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CML Micro releases AIS-SART Processor IC for marine search and rescue

CML Microcircuits has introduced a new Marine AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter (SART) processor, the CMX7045. The device is a highly integrated and flexible baseband processor fulfilling the needs of an AIS-SART and meeting IEC 61097-14 requirements. In addition to providing the core AIS-SART formatted data functionality, the CMX7045 incorporates a number of auxiliary operations that assist in the overall system implementation and therefore promise to reduce component count and cost.

Tektelic and Picochip collaborate on small cell LTE devices

Picochip and Tektelic are collaborating on a phased development of a new small cell LTE micro eNodeB platform. The collaboration will incorporate Picochip’s fully featured LTE development system for small cells, the PC9608, into a real world, carrier-class device ready for deployment that will deliver the highest output power in a tiny form factor.

Joint solution enables high-performance LTE femtos

At 4G World, Aricent and Picochip announced the launch of a joint LTE eNodeB reference framework. The carrier-class product is a complete solution design, from RF interface through to S1 and X2 interfaces and includes Aricent base station software stacks integrated with Picochip baseband and silicon. Rigorously tested for functionality and performance, the base station solution is designed to help telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) deliver high-performance base stations in multiple form factors, including femto, pico, metro and micro-cell configurations and is available for both LTE FDD and TD-LTE variants.

First public demo of Cavium’s base station-on-a-chip

Cavium is set to demonstrate its Octeon Fusion small cell base station on a chip technology in public for the first time later this week at the 4G World 2011 conference (October 25-27 in Chicago).

IMEC Technology Forum: Multi-mode digital TV receiver implemented on reconfigurable processor with record area efficiency

A reconfigurable receiver for digital video broadcasting standards has been developed at IMEC. The receiver, which can operate DVB-T, ISDB-T and ATSC, uses an algorithm-architecture co-optimisation of IMEC’s reconfigurable processor ADRES.

Qulacomm 16 and 32 user chipsets for enterprise femtocells now available

Qualcomm has extended the availability of its Femtocell Station Modem FSM9216, FSM9816 and FSM9832 chipsets for enterprise femtocells. The 16-user version of the enterprise FSM chipsets for UMTS and CDMA are available now, while the Femto-Wi-Fi integration hardware platform and the CDMA version of the FSM chipset with the expanded 32-user support are scheduled for availability in the second half of 2011, Qualcomm says.

Freescale rolls out first products in femtocell processor series

Freescale is sampling its first "base station-on-chip" products built on its QorIQ Qonverge multimode platform. The new QorIQ Qonverge PSC9132 SoC for picocell and PSC9130/31 SoCs for femtocell base stations share a single, scalable architecture that simultaneously supports multiple air interfaces. The same architecture that spans from small- to large-cell base stations, allowing OEMs to reuse software regardless of cell size.

Cutting the cost of PMR with dual-mode baseband system-in-chip

Solid State Supplies has announced a low-cost baseband processor that combines analogue and digital PMR processing in a single chip. The CMX8341 is designed for license-free digital public mobile radio (dPMR) radios and implements a half-duplex dPMR air interface together with physical, data link and control layers, an embedded low bit-rate vocoder that requires no licence or royalties, and a soft-decision 4FSK modem. Its high level of functional integration, small size and low power consumption enable the design of compact, economical radios with extended battery life.

Cambridge Consultants develops industry's smallest 2G and 3G femtocell base station

Cambridge Consultants has developed a platform for the industry’s smallest commercially available 2G and 3G femtocell. Called Sidewinder, the small-cell platform is software configurable for GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA+ and other SDR applications, providing new levels of adaptability for cellular base stations. It offers a low cost of entry for companies wishing to exploit these standards and sets a new benchmark in flexible, cost effective designs.

Baseband processors enable lowest power digital public mobile radios (PMR) and simplify dual-mode design

Solid State Supplies is now stocking CMX7131 and CMX7141 baseband processors for public mobile radio (PMR) applications. The devices, which are designed for minimal power consumption, extend battery life in hand-held radios and can be used to create dual-mode transceivers for digital (dPMR) and analogue communications.