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Publication date: 5 December 2016

Mohd Azlan Abu, Harlisya Harun, Mohammad Yazdi Harmin, Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab and Muhd Khairulzaman Abdul Kadir

This paper aims to describe the real-time design and implementation of a Space Time Trellis Code decoder using Altera Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD).

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Purpose

This paper aims to describe the real-time design and implementation of a Space Time Trellis Code decoder using Altera Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD).

Design/methodology/approach

The code uses a generator matrix designed for four-state space time trellis code (STTC) that uses quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation scheme. The decoding process has been carried out using maximum likelihood sequences estimation through the Viterbi algorithm.

Findings

The results showed that the STTC decoder can successfully decipher the encoded symbols from the STTC encoder and can fully recover the original data. The data rate of the decoder is 50 Mbps.

Originality/value

It has been shown that 96 per cent improvement of the total logic elements in Max V CPLD is used compared to the previous literature review.

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World Journal of Engineering, vol. 13 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1708-5284

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Publication date: 5 October 2015

Fairuz Romli and Mohammad Yazdi Harmin

– The purpose of this paper is to achieve the capability of redesigning complex products system with enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to achieve the capability of redesigning complex products system with enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.

Design/methodology/approach

It is noted that, by changing one subsystem in a complex product design architecture, the change effects can be propagated to other subsystems through their interrelationships. This condition has to be taken into account when deciding on which subsystems to be modified in the redesign plan because the subsequent effects might be too risky for the development process. Estimating redesign risk for complex product architectures is not an easy task, thus designers often need a decision-making aid to efficiently select the best “change initiating” subsystems. This can be done by providing the designers with a ranking of subsystems based on their estimated redesign risk. Moreover, this decision-making process is taking place during early redesign stages whereby the uncertainties related to the actual level and type of changes to be made on the subsystems are high. Because of this, a stochastic approach is taken to be more appropriate in deriving the redesign risk estimates. This leads to the proposed application of the Monte Carlo method to estimate the subsystem redesign risk for complex products, as demonstrated through an example case study of aircraft redesign.

Findings

This use of the Monte Carlo method helps to distinguish the level of risks associated with each subsystem in the complex product design architecture, which is helpful for designers while making decisions on which subsystems to be changed for the redesign task at hand.

Practical implications

This technique can be applied to assist designers in making decisions during the early stages of the redesign process under high design uncertainties.

Originality/value

The work presents a new alternative method to estimate the redesign risks of subsystems in complex products that can improve the effectiveness of the designer’s decision-making process in the early redesign stages. While many other available change methods tend to ignore the uncertainty associated with the decision-making process, the method presented here directly takes into account the stochastic nature of the process.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, vol. 87 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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