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Simon StanleyAnalyst at Large, Heavy Reading
Michael Christofferson Director of Product Management, Enea
Stephen TurnbullWireless Access Marketing Manager, Freescale
Today’s Presenters
• Mobile Market Drivers and Growth of LTE• Evolving Radio Access Networks• HetNet and Small Cells• Silicon solutions for integrated base stations• Off-the-shelf software for LTE base stations• Conclusions
Agenda
Mobile Device Internet Usage Accelerating• Mobile broadband
usage growing rapidly‒ New subscribers to
broadband services‒ Quad core
smartphones‒ Laptops and tablets‒ M2M
• Network intensive applications
‒ Video
• Mobile data 2011-2016 78% CAGR (Source: Source Cisco VNI Mobile, 2012)
‒ Mobile video traffic exceeded 50 percent for the first time in 2011‒ Average smartphone usage nearly tripled in 2011
‒ 150 MB per month (up from 55 MB per month in 2010)‒ average smartphone will generate 2.6 GB of traffic per month in 2016 (17x 2011)
LTE Is Significant Step Forward
• LTE provides 2 to 5 times greater spectral efficiency than most advanced 3G networks – Lower cost per bit
• Faster downloads– Up to 100 Mbit/s initially– Better user experience
• Reduced OPEX and CAPEX– LTE base station cost <1/5 HSPA cost per user per
month (based on 10 Gbit/s per month)– Energy efficient
LTE Market Rollout
• 592 Million LTE Subscriptions by 2016 (Source: Pyramid Research)
• 4G LTE Revenues Projected to Exceed $265 Billion Globally in 2016 (Source: Juniper Research)
• 417 LTE Devices Announced (Source:GSA)
– From 67 companies
• 89 LTE operators have now launched commercial services in 45 countries (Source:GSA)
– 80 FDD, 9 TDD– Additional 61 expected to start
services during 2012
2009 2010 2011 2012
2 1747
89
61
Source: GSA Evolution to LTE report July 11, 2012
Audience Poll #1
• When are you planning to deploy LTE?– Already deploying– Next 6 months– 6-12 months– 1-2 years– 2-4 years– No plans
Communication Network Modernization The Foundation for Future Growth
Evolving Multi standard Radio Access Networks
Next generation
Antenna Integrated Radio Unit
Source: 4G Americas, ALU, NSN, Ericsson, Verizon
Iub
Iub S1-M
ME
S1-U
Different standards are consolidated into one base
station
OSS
Mub
Mub
Mul
Mur
Converged multi standard
macro base stations and
small cells (micro main-remote, and
pico)
Wi-Fi
HetNet Benefits
• Lower CAPEX with targeted coverage, affordable LTE roll out• Lower OPEX with less redundancy• Better user experience, higher data rates, more complete coverage
Femto Internet Backhau
l
Femto
Pico
Relay
Relay RFBackhaul
CORE NETWOR
K
Internet
Pico and RRH Dedicated Backhauls
RRH
TM 13Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTEST, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, ColdFire+, C-Ware, the Energy Efficient Solutions logo, Kinetis, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, Processor Expert, QorIQ, Qorivva, StarCore, Symphony and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Airfast, BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, Flexis, MagniV, MXC, Platform in a Package, QorIQ Qonverge, QUICC Engine, Ready Play, SafeAssure, the SafeAssure logo, SMARTMOS, TurboLink, Vybrid and Xtrinsic are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
e6500 MPU
e500 MPU
Small Cell Challenges
Major trends:• Commercial turnkey L1 from silicon provider• Optimized SW/HW partitioning • Power optimization – highly integrated solutions• Market sweet spots in flux due to HetNet dynamics• Multi-mode, resources balancing• SON support (additional radios, sniffing, measures)
64-256 users Metro600 Mbps + Relay
2x 20 MHz
16 users Femto~150 Mbps
1 x 20 MHz
BSC9131
32-100 users Pico225 Mbps
1 x 20 MHz
BSC9132
B442x
