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News Release from: Agere Systems | Subject: X455 HSDPA
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 February 2006
HSDPA chipset offers futureproof
programmability
Engineering samples are available for a new chipset that enables the development of mass-market HSDPA-capable feature phones and smartphones at price points of $150 or less.
Engineering samples are available for a new chipset that enables the development of mass-market HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) capable feature phones and smartphones at price points of $150 or less Phones and PC cards based on Agere's X455 HSDPA product will support true mobile broadband connectivity by enabling data downlinks at up to 3.6Mbit/s, nearly ten times faster than the peak rates of W-CDMA solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Agere's X455 is designed to address manufacturer and service provider demand for products that enable very quick and easy migrations from W-CDMA to HSDPA technology.
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At present, service providers have launched a total of 100 W-CDMA networks in 42 countries around the world with many of them announcing plans to further evolve their networks with HSDPA trials and service deployments in the near future.
To achieve this goal, they want leading-edge HSDPA solutions that can deliver an enhanced user experience for such revenue-generating applications as real-time audio and streaming video, interactive gaming, Internet browsing and push-to-talk services.
"Today we have sampled an HSDPA solution that brings wireless broadband to high-volume, mainstream price points", said Denis Regimbal, Executive Vice President of Agere's Mobility Division.
"Unlike competitive solutions, Agere's X455 is a flexible communications engine that allows our customers to target products for the volume segments of the market, where the value-added services that HSDPA brings to life will generate lucrative returns for service providers".
One of the first 3.6Mbit/s HSDPA solutions to sample, the X455 provides a flexible and scalable platform as network technology evolves from GPRS/Edge to W-CDMA and HSDPA.
The X455 is a two-chip solution that provides complete digital and analogue baseband functionality, ensuring high-bandwidth connectivity for end users throughout the stages of HSDPA roll-out.
The solution simultaneously supports Release 5 Category 6 (3.6Mbit/s) downlink, W-CDMA uplink and downlink (384Kbit/s), as well as voice services for the highest broadband cellular performance available today.
Whereas competing HSDPA solutions require costly and time-consuming hardware spins to cope with evolving standards and new features, the X455's programmable ModemArt engine enables rapid implementation of technical updates using software and firmware.
This capability allows handset and PC card makers to quickly update and validate HSDPA designs, significantly reducing deployment risks as well as cycle time for interoperability testing and certification by up to six months.
The X455's software application programming interface leverages Agere's proven, dual-mode protocol software stack, deployed in more than 100 million phones operating over 70 networks worldwide, as well as the company's OptiVerse software frameworks.
These robust and flexible frameworks enable PC card and handset designers to quickly extend their existing offerings to include HSDPA.
In addition, the X455 builds on Agere's strategy of offering early-to-market communications engines that deliver new network technologies in line with the market ramp.
The company plans to deploy future HSDPA offerings based on its Vision architecture that further optimise system size and cost.
Agere also will extend the data capabilities by enabling even higher performance services, including Category 8 (7.2Mbit/s HSDPA), Category 5 (2Mbit/s HSUPA) and Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS).
Agere expects to be in volume production with the X455 in the second half of 2006.
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