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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) | Subject: TMS320C5509A , TMS320C5416 and TMS320C6415
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 February 2006
DSPs take charge of the last (wireless)
mile
Soma Networks is using TI's DSPs in Somaport 300 wireless broadband gateway modems and Soma Macro basestations to bring its last-mile technology to customers around the world.
Soma Networks, a leading provider of broadband wireless access technology, is using TI's TMS320C5509A digital signal processors (DSPs), TMS320C5416 DSPs and TMS320C6415 DSPs within Somaport 300 wireless broadband gateway modems and Soma Macro basestations to bring its last-mile technology to customers around the world TI supplies a complete offering of digital processors to meet the compact, yet demanding component needs of Soma Networks; from the ultra-low-power C5509A DSP to the high-performance C6415 DSP
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SoftAir platform quickly and cost effectively delivers primary-line voice, multimegabit broadband access, and future 802.11 wireless access capabilities, to residential and small office subscribers.
Tapping into the high-performance of TI DSPs, the 1GHz TI C6415 DSP is included in the Soma Macro basestation which serves a typical cell radius of up to ten miles and thousands of subscribers at 12Mbit/s.
Along with the C5509A DSP-enabled Somaport 300 wireless gateway modem, service providers can offer fully converged voice and broadband services to a wide range of geographic regions.
"Both the TI C5509A DSP and C5416 DSP provide the small form factor and high performance necessary to handle the advanced features of our products".
"The ability to deliver primary-line VoIP and advanced applications have been critical to the Somaport design from day one, and the C5000 platform offers a large number of options for third party software support", said Dr Robin Grindley, Chief Scientist of Hardware Systems at Soma Networks.
"The TI C6415 DSP is ideal for the Soma Macro basestation because it brings the computing power of a 1GHz DSP to our high performance basestation".
In areas where installing copper or fibre are impractical, Soma Networks offers service providers a complete turnkey wireless solution that can be up and running within a matter of weeks rather than years.
The Soma solution does not require line-of-sight access to a basestation or an external antenna, greatly simplifying installation and deployment.
The high-performance Somaport 300 wireless gateway device requires flexible, low power and inexpensive processors with a small footprint to mesh with their systems.
The small size of this high capacity memory chip and the low power functionality of the C5509A DSP made it the ideal choice for their design.
Soma Networks selected the C5416 DSP for its robust VoIP functionality alongside TI third party software such as vocoders, echo cancellers, and fax modems to provide primary-line voice quality and features.
"Soma Networks is an excellent example of a customer leveraging the strength of Texas Instruments DSP to power their designs".
"They maximise the size and low power benefits of the extremely popular C5000 DSP Platform while taking full advantage of the high performance of the C6000 DSP Platform", said Thomas Brooks, Platform Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments.
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