ATCA-8320

Platform for High Density Media Processing

based on ATCA Technology
and Octasic OCT224M DSPs
6th July2012

July 6, 2012, Rev. 2.1

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History (Hidden Slide)

Revision Updates
1.0

Initial version based on Nov 2011 slide material

1.1/1.2/1.3

Updated order information

2.0

(25 June 2012 update) new simpler block diagram, added more software detail

2.1

Amended some hardware detail for the processor memory capacity

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ATCA-8320 - Product Outline

DSP Media Processing Blade

based on Octasic OCT2224M DSPs
Core infrastructure:

Freescale P4080 Integrated Multicore

CPU for local management, switch
control, security, IP forwarding, and
load balancing
Local Ethernet switch connecting all
DSPs, CPU, ATCA networks and I/O
ATCA CLK based synchronization of
all onboard resources and RTM

DSP array

Up to 24 x Octasic OCT2224M DSP on 2

mezzanines
DSPs run Vocallo MGW firmware

Data Flow Interfaces

ATCA Fabric

RTM support

Local x86 application processor option

Dual star 1G (base) + dual star

1G/10G (option 9 fabric)

Intel 2-core Core i7 CPU

Optional SSD drive for local mass
storage

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IP termination supports 10G + 4

x 1G Ethernet links
TDM options up to 8 x OC3 / 2 x
OC12 by special customer
demand

ATCA-8320 Mezzanine Based Architecture

Baseboard carries all infrastructure

Two mezzanines
Each can carry up to12 OCT2224 DSPs

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ATCA-8320 Block Diagram

Freescale P4080

DSP Mezzanine 1
OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

Multicore
Packet
Processing
CPU

10G+2G

OCT
2224

Ethernet

RTM
Conn

8 core, 1.5GHz
2G ECC memory in 2
Mini-DIMM slots
4G or 16G user flash
memory
1 x Comm + 1 x USB
Front Panel interface

Switching Core

10G+4x1G

24 x 1GbE

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

10G + 10G

2 x 1G

Switch

(Optional)
Application
Processor
CPU

ATCA
Fabric

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Intel Core i7-620LE

DSP Mezzanine 2

1GbE to each DSP

10GbE + 2 x 1GbE to
P4080
2 x 1GbE to Core i7
2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
to ATCA Backplane
10GbE + 4 x 1GbE to
Rear Transition
1GbE to update
channel

2 core, 2.0GHz
4G ECC memory in 2
Mini-DIMM slots
1.8SSD drive option
1 x Comm + 2 x USB +
GbE + VGA Front
Panel interfaces

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Control / Packet Processing CPU
Runs Embedded Linux
Board Management Functions
User code for low level control
Optional NAT processing (to make
board look like single IP address)

DSP Mezzanine 1

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

OCT
2224

Scalable
OCT
OCT
OCT
OCT
Number
of2224
2224
2224
2224
Vocallo Media
Processing 24 x 1GbE
Resources
OCT
OCT
OCT
OCT
2224
2224
2224 By
2224
Managed
User
Application
OCT
OCT
OCT
OCT
2224

OCT
2224

2224

OCT
2224

2224

OCT
2224

2224

OCT
2224

Multicore
Packet
Processing
CPU

10G+2G

OCT
2224

Ethernet

Switching Core

RTM
Conn

10G+4x1G

Switch

10G + 10G

2 x 1G

OCT
2224

(Optional)
Application
Processor
CPU

ATCA
Fabric

Application / Management CPU

DSP Mezzanine 2

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Connects everything to
everything
Supports ATCA base + fabric
+ RTMs
Relatively static config
Managed via SRStackware

Runs Red Hat Linux

Space to run call agent or
application software
Can run board or box-level
management application
Has video interface

ATCA-8320 Performance & Scalability

3 Mezzanine variants to allow better match of performance vs application need:
 5 DSP suits 1 x STM-1 for wireless AMR NB voice
 9 DSP suits 2 x STM-1 for standard G.729AB voice
 12 DSP for maximum performance voice and video
Wireless G/W
ATCA-8320 base Media G/W or SBC
(
G.711
IP

