Technologies for Wireless Computing

Research over the last decade has brought about the development of high-performance systems such as powerful workstations, sophisticated computer graphics, and multimedia systems such as real-time video and speech recognition. A significant change in the attitude of users is the desire to have access to this computation at any location without the need to be connected to the wired power source. This has resulted in the explosive growth of research and development in the area of wireless computing over the last five years. __Technologies for Wireless Computing__ deals with several key technologies required for wireless computing. The topics covered include reliable wireless protocols, portable terminal design considerations, video coding, RF circuit design issues and tools, display technology, energy-efficient applications, specific and programmable design techniques, energy efficiency metrics, low-voltage process technology and circuit design considerations, and CAD tools for low-power design at the behavior, logic and physical design level. __Technologies for Wireless Computing__ is an edited volume of original research comprising invited contributions by leading researchers. This research work has also been published as a special issue of the __Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems__ (Volume 13, Numbers 2 & 3). Front Matter....Pages i-iv Guest Editors’ Introduction....Pages 1-2 Hardware-Software Architecture of the SWAN Wireless ATM Network....Pages 3-20 An Integrated Testbed for Wireless Multimedia Computing....Pages 21-40 Design of a Low Power Video Decompression Chip Set for Portable Applications....Pages 41-58 IC Implementation Challenges of a 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN Chipset....Pages 59-79 Flat Panel Displays for Portable Systems....Pages 81-106 Threshold-Voltage Control Schemes through Substrate-Bias for Low-Power High-Speed CMOS LSI Design....Pages 107-117 Processor Design for Portable Systems....Pages 119-137 Instruction Level Power Analysis and Optimization of Software....Pages 139-154 Low-Power Architectural Synthesis and the Impact of Exploiting Locality....Pages 155-174 Techniques for Power Estimation and Optimization at the Logic Level: A Survey....Pages 175-192