Second-gen Yunbao series modem IP from VeriSilicon and Innobase supports both 5G RedCap and 4G LTE, unveiled
VeriSilicon, in collaboration with Innobase, has launched the second-generation Yunbao series 5G RedCap/4G LTE dual-mode modem IP, Yunbao 2. This modem IP is designed specifically for Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless communication applications, emphasizing both performance and efficiency.
Key Features of Yunbao 2
- Dual-Mode Support (5G RedCap & 4G LTE): Yunbao 2 supports both 5G RedCap (Reduced Capability) and 4G LTE standards, providing flexible connectivity options.
- 5G RedCap Compliance: The modem is optimized for the 5G RedCap standard, which targets IoT and wearables by offering a balanced approach between performance, cost, and power consumption.
- Low Power Consumption: Power efficiency is a major focus, making Yunbao 2 suitable for battery-operated IoT devices that demand long operational lifetimes without frequent recharging or replacement.
- Compact and Integrated IP Design: Designed to be an IP-core that can be integrated into System on Chips (SoCs), Yunbao 2 offers a compact footprint and scalability to streamline development and reduce integration complexity and costs.
- Enhanced Throughput and Latency: Compared to previous models, Yunbao 2 enhances data throughput and reduces latency, critical for real-time IoT applications.
- Robust Connectivity and Mobility: Supports reliable handover and stable connections across heterogeneous networks, ensuring device connectivity continuity even in challenging environments.
- Security Features: Incorporates security protocols typical of contemporary wireless standards to safeguard device communications.
- Scalable and Customizable: Offers flexibility for vendors to tailor the modem IP to specific product needs.
Benefits in the Context of IoT and Wireless Communication
- Broader Network Coverage: Dual-mode support ensures devices remain connected across both existing 4G LTE and emerging 5G networks, addressing coverage gaps and network evolution issues.
- Optimized Cost-Performance Balance: By focusing on 5G RedCap, Yunbao 2 lowers device complexity and cost compared to full 5G NR implementations while providing better capabilities than legacy LTE-only designs.
- Extended Battery Life: Low power design means IoT devices can operate longer on limited power sources, which is crucial for remote or hard-to-service deployments.
- Future-Proofing IoT Deployments: Supporting both 4G and 5G standards allows product manufacturers to future-proof their IoT devices amid evolving network infrastructures.
- Fast Integration & Development: Providing a mature, integrated modem IP allows OEMs and chipset designers to accelerate product development cycles and reduce R&D expenditure.
- Reliable & Secure Communication: Ensures robust, secure connectivity for mission-critical IoT applications in industry, healthcare, transportation, and smart environments.
The Yunbao 2 modem IP integrates and reuses 4G and 5G hardware accelerators, delivering industry-leading performance in terms of area and power consumption. The results of the tests conducted by the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group thoroughly validated the overall capabilities of the Yunbao series and its interoperability with multiple network equipment vendors.
The cost and performance of 5G RedCap chips are comparable to those of 4G, further expanding the boundaries of existing 4G application scenarios. VeriSilicon provides comprehensive wireless communication solutions, including RF, baseband, and protocol stacks, for IoT applications.
RedCap is ideal for wearable devices, industrial IoT, and mass-market smartphones due to its low cost, low latency, private network, and efficient spectrum utilisation. The Yunbao series has completed interoperation tests between 5G RedCap terminals and base stations in collaboration with partners.
The Yunbao 2 modem IP achieves uplink and downlink transmission rates of 170 Mbps and 120 Mbps, respectively. The 5G variant RedCap, defined under the 3GPP Rel-17 standard, is in a rapid growth phase in China.
The Yunbao 2 modem IP has completed production validation. Innobase has introduced mass-production-ready products such as 5G IoT modules, MiFi devices, and mass-market 5G smartphones, validating the Yunbao series IP at the product level.
The Yunbao 2 modem IP supports multi-SIM standby and features key 5G capabilities such as Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC), 5G LAN, and network slicing. Chips developed using the Yunbao 2 modem IP can be paired with Innobase's production-validated high-performance dual-mode RF chips.
Innobase plans to develop the Yunbao X series featuring ultra-low-cost and ultra-low-power designs to address consumer electronics and IoT applications. VeriSilicon offers production-validated 4G/5G RedCap dual-mode IPs through its collaboration with Innobase, further strengthening its existing IP ecosystem.
VeriSilicon remains committed to driving innovation in low-power, high-performance wireless communication technologies for IoT applications. VeriSilicon aims to continue working closely with industry partners to build a global cellular communication ecosystem and contribute to an intelligent, connected future.
Data-and-cloud-computing technologies play a crucial role in the development and implementation of the Yunbao 2 modem IP, as it allows for real-time analysis and optimization of the modem's performance, ensuring optimal network connectivity and security for a wide range of IoT and wireless communication applications.
The integration and reuse of 4G and 5G hardware accelerators in the Yunbao 2 modem IP, combined with contemporary technology, enables the modem to deliver industry-leading performance at an affordable cost, making it an ideal choice for various high-performance wireless communication technologies in IoT applications.
