Infineon Technologies Ag

Kenneth M Hesky

Joel D Medlock

Song Chen

Christopher Woodthorpe

Raju R Joag

The present invention provides a virtual machine interface (VMI) and an application programming interface (API) usable in conjunction with a reconfigurable wireless network communication apparatus. The reconfigurable wireless network communication apparatus comprises a plurality of hardware kernels. The apparatus can be reconfigured to support different or modified communication protocols over time. The VMI comprises a library of software objects. By configuring VMI software objects, a programmer selects the communication protocol used by the reconfigurable wireless network communication apparatus. The API of the present invention provides higher level management of the communication protocol used by a reconfigurable wireless network communication apparatus. The API comprises a library of high level software objects that further abstract hardware details of the apparatus.

Virtual machine interface for hardware reconfigurable and software programmable processors

A virtual machine interface for a separate reconfigurable wireless network communication apparatus comprising a plurality of software objects, wherein each software object is associated with a hardware kernel assigned to the reconfigurable wireless network communication apparatus, each software object configured such that a change in the software object results in a change in the hardware kernel associated with the software object. The virtual machine interface has information as to types and numbers of software objects and values associated with the software objects necessary to implement a selected wireless communication protocol.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Kenneth M Hesky