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QorIQ Qonverge, SoC Solutions

for HetNet

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Gino Gatto | Senior Field Application Engineer

EUF-SNT-T1476

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Agenda

• Explosion in Demand for Wireless Data Traffic and

Operators’ Challenges

• Trends in Wireless Networks

• Wireless Base Station Sites and Types

• Silicon Vendors’ Challenges

• Complete SoC Portfolio for Base Stations

• SoC Portfolio Architectures

• Freescale Software Solutions

• Rich Ecosystem of Partners

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Explosion of Traffic on Wireless Networks

Source: Ericsson (2013)

• Global mobile penetration is at 92% and growing at >100M subs per quarter

• EMEA, LAMEX, NAM & APAC* all > 100% penetration (*excluding China)

• Mobile broadband subscribers will grow 4x to reach 9.3B by 2019, 5.6B Smart Phone, 2.6B LTE

• Smart phone traffic will grow 10x driven by an average user monthly data traffic growth from 600 MB to 2.2 GB

• LTE global population coverage will be 65% by 2019, North America will be 95%

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MobileGPS

Touchpad

Notebook

Appliance

Addressing the Mobile Data Tsunami

• Multiple parallel approaches required…

• New network topologiesCloud-RAN, small cells, DAS, HetNet…

• More efficient use of spectrum: LTE/OFDM, massive/high-order MiMO

• New technologies: wireless backhaul (relay), carrier Wi-Fi® offload

• Regulatory innovation with new spectrum (e.g. 5G), white spaces, spectrum re-farming (e.g 2G/3G reuse)

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Operators Facing Multiple Challenges

• Move from voice to data-centric usage

driving 18x increase in bandwidth

demand

• User density in urban areas - by

2016, 60% of mobile traffic will be

generated in metro areas

• Limited, higher frequency spectrum

with poor building penetration

• Current deployments have large

footprints and high running costs

resulting in high OPEX

• Current deployments lead to over

provisioning and poor load balancing

resulting in high CAPEX

Source: Ericsson (2012/2013)

Month

ly P

eta

Byr

es

(10

15B

)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

0

3,000

6,000

9,000

12,000

Data: mobile PCs, tablets and mobile routers

Data: mobile phones

Voice

15,000

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Small Cells Can Help

• 3G small cell volumes have peaked

• LTE small cell deployments have started – Freescale has more than 50 customer engagements

• 2014 will see volume LTE small cell shipments on FDD-LTE and initial TDD-LTE shipments

• Trials and deployments in every region – Freescale involved in NAM, LAMEX, EMEA & APAC

• No longer coverage only but part of deployment strategies for capacity, QoS and in-building penetration

Source: Infonetics (2013)

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Pico and RRH

Dedicated Backhauls

Relay RF Backhaul

Core

Network

Femto

Internet Backhaul

Internet

Wi-Fi®

Femto

Wi-Fi Offload

Metro/Pico RRH

Relay

Two major wireless infrastructure trends are dominant:

• Rapid growth in small cells as Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet)

deployments leveraged to address coverage and capacity issues

• Macrocells driving for higher density and more centralization

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Macro RAN Solution Trends

• Higher density solutions

− Doubling in throughputs/capacity and

greater…

• Centralized base stations with

large resource pools− Layer 1, MAC scheduler, Layer 2,

transport and control

• Cloud-RAN with virtualized,

pooled resources− Specialized Layer 1, virtualized GPP for

higher level functions

RRH - Remote Radio Heads

CPRI Fiber

Connections

BBU Pool/Hotel

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High bandwidth optical transport

network:Adaptable for dynamic network load

Cloud-RAN Trend

• Reduced OPEX: Fewer sites, easier maintenance

• Baseband pooling/load balancing: Maximize equipment loading, reduced redundancy

• Centralized baseband: Collaborative multipoint, inter-cell interference coordination

