Airspan Selects Cavium Networks OCTEON Processors

Airspan, a provider of broadband wireless access networks, has selected Cavium Networks OCTEON processors to power its next generation 4G LTE products.

The processors are being used by Airspan to power its AirSynergy, AirHarmony, Air4G line of products for 4G multi-platform networks.

"Airspan's new products offer Radio Access Network Solutions designed for low-cost, quick deployment and maximized capacity and coverage," said Paul Senior, chief technical officer at Airspan Networks, in a statement.

Senior said that Cavium's OCTEON low-power, scalable multi-core processors have allowed the company to provide groundbreaking architecture of cost efficient, high performance products to bridge the capacity chasm in 4G networks.

Officials with Cavium Networks claimed that the OCTEON processor family consists of the industry's broadest and highest performance general purpose multi-core MIPS64 based processors ranging from one  to 32 cores on a single chip with integrated networking interfaces with industry leading hardware acceleration for packet processing, quality of service, TCP, Security, compression / decompression and deep packet inspection (DPI).

"We are pleased to be selected by Airspan for their next generation Radio Access Products," said YJ Kim, general manager, infrastructure processor group at Cavium Networks.

Kim said that the OCTEON processors integrate a rich array of hardware accelerators along with Advanced Software Programmability enabling high-capacity, flexible, software solutions for 4G networks.

Cavium Networks is a provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications and the digital home.

MobilityTechzone recently reported that Cavium Networks has showcased OCTEON II multi-core and ODYSSEY 4G/LTE DSP processor solutions for 3G, WiMAX and LTE applications at the Mobile World Congress 2011.

The Cavium processors have already been adopted in 3G, WiMAX and LTE client and infrastructure equipment including client USB dongles, LTE Base Stations (eNodeBs) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) devices, 3G Base stations, Cell Site Aggregators, Radio Network Controllers (RNC), Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN), xGSNs,Femtocells, Femto Gateways, WiMax base stations and ASN Gateways, company officials said.