G.729AB
(
G.711
IP  AMR NB
+

Mobile Video G/W

Video Stream Opt

(H.264 720p => VGA
30fps)**

20ms)

20ms)

(MPEG4/CIF H.263
CIF 30fps)

1 x OCT2224 mezz
(5 DSP)

3200

2145

40

15

1 x OCT2224 mezz
(9 DSP)

5760

3861

72

27

1 x OCT2224 mezz
(12 DSP)

7680

5148

96

36

2 x OCT2224 mezz
(24 DSP)

15360

10296

192

72

Note: exact performance depends on many factors including exact codec mix and use patterns. These figures are based
on current software release and are provided as guidance to potential performance in common applications
** Note figure for video stream optimization assumes completely separate decoder streams and unidirectional flow.

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Software Architecture
Host
(x86 or
P4080)
Software

ATCA8320
Mezz

DSP
Firmware

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ATCA-8320 Release Targets

ATCA-8320

2011

2012
DA

First engineering prototypes

Functional limitations
Subject to change
Just a few units

EA = Early Access

EA

GA

DA = Development Access JUL-2012

2013

OCT-2012

Redesign
Targeted to be fully functional
Awaiting final validation and certification
Limited warranty
Any quantity based on timely order

General Availability

Performance and Interoperability

Evaluation

Design, Integration
and Validation

DEC-2012

Fully validated and certified by Emerson

full warranty
Manufacturing ready for ramp up

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Certification and Release

Software Roadmap

GA: R1.0
Jan 2013

DA**

Media
Processing

Update: R1.1
est. July
2013*

EA: R0.x
Oct/Nov
2012

Release 0.x

Release 1.0

Release 1.1*

Vocallo MGW
Release 1.9

Vocallo MGW
Release 1.10

Vocallo MGW
Release 1.11

Release 1.0

Release 1.1

Board Support Release 0.x

* Roadmap dates and content still in planning stage

** Software content and functionality at DA stage is individually negotiated

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Vocallo MGW DSP Functionality

Transport and Endpoint Support
Release 0.x

Release 1.0

Voice and Video over IP Endpoints

Release 1.1 (planning)

Voice and Video over IP Endpoints

RTP/UDP/IP endpoint
IPv4 with DHCP & IPv6
Secure RTP support
Adaptive Jitter Buffer

Adds RTCP-XR support

Supports RTCP
Ethernet 802.2, 802.3p/Q, ARP + ICMP
CALEA / Lawful Intercept support
HDLC support [Release 1.0 only]

Echo Cancellation and Voice Quality

G.168 (2004) compliant line echo cancellation

128ms tail support on all channels

with HLC & Music Protection

Manual and Automatic Level Control (G.169)

Acoustic Echo Control (AEC)
Adaptive Noise Reduction (ANR)
Natural Level Enhancement (NLE)

DSP Statistics & Resource Management

RTP/UDP/IP per channel and per port packets and errors

Per channel/port states, terminations used, media stream events
Dynamic Resource Reporting and Management [Release 1.0 only]

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Vocallo MGW DSP Functionality

Audio Stream Processing
Release 0.x

Release 1.0

3GPP / 3GPP2 Wireless Voice Codecs

Release 1.1 (planning)

ITU-T, IETF, and other Voice Codecs

GSM EFR, AMR, AMR WB

Adds SILK (Skype voice codec)

EVRC and EVRC-B [Release 1.0 only]

Adds SPEEX Narrowband and Wideband

ITU-T, IETF, and other Voice Codecs

G.711 -law/A-law with Appendices I and II

Silence Suppression with spectral CNG

Clear Channel Operation

G.729AB, G.729.1, G.723.1A

G.726, G.727

G.722, G.722.1

T.38 Fax Relay, V.152 Voice Band Data

iLBC

In-band Announcements and Signaling Support

Announcements & Message Playback

Tone Detection, Generation, Removal

SS5, MFR1, MFR2, DTMF

ANSam tone support [Release 1.0]

Tone Relay (RFC 2833/4733)