Baseband Pool

BB Pool BB Pool

PHY/MAC PHY/MAC PHY/MAC PHY/MAC

Optical Transport Network

x2+

CPRI switch

Real-time Cloud for centralized

baseband processing:Reduce BS sites, lower power

consumption and CAPEX/OPEX cost

High bandwidth optical transport

network:Adaptable for dynamic network load

Distributed RRU:Cooperative multi-point processing,

improve SE

RRU

RRU

RRU

RRU

RRU

RRU

RRU

Virtualized Control & Transport

Network load balancing. Server Pool

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Wireless Base Station Deployments and Types

Indoor

OutdoorHome Femtocell

SOHO Femtocell

Public Venue/Enterprise PicocellEnterprise Pico/Metrocell

Macrocell

Urban Area Metrocells

Cloud RAN

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Characteristics of Base Station Types

Cell Installed # Active

Users

Max Radius

(Km)

Bandwidth

(MHz)

Max RF

Power

(dBm)

Sectors MiMO

Femto Indoor 4-32 0.1 10 20 1 2x2

Pico In/outdoor 32-100 0.2 10-20 24 1 2x2

Metro Outdoor 100-250 < 3 20 - 40 < 38 1-2

2x2

&

4x4

Macro/

CRANOutdoor

250-1000

1000-10,000< 30 60-80 50-80 3

4x4

&

8x8

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Silicon Vendors’ Challenges

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Challenges for Semiconductor Solutions

• Complex mix of IP: DSP, CPU, Acceleration

• High levels of integration: Balanced resources for use case, power consumption and efficiency

• Complete solutions including entire processing chain, hardware and software

• Multiple target price/performance points driving need for scalable architecture, software compatibility/ease of use and reuse

• Relentless focus on reduction in total cost of ownership

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Silicon Vendor Software Requirements

Additional Services

Operation & Maintenance

LTE & WCDMA

Layer 1 PY

Operator/OEM

HW Independent

HW Dependent

Payload

RRC

Signali

ng/ST

CPPCDPRTP/GTP

UDP

RLC

MAC

L1 Control

IPv4/v6

IPSEC

Ethernet Control

• Closely coupled software

and hardware

− Hardware specific Layer 1,

performance optimized

• Intelligent software partitioning

− Balanced resources for use case

• System integration and testing

− End to end testing of complete stack

• Intelligent design

− Scalable architecture + software

compatibility and reuse

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Freescale’s Base Station

Solutions Portfolio

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Complete Baseband SoC Portfolio from Freescale

• Broad portfolio from Femto to Macro with on-time, on-specification release track record

• Common architecture and software tool sets including CodeWarrior Development Suite

• Software and tools ecosystem catering for Tier-1 wireless OEMs and broad market customers

• Rich third-party ecosystem for tools, operating system and application software

• Layer-1 and transport software stacks for small cell solutions to further expedite time to market

• Software compatibility across different devices

• Freescale delivering industry’s first complete SoC

portfolio from home femto to multi-sector macro base

stations

QorIQ Qonverge Base Station-on-Chip SoC Series

• Advanced core and acceleration technologies, highly-balanced architectures for baseband processing integration, advanced process technologies

(45 nm)

(45 nm)

8-32 users

32-100 users

(28nm)

128-256 users

(28 nm)

1000+ users

• Adopted by Industry leading base station OEMs

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QorIQ Qonverge B4860 SoC for

Macrocell and Cloud-RAN

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New Level of Performance in Mobile

Wireless Infrastructure

• Three 20 MHz sectors 8T/8R LTE in a single

SoC, supporting multiple standards and multimode

operation for macrocell base stations

• Future proof, provides full support and scalability

for LTE-Advanced R.11 and HSPA R.10 standards

• Complete baseband solution, integrates L1, L2,

control and transport baseband processing from

backhaul network to antenna Interface

• Competitive system cost, helps OEMs to meet

operators’ demand for lower CAPEX/OPEX

• Freescale’s R&D scale and unique ownership

of fundamental IP, combined with systems

knowledge drives competitive differentiation

• World-class silicon, 28 nm process

execution and beyond

QorIQ Qonverge B4860 SoC

Solution for Macrocell and C-RAN

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QorIQ Qonverge B4860: Block Diagram and Benefits

