Mindspeed' Transcede SoC powered Small
cell reference design supports Trillium software
Radisys Corporation and Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. have
announced that the companies will showcase an eNodeB small
cell reference design supporting the latest Trillium TOTALeNodeB
software on the Mindspeed Transcede platform at the LTE
world summit. Radisys and Mindspeed are also continuing
to collaborate to provide dual-mode System-on-Chip (SoC)
platforms that support both LTE and 3G.
As LTE rolls out, operators will still need to support
a mixed subscriber base for both 3G and LTE services, and
will therefore need to provide both technologies during
the migration. Dual-mode small cells enable operators to
serve their mixed 3G and LTE customers while reducing backhaul
bandwidth costs, site acquisition costs and the cost of
the infrastructure itself rather than deploying separate
systems. The Mindspeed and Radisys solution will support
carrier aggregation, giving operators the option to "re-farm"
3G spectrum and also use it for additional LTE, all by simply
updating the small cell software.
Mindspeed's latest additions to its Transcede family of
processors leverage Radisys Trillium software and are complete
NodeB and eNodeB SoC solutions that support concurrent 3G
and LTE processing in a single device, including TD-SCDMA,
wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), evolved
high-speed packet access (HSPA+) and both frequency division
duplexing LTE (FDD-LTE) and time-division duplex long-term
evolution (TDD-LTE), with a roadmap to LTE-Advanced (LTE-A).
3G and LTE processing capabilities combined with carrier-class,
physical-layer (PHY) software on a single chip accelerates
time to market, while simplifying development and reducing
risk.
"The Transcede T2200/3300 dual-mode processors are
already sampling to customers. We have LTE running and are
now porting over the industry-leading 3G baseband we acquired
with Picochip," said Dr. Naser Adas, vice president
and general manager, wireless, Mindspeed. "For us,
both LTE and 3G are already well-established and integrated
with Radisys' Trillium protocol stacks. We are now bringing
them together onto one single platform. Given the field-proven
maturity of both modes and the strong history between our
two companies, we are confident that we will lead the industry
in shipping carrier-class dual-mode solutions into operator
deployments."
Radisys Trillium wireless software provides complete 3G
and LTE base station capabilities. Trillium software provides
equipment manufacturers with a complete, integrated LTE
eNodeB and 3G NodeB including radio resource management
(RRM), radio environment monitoring (REM), self-organizing
network (SON), schedulers and all of the Trillium protocols
stacks.
"Our strong relationship with Mindspeed demonstrates
our position as the go-to software provider for this ecosystem
and emphasizes our dedication to delivering the high quality,
high performance software our partners need," said
Amit Agarwal, vice president and general manager, software
solutions group, Radisys. "Our commitment to ongoing
support of the Mindspeed Transcede product line and focus
on delivering joint, multi-mode products places our customers
at the forefront of the market. At LTE World Summit we are
showing a glimpse of the small cell solutions being deployed
by our various customers and a view into the future of the
innovative solutions expected as a result of this collaboration."
"When two strong innovators such as Radisys and Mindspeed
join efforts, they enable an entire ecosystem of cutting
edge wireless infrastructure components," said Khurram
Sheikh, chief product and development officer, Powerwave
Technologies, Inc., a global leader in end-to-end wireless
coverage and capacity solutions for wireless communications
networks. "We are taking advantage of this partnership
to deliver the resulting products to help our diverse customer
base migrate to LTE with ease and flexibility."
Author: Srinivasa Reddy N
