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Motorola offers software to ease migration from 2G to 3G
March 25, 2003
Makers of Wireless Infrastructure Equipment Can Ease Migration
from 2G to 3G with Motorola’s Network Processors and Software.
Motorola introduced a second generation of product-quality Smart
Wireless Network Interface (WNI) software that runs on its network
processors. This software is designed to enable customers to accelerate
their development of wireless infrastructure equipment and more
easily adapt their designs to an evolving and converging market.
WNI software can be used to build 2.5 and 3G wireless network interface
line cards for Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs), NodeB devices,
Base Station Controllers (BSCs), Radio Node Controllers (RNCs),
and mobile switching centers. WNI software includes comprehensive
data plane support for ATM, IP, and TDM, as well as support for
connection-based Quality of Service (QoS). In addition, WNI software
incorporates host drivers, application programming interfaces (modeled
after those under development by the Network Processor Forum), and
control stack code to streamline data plane and control plane software
integration.
"In a market as dynamic as the wireless infrastructure, having
a flexible solution that enables you to get products to market faster
and adapt your design to changing standards is critical," said Joe
Lugo, vice president of Engineering, Artesyn Communication Products.
"The combination of Motorola's network processors with the Wireless
Network Interface software has provided a solid foundation on which
to build our SpiderWare NP, giving us a jump start on our product
design. Even more important, we will be able to address our customers'
needs and market changes more efficiently through software upgradeable
network interfaces."
The WNI software is designed to be scalable across Motorola’s network
processors so that you can reuse your software base in all levels
of wireless infrastructure systems - building software reliability
along the way. For example, the WNI BTS application, running on
the C-3e network processor, includes the functions for re-assembling
low-speed voice and data connections for delivery to higher bandwidth
packet and cell transports. The WNI BSC application, running on
the C-5e network processor, includes the functions for aggregating
channelized interfaces to SONET/SDH transports for delivery to higher
bandwidth nodes in the wireless infrastructure.
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