• Includes 64-bit e6500 dual-threaded cores, built on Power Architecture® technology, offering industry-leading DMIP/MHz performance with AltiVec technology for dramatic L2 scheduling acceleration

• Includes SC3900FP fixed/floating-point StarCore DSP cores providing 2x DSP performance compared to competitive offerings

• 20 GHz of programmable performance

• Smart hardware acceleration for Layer 1, 2, control and transport allows for best in class performance, power and cost

• Large-scale SoC integration allows for simpler programming models and easier load balancing

• Rich I/O mix including backhaul and antenna interfaces provide flexibility, interoperability and reduces overall system cost

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Smart Acceleration for Optimal Performance

MAPLE-B

Innovative Layer-1

AccelerationWork distribution between cores

and accelerators

MAPLE-B Layer-1 Hardware Accelerators

Standards supportLTE, WCDMA, WiMAX, GSM and

LTE-Advanced

ThroughputsVery high throughputs enabling low

processing latencies

Programming Simple API

Multimode operations LTE, LTE-A, WCDMA

Advanced MiMO

Innovative MiMO Equalizer for

improved spectral efficiency and

reduce processing latencies compared

to conventional techniques

StreamingDirect streaming to/from antenna

without core intervention

Internal Embedded

Flows

Internal embedded flows for

PUSCH/PDSCH Uplink/Downlink

processing without core intervention

Completely offloads extensive Baseband algorithms

Security acceleration for offload of

Transport functionality

Integrated vector processing unit for

accelerating L2 schedulingDPAA Control/Transport Hardware Accelerators

FMAN

Frame Manager

>20 Gbps aggregate throughput,

Parse, Classify, Distribute

BMAN

Buffer Manager

Manages buffer pools for accelerators

and network interfaces

QMAN

Queue Manager

Simplified sharing of network

interfaces and hardware accelerators

by multiple cores

RMAN

Rapid IO ManagerSeamless mapping sRIO to DPAA

SEC

Security

SNOW-3G, Kasumi, ZUC, IPSec,

AES, DES, MD5, SHA-1/2….

Saving CPU Cycles for higher value work

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3-sector 20 MHz LTE Macrocell

with 5 major components

3-sector 20 MHz LTE Macrocell

using Single SoC

Benefit of Intelligent Integration vs. Traditional Discrete

Solution

Multicore

MPUsRIO

Switch

Layer-1

Layer-2/3

Transport

& Control

DSP

CP

RI

I2C

UART

SPI

GE

sRIO

CPRI

Flas

hDDR2 DDR1

Flas

h

Antenna

10 Gbps

1Gbps

DDR

3DDR3

Back Haul

Maint.

PHY

PHYAntenna

DSP

DSP

CPRI

B4860

POWER

4x Cost Reduction

3x Power Reduction

B4860 SoC

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Cloud-RAN with BBU Pooling and Control Pooling

• Expense to deploy fiber creates a practical limit on number

and distance of connections to BBU pool

• QorIQ Qonverge (B4860) processor addresses needs unique

to BBU

− More efficient (silicon size and power) for L1 processing

compared to a GPP

− Hardware-based accelerators for standard and repetitive

algorithms

− Low latency and deterministic behavior with L1 and L2

processed on same device

− 10 GbE connections for BBU balancing within the pool

• The base station-on-a-chip approach provides scalable

solution to suit varying capacity needs

• 10G backhaul connectivity is required

• QorIQ (T4240) ideal for Cloud-RAN, data-centric servers

− Lower power than competitor’s GPP

− SoC mimics cloud compute system architecture

− Strong processing assist technology for security,

compression and packet processing

• Ideal for virtualization of core, RNC, gateway, etc.

− Power Architecture® technology leads wireless market

share

− Ecosystem and virtualization solutions exist

Remote Radio Heads

CPRI Fiber

Connections

B4860-Based BBU Pool/Hotel

Mobile Core Infrastructure QorIQ T4240-based Servers

10Gb10Gb

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• Based on advanced Power Architecture, StarCore, CoreNet and MAPLE technologies

• First SoC in 28 nm technology node for wireless infrastructure

• Supports the most advanced mobile wireless standards

High-Density Baseband Solution

LTE-Advanced SOLUTION

60 MHz sector on a chip

1.8 Gbps Aggregated Throughput

LTE/LTE-A SOLUTION

Base station on a chip

3-sector, 20 MHz, 8T8R Ant.

