Designing Remote Radio Head Applications with FPGAs

Scalable, Differentiated, Future Proof

Comprehensive portfolio of FPGA and ASIC platforms

•Stratix®VGSFPGAsforhigher-orderMIMOandhigh-bandwidthRRHdesigns

•Arria®VSoCFPGAsforlow-cost,integrateddesignsincludingactiveantennas

•Cyclone®VFPGAsforlow-endRRHdesigns,activeantennas,andsmallcells

•HardCopy®VASICsforlowest-costandlowest-powerdesignswiththesmallestboardsize

Remoteradiohead(RRH)technologyisevolvingatarapidpacetoaccommodatehigherbandwidthrequirementsincludingdiscontinuousspectrum,higher-ordermultipleinput/multipleoutput(MIMO),anddiverseformfactorssuchasactiveantennasandsmallcells.Altera’sbroadportfolioof28-nmFPGAsandASICscombinedwithproductivity-enhancingsoftwaretools,developmentboards,intellectualproperty(IP),andreferencedesignsenableyoutofutureproofanddifferentiateyourRRHdesigns.

Productivity-enhancing tools, IP, and development boards

•Easymultichanneldigitalupconverter(DUC)anddigitaldownconverter(DDC)referencedesignwithDSPBuilderAdvancedBlocksetlibrary

•Crestfactorreduction(CFR)anddigitalpredistortion(DPD)referencedesigns

•Off-the-shelfIPcoresforCommonPublicRadioInterface(CPRI),OpenBaseStationArchitectureInitiative(OBSAI),andJESD204Binterfaces

•State-of-the-artRFhardwaredevelopmentanddemonstrationkits

Faster and Differentiated Designs, Lower Total CostOurtechnologiesenablefuture-proof,multimodeRF/RRHdevelopment,whilealsoprovidingtoolstohelpaccelerateyourdesigncycleandlowertotalcostofownership(TCO).

Integrated, Scalable, and Flexible RRH Designs

CPRIOBSAIframer

EthernetMAC

Multi-channelTx SRC/DUC

Multi-channelRx SRC/DDC

CFR DPD

Nios II or ARM A9

software

Memorycontroller

Nios® II or ARM® A9 O/Mand configuration

Ethernet RS-232 DDR2/3 Flash

TxDAC

MIMOanalog

RFDPD

FB ADCRx

ADC

Altera® FPGA

EthernetI/F

RS-232I/F

DDR2/3memory

Flashmemory

DPD

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Altera’s Wireless RF FrameworkAltera’swirelessRFframeworkenablesyoutorapidlyprototypeandtestnewalgorithmsandarchitecturesinhardware,addressingevolvingsystem-levelRRHrequirements.

Altera’sRFframeworkcomponentsinclude:

•AnyofAltera’s40-nmand28-nmFPGAdevelopmentboardswithHSMCconnector

•Third-partyRFanalogboardssuchasAnalogDevices’MSDPDboardwithHSMCconnector

•QsyssystemintegrationtoolsubsystemwithFPGAlogicthatinterfacestotheanalog-to-digitalconvertersanddigital-toanalogconverters(ADCs/DACs),andplaysoutandcapturesdatabetweenexternalmemoryandtheanaloghardware

•Systemconsole-basedcommunicationbetweenFPGAandhostcomputerforeasycontrolofIPcomponentsfromMathWorks’MATLAB®environment

•DSPBuilderAdvancedBlockset-baseddesignsenablerapiddevelopmentofDUC,DDC,CFR,andDPDforwardpathandmatrixinversionblockswithouttheneedforregistertransferlevel(RTL)design

Altera’s Connectivity CoresYoucanalsoselectfromoursuiteofconnectivitycoresforcommodityinterfacessuchasCPRI,OBSAI,andtheemergingJESD204B-basedserialinterfacetodataconverters.WeperformedJESD204A/BinteroperabilitydemonstrationswithleadingdataconvertermanufacturersincludingAnalogDevicesandNXPSemiconductor.

Want to dig deeper?FormoreinformationabouthowAltera’s40-nmtransceiver-baseddeviceportfoliocansupportyourRRHapplications,contactyourlocalrepresentative,orvisitwww.altera.com/wireless.

Altera’s RF Framework Components