Stratix II FPGAs Power TD-SCDMA Remote Radio Unit

Posted by Ken Cheung in FPGA-based Product on Monday, March 17, 2008

ZTE selected Altera Corporation's (NASDAQ:ALTR) Stratix® II FPGAs for ZTE's new TD-SCDMA Remote Radio Units (RRUs). In the ZTE RRU, the Stratix II device performs all major digital intermediate frequency (IF) functions. TD-SCDMA is the third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications standard for China, and has been adopted by the 3GPP standards body. The growth of the standard has led to increased interest and participation across the telecommunications industry. In addition, RRUs will be widely used because of the smart antenna requirement in TD-SCDMA.

The ZTE RRU offering provides new heights of functionality and capability. The Altera® Stratix II device performs functions that would have required multiple ASSPs, providing board space, reliability and power consumption advantages. In addition, the Stratix II FPGA allows remote in-field hardware upgrades of the RRU, which is impossible with ASSPs.

More info: Altera Stratix II FPGA | ZTE

If you found this page useful, bookmark and share it on:

Possibly of Interest

 
FPGA Blog Newsletter
Don't have time to visit FPGA Blog everyday? Then sign up for our free newsletter. We'll send you an email when we have something to share with you. Your email address will be kept confidential and we will not share, sell, or rent it to anyone. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking a link in the email.

Enter your email address to sign up for our free newsletter:   

If you are familiar with RSS feeds, you can also sign up for our free blog feed. Our RSS feed is updated in real-time while our newsletter is updated daily.