Designing Radios
Installing Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G radios with an existing 4G LTE network enables higher data bandwidth. Carriers around the world can take advantage of this higher bandwidth to ensure that the rest of the network (for example, backhaul and core) can be eventually upgraded to support Standalone (SA) 5G radios and leverage the comprehensive features offered by 5G technology.
This phased evolution of 5G creates more challenges for engineers managing Radio Unit (RU), Remote Radio Unit (RRU) and Active Antenna Unit (AAU) designs. In addition to considering a wide range of frequency, power delivery, interfaces and other variations of radio designs, engineers also have to plan for the radio’s migration from NSA to SA 5G.
We understand your distinct radio design and deployment challenges. Our innovative technologies enable:
- Efficient and highly accurate end-to-end network synchronization
- Easy deployment of network equipment
- Power- and space-efficient network equipment designs
- Network equipment security
Our product portfolio includes:
- Well-established SyncE and IEEE® 1588 timing solutions and software
- High-precision oscillators such as Oven-Controlled Crystal Oscillators (OCXO), Voltage-Controlled Crystal Oscillators (VCXO) and atomic oscillators for low jitter, high accuracy holdover for long periods
- The industry’s only Ethernet PHYs with simultaneous support for IEEE 1588 time stamping and 128-bit MACsec (IEEE 802.1AE-2006) or 256-bit MACsec (IEEE 802.1AEbn-2011) with no loss of accuracy
- Highly secure FPGAs to create tamper-resistant and clone-resistant designs
- RF Power Amplifiers (PAs), Low-Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) and varactor diodes for frequencies of more than 6 GHz
- Power over Ethernet (PoE) solutions that combine with our low-power FPGAs to deliver power savings of 2W–4W
- Industry-leading portfolio of security solutions including root of trust and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices
- Extensive selection of power components such as Power Management ICs (PMICs), microcontrollers (MCUs) and Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) with innovative on-chip peripherals for power conversion and Power over Ethernet (PoE) silicon and system products