Ikanos Communications and Global Wireless Technologies LLC Collaborate to Extend Mobile Access Indoors

The GlobalWireless femtocell base station, combined with Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 integrated gateway processor, has been designed to extend mobile coverage indoors, while providing flexible service options and reductions in cost and power consumption to the consumer and mobile operators.

GlobalWireless and Ikanos are collaborating on this effort in order to provide a complete solution to the residential consumer. Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 gateway processor supports all current VDSL2 profiles. In addition, the Vx180 reduces space and power requirements by combining Ikanos’ industry leading VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) PHY and its widely deployed Fusiv network processor architecture onto a single chip.

The Vx180 combines accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions with a MIPS-based CPU core, so that the maximum possible main CPU processing power is preserved for customer applications. GlobalWireless’ femtocell (UAP104) application is a home gateway that provides the residential customer with improved indoor cellular coverage as well as increased service options, such as single phone and number for all calls as well as the potential for landline replacement. Through its multi-standard platform, GlobalWireless is able to offer both a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) and code division multiple access (CDMA) solution to mobile operators.

"Ikanos’ Vx180 integrated gateway processor combines the highest level of performance, integration and flexibility," said Susan Elliott, director of business development at Global Wireless Technologies. "By integrating the Vx180 gateway processor with our UAP104 femtocell, we are able to provide complete residential gateway functionality to the market via a single solution."

Femtocells, or low power mobile phone base stations, connect into the mobile operator’s network through a residential gateway. A mobile phone in range of the femtocell at home automatically detects and uses the femtocell in preference to the outdoor cell sites. The integration of the Vx180 gateway processor into the femtocell base station results in a reduction of the equipment needed for in-home wired and wireless access. The advantages to the consumer include a low cost, flexible solution which allows for improved mobile coverage, handset transparency and the availability of high quality, in-home enhanced services.

"By integrating with femtocell technologies, Ikanos is enabling reliable in-home mobile service that expands beyond triple play," said Mitch Kahn, vice president of marketing at Ikanos. "We are pleased to be working with a market innovator such as GlobalWireless. Once again Ikanos is at the forefront of innovation, bridging the wireless to wired broadband network in the digital home."

Highly Integrated VDSL Gateway Processor

The Fusiv Vx180 is an integrated gateway processor that provides a MIPS-based CPU core, VoIP capabilities, security, and best-in-class QoS. It includes a multi-mode VDSL2 data pump that’s backward compatible to ADSL2+, ADSL2, and ADSL for flexibility across a range of service provider deployments. The product easily integrates with home networking technologies such as 802.11a/b/g/n, MoCA, HomePN and HomePlug.

The Fusiv Vx180 employs a unique distributed architecture that incorporates accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions, ensuring that the maximum main CPU processing power is available for customer applications.


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