QorIQ, a leader in the small cell sector, leverages the scalability, performance, and multimode capabilities of its Qonverge single-chip processors for base stations.

February 23, 2012, Seoul, Korea — Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL, www.freescale.com )’s QorIQ Converge PSC9132 processor is used in the latest small cell base stations of ip.access, a leading provider in the wireless infrastructure market. The ip.access E-100 access point announced today targets the enterprise market and is the company’s first LTE product to support simultaneous 3G and LTE transmission.

Scott Aylor, General Manager of Freescale’s Wireless Access business unit, stated, "IP Access has realized cutting-edge technology in small cell network infrastructure equipment," adding, "This design adoption further highlights the strong market recognition Freescale’s CoreIQ Converge products have demonstrated since their launch last year."

The QorIQ Qonverge PSC9132 processor provides data transfer speeds of up to 150 Mbps for LTE users and 42 Mbps for 3G users. Based on this performance, the E-100 AP is designed to enable mobile network operators to provide high-speed data and high-quality voice services to subscribers in offices, shops, hotels, and other indoor locations where reception is difficult.

Dr. Nick Johnson, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of IP Access "After an extensive review of quotes, it was clearly revealed that Freescale is the best partner to supply the processors defining our dual-mode 3G/LTE AP products," said Nick Johnson. "The Freescale QorIQ Qonverge family is a state-of-the-art system-on-chip solution that provides exceptional scalability, performance, and multimode capabilities."

ip.access plans to exhibit a demo product using Freescale devices at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona at the end of this month (Hall 1, Stand E02).

IP Access provides comprehensive small cell infrastructure solutions that address coverage issues in mobile networks and increase network capacity for home, enterprise, or public use. IP Access’s nanoGSM® and nano3G® picocell solutions can provide 2G and 3G services to offices, shops, stations, and remote power areas, as well as to passenger aircraft and ships, and are currently installed and operating in over 60 networks worldwide, including AT&T, T-Mobile, Telefónica O2, TeliaSonera, and Bharti Airtel. In 2011, IP Access achieved the milestone of deploying 500,000 3G small cells and is the company that supported the Oyster 3G® femtocell technology used in AT&T’s 3G MicroCell, the world’s largest small cell solution for general consumers.

The QorIQ Qonverge single-chip product family for base stations is based on a common architecture and is a solution that integrates communication processing, digital signal processing, and wireless acceleration technologies into a single system-on-chip with various configurations optimized for next-generation femtocell, picocell, metrocell, and macrocell base stations. In addition, thanks to advanced process technology and excellent integration, it has become possible to integrate various functions previously performed by separate FPGAs, ASICs, DSPs, and processors into a single device. This integration has reduced the number of components, power consumption, cost, and footprint of base stations. Furthermore, since a common architecture is used from femtocells to macrocells, R&D investment and software reusability can be optimized.

Freescale developed the QorIQ Qonverge family by leveraging its extensive R&D scale, deep application knowledge in the wireless field, and broad IP portfolio. This processor combines multiple Power Architecture® cores and high-performance StarCore DSPs with MAPLE multimode baseband accelerators, packet processing acceleration engines, interconnect fabrics, and next-generation node process technology. This portfolio family supports numerous standards, including GSM, LTE – FDD & TDD, LTE-Advanced, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, and WiMAX. Furthermore, thanks to its flexible architecture, it can support newly developed standards through software upgrades.