Freescale solutions:• Complete solutions including commercial software• Scalable SW & HW architecture: Femto->Pico->Metro• SW investment re-use between generations/sizes• Smart support functionality for debug, error reporting, statistics• High levels of integration L1 transport & control• Optimized HW acceleration for small cells • AIC integration for direct transceiver connectivity
(JESD20x)
SC3850e500 MPU
SC3850 e500 MPU
SC3850
SC3850 e6500 MPU
SC3900
BSC9130/1
BSC9132
B4420
JESD207, MAXPHY
JESD207, CPRI
JESD207/204B*, CPRI
DFE CFR+DPD* external
DFE CFR
TM 14Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTEST, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, ColdFire+, C-Ware, the Energy Efficient Solutions logo, Kinetis, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, Processor Expert, QorIQ, Qorivva, StarCore, Symphony and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Airfast, BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, Flexis, MagniV, MXC, Platform in a Package, QorIQ Qonverge, QUICC Engine, Ready Play, SafeAssure, the SafeAssure logo, SMARTMOS, TurboLink, Vybrid and Xtrinsic are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Freescale Confidential Proprietary
Software Solution for PSC913x Family• Freescale will provide comprehensive
and commercial L1, L2, L3 and transport software, integrated and tested on BSC9131/2 platforms
− LTE-FDD/TDD and WCDMA (HSPA+) L1 software (licensed by Freescale or solutions from Arraycomm)
− L2/L3 Software for LTE-FDD/TDD and WCDMA (licensed by Aricent and Radisys)
− Transport software, including IPsec, QoS backhaul, etc. (VortiQa licensed by Freescale or ENEA solution)
− Development tools and operating system software (available through Freescale and ENEA)
TM 15Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTEST, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, ColdFire+, C-Ware, the Energy Efficient Solutions logo, Kinetis, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, Processor Expert, QorIQ, Qorivva, StarCore, Symphony and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Airfast, BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, Flexis, MagniV, MXC, Platform in a Package, QorIQ Qonverge, QUICC Engine, Ready Play, SafeAssure, the SafeAssure logo, SMARTMOS, TurboLink, Vybrid and Xtrinsic are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Freescale Confidential Proprietary
PSC9131 Reference Design Femtocell Platform
PSC9131 Form Factor Reference Design Board
Features:• Complete communications platform enabling
CDMA2K, LTE, WCDMA/HSPA+ • Dual-band system covering up to 2.7 GHz• Development and debugging tools available
from Freescale and our partners
Benefits:• Form factor design helps speed customers time
to market• Turnkey hardware design • Integrated with Maxim and ADI RF solutions
TM 16Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTEST, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, ColdFire+, C-Ware, the Energy Efficient Solutions logo, Kinetis, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, Processor Expert, QorIQ, Qorivva, StarCore, Symphony and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Airfast, BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, Flexis, MagniV, MXC, Platform in a Package, QorIQ Qonverge, QUICC Engine, Ready Play, SafeAssure, the SafeAssure logo, SMARTMOS, TurboLink, Vybrid and Xtrinsic are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Macro BTS Challenges
2006 2008 2010 2012
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
LTE Data Throughput Requirements/device
Mbp
s (U
L+D
L)
Future/ C-RAN
1x20MHzx2 MIMO
20MHzx4 MIMO
3x20MHzx8 MIMO
[6-9]x20MHz x4 MIMO[12-18] x20MHz x2 MIMO
