PC312 HSPA+ SoC

The PC312 picoXcell femtocell SoC is the industry's first fully-featured solution for enterprise femtocells. Incorporating Picochip's field-proven modem implementations, it supports 64QAM modulation and provides simultaneous voice and data services for up to eight users.

The device complies with the femto-specific portions of 3GPP Release 8 (for example Iuh and security), implements 64QAM modulation and can support up 21Mbit/s HSDPA together with 5.7Mbit/s HSUPA. Built to address the rapidly emerging demand for enterprise femtocells, it uses a 65nm fabrication process and consumes just 2.2W of power. It integrates PHY, RNC stack, synchronization, network listen and Radio Resource Management functions.

The PC312 embodies five years of intense development and design effort, extensive field trials and interoperability testing with over 100 handsets. It therefore offers OEMs a high level of confidence that they can quickly complete designs that will attain outstanding performance in practice and will conform to regulatory standards.

For straightforward integration into customer systems, the PC312 supports the FAPI and FRMI industry standards, and offers glueless interconnection with all common femto radio devices.

The device facilitates self-organizing network (SON, TR32.821) and dynamic spectrum management functionality via 2G and 3G network monitoring functions. It includes enhanced security features for authentication, location detection, encryption and code protection, including TrustZone support and integrated hardware for Kasumi, SRTP and IPSec processing.

Like all members of the PC3xx family, the PC312 provides the flexibility and processing power demanded by users requiring an upgrade path to technologies such as LTE, HSPA+ and MIMO. Its architecture also provides the flexibility for in-field upgrades and offers spare processing power for customer enhancements and home networking functions.