This session will cover the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Layer 1 Software on the StarCore® technology-based MSC8156. We will highlight the architectural split between cores and the Multi Accelerator Platform Engine (MAPLE) as well as the framework approach.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Broadband Wireless Technology Timelines
- 3G Evolution – from Thin to Thick Data Pipe
- Multicore DSP Roadmap based on StarCore®
- LTE standard overview
- LTE overview
- SC-FDMA and OFDMA
- LTE L1 Channel Overview
- Multi User (MU) - MIMO
- Software overview
- LTE Layer 1 Software Components
- Algorithms
- L1 Matlab Reference Model
- Uplink Processing Chain
- Manager API Example
- MAPLE Abstraction Layer
- Implementation proposal on MSC8156
- MSC8156 device overview
- Performance Analysis Methodology
- Use case definition & System Architecture
- Summary
What You'll Learn
- Understand how Freescale LTE Layer1 enablement software with an Advanced Signal Processing library, Multicore Framework and application/abstraction layers meet the demands of an high throughput LTE systems
- Understand how the MSC8156 six core system along with the MAPLE-B baseband accelerator work to meet current and future baseband systems data throughput and latency requirements