Is this the industry’s smallest 2G and 3G femtocell base station?
Designed with the changing broadband mobile communications market in mind, it promises to provide a solution for developers who need to create products that can adapt as new wireless technologies and standards emerge. The novel radio design enables Sidewinder to operate at any carrier frequency from 375MHz to 4GHz and with a channel bandwidth from 200kHz to 28MHz.
Available off the shelf, Sidewinder supports GSM link ranges up to and in excess of 40 metres indoors and 200 metres outdoors. It can also be provided either as hardware supplied directly from Cambridge Consultants, or as a reference design that can be manufactured by licencees. Sidewinder is compatible with Cambridge Consultants’ own Centaur GSM/EDGE PHY software reference and WCDMA software from Picochip.
Alternatively, it can also be provided in combination with the Centaur GSM PHY as a complete development platform. The purported flexibility is based upon two novel technologies; on the front end is a flexible radio device from Lime Microsystems Limited. Connected to this is Picochip’s latest PC312 Femtocell Baseband SoC, delivering a high performance DSP and an ARM application processor combined with low power consumption, making it suitable for some battery-powered applications. Sidewinder can also be easily integrated into base station or mobile units for Police, Emergency Services and other professional radio users.
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