Major trends:• Data throughput exponential growth• Control overheads and scheduling complexity increasing• Move to smart “many cores” architecture• HW assist is a must• Metro Cell with common OAM (mini Macro ?)• mW/Mbps vs. mW/user• Scalable SW investment (BTS generations, BTS
deployments)• Multi-Mode (+C-RAN), TDD, FDD, 2x2, 2x4,4x4,2x8,4x8,
8x8…
MSC8156 MSC8157 B4860*(L1)0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
mW/Mbps for L1 LTE processingFSL Products
mW
/ M
bp
s
Freescale solutions:• Highest performance programmable cores (SC3900 & e6500)• Advanced acceleration for L1, L2, packet processing, transport• Tight coupling between of key processing elements and EDF
(accelerated embedded data flows)• Optimized for power, area, and customer value add• HW coherency for reduced TCO and TTM • Dedicated debug and monitoring hardware
Additional acceleration
SC3900, 28nmEDF flows
*Extrapolated from B4860 for L1 only processing (excludes PPC cores, 1xDDR, minor overheads)
TM 17Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTEST, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, ColdFire+, C-Ware, the Energy Efficient Solutions logo, Kinetis, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, Processor Expert, QorIQ, Qorivva, StarCore, Symphony and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Airfast, BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, Flexis, MagniV, MXC, Platform in a Package, QorIQ Qonverge, QUICC Engine, Ready Play, SafeAssure, the SafeAssure logo, SMARTMOS, TurboLink, Vybrid and Xtrinsic are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
3 sector, 20 MHz LTE with 5 major components
3 sectors, 20 MHz LTE, orSingle sector 60MHz LTE-A
on a single SoC
Benefit of Intelligent Integration
Multicore
MPU
sRIOSwitch
Layer-1
Layer-2/3Transport& Control
DSP
CP
RI
I2C
UART
SPI
GE
sRIO
CPRI
Flash
DDR2 DDR1
Flash
Antenna
10 Gbps
1Gbps
DDR3
DDR3
Back Haul
Maint.
PHY
PHYAntenna
DSP
DSP
CPRI
B4860
POWERCOST
4X Cost Reduction3X Power Reduction
B4860 SoC
4X 3X
TM 18Freescale, the Freescale logo, AltiVec, C-5, CodeTEST, CodeWarrior, ColdFire, ColdFire+, C-Ware, the Energy Efficient Solutions logo, Kinetis, mobileGT, PowerQUICC, Processor Expert, QorIQ, Qorivva, StarCore, Symphony and VortiQa are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Airfast, BeeKit, BeeStack, CoreNet, Flexis, MagniV, MXC, Platform in a Package, QorIQ Qonverge, QUICC Engine, Ready Play, SafeAssure, the SafeAssure logo, SMARTMOS, TurboLink, Vybrid and Xtrinsic are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Complete Femto to Macro SoC Portfolio
• 8 to 16 users (LTE (FDD, TDD), WCDMA, CDMAx) and multi-mode
• >1000 users
• Multi-sector, multi-standard and multi-mode
• 3GPP Rel. 10
BSC9131 Femto
B4860 Macro
• 128 to 256 users
• Multi-standard and multi-mode, 1 - 2 sectors
• 3GPP Rel. 10
• Pin compatible with B4860
B4420 Metro
• 32 to 100 users(LTE (FDD, TDD), WCDMA) and multi-mode
BSC9132 Pico
45nm 28nm
Audience Poll #2
• What type of cell are you developing/deploying?– Macro
– Metro
– Micro
– Enterprise
– Residential
– Other
LTE Base Station Software Development Platform
What is Needed – in a Nutshell
Linux / DSP Exec
Linux IPC services
Linux real-time
characteristics
DSP/Layer 1 processing platform
Linux (e)NodeB Optimized IP transport:
Linux / DSP Exec Tools
Layer 2/3 ProcessingPlatform
eNodeB Application Specific System Management Middleware
LTE/HSPA Implementation Strategy
Layer 2-3 Can be implemented in a
communication processor Layer 2 is often implemented
together with L1 in the DSP to reduce the latency of the MAC scheduler and L1 interaction
L1 or Physical Layer (PHY) Usually implemented in a DSP The DSP+MPU integration
allow L2 to move to the MPU
X2APXP Application Protocol
RRCRadio Resource Control
GTP-UGPRS Tunnelling Protocol - User plane
SCTPStream Control Transmission Protocol
S1APS1 Application Protocol
UDP
Secure IP
