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HW/SW codesign of protocols based on performance optimization using genetic algorithms

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Teletraffic Engineering in the Internet EraProceedings of the International Teletraffic Congress - ITC-I7, volume 4 of Teletraffic Science and Engineering, Elsevier, (2001)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1388-3437(01)80127-X

Abstract

A design-to-hardware methodology applied to the synthesis of communication protocols based on performance analysis techniques and genetic algorithms is presented. The process requires a choice between the tasks to be implemented in hardware and those to be implemented in software, i.e., the selection of the best HW/SW partition. The proposed methodology uses a genetic algorithm to optimize an error function defined by the required performance and the implementation cost of the protocol. The protocol performance is analyzed by a modelling environment called Tangram-II. The cost of the hardware corresponding to a given implementation is calculated by the Synopsys and \ALTERA\ tools. The methodology is intended as a tool to help protocol designers to select the best performance/cost compromise.

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