on the end 2009, i.e. IEEE 802.11n wireless local area network (WLAN). The result of this research is a prototyping FPGA StratixII EP2S180 that has properly worked as a 2x2 MIMO WLAN with maximum throughput 144 Mbps.