PDCPPacket Data Convergence Protocol
RLCRadio Link Control
MACMedium Access Control
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Bit Rate Processing
Symbol Rate Processing
iFFTinverse Fast Fourier Transform
FFTFast Fourier Transform
Ctrl planeto/from MME (S1-MME)
Ctrl planeto/from
eNB (X2-C)
Data planefrom SGW or
eNB (S1-U/X2-U)
Data plane to SGW or
eNB (S1-U/X2-U)
From Antenna / UE
To Antenna / UE
EUTRAN Layer 1EUTRAN Layer 2EUTRAN Layer 3Internet LayerseNB ApplicationSpecific Software
Source: Enea
Operation and Support System
- OSS (Mul)
Enea’s Base Station PlatformIn Context of the Application
Tier 1 grade DSPmanagementcontrol platform - dSPEED
IP transport optimized for hardware acceleration – PAXEnea Linux + real time characteristics – LWRT
Inter-process communications service across all layers - LINXRTOS optimized for DSPs with L1 solution - OSEck
System wide tools – Optima
X2APXP Application Protocol
RRCRadio Resource Control
GTP-UGPRS Tunnelling Protocol - User plane
SCTPStream Control Transmission Protocol
S1APS1 Application Protocol
UDP
Secure IP
PDCPPacket Data Convergence Protocol
RLCRadio Link Control
MACMedium Access Control
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Bit Rate Processing
Symbol Rate Processing
iFFTinverse Fast Fourier Transform
FFTFast Fourier Transform
Ctrl planeto/from MME (S1-MME)
Ctrl planeto/from
eNB (X2-C)
Data planefrom SGW or
eNB (S1-U/X2-U)
Data plane to SGW or
eNB (S1-U/X2-U)
From Antenna / UE
To Antenna / UE
EUTRAN Layer 1EUTRAN Layer 2EUTRAN Layer 3Internet LayerseNB ApplicationSpecific Software
Operation and Support System
- OSS (Mul)
System management middleware
LTE/HSPA Picocell Board
BSC9132 SoC
Picocell 2012 – BSC9132 SoC
Linux CLI tools and OSEck Shell
Optima Eclipse
LINX over Shared Memory & DMA
dSPEEDOSEckDSP C0
dSPEEDOSEckDSP C1
Ethernet
IP and LINX over Ethernet
LinuxC0
dSPEEDLinux
C1
Multi channel LINX / OSEck
Backplane core-to-core
communication
System wide tools covering
SoC
IP Transport optimized for HW accelerationEthernet / IP connection for Tools
Enea Linux tailoredfor the base stationuse-caseEnhanced with a light weight run-time
Ant
en
na
To SGW / MME / eNB / RNC / OSS
DSP management and power save controlover shared memory
Source: Enea
LTE/HSPA Macro Base Station Board
B4860 SoC
Multi-Standard Macrocell 2012 – B4860 SoC
Linux CLI tools and OSEck Shell
Optima Eclipse
LINX over Shared Memory & DMA
dSPEEDOSEckDSP C0
dSPEEDOSEckDSP C1
dSPEEDOSEckDSP C5
Ethernet
IP and LINX over Ethernet
LinuxC1
LinuxC0
dSPEEDLinux
C3
Multi channel LINX / OSEck
Backplane core-to-core
communication
System wide tools covering
SoC
LINX HDLC communication
IP Transport optimized for HW accelerationEthernet / IP connection for Tools
Enea Linux tailoredfor the base stationuse-caseEnhanced with a light weight run-time
DSP management and power save controlover shared memory
To SGW / MME / eNB / RNC / OSS
Remote Radio Unit
Basic Enea Linux
Source: Enea
A Variety of SoC Implementations
Freescale HW: Multi-chip with different sRIO types or SoC or a mix Enea OS Software: Linux/LWRT, Hypervisor, and a DSP RTOS (OSEck) Enea Platform Software: Optima, other tools, PAX, LINX, dSPEED Scalable solutions: Macro, small cell, public safety
• The mobile data tsunami is driving the need for diverse , distributed network deployments
• HetNet deployments provide higher data rates and QoS for users at affordable CAPEX & OPEX for service providers
• Companies such as Freescale & ENEA provide complete, scalable hardware & software solutions from femto to macro cell.
Conclusions
Simon StanleyAnalyst at Large, Heavy Reading
Michael Christofferson Director of Product Management, Enea
Stephen TurnbullWireless Access Marketing Manager, Freescale
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