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Communicator having reconfigurable resources

  • US 5,999,990 A
  • Filed: 05/18/1998
  • Issued: 12/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communicator for use in a communications system, comprising:

  • a plurality of reconfigurable resource units for use in processing communications signals, each of said reconfigurable resource units being able to perform any of a plurality of different processing tasks based on a present configuration, wherein each of said reconfigurable resource units includes an input for receiving configuration information;

    a memory for storing a library of configuration files for use in configuring said plurality of reconfigurable resource units; and

    a controller including means for determining processing tasks that need to be performed by said communicator and means for configuring said plurality of reconfigurable resource units in accordance with said processing tasks, wherein said controller is coupled to said memory for accessing said library of configuration files,wherein said means for configuring includes;

    a resource allocation unit for allocating resources in said plurality of reconfigurable resource units to each of said processing tasks;

    means for retrieving a first configuration file from said memory; and

    means for delivering said first configuration file to a first location in said plurality of reconfigurable resource units, wherein said first location is determined by said resource allocation unit.

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