An eight-user UMTS channel unit Processor for 3GPP base station applications

Author

Prokop, T. ; Thomas, C. ; Bickerstaff, M. ; Niemasz, J. ; Bernadac, P. ; Saintot, P. ; Laufer, R. ; Bescher, D. ; Michel, R. ; Walker, B. ; Derriennic, F. ; Burban, N. ; Le Pape, E. ; Moreau, J.P. ; Cha, I. ; Angioni, S. ; Mhirsi, K. ; Lee, J. ; Prat, P.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., North Ryde, NSW, Australia

Volume

39

Issue

9

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1586

Lastpage

1590

Abstract

We present a multi-user W-CDMA baseband channel unit processor for cellular base station applications. The ASIC is compliant with the 3GPP/UMTS standard and exceeds 3GPP minimum requirements for high-speed data by 2.2-6.2 dB. It supports up to eight users simultaneously, with a mix of voice and data services and a maximum uplink data rate of 384 kb/s and maximum downlink data rate of 2 Mb/s. The ASIC implements preamble detection, searching, demodulation RAKE-finger processing, channel coding/decoding for voice and data services, and transmission functions. It is coupled to a DSP to form a complete channel element for eight users.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; application specific integrated circuits; cellular radio; channel coding; code division multiple access; digital signal processing chips; multiuser channels; radio receivers; 2 Mbit/s; 384 kbit/s; 3GPP base station application; 3GPP performance; 3GPP/UMTS standard; DSP; RAKE receiver; UMTS ASIC; UMTS base station; UMTS channel unit processors; UMTS infrastructure; W-CDMA baseband channel unit processor; baseband processing; cellular mobile base station; channel coding; channel decoding; data services; demodulation RAKE-finger processing; preamble detection; voice services; 3G mobile communication; Application specific integrated circuits; Base stations; Baseband; Channel coding; Couplings; Decoding; Demodulation; Downlink; Multiaccess communication; Baseband processing; GPP performance; RAKE receiver; UMTS ASIC; UMTS base station; UMTS infrastructure; cellular mobile base station; channel coding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2004.831437

Filename

1327758