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Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 16-19, 2009
mimoOn and CETECOM announce world's smallest
Test-Mobile for LTE
Duisburg & Essen, 9 February, 2009: mimoOn GmbH, a leader in software defined radio solutions for advanced wireless standards, and CETECOM, a worldwide recognised solution provider for the mobile communications industry, today announced the world’s smallest Test-Mobile implementation for 3GPP LTE.
The hardware is optimized for minimal footprint (13cm x 16cm x 2cm), as well as for processing power and power consumption; enabling the same Test-Mobile design to be easily evolved to a fully functional mobile handset platform when LTE becomes pervasive in the marketplace. The baseband is implemented on the Sandbridge Technologies’ SB3500® processor, recently announced as the world’s first LTE capable and dynamically reprogrammable multimode SOC, an ideal platform for handsets and data cards. The radio frequency section can support multiple bands through easy front-end upgrades. Channel bandwidths of 20MHz, multiple MIMO configurations, data rates of 100Mbps in Downlink and 50 Mbps in Uplink direction and high trace data rates will all be supported. The PHY and protocol stack software will all be fully featured based on the Release 8 36.XXX series specifications from 3GPP.
In addition, the mimoOn/CETECOM solution is entirely software defined, so it is easy to modify or customize even after being deployed – an important feature as the standards for the protocol layers will continue to be revised well into 2009.
CETECOM validates and certifies the design according to industry, regulatory, and environmental standards, including IOT tests against different infrastructures. A highly responsive organisation within CETECOM will support LTE rollout and trouble shooting with the available experience of past network rollout and expert knowledge of the test UE.
“As leading service operators plan to deploy LTE networks in 2009, the major roadblock is the availability of small form-factor and low-cost Test-Mobile platforms for system testing, radio planning, network optimization, operation and maintenance,” stated mimoOn’s CEO Thomas Kaiser. “Today’s LTE prototypes are bulky and not suited for easy portability and testing in the field; the new innovative design will expedite the rollout of LTE and bring the advantages of true mobile broadband to the consumer” he continued.
“Developing a Test UE based on SDR technology will enable us to deliver a product and services with unique features like negative testing and variation of RF profiles to simulate bad UEs or ‘rainy days’,” added Klaus Matkey, CTO of CETECOM.
Further Test-UE (User Equipment) capabilities will include coverage measurements, interference measurements, performance data such as QoS readings, and scanner functions. Trace and logging capabilities will be offered through a graphical user interface, configuration display and control, and automated testing will be available through scriptable interfaces, real time charting, capture, and playback.
mimoOn and CETECOM will show the LTE SDR Test-Mobile at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 16th to 19th 2009 on stands no. 2.1D16 and 2A83/2A78 in hall 2 respectively.
About mimoOn
mimoOn GmbH is an LTE pioneer in end-to-end software implementation and system design on Software Defined Radio (SDR) based multi-core DSP platforms. The company’s scalable and modular 3GPP LTE software family “mi!LTESoft” for infrastructure and terminals allows equipment manufacturers to exploit the numerous benefits of SDR: mimoOn's pre-certified Physical Layer (PHY) and Protocol Stack (MAC, PDCP, RLC and RRC) software packages assure fast time to market, conformance to the latest release of the standards, ease of integration, and design to the lowest BOM. Due to the team’s strong background from tier 1 mobile phone manufacturers and the company’s ongoing research at leading-edge academic institutions, mimoOn is able to provide innovative solutions to the industry. The company has been listed as one of Germany’s most promising High-Tech companies.
About CETECOM
CETECOM is renowned as neutral, experienced partner of the telecommunications and information technology industries and offers a unique service portfolio which covers the entire life cycle of a mobile communications product, contributes to the smooth running of products and applications and ensures that they meet international standards. CETECOM’s portfolio includes consulting and training, development of test solutions, validation services, testing in accredited laboratories (GSM, 3G, Application Enabler, OTA Performance and EMC), field trials, certification and approval handling. Being a member of numerous specialist bodies, CETECOM is also actively involved in the development and standardisation of global specifications for future technologies. And as a leading test laboratory CETECOM is channelling its knowledge and experiences into the development of test solutions and platforms for the industry.
SANDBRIDGE, Sandblaster and SB3500 are registered trademarks of Sandbridge Technologies, Inc.
Contacts
mimoOn GmbH, Bismarckstrasse 120, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)203 306 4500
Fax: +49 (0)203 306 4554
E-mail: info@mimoOn.de
Web: www.mimoOn.de
CETECOM GmbH, Im Teelbruch 116, 45219 Essen, Germany
Tel.: + 49 (0) 20 54 95 19 0
Fax: + 49 (0) 20 54 95 19 997
E-mail: info@cetecom.de
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