PMC-Sierra announced a SERDES transceiver that complies with the new Open Base Station Architecture Initiative’s (OBSAI) Reference Point 3 (RP3) interface specification. OBSAI comprises over 50 industry companies working together to define wireless base station specifications. The RP3 interface interchanges formatted air interface user data as well as fast control data between the baseband processors and the radio (RF) modules.
PMC-Sierra’s QuadPHY 10GX is a 4 port bi-directional 1.2 to 3.2 Gbps serial transceiver that allows base station manufacturers to evolve to higher speed serial links required by higher density baseband and radio cards thereby reducing systems costs.
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