Mindspeed’s Comcerto 300xv processor cuts fiber-access equipment costs

NEWPORT BEACH, USA: Mindspeed Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, announced the Comcerto 300xv family of voice over IP (VoIP) processing devices that deliver a complete hardware and software solution for integrated VoIP media, signaling and control processing in low-to-medium density next-generation network (NGN), IP multimedia system (IMS) and IP-private branch exchange (IP-PBX) equipment.

Mindspeed’s Comcerto 300xv system-on-chip (SoC) leverages the company’s award-winning multi-core Comcerto 300 architecture and reduces bill of material (BOM) costs for such price-sensitive platforms as passive optical networking (PON) multi-dwelling unit (MDU) equipment and IP-PBX systems.

Its flexible architecture makes it easy for customers to differentiate their products, and includes support for master/slave modes and multiple booting methods.

The turnkey solution’s complete, production-quality OpenWrt-based Linux design kit provides access to hundreds of applications and can be used to create a functionally complete routing platform. The device is also supported by a complete reference design package, including an open-source session initiation protocol (SIP) signaling stack and low-level board support packages (BSP).

Platforms using the Comcerto 300xv SoC retain full software feature and application programming interface (API) compatibility with prior Comcerto 300 designs. The software also supports wideband voice codecs for high-definition VoIP applications.

“Mindspeed continues to drive cost and performance improvements for our Comcerto carrier-class voice processing platform,” said Tricus Wang, product manager for Mindspeed’s communications convergence processing (CCP) business unit.

“The Comcerto 300xv is an ideal solution for cost- and power-sensitive VoIP platforms ranging from passive optical networking equipment and IP digital subscriber line (DSL) access multiplexers to multi-service access nodes and IP-PBX equipment. It provides a complete, low-cost, high-value VoIP media and control processing solution between narrowband time-division multiplexing (TDM) and Ethernet, allowing inexpensive POTS termination systems to be built on an Ethernet/LAN-based architecture.”

According to market research firm Infonetics, by 2014, worldwide PON revenue is expected to increase to $4.9 billion, representing a 2009-2014 CAGR of 22 percent. By 2014, Infonetics expects total PON ports to increase to just over 31 million, representing a five-year CAGR of 28 percent.