A Model Compilation Approach for Optimized Implementations of Signal-processing Systems

Andrea Enrici, Julien Lallet, Imran Latif, Ludovic Apvrille, Renaud Pacalet, Adrien Canuel

2018

Abstract

To meet the computational and flexibility requirements of future 5G networks, the signal-processing functions of baseband stations and user equipments will be accelerated onto programmable, configurable and hard-wired components (e.g., CPUs, FPGAs, hardware accelerators). Such mixed architectures urge the need to automatically generate efficient implementations from high-level models. Existing model-based approaches can generate executable implementations of Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) by translating models into multiple SoC-programming languages (e.g., C/C++, OpenCL, Verilog/VHDL). However, these translations do not typically consider the optimization of non-functional properties (e.g., memory footprint, scheduling). This paper proposes a novel approach where system-level models are optimized and compiled into multiple implementations for different SoC architectures. We show the effectiveness of our approach with the compilation of UML/SysML models of a 5G decoder. Our solution generates both a software implementation for a Digital Signal Processor platform and a hardware-software implementation for a platform based on hardware Intellectual Property (IP) blocks. Overall, we achieve a memory footprint reduction of 80.07% in the first case and 88.93% in the second case.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Enrici A., Lallet J., Latif I., Apvrille L., Pacalet R. and Canuel A. (2018). A Model Compilation Approach for Optimized Implementations of Signal-processing Systems.In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-283-7, pages 25-35. DOI: 10.5220/0006534800250035

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward18,
author={Andrea Enrici and Julien Lallet and Imran Latif and Ludovic Apvrille and Renaud Pacalet and Adrien Canuel},
title={A Model Compilation Approach for Optimized Implementations of Signal-processing Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2018},
pages={25-35},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006534800250035},
isbn={978-989-758-283-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - A Model Compilation Approach for Optimized Implementations of Signal-processing Systems
SN - 978-989-758-283-7
AU - Enrici A.
AU - Lallet J.
AU - Latif I.
AU - Apvrille L.
AU - Pacalet R.
AU - Canuel A.
PY - 2018
SP - 25
EP - 35
DO - 10.5220/0006534800250035