MicroTCA Platforms For Mobile Networks And Radar

Kontron has launched the OM6090D and OM7090D MicroTCA platforms designed for applications including infrastructure nodes for mobile telephony, public safety engineering, medical and military. The platforms conform to MTCA.1, are specifically designed for high-end AdvancedMCs and feature a 10Gbit/sec Ethernet switched backplane enabling a high data flow rate. In their maximum configuration, both systems can be fitted with up to 36 Intel Xeon processor cores and a full 216GB of RAM.

The modular 19in 6U MicroTCA platforms are redundant and compliant with the MTCA.1 specification for applications with high demands for robustness, availability and performance. Typical end-point applications include network in a box or rural utilities service for rural and remote communication systems supporting CDMA, GSM, 3G and VoIP across HLR/HSS, RNC and Gateway applications. The Kontron platforms are also said to be ideal for rapidly deployable mobile networks, radar, and video data processing.

The company said these applications will benefit from the densely packed computing power of hot-swappable AdvancedMC modules and board-to-board dual-star switching beyond 1Gbit/sec. The Kontron MicroTCA platforms OM6090D and OM7090D are based on the same compact chassis (266 x 428 x 365mm), which is equipped with four rear-mounted extraction fans.

Both platforms provide nine double-width slots for AdvancedMC modules and two slots for redundant MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH) configurations (up to 80W). The Kontron OM6090D supports up to three pluggable AC-PSUs offering load balancing. For redundant power management, the Kontron OM7090D can be configured with two (one active plus one standby) or three (two active plus one standby) power management modules. Equipped with Kontron AdvancedMC modules, OEM customers are able to obtain pre-validated, application-ready platforms from Kontron at any time and from a single source, reducing time to market.

Dedicated modules for the platforms are the Kontron MicroTCA Carrier Hub AM4910, which supports 10GbE Ethernet switching and CPU modules such as the Kontron AdvancedMC processor module AM5030 (Intel Xeon processor LC5518) or the Kontron AdvancedMC processor module AM5010 (Intel Core2 Duo). The AMC slots can also accommodate Kontron's AdvancedMC storage module Am5500, a MTCA.1 module with up to 1 Terabyte storage capacity that can also be fitted with robust solid-state drives as an alternative to two 2.5in Sata HDDs.

The module is ideal for applications that demand a high resistance to shock and vibration. This allows the Kontron OM6090D and OM7090D to be configured as robust storage systems with a capacity of up to 9 Terabytes. Further customer-specific AdvancedMC implementations can be made on demand using the 10GbE, 1 GbE, PCIe x4 and Sata supporting backplane. The MTCA.1 compliant Kontron MicroTCA platforms OM6090D and OM7090D are available now.

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