QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces World's First Third-Generation Chip for Base Station Equipment
Monday May 24, 7:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: QUALCOMM, Inc.
- CSM5000 Cell Site Modem Provides IS-95 CDMA Infrastructure Manufacturers with a Clear
Migration Path to Third-Generation, High-Data Rate Networks -
SAN DIEGO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), pioneer and world leader
of Code Division Multiple Access digital technology, today announced the introduction of the world's first third-generation
solution for CDMA digital infrastructure and test equipment products. The CSM5000(TM) Cell Station Modem (CSM(TM))
represents the first of a family of chipset and system software solutions to support cdma2000(TM), the third-generation (3G)
air interface standard that has been submitted by the U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU).
In a separate announcement, QUALCOMM also introduced the MSM5000(TM) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) digital
baseband solution for application in CDMA digital consumer devices. Both the MSM5000 and the CSM5000 are compliant
with spreading rate 1 of cdma2000 Phase One and will begin field trials in early 2000 with commercial production following the
trials.
''The CSM5000 is our most advanced Cell Site Modem to date and leads the wireless industry in supporting the highest
network data rates,'' said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. ''This major advancement will
provide wireless infrastructure companies with the core technology they need to further accelerate the deployment of CDMA
networks worldwide.''
Compliant to cdma2000 Phase One, the CSM5000 solution provides operators up to a doubling of overall capacity of voice
users over IS-95A and IS-95B systems. The CSM5000 supports up to 32 simultaneous users on a single chip, a four-fold
increase over the previous generation CSM and exceeds the ITU's 144 kilobits per second (kbps) requirement for data rates in
full wide area mobility by enabling data rates of 307.2 kbps on both the forward and reverse links.
''With capacity that provides for up to 32 simultaneous calls on a single chip, the CSM5000 will enable design of new, much
smaller and more versatile base station equipment,'' said Johan Lodenius, vice president of marketing of QUALCOMM
CDMA Technologies. ''Network operators will also benefit from the cost efficiencies and the rapid time to market that the
solution delivers for next-generation services.''
The flexible architecture of the CSM5000 provides resource mapping of up to 64 forward link channels and 32 reverse link
channels and provides base station manufacturers with an increase in the number of possible simultaneous calls per channel
card. In addition, the channel card power consumption per call is greatly reduced, enabling design of very compact base
stations. Each channel element performs CDMA searching, CDMA modulation and demodulation and Viterbi and Turbo
decoding.
The CSM5000 represents a new modem architecture for the CSM family, enabling an increase in integration, while reducing
host processor loading and system power consumption. The CSM5000 integrates an ARM7(TM) microprocessor for reverse
link processing and provides a PowerPC(TM) compatible synchronous interface.
To support cdma2000 Phase Two, a follow-up chip is planned for introduction subsequent to the CSM5000, which will be
fully backward compatible with cdma2000 Phase One, and IS-95A and IS-95B systems.
CSM5000 Features
Features of the CSM5000 chip include:
-- RTT: Supports Radio Configurations one through five of cdma2000 (1-5 forward link, 1-4 reverse link); . --
Six-Sector Support: Increases the number of sectors supported from three to six, with support for six transmit antennae
and up to 12 receive antennae; . -- Orthogonal Transmit Diversity Support: Support for three sectors with Orthogonal
Transmit Diversity (OTD); . -- Increased Cell Radius: Accommodates cell radius up to 125 km; . -- Turbo Code
Support: Allows Turbo codes or convolutional codes to be selected on a per-user basis; . -- Fast Power Control:
Supports 800 Hz power control on both the forward and reverse links; . -- Quick Paging Channel: By transmitting a
Quick Paging Channel on the forward link, the Quick Paging Channel increases the amount of time a mobile unit can stay
asleep while in slotted paging mode, improving standby time of the mobile unit;
-- Integrated RISC Processor: Includes an ARM7 processor, used for many of the low-level reverse link tasks including
searching, multi-path tracking and finger assignment, and frame rate and length determination thereby drastically reducing
the load on the host processor; . -- Device Driver Software: Runs on the host processor and abstracts the low-level
hardware details from the upper-layer CDMA applications. The software provides the following functions: download
ARM firmware; run CSM5000 self-test functions; CSM5000 timing management; sector management; and drivers for
Pilot, Sync, Paging, Access, and Forward and Reverse Link Traffic Channels; . -- 2.7v-3.3v I/O; . -- Available in a
352-pin Ball Grid Array package.
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies is the leading developer and supplier of CDMA chipsets, hardware and software
solutions and tools with more than 40 million MSM chips shipped worldwide. The division supplies chipsets to the world's
leading CDMA handset and infrastructure manufacturers including: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER
CO., LTD.; DENSO CORPORATION; FUJITSU LIMITED; Hitachi, Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.;
KYOCERA CORPORATION; LG Information and Communications, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co.,
Ltd.; and Toshiba Corporation, among others.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless
communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's major business
areas include CDMA phones; integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; and satellite-based
systems including OmniTRACS® and portions of the Globalstar(TM) system. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif.,
QUALCOMM is a FORTUNE 500® company with fiscal 1998 revenues in excess of U.S. $3 billion. For more information,
please visit the Company's web site at <http://www.qualcomm.com>.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
risks and uncertainties, including timely product development, the Company's ability to successfully manufacture significant
quantities of CDMA or other equipment on a timely and profitable basis, and those related to performance guarantees, change
in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 27, 1998, and most recent Form
10-Q.
QUALCOMM and OmniTRACS are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. MSM, MSM5000, CSM and
CSM5000 are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite
Services, Incorporated. cdma2000 is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: QUALCOMM, Inc.
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