The QorIQ Qonverge PSC9132 processor is used to provide data speeds of up to 150 Mbps for LTE users and 42 Mbps speeds for 3G users to let mobile network operators provide high-speed data and high-quality voice services to their subscribers in offices, shops, hotels and other hard-to-reach indoor locations. It combines two StarCore DSP cores with two e500 PowerPC processors and a baseband accelerator unit (below).
"ip.access embodies the state-of-the-art in small cell network infrastructure equipment," said Scott Aylor, general manager of Freescale’s Wireless Access Division. "This design win underscores the strong market adoption our QorIQ Qonverge products have experienced since their introduction last year."
"After an extensive RFQ process, it was clear that Freescale is the ideal partner to supply the defining processor for our dual-mode 3G/LTE AP products," said Dr. Nick Johnson, chief technology officer for ip.access, which had previosuly used parts from picoChip,now part of Mindspeed. "Freescale’s QorIQ Qonverge line offers unmatched scalability, performance and multimode capability in a highly advanced system-on-chip solution."
ip.access provides end-to-end small cell infrastructure solutions that solve mobile network coverage issues and increase network capacity for home, business or public use. The company’s nanoGSM and nano3G picocell solutions provide 2G and 3G coverage and capacity for offices, shops, stations, remote rural areas and even passenger aircraft and ships, with live installations in more than 60 networks worldwide including AT&T, T-Mobile, Telefónica O2, TeliaSonera and Bharti Airtel. In 2011, ip.access passed the milestone of 500,000 3G small cells deployed, and is the company behind the Oyster 3G femtocell technology inside AT&T’s 3G MicroCell, the world’s largest consumer small cell deployment.
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