California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

Presented By

Douglas A. Palmer, PhD

CalRADIOCalRADIOA Broad Application Digital Radio Development

Platform

Cal-(IT)2 Charter

• Industrial Intellectual Teaming

• Providing a Collaborative Framework for Research

• Linking Research Teams Across Universities

• Multi-Disciplinary Federal Grants

• Planning of Campus Infrastructure

• Student Community Formation

• Community Involvement in Living Laboratories

• Providing R&D for State Agencies

• Driving National Networking Agendas

• International Technology Partnerships

Cal-(IT)2 Vision

1. Advanced Network TechnologyGigabit/sec and Petabit/sec networks

Wireless everywhere

Broadband access networks

2. Nomadic ComputingTraveling from your office to another and still

having access to your full set of Internet resources

3. Smart SpacesMoving the Internet into your physical world

Cal-(IT)2 UC San Diego 220,000 SF

Bioengineering

Chartered in May 2002 by the Governor of California

Larry Smarr (UCSD), Institute DirectorRon Graham (UCSD), Institute Chief ScientistRamesh Rao, Director, UCSD DivisionWilliam H. Parker, Interim Director, UCI Division

Industrial Partners Support Academic Research and

Education

• In the Last Six Months– Hosted Over 25 Seminars or Lectures– Hosted or Co-Sponsored Over Ten

Workshops/Conferences

• Supported 20 Summer Undergraduate Fellows

• Funds Over 42 Graduate Fellowships• Hosts Distinguished Visitors• Provides Equipment for Living Labs• Created a Dozen Chaired Professorships

Recent Collaborations

• ITR: The OptIPuter PI: Larry Smarr

• ITR: Collaborative Research: An Integrated Framework for Health Monitoring of Highway Bridges and Civil Infrastructure PI: Ahmed Elgamal

• ITR: Information-Theoretic Limits in Data Storage Systems PI: Paul Siegel

• DARPA/QUIST: Quantum Telecommunications Systems PI: Shaya Fainman

• MURI: Integrated Nanostructures Supersensors PI: Ivan Schuller

• HP: Reinventing the University Campus, Phase II PIs: Gabriele Wienhausen, Griswold

• DIMI: Driver Situational Awareness for Intelligent Driving Support Systems PI: Mohan Trivedi

• ITR: Exploring the Environment in Time: Wireless Networks and Real-Time Management PIs: Hans-Werner Braun, John Orcutt, Arcot Rajasekar, Frank Vernon

Over Sixty Industrial Sponsors From a Broad Range of Industries

Akamai Technologies Inc.AMCCAmpersand VenturesArch Venture PartnersThe Boeing CompanyBroadcom CorporationConexant Systems, Inc.Connexion by BoeingCox CommunicationsDaimlerChrylserDiamondhead VenturesDupont iTechnologiesEmulex CorporationEnosys MarketsEnterprise Partners VCEntropia, Inc.Ericsson Wireless Comm.ESRIExtreme NetworksGlobal Photon SystemsGravitonIBMInteractive Vis. Systems IdeaEdge VenturesThe Irvine CompanyIntersil Corporation

ComputersCommunicationsSoftwareSensorsBiomedicalAutomotiveStartupsVenture Capital

Oracle

Orincon Industries

Panoram Technologies

Polexis

Printronix

QUALCOMM Incorporated

R.W. Johnson Pharma. R.I.

SAIC

Samueli, Henry (Broadcom)

SBC Communications

San Diego Telecom Council

SciFrame, Inc.

Seagate Storage Products

SGI

Silicon Wave

Sony

STMicroelectronics, Inc.

Sun Microsystems

TeraBurst Networks

Texas Instruments

Time Domain

Toyota

UCSD Healthcare

The Unwired Fund

Volkswagen

WebEx

Irvine Sensors Corporation

JMI, Inc.

Leap Wireless International

Link, William J. (Versant Ventures)

Litton Industries, Inc.

MedExpert International

Merck

Microsoft Corporation

Mindspeed Technologies

Mission Ventures

NCR

Newport Corporation

Nissan Motors

$140 M Match From Industry

Cal-(IT)2 Industry Sponsored Research

• Advanced Radio Architecture and Circuit Development (Intersil) – PI: Lawrence Larson

• Advanced Data Acquisition (Intersil)– PI: Bang-Sup Song

• Advanced Power Amplifier Structures (Intersil)– PI: Peter Asbeck

• Power management in Communication Devices (Intersil)– PI: Ramesh Rao

• Transmit Diversity and Beam forming Methods for Wireless Communication (Intersil)

– PI: Bhaskar Rao/Paul Siegel • Multiple Antenna Systems for Wireless Communications (Ericsson)

– PI: Bhaskar Rao, James Zeidler, Robert Bitmead• CDMA Systems (Ericsson)

– PI: Milstein, Siegel. Zeger, Cosman• Adaptive Systems (Ericsson)

– PI: R. Rao, Cruz, Cosman, Dey, Voelker• Coding and Detection Methods for High Speed Data Transmission (AMCC)

– PI: Paul Siegel, Alexander Vardy • Optical Components for Next Generation Optical Switching (AMCC)

– PI: Shaya Fainman, Sadik Esener • Channel Characterization of Optical Links (AMCC)

– PI: Sadik Esener, Shaya Fainman • Optical Interconnects for on-board communications (IBM)

– PI: Sadik Esener, Shaya Fainman

CalRADIO Project Goals

Cal-(IT)2 is developing a general broad application radio/networking test platform for the University Jacob’s School of Engineering Research and Development programs.

