Architecture Evaluation Strategy for Dsp Software Development

In order to be useful, developed software architecture should be validated against its quality requirements. Architecture evaluation is a process that analyses architectural decisions and how well they fulfil quality requirements. Digital signal processing (DSP) software development has traditionally concentrated on optimisation of the signal processing algorithms. However, the importance of software architecture design has increased in recent years. Architecture evaluation results create the basis for design rationale that can be used in the later phases of the development. This paper presents an evaluation strategy for supporting the work of a DSP software architect.