mimoOn, Axis and CommAgility to Demo Base Station Reference Architectures at MWC 2010

DUISBURG, Germany, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- mimoOn, a pioneer in LTE software implementations for programmable radio platforms, Axis Network Technology, a leader in remote radio heads and software defined radios , and CommAgility, a leading manufacturer of signal processing modules for wireless baseband applications, today announced  a joint demonstration at MWC Barcelona, for HSPA and LTE base stations. The demo will be at mimoOn's booth: Hall 2, Stand 2B17.

mimoOn's mi!Pico™ basestation software has been integrated on CommAgility's AMC-3C87F3 signal processing module targeting base station products. The software encompasses PHY and Protocol Stack layers that are full featured and certified based on the latest versions of the 3GPP standards. mimoOn's software is modular and written in ANSI-C language, which allows flexibility and scalability, with advanced algorithms such as advanced channel estimators and MIMO detectors. In addition mi!Pico™ is written for low memory and power consumption which are critical design requirements for small base stations.  

Axis integrated remote radio heads provide a superior software definable platform solution that combines multi-band and multi-mode capabilities with world leading system efficiency. They can simultaneously support 4G LTE and 3G HSPA networks providing an ideal platform for mimoOn's basestation software and CommAgility's signal processing hardware.

CommAgility's AMC-3C87F3 is a highly integrated 4G wireless PHY processing and timing module in the popular AdvancedMC form factor. It includes three SFP module sites for Remote Radio Head (RRH) interfaces, a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA and three Texas Instruments multicore DSPs, Gigabit Ethernet and an IDT Serial RapidIO (SRIO) infrastructure, and a GPS receiver with optional holdover for eNodeB timing. It is part of a family of wireless focused AdvancedMC products, with the latest development, to be announced for MWC 2010, providing PHY, MAC and control capability for a complete single sector LTE eNodeB solution.

"Next generation networks such as LTE demand high processing capabilities but with optimized and cost-sensitive architectures. By combining mimoOn's advanced LTE software with flexible radio head technology from Axis and MicroTCA-based hardware from CommAgility, we have been able to provide a turnkey solution that will meet the performance and cost targets of base station OEMs and service providers," according to Thomas Kaiser, CEO of mimoOn.

At MWC Barcelona, mimoOn will showcase their advanced LTE PHY implementation running on CommAgility's MicroTCA baseband hardware. The demo will show live streaming video running on 5MHz, 64QAM LTE channels and over onto mimoOn's LTE Test Mobile. Air interface signals will be displayed on a Rohde & Schwarz CMW500 wideband communications tester, proving that the software is robust, system tested, and standards compliant.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is in Barcelona, Spain from 15-18 February 2010. For more information see www.mobileworldcongress.com.

Contact mimoOn at [email protected] to set up an appointment.

About mimoOn

mimoOn GmbH is the LTE pioneer in end-to-end software implementation and system design on SDR platforms. The company's scalable and modular 3GPP LTE infrastructure software families "mi!Femto™ & mi!Pico™" and terminal software family "mi!Mobile™" allows equipment manufacturers to fully exploit the numerous benefits of SDR. mimoOn's pre-certified Physical Layer (PHY) and Protocol Stack (MAC, PDCP, RLC, and RRC) software packages assure fast time to market, conformance to the latest release of the standards, ease of integration, and design to the lowest BoM. Thanks to SDR, mimoOn's LTE hardware product "mi!TestMOBILE™" delivers an affordable, highly flexible, portable test device enabling a reduction in CAPEX and OPEX for OEMs & network operators.

Due to the team's strong background from tier 1 mobile phone manufacturers and the company's ongoing research at leading-edge academic institutions, mimoOn is able to provide highly innovative solutions to the cellular industry. The company has been voted into EE Times annual list of Emerging Startups and also listed as one of Germany's most promising High-Tech companies. Visit www.mimoOn.de

About Axis Network Technology Ltd

Axis is a leading vendor of platform based, software defined Remote Radio and compact BTS products to globally based OEMs. Its products are used in the deployment of wireless broadband (WiMAX and LTE) networks worldwide, enabling the next generation of mobile data and voice technologies. Axis produces 2x2, 4x4 MIMO and 8x8 Smart Antenna Remote Radio Heads and the innovative multimode software that drives them. These are already enabling WiMAX services to be delivered in the USA, Asia and Europe. The company is also heavily involved in the first trials of LTE networks that will bring 4G mobile technology to the world.

Axis products provide world leading 'green' system efficiency that help network operators to dramatically reduce base station and network power consumption. Its innovative multimode platform can carry today's voice technology and tomorrow's data technology simultaneously allowing new 4G systems to extend the life of traditional 2G and 3G voice based solutions.

About CommAgility

CommAgility is a leading manufacturer of signal processing AMC modules for wireless baseband applications, combining flexible CPRI/OBSAI antenna interfaces, the latest TI DSPs and Xilinx FPGAs, and high bandwidth on and off-card communications using Serial RapidIO and Ethernet. Customers around the world use CommAgility products to develop high performance applications in both wireless and non-wireless spaces, and recent designs include test equipment, trial systems and base stations for a wide range of wireless standards especially WiMAX and LTE.

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