This platform should be of general interest to the wireless community at large and plans call for it to be made generally available to the public on an open basis for Research and Development.

A single integrated test platform gives a new dimension to radio design in the future: the capability of publishing standards in software/firmware and hardware. This has the utility of greatly speeding the design, implementation and adoption of new standards.

Development Stages

• CalRADIO I – Basic WiFi MAC development platform– Utilize basic Symbol Technologies WiFi Test Board– Modify board and re-spin to incorporate several new features– Make the board available to faculty/students

• CalRADIO II – Basic digital radio development– Gather requirements and specifications– Develop basic digital processing board– Build several RF front-end modules

– 802.11x

– 802.16

– Cell

– General RF

CalRADIO IBlock Diagram

SPI

I2S

TLV320AIC23

MICSPKR

ALU

ExternalMemoryInterface

DMA

Program

ROM16K x 16

SRAM

32K x 16

StereoCODEC

5409

DSP

(100MIPS)

McBSP0

JTAGTest

Peripherals

I2S

SPI, Keys, GPIO

SRAM256Kx16

Flash512K x 16

RF PORT

Keys

+3.3,

+2.8, +1.8Power Supplies

16b-Latch

8-LEDs 8-GPO

McBSP1 McBSP2

TMS320VC5409

Amplifier

Decode

Logic

Optional

PEEL

RF serial bus

11.2896MHz

Hardware

•Main Digital Processing Board

•RF WiFi daughter board

•Single 5-6V supply

•JTAG Programmable

•Audio CODEC

FEATURES

CalRADIO IFeatures

• Off-board LAN radio module support• TI TMS320VC5409 DSP or the ‘5410A (80 to 100 MHz) as the main CPU• 512KB of external SRAM (256K x 16)• 1MB of external Flash memory (512K x 16)• (Optional) 2MB additional Flash memory support• 40-pin LAN radio interface port• Reset circuitry• JTAG Emulation socket• 8-bit Hardware controlled status LEDs• 8-bit Software controlled status LEDs• 8-bit Software controlled general purpose latched bits• TI TLV320AIC23 stereo CODEC• Audio handset jack (Mic and Speaker hookup)• Optional differential Mic and Speaker hookup• Optional audio power amplifier• Power status LEDs• Power On/Off key, 2-GP keys, and reset control key• +3.3V, +1.8V digital supplies• +3.3, +1.8V and +2.8V analog RF supplies • Power management

CalRADIO II: Goals

• General development platform for physical to app layers of wireless design

• Capabilities for networking implementation• Software/Firmware implementation whenever possible• Libraries of routines for linking • Teaching platform with accessibility to undergrad as

well as grad students• Open standards specification vehicle • A mix of DSP and Gate Array processing for speed and

flexibility

Application Research Areas

• MIMO signal processing• ABC (Heterogeneous

connectivity)• Low-power sensor

networks• Embedded Processing• Store-and-forward

networks• Mesh Networks• Ad Hoc networks• Precision synchronization

• MODEM schemes• CODEC design• Propagation studies• Channel studies• Adaptive radio• Software radio• Chip design• Diversity methods

CalRADIO II: Requirements

• Separate RF modules• Power Management• Precision Clocking• Small size and transportability – standalone operation

(rules out PCI add-in)• Web-site with downloads and design specs• All code downloadable through main I/O port • Single voltage operation• RF modules for: 802.11x, 802.16x, 1xEVDO, Bluetooth,

general (RFMagic)

CalRADIO II: Block Diagram

DSPDSP

RAMRAM FLASHFLASH SRAMSRAM

FPGAFPGAI/OUSB

CLOCK

LED Indicators

RF Modules

Logic Test Points

DSPDSP

RAMRAM FLASHFLASH SRAMSRAM

FPGAFPGAI/OUSB

CLOCK

LED Indicators

RF Modules

Logic Test Points

CalRADIO II: System Diagram

TMS 320C6711C-200Floating Point

DSP

XilinxVirtex II

XCVX000E

128kB (32Kx32)Dual-Port

100MHz SBSRAM

JTAG Logic

16MB SDRAMClock

Power Conversion(Single Voltage Input)

+3.3, +5, +15, -15

/9 - LVDS

/4 - JTAG Chaining

/4 JTAG Connector

8MB Flash

MAX1617Dual Temp

Sense

/8 +/8

Clock

/2

/2

/2

USB/EthernetInterface

/12

LEDs & Test Points

200MHzClock

/1 - Clock

/1

ResetReset

/1 - EXT_INT5

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

DIP Switches

/4 - JTAG

EMIF

text

MezzanineConnector

text

McBSP0

text

HP

I B

us

ADCTLV2552

Serial Port

Power Connector

Interrupt

CalRADIOCal-(IT)2 V1.00 11/4/03

Douglas Palmer

UARTSN75LV4737A

DACTLV5626

McBSP1

RF Module 0

RF Module 2

RF Module 1

RF Module 3

CalRADIO II: Current Participants

• Douglas A. Palmer

• Don Kimball

• Rajesh Gupta

• Lawrence Larson

• Ramesh Rao

• Rene Cruz

• Curt Schurgers

• Cristiano L. Pereira

• Clark Guest

• Peter Asbeck

• Yang Sun

• Yuvraj Agarwal

• Babak Jaffarian

• Magnus Almgren

• Jeff Namkung

• Chris Roedel

• Bhaskar Rao

• Jeremy Rode

• Thomas James

• Paul Blair