IPWireless IMB Device Solutions
IPWireless provides device vendors with comprehensive solutions, including an IMB IP Core and an IMB System-on-a-Chip (SoC), so they can more easily enable handsets for integrated mobile broadcast services based on operator requirements.
Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB) is standardised as part of 3GPP Release 8 and is ideally placed to address the growing market for a global broadcast solution for mobile devices. IMB harmonises the elements of existing 3GPP Release 7 WCDMA and TD-CDMA standards to achieve a unified solution incorporating the best technology from both.
System on a Chip (SOC)
The IMB System-on-Chip from IPWireless provides all the digital functionality for an IMB receiver application. A single embedded ARC processor and an IMB baseband core combine with SDIO, SPI, I2C, SIM and UART interfaces in a single ultra-lowpower 40nm design. When integrated with the IPWireless IMB software stack and a RF chipset, manufacturers can quickly bring innovative IMB solutions to market.
The iMB SoC is the dedicated solution from IPWireless derived from earlier SoC based iMB prototype modules.
Applications
• Mobile handsets
• Other mobile consumer devices
Features
• 3GPP IMB Release 8 operation
• Single 122MHz ARC processor
• 160 MIPS of processing power
• 512Kbytes of on-chip Instruction RAM
• 256Kbytes of on-chip Data RAM
• Internal boot ROM
• Boot from SDIO,SPI, UART or external EEPROM
• SDIO, SPI and UART host interfaces
• I2C and SIM auxiliary interfaces
• High speed operation up to 360kmph
• DigRF radio interface
• 121-pin VFBGA package
IMB UE IP Core
The IMB IP core from IPWireless provides all the baseband functionality for an IMB
receiver application in a single integrated IP core. When integrated with a RF
chipset/IP, a CPU core, host peripheral interface and the IPWireless IMB Layer 1
reference software, handset manufacturers can quickly bring innovative IMB
solutions to market.
Applications
• Mobile broadcast on handsets
• Other mobile broadcast consumer devices such as
• Laptops
• PDAs
• In-car entertainment
• Satellite Navigation systems
Features
• Full 3GPP Release 8 IMB baseband operation
• AMBA or Custom bus interface
• Designed in synthesizable VHDL
• Designed for easy integration into vendors ASIC
• Dual parallel IQ interface.
• Flexible and customizable 3 wire and GPO radio interface
• Built in power saving features
• Supplied complete with full testbench suite, synthesis and compilation scripts.
• IP integration and Complete Turnkey IC design services available.
• Full “at speed” custom emulation platform for system development/ verification prior to fabrication available.
• Support of receive diversity
• IPWireless channel estimation and equaliser technology derived from multiple generations of IPWireless chipsets.
• The IMB IP core has the capacity to receive broadcast channels up to 512Kbps
• The IMB IP core has been designed to work at speeds up to 360Km/hr and so will work on high speed trains.