Date: 17/04/2011

Airspan Networks selects NetLogic's XLP multi-core processors for its 4G LTE base stations

Airspan Networks has selected NetLogic Microsystems; XLP multi-core, multi-threaded processors for its next-generation Air4G family of 4G LTE base stations.

"We are pleased to have selected NetLogic Microsystems for our Air4G family of LTE eNodeB products to achieve higher throughput, higher capacity and better use of the spectrum," said Uzi Shalev, Chief Operating Officer at Airspan Networks. "Because of its breakthrough architecture and advanced 40nm technology, NetLogic Microsystems' best-in-class XLP multi-core, multi-threaded processor delivers unmatched LTE control and data plane performance in a variety of 4G environments. We have consistently observed dramatic performance gains for the XLP processor across a wide range of our LTE and LTE-A benchmarks."

Airspan's Air4G base station is available with two to four transmitters and two to four receivers and can be deployed with a remote radio head (RRH). The Air4G products operate in the 700 MHz, 1.4 GHz, 2.3-2.7 GHz and 3.3-3.8 GHz bands.

"We congratulate Airspan on upgrading their innovative Air4G base stations with higher performance and functionality while reducing the power profile to address next-generation 4G LTE network requirements," said Chris O'Reilly, vice president of marketing at NetLogic Microsystems. "Airspan is clearly pushing the envelope on technical excellence by taking full advantage of our quad-issue, quad-threaded and superscalar out-of-order processor architecture to complement Airspan's strong systems and software technologies."

NetLogic Microsystems' XLP316L multi-core processor integrates 16 NXCPUs capable of operating at up to 2.0 GHz. Manufactured in the advanced 40 nm process node, the XLP316L processor is designed to offer a performance of 20 Gbps and 30 million packets-per-second (Mpps) for converged data plane and control plane processing in LTE and LTE-Advanced base stations.