Agilent Technologies Inc. has launched a high-speed packet access (HSPA) wireless library for use with its Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The first phase of the library release contains a set of preconfigured test benches and sources that speed development of the high-speed data packet uplink capabilities used in emerging 3GPP mobile wireless devices.

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The HSPA library includes high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), which is the 3.5G, packet-based data service added to the Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP, Release 6) to improve the wideband code-division, multiple-access (WCDMA) uplink. Improvements to uplink technology allow mobile devices to transmit large amounts of data, such as video clips or large presentations, to base stations.

The second phase of the library release is expected to include high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) to further speed development of downlink capabilities for 3GPP devices. The downlink capability is planned for the third calendar quarter of this year.

The HSPA wireless library provides preconfigured simulation setups, signal sources and fully coded bit error rate analysis for simulation of the circuitry used in 3GPP fast uplink designs. It helps speed the development cycle by allowing system designers to analyze a system's performance before all of its components are designed. The HSPA wireless library works within the ADS environment and with the Agilent Ptolemy simulator. New technologies, such as shorter Transmission Time Interval (TTI) and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ), and new specifications, such as throughput, are added to the library to support today's upload data rates of up to 5.8 Mbps.

The HSPA wireless library also can be imported into Agilent RF Design Environment (RFDE), allowing RFIC designers to access 3GPP fast uplink test benches within the Cadence Virtuo Custom IC platform, through links developed as part of the ongoing alliance between Agilent and Cadence Design Systems. According to Agilent’s EEsof EDA division, the HSPA wireless library is available now for purchase with ADS 2005A. Agilent ADS 2005A is available with prices starting at approximately $8400.