Agilent has introduced a new 3GPP LTE baseband exploration
library for the SystemVue 2009 design platform that enables
simulation-based throughput performance measurements for
algorithms, hardware developers' design and a graphical
user interface that simplifies complex configurations.
SystemVue 2009 is a new electronic design automation (EDA)
platform for electronic system-level (ESL) design that cuts
the physical layer (PHY) design time in half for high-performance
communications algorithms and system architectures, for
both wireless and aerospace/defense applications
Agilent says, it's W1912 simulation library provides source-code
access to PHY golden reference algorithms with the 3GPP
LTE March 2009 standard that unlocks algorithmic-level source
code in C++ and provides working link-level reference designs
with test benches based on version 8.6 of the 3GPP LTE TS36-101,
104 standards, including HARQ support. The W1912 library
operates with Agilent's measurement sources (e.g., the N5106A
PXB and N5182 MXG), receivers (e.g., the N9020A MXA) and
software (e.g., the 89600 VSA), baseband architects can
now quickly harden real-world algorithms in areas of FDD
LTE, TD-LTE and MIMO. A simulation-only version of the library
(W1910) is also available.
"Access to LTE source code is of critical importance
in creating the early test solutions hardware developers
require to develop high-quality, market-leading LTE user
equipment devices and chipsets," said Niels Fach?,
vice president and general manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband
Operation. "Using SystemVue, along with the new LTE
model library, for example, we were able to successfully
shave three months off the development of a baseband signal-processing
implementation for our new E6620A LTE one box tester. With
savings like this, SystemVue 2009 and its new LTE library
are quickly becoming an indispensable tool for today's 3GPP
LTE baseband algorithm and hardware developers."
Both the source code and compiled-only LTE libraries follow
the development cycle from system-level design to test.
As blocks move from concept to virtual prototype to working
link-level hardware, the libraries' Source and Receiver
user interfaces allow hardware designers to configure test
vectors for block-level debug. Throughout the design process,
the same environment and test set-ups provide link-level
verification against the 3GPP-LTE standard, continuing directly
into hardware test.
Price:
SystemVue configurations start at approximately $15,000
for the environment and $16,000 for the simulation-only
version of the library (W1910).
Availability:
LTE baseband exploration library, version 8.6, for SystemVue
2009 is expected to be available on Sept. 25, 2009.
For more details visit www.agilent.com
