Tune In to Open RAN Design Efficiencies
Tune In to Open RAN Design Efficiencies
The RadioVerse® ADRV904x-RD open radio unit (O-RU) reference design platform from Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) combines essential elements of the open RAN (O-RAN) design process and frees up RU engineers to focus on innovation rather than design hurdles. Combined with a customer supported development process, these O-RAN reference designs help empower engineers to develop unique and differentiated RUs with less risk and a shorter time to market by providing a known and trusted architecture that has been conformance and interoperability tested in multiple O-RAN plugfests and private installations.
A Complete O-RAN Design Solution
The RU platform is a complete solution from the optical fronthaul to RF and allows for hardware and software customization for macro and small cell RUs. The fully integrated platform leverages market-leading technologies that drive advanced 4G and 5G RU requirements and include support for all sub-6 GHz band and power variants, including multiband applications. A massive MIMO platform will be introduced later this year.
This complete O-RAN design and development platform includes ADI’s advanced 8T8R 400 MHz, ADRV904x ADI RadioVerse SoC, and commercial grade and interoperability tested O-RAN 7.2a IP, running on the Intel® advanced node AGF014 Agilex™ FPGA.
A Full 5G Radio Platform for the O-RAN Ecosystem
This radio platform addresses critical power consumption and design challenges of next-generation networks. The ADRV904x with digital front end is the lowest power integrated transceiver, with architecture that reduces RF front-end complexity and relaxes filter requirements. The DFE includes advanced algorithms for digital predistortion (DPD), crest factor reduction (CFR), and channel digital up/downconversion (CDUC/CDDC). The power signal chain is tuned to reduce the signal-to-noise ratio, improving the performance and efficiency of the RU. The full-featured, commercial ready 7.2a O-RAN IP (eCPRI + low PHY) supports LTE, 5G, and NB-IoT.
O-RU Reference Designs
By synchronizing and harmonizing active components on a small signal board, ADI’s O-RU reference designs simplify the development process and significantly shorten the design cycle by eliminating many common design hurdles and minimizing risk.
The reference platform includes standard connectors for flexible PA modules for rapid testing and allows the development of all 4G or 5G bands and power variants from 0.25 W to 60 W. The fully supported, commercial O-RAN 7.2a IP facilitates rapid setup for interoperability testing.
8T8R Radio Unit Platform
A fully integrated 8T8R RU reference design platform for 4G and 5G macro radio units (RU).
- Eliminates design hurdles, speeds time to market
- Full-feature, commercial grade O-RAN 7.2a IP
- Modular platform design reduces product development time for band and power variants
- Partnerships with PA vendors to optimize DPD + PA efficiency. Extensive library of fully linearized PAs available
- Integrated digital front end + transceiver platforms cover all BTS form factors
- High efficiency, harmonized power silicon reduces system SNR, improving performance and efficiency
All ASIC 32T32R M-MIMO System
Complete Reference Design Supporting O-RAN 7.2 Split.
- Antenna array to optical cable
- 32T32R, eight downlink four uplink layers, 200 MH occupied BW
- 75 dBm total EIRP (72 dBm EIRP per polarization)
- Full thermal and mechanical design
Software
- Digital predistortion and crest factor reduction
- Antenna calibration
- Lower Layer 1 and beamforming
- O-RAN management plane
- Available Q4 2023
