--- title: [Whitepaper] Deploying 5G NR Wireless Communications on FPGAs description: Designing innovative wireless communication devices requires close collaboration across multiple disciplines. Deploying algorithmic models to FPGA hardware enables rapid prototyping and over-the-air testing, and automatically generating HDL code directly from system-level algorithms eliminates time-consuming steps in implementation and verification. image: https://event.techsource-asia.com/hubfs/Spectrum%20Analyzer.jpg --- [![logo.png](https://event.techsource-asia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/output-onlinepngtools%20(5)-1.png?width=825&height=131&name=output-onlinepngtools%20(5)-1.png "logo.png")](https://www.techsource-asia.com) [![Free Demo](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6377406/bbe43d32-6d34-4d7f-b8bd-4459a4c9fc10.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6377406/bbe43d32-6d34-4d7f-b8bd-4459a4c9fc10) # Deploying 5G NR Wireless Communications on FPGAs: A Complete MATLAB and Simulink Workflow Designing innovative wireless communication devices requires close collaboration across multiple disciplines. Deploying algorithmic models to FPGA hardware enables rapid prototyping and over-the-air testing, and automatically generating HDL code directly from system-level algorithms eliminates time-consuming steps in implementation and verification.  [![Read White Paper](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6377406/495d2679-d2ac-4a1a-967d-9c56668f5e5f.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6377406/495d2679-d2ac-4a1a-967d-9c56668f5e5f) ## Using a 5G NR Cell Search design to illustrate the process, this white paper describes the workflow for converting MATLAB® algorithms and Simulink® models directly to HDL for FPGAs. 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