Bridge-on-chip: the enabler of next-generation mobile Internet and voice-over-IP

Author

Laraqui, Kim

Volume

18

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

A bridge-on-chip (BoC) is a highly integrated yet flexible microprocessor-based Ethernet bridging device. It integrates Bluetooth (technology that enables links between mobile computers, mobile phones, portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet) baseband functionality and an Ethernet controller and on-chip memory in a single chip. It also provides a DSP-based media gateway in support of voice-over-IP (VoIP), and it comes with a full range of embedded TCP/IP software support for various applications. The BoC is a key enabler for real integration of the data and telecommunication networks and services

Keywords

Internet telephony; VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; microprocessor chips; mobile communication; network interfaces; spread spectrum communication; transport protocols; wireless LAN; Bluetooth baseband functionality; DSP-based media gateway; Ethernet controller; VoIP; WLAN; bridge-on-chip; embedded TCP/IP software support; microprocessor-based Ethernet bridging device; mobile Internet; onchip memory; voice-over-IP; Baseband; Bluetooth; Ethernet networks; Handheld computers; Internet telephony; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Portable computers; TCPIP; Telecommunication control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

8755-3996

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/101.994834

Filename

994834