Caller ID Generation and Detection (ETSI, BellCore & NTT)

N-way Audio Conferencing

All channels on a DSP can participate in one or many conferences

Noise Reduction for Conferencing

Prime Speaker detection

Conference Supervisor function

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Vocallo MGW DSP Functionality

Video Stream Processing
Release 0.x

Release 1.0

Video Encoder/Decoder Support

Release 1.1 (planning)

Video Encoder/Decoder Support

H.263 profile 0 (baseline) and 3

Adds H.264 High Profile (HP) support

level 10, 20, 30, 40, 45 & 50 (CIF/QCIF)

RFC4629

MPEG-4 simple profile, single object

level 0, 1, 2 and 3 (CIF/QCIF)
RFC3016

H.264 baseline profile (BP)

level 1, 1b, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (CIF/QCIF)
level 2.2 (VGA), 3.2 (720p) and 4.2 (1080p)
RFC3984

Scaling and Adaptation

Advanced-CBR, CBR and VBR rate controllers

Frame rate adaptation up to 30 FPS per channel
Scaling between resolutions, from SQCIF to 1080p
Packet loss concealment
A/V Synchronization (Lip Sync) via delay compensation

Video conferencing / mixing support

Video MCU function

Voice Activity based source selection
Graphics overlay with key color
Video mix: up to 16 layers per stream for video or graphics

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ATCA--8320 Board Support Software

ATCA
Release 0.x

Release 1.0

Freescale P4080 Software Environment

Release 1.1 (planning)

Freescale P4080 Environment

Mentor Graphics Linux BSP

Wind River Linux BSP option

Wind River vxWorks 6.9.x support is possible by special arrangement

Emerson Basic Blade Services:

Improved switch management and

packet forwarder config tools

All necessary device drivers

Control, boot and management of DSPs

Firmware upgrade utility

IPMI support

SRStackware L2/L3 switch management

Packet Forwarder Single IP for media flow aggregation, based on

Freescales USDPAA framework

CLI and SNMP

Intel Core i7 Software Environment

Red Hat Linux 6.1 certified

DSP Firmware

Voice or Voice + Video DSP executable

Vocallo API set and documentation

Vocallo debug tools

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Deployment Environments

Emerson Centellis 4440 and

2620 ATCA Platforms

Centellis 4440 (13U):

Up to 12 payload blades + 2 switch hubs in 19

System management and control using 2 x ATCA x86 server blades

Can carry up to 10 DSP blades

CPTA B.4 thermal performance

Centellis 2620 (7U)

Up to 6 blades (5 payload + 1 switch or 4

payload + 2 switch)

Can support fully redundant system with 2 x

x86 control plane + 2 x DSP blades for media

Or support 1 x86 + 4 DSP for non redundant.

Centellis 2000 (3U):

One or two DSP blades, each with x86 subsystem

System management and control on embedded x86 processors

Option to operate in 1+1 configuration

CPTA B.4 thermal performance

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Video Gateway / Transcoding Element Solution

Using x86 Server Blade & DSP Blades in DSP Farm configuration

X86 CPU Blades

GP CPU

Scalable / Redundant Control, Management, Signalling

IP

Line
Term

Switch
/ LB

Scalable Media
Processing

Aggregation

Line
Term

GbE

IP
Switch

DSP Array
DSPor
Blades
x86 cores

IP
Switch

GbE

ATCA Switch

Scalability:

 
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IP

Video Gateway / Transcoding Element Solution

Using unique Gateway on a Blade architecture to best effect

DSP Gateway on a Blade

GP CPU

Scalable / Redundant Control, Management, Signalling

IP

Line
Term

Switch
/ LB

Scalable Media
Processing

Aggregation

Line
Term

GbE

IP
Switch

DSP Array or
x86 cores

IP
Switch

GbE

Scalability:

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Example Application: Mobile Video Optimization

Adding accelerated video compression
Processing Array
performs DPI
analysis and
separates video
flows

Processing Array

Upstream
Network

40G ATCA Fabric

ATCA-F140

Downstream
Network

DSP blades provide

enhanced real-time
video conversion
capability

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