600Mbit/s WLAN Reference Design Cuts Time to Market for IEEE802.11N Devices

For early completion of 600Mbit/s WLAN access points using the latest generation IEEE 802.11N wireless standard, the Freescale Semiconductor MPC8377EWLAN is a production-ready Reference Design Solution (RDS) including comprehensive hardware-design files, Board-Support Package (BSP), source code, and binaries to the application software.

The MPC8377EWLAN implements an enterprise wireless access point/router based on the Freescale MPC8377E PowerQUICC™ II Pro processor, which delivers high performance at low power and low cost. The processor has integrated hardware acceleration for wireless security, and also implements a pair of Gigabit Ethernet LAN/WAN interfaces. A USB2.0 host/device interface is also provided.

By using 3 x 3 Multiple-Inputs/Multiple-Outputs (MIMO) architecture, the MPC8377EWLAN supports a total of six antennas for optimum effective range and speed. The device interfaces to IEEE 802.11N radio modules via Mini PCI or Mini PCI Express® modules provided in the MPC8377E, and is also backwards-compatible with IEEE 802.11a/b/g radios. Compatibility with IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) allows operation in 3 x 3 MIMO mode over a single Ethernet cable.

 

FEATURES Based on Linux kernel 2.6.25 Standard protocols in open-source software Advanced wireless- and network-security protocols Single radio plug-in card Universal AC adapter and cables provided

APPLICATIONS Wireless-access nodes VPN router for: Secure remote access Intrusion detection Remote access point

 

 

Freescale Semiconductor / MPC8377EWLAN RDS