Xilinx, Inc. XLNX
announced its collaboration with China Mobile Research Institute for the
development of virtualized 5G wireless networks in a special signing ceremony
during the 5G Forum at the International Mobile Internet Conference on August
15. As 4G wireless networks are being deployed around the world, Xilinx and
the world's largest wireless operator, China Mobile, are working together on
virtualization advancements for next generation 5G systems to address
challenges faced by wireless operators.
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"China Mobile has been working on new technologies like large scale antenna
systems (LSAS) and cloud RAN virtualization (C-RAN) for several years. The
realization of those new technologies requires a new level of flexibility and
scalability that only all programmable platforms can offer," said Bill Huang,
general manager of China Mobile Research Institute. "I believe the
collaboration between China Mobile and Xilinx will accelerate the adoption of
the industry's most advanced technologies and therefore help us deliver the
highest quality service to Chinese customers in the mobile internet era."
In current cellular networks, subscribers at the edge of cells often
experience poor service quality due to interference. 5G base stations will
employ a large number of antennas to minimize the overall interference and
improve both the user experience and network efficiency. Additionally, 5G
wireless networks will include multiple radio access technologies that must
coexist. As a result, network function virtualization (NFV) becomes a
requirement for 5G, with hardware being abstracted and resources allocated
dynamically for the required wireless functions.
Xilinx's unique All Programmable devices, design tools and methodologies are
key enablers for virtualization technology. In particular, the company's
innovations in partial reconfiguration (PR) allow equipment designers to
create designs that can be altered in-system without interrupting the
equipment operation. For example, new air interface waveforms can be switched
in and out at speed to provide a cost effective alternative to building
support for all air interface standards, saving power, cost and increasing
system performance. Additionally, Xilinx® devices offer the industry's highest
DSP performance to support massive MIMO along with high speed SerDes to move
large amounts of data between equipment types.
"5G wireless network systems will be extremely complex, requiring tremendous
signal processing power and high speed connectivity, and the realization of
hardware virtualization. This can only be enabled through innovations in
silicon, software and IP," said Sunil Kar, vice president of Wireless
Communications at Xilinx. "Our close collaboration with China Mobile ensures
Xilinx's technical innovations are aligned with the needs of the next
generation wireless networks."
"The strength and capability of Xilinx's silicon portfolio is extremely
important for the green initiatives of China Mobile's 5G wireless networks. We
hope Xilinx plays a more important role in 5G base station development by
enhancing programmable logic's advantages in power, performance, flexibility
and cost," said Dr. Chih-Lin I, chief scientist of China Mobile Research
Institute.
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