QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Announces World's First
Third-Generation Chip for Base Station Equipment
- 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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