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Ikanos Communications, a company that develops advanced broadband semiconductor and software products, and picoChip have announced a strategic relationship to advance the integration of smart mobile devices into the home network. Together they will be offering a single box multiservice gateway that will support the integration of smart mobile devices into the home network. These products will enable improved cellular coverage and enhance the delivery of rich media content, such as video to the wireless handset.
Sagemcom has selected the Ikanos and picoChip-based femtocell/xDSL gateway for worldwide deployment. The next-generation single box gateway – Sagemcom’s BroadW@ve 4704 – will combine Ikanos’ A/VDSL Fusiv communications processor and picoChip’s PC302 picoXcell baseband system-on-chip (SOC), and is currently in field trials with several leading service providers. Sagemcom will unveil the BroadW@ve 4704 during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
“Integrated femtocell-xDSL gateways are the future of cellular and home interconnectivity,” said Eric Rieul, Sagemcom’s director of energy and telecom business unit. “Ikanos and picoChip are enabling us to quickly bring to market the next-generation of advanced femtocell gateways, which are capable of meeting our service providers’ stringent requirements, while increasing access to broadband mobile services and reducing the proliferation of multiple boxes in the home.”
The femtocell-integrated xDSL gateway is designed to provide end-to-end quality of service (QoS) capabilities for the prioritisation of time critical traffic – such as voice calls – over less critical data services. Additionally, the single management framework software allows ease-of-management of in-home IP devices and enables the provisioning of location- and context-based femtozone services, such as security alerts and smart home control.
“Mobile connectivity indoors and integration with the home network are key drivers for the significant growth expected in the femtocell market over the next several years,” said Mitch Kahn, Ikanos’ vice president of corporate development.
Ikanos and picoChip have developed a femtocell-integrated xDSL reference design which combines Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 A/VDSL communications processor with picoChip’s PC302 picoXcell baseband SOC.
The Fusiv Vx180 integrates Ikanos’ VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) PHY and its widely deployed Fusiv network processor architecture into a power- and space-optimised chipset that support all key types of DSL technology, including ADSL, ADSL2+ and VDSL2. The Fusiv Vx180 also combines accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions with a MIPS-based CPU core, resulting in the preservation of host CPU processing power for enabling powerful value-added applications.
The PC302 picoXcell SOC implements a complete HSPA+ access point that is compliant with Release 8 specifications for femtocells. It is built using an advanced 65nm manufacturing process to deliver the lower cost and power. The device is compliant to TR25.820 and the newly standardised Iu-h interface and implements 64QAM, offering data rates of up to 21 Mbps and 5.7 Mbps in downlink and uplink respectively. The PC302 integrates a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) NodeB modem, radio network controller (RNC) stack, radio resource management, cryptographic engine, high-speed accelerators, synchronization, network listen functionality and peripherals.
