A Broad Application Digital Radio Development
Platform
Presented
By
Douglas A. Palmer, PhD

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• 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

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Gigabit/sec and Petabit/sec networks
Wireless everywhere
Broadband access networks
Traveling from your office to another and still having access to your full set of Internet resources
Moving the Internet into your physical world

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Bioengineering
Chartered in May 2002 by the
Governor of California
Larry Smarr (UCSD), Institute Director
Ron Graham (UCSD), Institute Chief Scientist
Ramesh Rao, Director, UCSD Division
William H. Parker, Interim Director, UCI Division

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– Hosted Over 25 Seminars or Lectures
– Hosted or Co-Sponsored Over Ten
Workshops/Conferences
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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
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DARPA/QUIST: Quantum Telecommunications Systems PI: Shaya Fainman
• MURI: Integrated Nanostructures Supersensors PI: Ivan Schuller
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HP: Reinventing the University Campus, Phase II PIs: Gabriele Wienhausen,
Griswold
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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

Akamai Technologies Inc.
AMCC
Ampersand Ventures
Arch Venture Partners
The Boeing Company
Broadcom Corporation
Conexant Systems, Inc.
Connexion by Boeing
Cox Communications
DaimlerChrylser
Diamondhead Ventures
Dupont iTechnologies
Emulex Corporation
Enosys Markets
Enterprise Partners VC
Entropia, Inc.
Ericsson Wireless Comm.
ESRI
Extreme Networks
Global Photon Systems
Graviton
IBM
Interactive Vis. Systems
IdeaEdge Ventures
The Irvine Company
Intersil Corporation
Computers
Communications
Software
Sensors
Biomedical
Automotive
Startups
Venture Capital
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
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
$140 M Match From Industry

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Advanced Radio Architecture and Circuit Development ( Intersil )
– PI: Lawrence Larson
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Advanced Data Acquisition ( Intersil )
– PI: Bang-Sup Song
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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 )
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PI: Milstein, Siegel. Zeger, Cosman
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Adaptive Systems ( Ericsson )
– PI: R. Rao, Cruz, Cosman, Dey, Voelker
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Coding and Detection Methods for High Speed Data Transmission ( AMCC )
– PI: Paul Siegel, Alexander Vardy
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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)
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PI: Sadik Esener, Shaya Fainman

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.

• 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

Block Diagram
Keys
8-LEDs
16b-Latch
8-GPO
Flash
512K x 16
SRAM
256Kx16
SPKR MIC
Amplifier
Optional
PEEL
RF serial bus
SPI, Keys, GPIO
Decode
Logic
Stereo
CODEC
TLV320AIC23
SPI
I2S
JTAG
Test
I2S
McBSP0 McBSP1 McBSP2
External
Memory
Interface
5409
DSP
(100MIPS)
DMA
ALU
Program
ROM
16K x 16
SRAM
32K x 16
TMS320VC5409
+3.3,
+2.8, +1.8
Power Supplies
11.2896MHz

FEATURES
•Main Digital Processing
Board
•RF WiFi daughter board
•Single 5-6V supply
•JTAG Programmable
•Audio CODEC

Features
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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)
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(Optional) 2MB additional Flash memory support
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40-pin LAN radio interface port
• Reset circuitry
• JTAG Emulation socket
• 8-bit Hardware controlled status LEDs
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8-bit Software controlled status LEDs
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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
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Optional audio power amplifier
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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
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Power management

• 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

• 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

• 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)

/4 JTAG Connector
CalRADIO
Cal-(IT)2 V1.00 11/4/03
Douglas Palmer te xt
USB/
Ethernet
Interface
JTAG Logic /4 - JTAG Chaining
Reset
200MHz
Clock te xt
Serial Port
UART
SN75LV4737A
McBSP0
TMS 320C6711C-200
Floating Point
DSP
Mc
BS
P1
ADC
TLV2552
8MB Flash
DAC
TLV5626
16MB SDRAM
Reset
/4 - JTAG
Interrupt
E
M
I
F
/1 - EXT_INT5
/2
Clock
/8 +/8
/2
Power Conversion
(Single Voltage Input)
+3.3, +5, +15, -15
Power Connector
128kB (32Kx32)
Dual-Port
100MHz SBSRAM
Xilinx
Virtex II
XCVX000E
/9 - LVDS
/1 - Clock
/1 te xt
Mezzanine
Connector
MAX1617
Dual Temp
Sense
/2
/12
Clock
DIP Switches te xt te xt te text xt te xt te xt
LEDs & Test Points te xt
RF Module 0
RF Module 1
RF Module 2
RF Module 3

• 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