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High performance SAR processing on an heterogeneous distributed environment

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This paper deals with current results obtained in building a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) images processing system on a distributed multiprocessor architectures platform, which peforms fast convolution algorithms for SAR compressions. The SAR processor is implemented in terms of a set of distributed modules which communicates using a common standard message-passing library (MPI) and defining a general protocol for SAR data communication. Some modules are implemented on a SIMD machine to improve performances of a few specific algorithms which are well-suited for that kind of computing architecture. The resulting system architecture is potentially very flexible and can be adapted and extended to implement different kinds of signal processors. In fact, current and future work has the objective or extending the SAR processing system with more modules and functionalities in order to create an extensible framework of high-performance distributed computing platform which is independent from the specific network topology and machine architectures.

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    F. P. Lovergine & N. Veneziani

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Lovergine, F.P., Veneziani, N. (1998). High performance SAR processing on an heterogeneous distributed environment. In: Sloot, P., Bubak, M., Hertzberger, B. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037262

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