This book presents essential perspectives on digital convolutions in
wireless communications systems and illustrates their corresponding
efficient real-time field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
implementations.
FPGAs or generic all programmable devices will soon become widespread,
serving as the "brains" of all types of real-time smart signal
processing systems, like smart networks, smart homes and smart cities.
The book examines digital convolution by bringing together the following
main elements: the fundamental theory behind the mathematical formulae
together with corresponding physical phenomena; virtualized algorithm
simulation together with benchmark real-time FPGA implementations; and
detailed, state-of-the-art case studies on wireless applications,
including popular linear convolution in digital front ends (DFEs);
nonlinear convolution in digital pre-distortion (DPD) enabled
high-efficiency wireless RF transceivers; and fast linear convolution in
massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems.
After reading this book, students and professionals will be able to:
- Understand digital convolution with inside-out information: discover
what convolution is, why it is important and how it works.
- Enhance their FPGA design skills, i.e., enhance their FPGA-related
prototyping capability with model-based hands-on examples.
- Rapidly expand their digital signal processing (DSP) blocks: to
examine how to rapidly and efficiently create (DSP) functional blocks on
a programmable FPGA chip as a reusable intellectual property (IP) core.
- Upgrade their expertise as both "thinkers" and "doers" minimize/close
the gap between mathematical equations and FPGA implementations for
existing and emerging wireless applications.
