
PM7830 BRIC Baseband Radio Interface Controller
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INTERFACES
Line side high-speed serial outputs supporting simultaneous
multiple CPRI line rates using a single reference clock input.
System side parallel Radio Bus Interface (RBI) supporting parallel
output of either:
Direct CPRI frame payload.
Unmapped IQdata to/from CPRI frame payload.
6-port RMII/SMII Ethernet interface for accessing Fast C&M
channels.
Multi-channel HDLC serial interface for accessing Slow C&M
channels across all links.
16-bit microprocessor interface compatible with both Intel-like and
Freescale-like processors.
BENEFITS
Provides all necessary functions for implementing CPRI-based
Chain, Ring, Point-to-Point architectures, and more.
Hitless protection switching, IQsumming, AxC switching & multicast
functions enable single-device central switch/combiner
architectures.
Software -compatible BRIC and BRIC-2 allow complete CPRI solutions
to be realized quickly and expanded as needed.
Enables application-specific performance monitoring & OAM
functions using in-band Ethernet/HDLC control & management sub-
channels.
Applicable for UMTS, CDMA, WMAX solutions and beyond.
Industry's most complete and low-risk solution with reuse from
PM8358 QuadPHY 10GX SERDES and PM7831 BRIC-FP CPRI Framer.
APPLICATIONS
Two of the many possible architectural implementations using the
BRIC and BRIC-2 are shown below:
Central combiner-based CPRI architecture where the BRIC is used as
a termination and switching device for the interconnect of BRIC-2-
based REC and RE CPRI endpoints.
Chain-based CPRI architecture where the BRIC is used to terminate
one or more chains of remotely-located RE devices.
CENTRAL COMBINER-BASED CPRI ARCHITECTURE
Baseband
RE
RE
RE
Baseband
Baseband
Switching/Combining (P)
BC
BC
Baseband
Processing
IQ Data
RF Chain
Processing
IQ Data
Switching/Combining (W)
C
CPRI
Interconnect
CPRI
Interconnect
CHAIN-BASED CPRI ARCHITECTURE
RE
RE
RE
CPRI
CPRI
REC
CPRI
IQ Data
Baseband
Processing
RF Chain
Processing
IQ Data
RF Chain
Processing
RF Chain
Processing
IQ Data
IQ Data
CPRI
BC
BC
BC
C