Xilinx and China Mobile Research Institute Collaborate on Virtualized 5G Wireless Networks Development

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX)announced its collaboration with China Mobile Research Institute for thedevelopment of virtualized 5G wireless networks in a special signing ceremonyduring the 5G Forum at the International Mobile Internet Conference on August15. As 4G wireless networks are being deployed around the world, Xilinx andthe world's largest wireless operator, China Mobile, are working together onvirtualization advancements for next generation 5G systems to addresschallenges faced by wireless operators.Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO"China Mobile has been working on new technologies like large scale antennasystems (LSAS) and cloud RAN virtualization (C-RAN) for several years. Therealization of those new technologies requires a new level of flexibility andscalability that only all programmable platforms can offer," said Bill Huang,general manager of China Mobile Research Institute.  "I believe thecollaboration between China Mobile and Xilinx will accelerate the adoption ofthe industry's most advanced technologies and therefore help us deliver thehighest quality service to Chinese customers in the mobile internet era." In current cellular networks, subscribers at the edge of cells oftenexperience poor service quality due to interference. 5G base stations willemploy a large number of antennas to minimize the overall interference andimprove both the user experience and network efficiency. Additionally, 5Gwireless networks will include multiple radio access technologies that mustcoexist. As a result, network function virtualization (NFV) becomes arequirement for 5G, with hardware being abstracted and resources allocateddynamically for the required wireless functions.Xilinx's unique All Programmable devices, design tools and methodologies arekey enablers for virtualization technology. In particular, the company'sinnovations in partial reconfiguration (PR) allow equipment designers tocreate designs that can be altered in-system without interrupting theequipment operation. For example, new air interface waveforms can be switchedin and out at speed to provide a cost effective alternative to buildingsupport for all air interface standards, saving power, cost and increasingsystem performance. Additionally, Xilinx® devices offer the industry's highestDSP performance to support massive MIMO along with high speed SerDes to movelarge amounts of data between equipment types."5G wireless network systems will be extremely complex, requiring tremendoussignal processing power and high speed connectivity, and the realization ofhardware virtualization. This can only be enabled through innovations insilicon, software and IP," said Sunil Kar, vice president of WirelessCommunications at Xilinx. "Our close collaboration with China Mobile ensuresXilinx's technical innovations are aligned with the needs of the nextgeneration wireless networks." "The strength and capability of Xilinx's silicon portfolio is extremelyimportant for the green initiatives of China Mobile's 5G wireless networks. Wehope Xilinx plays a more important role in 5G base station development byenhancing programmable logic's advantages in power, performance, flexibilityand cost," said Dr. Chih-Lin I, chief scientist of China Mobile ResearchInstitute.