1.4 Gbps Aggregated Throughput

LTE, LTE-A,

WCDMA, TD-

SCDMA, GSM

Simultaneous

Multi-mode

LTE+WCDMA

Supports

Macrocells

Supports

Multi-RAT:

WCDMA SOLUTION

Base station on a chip

up to 6 cells, 5 MHz, 2T2R ant.

318 Mbps Aggregated Throughput

QorIQ Qonverge B4860 SoC - Industry Leading

Throughputs/Capacity

TD-SCDMA SOLUTION

Base station on a chip

30 carriers with a single device

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QorIQ Qonverge BSC9132

Picocell Solution

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QorIQ Qonverge: BSC9132 Block Diagram

Multicore Fabric

4-Lanes SERDES

512KB Shared L2 Cache

StarCore

SC3850 DSP

512KB L2 Cache

USB 2.0

IFC

USIM

1x SPI

SD/MMC

GPIOs

Timers

2x I2C

2x

PC

Ie5

G

2x C

PR

I 6

.1G

4x J

ES

D20

7

Power™

e500mc

Power™

e500mc

StarCore

SC3850 DSP

32 KB

D-Cache

32 KB

I-Cache

32 KB

D-Cache

32 KB

I-Cache

32 KB

D-Cache

32 KB

I-Cache

32 KB

D-Cache

32 KB

I-Cache

Security

Engine

512KB L2 Cache

32-bit

DDR3

Memory

Controller

32-bit

DDR3

Memory

Controller

2x

SG

MII

+ 1

58

8v2MAPLE-B2P

LTE WCDMA

32 KB

Shared

Memory

TDM

Single Chip – Picocell Base Station• Standards support: LTE (Rel. 8/9), WCDMA (Rel.

99/7/8/9), 802.16e

• Bandwidth: 20 MHz or 2x 10 MHz

• 100 LTE or 32 HSPA active users

• Multimode support

• LTE throughputs: 150 Mbps DL / 75 Mbps UL with 2x4 ant.

• HSPA+ throughputs: 84 MbpsDL /23 Mbps UL

• WiMAX 802.16e: up to 50 Mbps DL/13 Mbps UL

• 2G/3G Sniffing and GPS support

• Secured boot and trust architecture support

• Proc. layers: PHY-MAC-RLC-PDCP-Transport

Architecture• Dual e500mc cores, built on Power Architecture®

technology (1 GHz/1.2 GHz)

• Dual StarCore SC3850 DSPs (1 GHz/1.2 GHz)

• MAPLE-B2P Baseband Accelerators Platform

• Security engine - IPsec, Kasumi, Snow-3G

• Dual DDR3/3L, 32-bit,1.333 GHz, w/ ECC

• IEEE® 1588 v2, NTP

• USB 2.0

• 4 SerDes lanes, combining:

• 2x Ethernet 1G SGMII

• 2x CPRI v4.1 @ 6.144G antenna interface

• 1x PCIe @ 5G x2 lanes

• Quad JESD207 RF transceiver interfaces

• NAND/NOR Flash controller, eSDHC, USIM

• I2C, eSPI

• Package – FCPBGA, 23mmx23mm, 0.8mm

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QorIQ Qonverge BSC9131

Femtocell Solution

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QorIQ Qonverge: BSC9131 Block Diagram

Multicore Fabric

USB 2.0

IFC

USIM

1x SPI

SD/MMC

GPIOs

TDM

2x I2C

Power™

e500mc

256KB L2 Cache

StarCore

SC3850 DSP

512KB L2 Cache

Power™

e500mc

32 KB

D-Cache

32 KB

I-Cache

32 KB

D-Cache

32 KB

I-Cache

32-bit DDR3

Memory

Controller

3x J

ES

D20

7/M

AX

PH

Y

Security

Engine

2x

RG

MII

+ 1

58

8v2MAPLE-B2F

LTE WCDMA

Timers

Single Chip Femtocell Base Station

− SMB Femtocell up to 16 users – BSC9131

− Multimode

SoC Architecture

− e500 core, built on Power Architecture®

technology (800 Mhz – 1 GHz)

