Software-only IP for 5G NR in support of virtualised networks

As the market embraces open architectures defined by the O-RAN alliance, the availability of complete 3GPP-compliant channel coding chains optimised for implementation in software-only, FPGA or ASIC platforms will enable AccelerComm’s customers to accelerate 5G technology developments while maximising spectrum efficiency through excellent BLER performance.

AccelerComm’s CTO, Professor Rob Maunder, commented: “Flexibility is key to success when developing advanced communications and these high performance standardised architectures in the wireless infrastructure market are enabling that flexibility while helping to reduce development time.”

The AccelerComm polar solution is available today and can be seen on the Great Britain and Northern Ireland stand in Hall 7 at MWC Barcelona (February 25th to 28th, Stand 7A11.19).

Polar coding has been selected by 3GPP as part of the 5G NR specification. AccelerComm’s high performance offering is 100% compliant with the standard and covers the total processing chain, from the 3GPP TS 38.212 standard including the encode/decode engine, channel interleaving, rate matching, and CRC.

AccelerComm’s software Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) decoding IP is fully compatible with 3GPP New Radio v15.4.0.

AccelerComm’s decoding IP offers superior processing throughput; up to 2.5 times higher than the Intel SCL decoder core provided in the FlexRAN SDK, and offers up to 0.3dB improved BLER performance. This enables more users to be served with less compute power, achieving greater capacity on a given cell.