DAB Channel Decoder Implementation Using FPGA and Its Testing Platform Buildup

In this paper, by using MATLAB/Simullink software, Xilinx System Generator, Xilinx Alliance tools, Xilinx XSE & ISE and Modelsim XE software, a real-time transceiver platform is built up to analyze and verify the effectiveness and usability of the implemented FPGA-based DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) channel decoder. This hardware-level testing platform is completely conforming to DAB specifications defined in the European Telecommunication Standard (ETS 300 401) including energy-dispersal, de-interleaving, and punctured Viterbi decoding techniques. Further, we also design and implement a DAB channel decoder by using FPGA. The performance of the DAB channel decoder based on FPGA hardware has been analyzed and verified on the developed hardware-level testing