Xilinx Korea (Branch Manager Ahn Heung-sik) February 24, 2014 – Xilinx announced a 1.6Gbps low power, low cost small cell backhaul modem IP for millimeter wave applications. The Xilinx® 256 QAM millimeter wave modem solution supports both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint line-of-sight communications for the 60GHz and 80GHz markets. As one of the Xilinx SmartCORE™ IP portfolio offerings, this solution consumes less than 5W of power at data transmission rates exceeding 1Gbps. Wireless manufacturers can leverage the 256 QAM millimeter wave modem IP solution to maintain flexibility and platform scalability for next-generation products while developing and launching new products with cost-effective investments.

Vents Lacars, Vice President of Business Development at SAF Tehnika, stated, "We have expanded our product line to support the latest applications using affordable and high-throughput point-to-multipoint connectivity by utilizing Xilinx's 256 QAM millimeter wave modem IP solution." He added, "Differentiated TDD multiplexing support enables the IP to scale from compact low-power solutions to high-power broadband solutions. The flexible IP solution eliminates development risks and enables rapid response to changing market requirements."

Tarmo Pihl, Wireless Marketing Director at Xilinx, stated, "Currently, more than 250 LTE networks are established worldwide, and approximately 1 billion connections are expected to be built by 2017. We are currently experiencing unprecedented data growth. At this point, wireless backhaul will play a critical role." He added, "The 256 QAM millimeter wave modem IP is currently designed to support data transmission rates exceeding 1Gbps and scalable to 10Gbps in the future, supporting the transition and growth in mobile broadband traffic."

The highly configurable point-to-point and point-to-multipoint millimeter wave modem IP core incorporates all the essential features needed to accelerate the development of next-generation wireless solutions. Ideally suited for outdoor deployment, the modem IP provides solutions scalable from low-power small cell backhaul to high-power wireless fronthaul applications using a common platform. Additionally, it supports multiple IP configurations including modems equipped with RS FEC or LDPC FEC, CPRI for fronthaul, 10GbE interface for backhaul, and JESD204B for next-generation converter devices. The modem supports hitless and errorless adaptive modulation, analog imperfection correction, TDD and FDD multiplexing technologies with upper-layer protocol interfaces, and individual channel bandwidth. Low DSP latency makes it suitable for wireless fronthaul applications with stringent latency requirements.