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[[File:evalEDGE.jpg|thumb|The evalEDGE 2G cellular transceiver FMC module.]]
 
[[File:2G_testbed.jpg|thumb|Testbed setup with L2/L3 processing on ZedBoard (top), double RF on evalEDGE v1.0 (middle), and DBB on ML605 (bottom).]]
 
[[File:2G_testbed.jpg|thumb|Testbed setup with L2/L3 processing on ZedBoard (top), double RF on evalEDGE v1.0 (middle), and DBB on ML605 (bottom).]]
  
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===Personnel===
 
===Personnel===
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: [[User:Weberbe|Benjamin Weber]]
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: Stefan Zwicky
 
: [[User:Kroell|Harald Kroell]]
 
: [[User:Kroell|Harald Kroell]]
: Stefan Zwicky
 
: [[User:Weberbe|Benjamin Weber]]
 
  
 
===Funding===
 
===Funding===
: Hasler Stiftung
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: [http://www.haslerstiftung.ch/ Hasler Stiftung]
  
 
===Partners===
 
===Partners===
: [http://www.newacp.ch ACP AG]
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: [http://www.newacp.ch/ ACP AG]
  
 
===Summary===
 
===Summary===
The PCB board ''evalEDGE'' is an FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) with RF support for 2G cellular communication. It holds 2 RF transceiver chips, a power amplifier, and power control logic. The RF transceivers can be configured jontly or independently to support receiver diversity and downlink dual carrier scenarios, respectively. The evalEDGE FMC was used jointly with a ZedBoard and an ML605 for receiver characterization in [1]. The current evalEDGE version is v1.0.
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The PCB board ''evalEDGE'' is an FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) module with RF support for 2G cellular communication. It holds 2 RF transceiver chips, a power amplifier, and power control logic. The RF transceivers can be configured jointly or independently to support receive diversity and downlink dual carrier scenarios, respectively. The evalEDGE FMC module was used jointly with a ZedBoard and an ML605 for receiver characterization in [1]. The evalEDGE board itself has been published in [2]. The current evalEDGE version is v1.0. However, it has been superseded by the [[evaLTE]] board, which offers not only 2G but also 3G and 4G transceiver functionality.
  
 
===Publications===
 
===Publications===
[1] Harald Kröll, Stefan Zwicky, Benjamin Weber, Christoph Roth, David Tschopp, Christian Benkeser, Andreas Burg, Qiuting Huang, An Evolved GSM/EDGE Baseband ASIC Supporting Rx Diversity, ''Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of'', vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1–12, 2015. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2015.2417802 DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2015.2417802]
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[1] H. Kröll, S. Zwicky, B. Weber, C. Roth, D. Tschopp, C. Benkeser, A. Burg, and Q. Huang, "An Evolved GSM/EDGE Baseband ASIC Supporting Rx Diversity," ''Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of'', vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 1690–1701, July 2015. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2015.2417802 DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2015.2417802]
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[2] B. Weber, H. Kröll, S. Altorfer, and Q. Huang, "Cellular Baseband Development Platform with an open RF Interface," in ''2015 Wireless Innovation Forum European Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (WInnComm-Europe 2015)'', Erlangen, Germany, Oct. 2015, pp. 26–30.
  
 
===Links===
 
===Links===
 
* [http://www.vita.com/fmc FMC Marketing Alliance]
 
* [http://www.vita.com/fmc FMC Marketing Alliance]
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* [http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/ek-v6-ml605-g.html ML605]
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* [http://zedboard.org/product/zedboard ZedBoard]
  
 
[[Category:Digital]]
 
[[Category:Digital]]

Latest revision as of 16:10, 17 December 2015

The evalEDGE 2G cellular transceiver FMC module.
Testbed setup with L2/L3 processing on ZedBoard (top), double RF on evalEDGE v1.0 (middle), and DBB on ML605 (bottom).

Date

2014

Personnel

Benjamin Weber
Stefan Zwicky
Harald Kroell

Funding

Hasler Stiftung

Partners

ACP AG

Summary

The PCB board evalEDGE is an FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) module with RF support for 2G cellular communication. It holds 2 RF transceiver chips, a power amplifier, and power control logic. The RF transceivers can be configured jointly or independently to support receive diversity and downlink dual carrier scenarios, respectively. The evalEDGE FMC module was used jointly with a ZedBoard and an ML605 for receiver characterization in [1]. The evalEDGE board itself has been published in [2]. The current evalEDGE version is v1.0. However, it has been superseded by the evaLTE board, which offers not only 2G but also 3G and 4G transceiver functionality.

Publications

[1] H. Kröll, S. Zwicky, B. Weber, C. Roth, D. Tschopp, C. Benkeser, A. Burg, and Q. Huang, "An Evolved GSM/EDGE Baseband ASIC Supporting Rx Diversity," Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 1690–1701, July 2015. DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2015.2417802

[2] B. Weber, H. Kröll, S. Altorfer, and Q. Huang, "Cellular Baseband Development Platform with an open RF Interface," in 2015 Wireless Innovation Forum European Conference on Communications Technologies and Software Defined Radio (WInnComm-Europe 2015), Erlangen, Germany, Oct. 2015, pp. 26–30.

Links