Overview
From smartphones to bases stations, from machine-to-machine (M2M) communications to utility infrastructure – connected cities, workplaces, homes, and vehicles demand intelligent, scalable solutions for wide area networks.
For the designer, this means building ever-more complex wireless SoCs that combine performance and flexibility with scalability and optimized efficiency. And that means getting the right balance between hardware and software.
This process can be greatly simplified by choosing from a wide variety of processor and hardware IP that is optimized for advanced wireless communications applications and that:
- Supports different modes of operation and different communication standards
- Integrates powerful vector capabilities alongside general computation engines
- Combines the hardware platform with a wide range of readily available PHY and MAC software IP
- Is backed by access to advanced support tools, including reference platforms and software development kits
target markets
Wireless Terminals
Smartphones, tablets, and data cards demand support for standards such as LTE and LTE-A, HSPA/+, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, and legacy GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
IoT and Cellular M2M
IoT devices and M2M comms require multiple wireless communication standards, including LTE Cat-M, NB-IoT, and Wi-Fi.
Remote Radio Heads and Backhaul
The key here is to select DSPs that can provide effective front-end processing, including digital pre-distortion, up/down conversion, and DC offset correction.
Wireless Base Stations
Key design challenges include multi-standard operation and support for scalability from Pico and Metro cells to Cloud RAN, including Wi-Fi offload.
Wireline Modems
G.Fast, DSL, VDSL-2, DOCSIS 3.1 are just some of the standards that IP must handle for wireline modems.
Home Networking
Gateway devices demand single platforms for Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 802.15.4 (including Zigbee and Thread), Bluetooth, and LTE.
CEVA's technology combined with its development tools and engineering support play a key role in LTE deployment.
Dr. Leo Li, president and CEO of Spreadtrum Communications
