Error Analysis and Verification of an IEEE 802.11 OFDM Modem using Theorem Proving

Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 3-30

  Abdullah, Abu Nasser Mohammed ^a   Akbarpour, Behzad ^b   Tahar, Sofiène ^c  

^a CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error Analysis; Formal Verification; OFDM; Theorem Proving; Wireless Communication

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION LEVEL; ALGORITHMIC LEVELS; DIGITAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; EXPRESSIVE POWER; FORMAL VERIFICATION; FPGA TECHNOLOGY; HIGHER ORDER LOGIC; IEEE 802.11; IEEE 802.11 STANDARDS; IEEE STANDARDS; MULTI-PATH; NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE; OFDM; OFDM (ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING); ORIGINAL DESIGN; PHYSICAL LAYERS; POINT DESIGN; ROUNDING ERRORS; THEOREM PROVERS; TIME VARYING CHANNEL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORMAL METHODS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDS; THEOREM PROVING;

MODEMS;

EID: 67649975243     PISSN: 15710661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.entcs.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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