Ubiquisys, Percello unveil next-gen femtocell platform

LONDON, UK: Ubiquisys, the leading developer of 3G femtocells, announced that it will publicly demonstrate its G3 next generation of femtocells for the first time at the Femtocell World Summit in London, today, on 23 June.

The G3 femtocell platform features a range of proven technical capabilities pioneered by Ubiquisys which are essential for robust consumer and enterprise deployments. These include Real-time Cognitive Radio to eliminate interference problems in mass deployments, and FemtoMesh technology to enable WiFi-style enterprise grid deployments.

The Percello Aquilo chip family combines the performance of 8-16 users as well as 21.6Mbps downlink and 5.7 Mbps uplink HSPA+ with low power and low cost. The consumer, business and module variants of the G3 range will commence shipments from Q4 2009.

Deployment ready: "Real World" technology
Only Ubiquisys femtocells feature Real-time Cognitive Radio which automatically adapts to changes in the radio environment.

This eliminates real-world interference problems caused by for example neighbours installing femtos, or people moving their femtocell to different parts of the house, or by the operator performing a macro re-plan. This unique capability is also fundamental to realising femto grids for enterprise.

The Ubiquisys femtocell range features FemtoMesh technology, the ability for individual femtocells to form a self-organising grid, enabling companies to self-install femtocells in a similar fashion to enterprise WiFi.

Power and economy
The G3 model demonstrated at the event will be running with a Percello Aquilo PRC6000 chip, which supports up to 8 simultaneous users and 21.6/5.7 Mbps data throughput. The Aquilo chipset combines this power with low energy consumption and low cost. G3 models will also support up to 16 users using Percello's Aquilo PRC6500.

Device flexibility
The Ubiquisys G3 also builds on the success of the current ZoneGate modular femtocell, which has been successfully integrated by many home gateway device manufacturers including NETGEAR and SerComm.

The G3 platform takes this flexibility to a new level, providing device manufacturers with more design authority to create segment-specific products. By providing a deployment system that enables device manufacturers to focus on hardware design rather than software and radio considerations, the time to market for new designs is dramatically reduced.

"Ubiquisys has continued to pioneer technical developments in the femtocell industry in key areas such as cognitive radio, mesh networks and applications," said Chris Gilbert, CEO of Ubiquisys. "Our G3 platform incorporates our proven technology together with the low power, high performance Percello chipset to deliver a highly flexible femtocell solution at a mass market price point."

"We have been working closely with Ubiquisys on the development of our Aquilo chip and their technical experience and market understanding have been invaluable in helping us to develop a chipset tailored to the needs of the femtocell industry," said Shlomo Gadot, CEO of Percello. "The G3 product boasts the performance, flexibility and price point for a range of products and use cases and we are delighted to be working with Ubiquisys to deliver the platform to customers."