Towards system level design methodology for dedicated telecommunication systems

Telecommunication systems design and prototyping present a wide range of features such as fast product evolution and upgrading, embedded design constraints (low power, etc.), the increasingly complexity growing of norms and a real need of flexibility for open norms systems (MPEG4, UMTS, etc.). So, designers should have new design methodologies skills to perform at the same time systems design validation and mastering the sub-micronic technological integration constraints. This paper reviews design methods and trends for telecommunication systems.