TORRANCE, Calif., June 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Escape Communications, Inc., a leading developer of signal processing solutions for wireless communication products and systems, today announced completion of a Gigabit Ethernet modem for millimeter-wave wireless transmission systems. This reconfigurable single chip modem is the world's first all-digital modem specifically designed for compatibility with the European 250 MHz channel allocations for the 60, 70 and 80 GHz mm-wave V- and E-bands. The Gigabit Ethernet modem features a vector-based signal processing architecture originally developed by Escape in support of the very high-volume market of wireless fiber-to-the-home. Earlier this year, Escape announced another derivative of this technology: the Multi-rate Multi-mode Demodulator, which operates over variable rates of 1 Mbps to 4 Gbps and modulation types of QPSK, MSK, 8-PSK, 16-APSK, and 32-APSK (APSK per DVB-S2).
Visant Strategies recently reported that applications in the mobile backhaul and consumer electronics markets will drive the creation of a mm-wave market with revenues in excess of $1.5B by 2014. According to the 2009 Visant report, the most promising mm-wave segment is 71-86 GHz E-band backhaul for rapidly expanding LTE, WiMAX, and HSPA+ wireless networks. Nearly 50 times the number of 60 GHz V-band and 70/80 GHz E-band point-to-point radios are predicted to be shipped in 2014 compared to 2008.
The Escape Gigabit Ethernet all-digital modem module supports full duplex operation in the 250 MHz mm-wave channels defined by European CEPT rules. The all-digital design accommodates configurable high-order modulation types, arbitrary symbol rates, and configurable forward error-correction schemes. It includes advanced carrier tracking to compensate for low-cost mm-wave sources with poor phase noise. The modem is implemented in a single FPGA and supports field upgradeability.
"We are extremely proud to announce the completion of our all-digital modem for the emerging mm-wave marketplace," said co-founder and CEO, Michael Stewart. "We have focused early on compliance with the CEPT-defined 250 MHz channels and have succeeded in developing a reconfigurable modem module that is available now, but can be readily scaled to support higher data rates and more comprehensive feature sets as the market emerges and grows."
About Escape Communications
Founded in 1998, Escape Communications provides indoor units (IDUs), high-speed modem modules, and SATCOM terminals to commercial telecommunications equipment OEMs and major space and defense contractors. Escape has developed an extensive portfolio of communications, signal processing, mixed-signal and embedded processor IP, which serve as the foundation for standard product solutions and custom turnkey design services that are both cost-effective and schedule-efficient. For more details, visit www.escapecom.com.
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