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Qualcomm Dragonwing™
FWA Gen 3 Platform
FWA3

The Qualcomm Dragonwing™ FWA Gen 3 Platform is a highly integrated, 5G advanced-ready FWA platform aimed to drive global adoption and help bridge the digital divide.

The Qualcomm Dragonwing™ FWA Gen 3 Platform is designed to achieve breakthrough speeds, coverage, mobility, and link robustness across 5G, mmWave, and Wi-Fi. This third-generation platform is ideal for operators turning to mobile networks for 5G FWA broadband to reach more people with connected broadband experiences.

It features the Snapdragon® X75 5G Modem RF System for breakthrough 10 Gbps 5G performance and optimizations, with the Qualcomm® QTM567 mmWave Antenna Modules providing reliable and extended mmWave and Sub-6GHz cove...

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Benefits
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Fully-integrated platform built for superior performance

Tight multi-gigabit connectivity integration of the 5G modem-RF with Sub-6GHz & mmWave, GNSS receiver, Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 with 10 GB Ethernet, and powerful on-board processing will help OEMs accelerate time to launch, improve performance, and lower the development effort for building cutting-edge FWA CPEs at scale. The converged mmWave-Sub6 hardware architecture reduces footprint, cost, board complexity, and power consumption, and Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave Gen 4 provides additional power savings.

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Fast-tracking global FWA adoption

Extended-range mmWave, extended-range Sub-6GHz, support for power class 1.5 (PC 1.5), and enhanced selfinstall capabilities provide maximum spectrum flexibility and help lower costs, enable quicker installation, and speed up service rollouts. The Qualcomm® RF Sensing Suite helps with indoor mmWave CPE deployments, expanding deployment opportunities. Regional support includes a flexible software architecture with support for multiple frameworks, including OpenWRT and RDK-B.

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Next-gen connectivity features for immersive experiences

Springboard integrated connectivity forward with next-gen modem-RF system technologies enabling advanced spectrum aggregation, multi-gigabit speed, and improved uplink coverage with FDD uplink MIMO and uplink carrier aggregation. Next-gen Wi-Fi 7 brings significant performance as well, with Tri-Band support in the 6GHz, 5GHz, and 2.4GHz spectrum bands, 320MHz channels in the 6GHz band doubling channel width from Wi-Fi 6, 4K QAM modulation, and advanced Multi-Link technology enabling lower latency in heavily congested environments.

Specifications
Cellular Modem-RF
Modem Name
Snapdragon™ X75 5G Modem-RF System
Peak Download Speed
10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed
3.7 Gbps
Cellular Modem-RF Specs
300 MHz bandwidth (sub-6 GHz), 8 carriers (mmWave), 800 MHz bandwidth (mmWave), 2x2 MIMO (mmWave), 4x4 MIMO (Sub-6)
Performance Enhancement Technologies
Qualcomm® 5G Ultra-Low Latency Suite, Dual-layer polarization in downlink and uplink (mmWave), Beam tracking (mmWave), Beam steering (mmWave), Beam forming (mmWave), Qualcomm® Smart Transmit™ Gen 4 technology, Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave Gen 4, Wide Scan Angle (mmWave), Qualcomm® 5G RF Sensing Suite, Qualcomm Dynamic Antenna Steering Gen 2
Cellular Technology
5G NR, sub-6 GHz, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), SA (standalone), NSA (non-standalone), 5G mmWave, WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA), WCDMA (DC-HSUPA), sub-6 carrier aggregation (FDD-FDD), sub-6 carrier aggregation (TDD-TDD), 5G FDD, 5G TDD, sub-6 carrier aggregation (FDD-TDD), mmWave-sub6 aggregation
Wi-Fi
Generation
Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 7
Standards
802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11a, 802.11ax, 802.11be
Spectral Bands
6 GHz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz
Spatial Streams
up to 12
Peak QAM
up to 4K QAM
Features
OFDMA (UL/DL), MU-MIMO (UL/DL), Simultaneous & Alternating Multi Link, Adaptive Interference Puncturing
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