− StarCore SC3850 core subsystem (800 MHz –1 GHz)

− MAPLE-B2F Baseband Accelerators Platform

eTVPE – Turbo/Viterbi Decoder

DEPE – Turbo Encoder w/ rate match

CRCPE – CRC check & insertion

FTPE – FFT/DFT

PDPE, PUPE

UMTS Chiprate

− Security engine – IPsec, Kasumi, Snow-3G

− Secured boot

− Single DDR3 Controller 32-bit 800 MHz

− IEEE® 1588 v2, NTP

− USB 2.0

− 2x Ethernet RGMII and IEEE1588v2

− 3x JESD207/MAXPHY RF transceiver interfaces

Multi-standard Architecture

− Standards support: LTE (Rel. 9), WCDMA (Rel. 99/7/8)

− LTE – 20 MHz single sector -10 0Mbps / DL 50 Mbps UL

− HSPA – 5 MHz single sector 42 Mbps / DL 11 Mbps UL

− Processing Layers: PHY-MAC-RLC-PDCP-NTP

− Enabled with 2x2 MiMO

− 2G/3G sniffing and GPS support

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Software Solutions from

Freescale and Our Partners

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Freescale Small Cell Software Solution

• Comprehensive, commercial grade

L1, L2, L3 and Transport Software

solution for small cells integrated

and tested

− LTE-FDD/TDD and LTE-Advanced L1

software stack (licensed by Freescale)

− L2/L3 software for LTE-FDD/TDD and

LTE-Advanced (licensed by partners)

− Transport software, including IPsec,

QoS backhaul, etc. (licensed by

Freescale and partners)

− Development tools and operating

system software (available through

Freescale and partners)

RRC

L1 Control

MAC

RLC

PDCP

Ethernet Control

IPSEC

IPv4/v6

UDP

GTPSignalin

g

/ STCP

Payload

Operation & Maintenance

LTE & LTE-A

Layer-1 PHY

Additional services

SD

OS

OS

Lin

ux

OS

Freescale OEM/Partners SP/OEM

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Hardware Abstract Layer

Hardware & OS Abstract Layer

Freescale - LTE/LTE-A Software Libraries for Macrocell

SC3900 e6500

SDOS

MA

PL

E

LTE/LTE-A Library

LTE L2-L1 API

Linux Kernel Space

Standard, FSL API

Linux User Space

Std

Libs

FMAN

Network

Stacks

QoS

pthreads

Drivers

Eth-Net

Custom

er Libs

Sockets

ASFIPSEC

File

Systems

Rman

Driver

SRIO

Driver

Qman

Driver

USDPA

A LibSEC Lib

Bman

Driver

Std Libs

ApplicationsL2 L3

Std

Apps

Customer

Apps

Optimized and compliance tested reference Layer-1 software

components library for FDD & TDD LTE/LTE-A processing chains

DP

AA

DL Ctrl

PDSCH

PUSCHPRACH

PUCCH

SRSMBSFN

L1 FWK

ANT IFL2-L1 IFDebug

RT Sch

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Comprehensive IDEs that provide

a visual, automated framework,

with optimizing compilers to

accelerate development of

complex applications

Leading providers for LTE

commercial Layer 2/3 and

Layer 1 software stacks as

well as system integration

services

Leading providers of

commercial operating systems,

middleware and development

tools

Operating systems with

optimized drivers for CPU, DSP,

accelerators, interfaces

Freescale provides complete

LTE & LTE-A software stacks

for Layer-1 PHY and

Transport

RF boards and test equipment

hardware partners

Platform developed by

Freescale, integrated with RF,

to enable end-to-end system,

introduced with silicon samples

Modular, cost-effective

development platform pertinent

to software and system

development

Reference

Design

Linux SDK

SmartDSP-OS

Complete Solution, Rich Ecosystem

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