System-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions provider Provigent has developed a “Terminal-on-a-chip" solution for backhaul infrastructure. This mixed-signal CMOS device with an unparalleled level of integration and enhanced performance is the ultimate backhauling solution for 3G, LTE and WiMAX deployments, claimed Provigent.

"Highly integrated Terminal-on-a-Chip PVG610 reduces time to market for new systems designed to support next generation wireless backhaul needs, stated Ran Soffer, Provigent’s vice president of marketing.

The PVG610 provides all necessary terminal building blocks required for indoor or outdoor units used in applications such as cellular/WiMAX backhaul networks, fixed wireless transmission and private wireless networks. The PVG610 also provides the complete processing chain from user data interfaces through the high performance modem to carrier IF frequency. Multiple on-board user data interfaces supported include:
PDH; E1/T1/J1 LIU & framers, SDH/SONET; STM-1/OC-3, Ethernet, 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet GMAC, management, an other serial interfaces.

The user data streams from any or all of the available interfaces are aggregated and multiplexed. The state-of-the-art modem technology performs encoding and offers QPSK through 256 QAM modulations. The embedded high performance digital-to- analog converter (DAC) converts the modulated signal into analog for IF transmission. Embedded high performance analog-to-digital converter (ADC) digitizes the received signal. Demodulation, decoding and mapping to the user data streams (interfaces) are all managed by the PVG610’s embedded ARM9 processor.

According to the developer, the PVG610 and its full support package are immediately available for integration and testing. Meanwhile, several customers are beta testing the part.

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