During next week’s LTE World Summit in Berlin, mimoOn GmbH will demonstrate end-to-end Long-Term Evolution (LTE) on platforms from Cavium Networks and ARM Ltd. The mimoOn mi!InfraStack advanced LTE software package will run on Cavium’s Octeon MIPS64 multicore processor on the infrastructure side, which is connected via a physical-layer (PHY) emulation to an LTE user equipment (UE) mobile implementation by partner Qasara running on an embedded ARM 926 processor.

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The demonstration will include live high-definition video streamed from one end to the other as well as the execution of a file transfer application. Qasara’s and mimoOn’s advanced diagnostic tools will be used to demonstrate controlled bearer establishment, security procedures, and high-speed U-plane data transfer between Qasara’s LTE UE mobile software stack and mimoOn’s eNodeB software stack mi!InfraStack as specified by the 3GPP standard.

“This is a significant milestone because until now, industry implementations of LTE software have primarily been on PC platforms. This demonstration showcases LTE moving from test systems to final device form factors that will expedite the rollout of LTE networks and bring true mobile broadband to the wireless consumer,” says Thomas Kaiser, mimoOn CEO.

The mimoOn software family encompasses eNB and UE PHY and protocol stack layers that are full-featured and certified based on the March 2009 version of the 3GPP Standards Release 8 36.XXX series. The modular software is written in high-level language so it is easy to modify of customize even after being deployed—an important feature as the standards for the protocol layers continue to be revised.

The implementations on Octeon and ARM offer high performance, extremely low power consumption, and headroom for the advanced processing required for LTE on both the basestation and UE side. This hardware/software combination delivers a proven turnkey solution to OEMs that allows fast time-to-market, reduced bill of materials, and the ability to evolve with future market requirements.

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