14 DAY TRIAL // On Tuesday, Qualcomm Incorporated announced the sampling of its Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) FSM9xxx-series chipsets, which are capable of delivering unprecedented levels of performance and ease of deployment. According to the company, the FSM family of products comes with support for the latest 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards, in addition to being able to provide industry-leading level of integration courtesy of a 1GHz microprocessor core and radio and power management capabilities. Qualcomm expects for the first products based on the FSM9xxx -series chipsets to land on shelves before the end of the ongoing year.
“The steady growth of mobile applications and smartphones are creating an ever increasing demand for more broadband,” said Cristiano Amon, senior vice president of the cellular product group for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. “Products based on our FSM chipsets can help operators meet this demand using their current networks and improve overall customer satisfaction. We are excited about working with equipment manufacturers to bring the industry’s most compelling femtocell products to market.” Qualcomm’s FSM platform sports configurable solutions that come with support for broadband peak data rates of 3GPP HSPA+, while also offering support for CDMA2000 1X, EV-DO Rev. A and EV-DO Rev. B. The new FSM9xxx-series chipsets pack the company's enhanced 1GHz microprocessor core, the same as the one found on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon solutions. At the same time, they come with enhanced encryption and security features.
According to the company, the high performance chipsets and accompanying reference designs offer innovative options for network synchronization and location, as well as mobility management for the preservation of existing subscriber use models without the need of manual configurations, not to mention that they can offer interference management for macro network integrity. The new chipsets offer support both for enterprise and residential applications.
Here's what Qualcomm has to say about femtocells: “[they] are cellular access points that use broadband IP-based backhaul (DSL, fiber, cable or wireless) connections to extend the reach of cellular service within a localized area, such as a home or office, which represents more than two-thirds of a typical subscriber’s data consumption.”