Qualcomm Successfully Demonstrates Fully Mobile VoIP Calls Across a Number of Field Test Environments
More Than 60 Calls per Sector Show Commercial Readiness of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A VoIP Services
SAN DIEGO - June 07, 2006 - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA ) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced it has successfully demonstrated the full mobility of high-quality, high-capacity voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls across multiple test environments, including mobile, pedestrian and fixed, enabling operators to migrate voice services to Internet protocol (IP)-based platforms for a common service platform. The field tests, which involved 62 simultaneous calls, were conducted over CDMA2000® 1xEV-DO Rev. A in one sector within a single 1.25 MHz channel - in a fully mobile configuration. The test network demonstrated capacity gains approximately 30 times greater than mobile analog voice and results from a fully loaded commercial network could be somewhat lower. Qualcomm used commercial-ready application specific integrated circuits in both handset and prototype networks. These field tests validate the quality and capacity of full mobility VoIP over EV-DO Rev. A and pave the way to large scale commercial trials by network operators.“Operators globally have committed to the rapid deployment of CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A. These tests prove EV-DO Rev. A's capability for delivering high-capacity, high-quality VoIP over 3G mobile broadband networks,” said Dr. Roberto Padovani, chief technology officer of Qualcomm.
VoIP over EV-DO Rev. A leverages session initiation protocol, commonly referred to as SIP, in combination with a number of advanced techniques to achieve quality of service comparable to traditional landline voice. These techniques include:
- Comprehensive Quality of Service features, which enable operators to provide multiple services on a common packet data platform;
- Advanced call-hand-off algorithms, which ensure seamless operation in the mobile environment;
- Mobile receive diversity and equalization, which improve network capacity and user experience; and
- Enhanced speech-processing algorithms, which improve network capacity and ensure high voice quality.
- Push to talk, which is VoIP offered as walkie-talkie-like service;
- Packet-based video telephony, which combines realtime video with VoIP; and
- Simultaneous VoIP calls and data sessions.
Qualcomm Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2006 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.
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