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Qualcomm Networking Pro A7 has been renamed Qualcomm Dragonwing™ NPro A7 Platform

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Qualcomm Dragonwing™
NPro A7 Platform
NPA7

Bring AI-powered Wi-Fi 7 to wireless networks, designed to deliver high-performance connectivity with up to 33 Gbps peak aggregate capacity and enhancing the user experience through a suite of AI-driven features.

A comprehensive broadband-to-antenna solution, the Qualcomm Dragonwing NPro A7 Platform combines key elements, including 10G Fiber, Ethernet, front-end modules, and filters, into an integrated platform. With software-defined networking, powerful compute, and support for open-source software and leading middleware elements, the platform provides the building blocks to deliver differentiated services and value-added applications.

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Featured DocumentsQualcomm Dragonwing NPro A7 Platform Product Brief

Benefits

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AI-Powered Wi-Fi 7
The platform offers high-performance Wi-Fi 7 connectivity, designed to deliver up to 33 Gbps* peak aggregate capacity, and elevates the user experience with AI-driven features. Utilizing the Qualcomm® Networking AI Engine acceleration, the Qualcomm® Networking AI Suite features AI-driven functionalities designed to optimize user experiences across various applications, such as streaming and gaming. It can also improve signal coverage and integrates networking AIOps capabilities to boost operational efficiency.
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Comprehensive Broadband-to-Antenna Platform
The platform is engineered to streamline system development and reduce design complexity by integrating key elements—from broadband to antenna—such as 10G Fiber (XGS-PON), Ethernet, front-end modules, and filters into an integrated platform. This integration is designed to enhance power efficiency, achieving up to a maximum of 12%** less power consumption compared to the previous generation.
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Service-Defined Wi-Fi
Qualcomm® Service Defined Wi-Fi, a groundbreaking cloud-to-device Quality of Experience (QoE) framework, empowers service providers with resource orchestration and insights into the user's quality of experience. This enables differentiated services optimized for gaming, streaming, video conferencing, and more. Qualcomm Service Defined Wi-Fi unlocks operational efficiencies by providing actionable insights into applications and devices, proactively helping to resolve performance issues.
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Open Software Architecture
With standard and open APIs, software-defined networking, powerful compute, and support for leading open-source software and middleware elements, the platform provides the building blocks to fully leverage broadband gateways and enterprise access points as vehicles for continuous innovation via value added applications.

* Performance claims refer to maximum physical layer (PHY) performance.

** Compared to similar tri-band 12 streams (Qualcomm Networking Pro 1220 configuration)

Features

Wi-Fi 7 

  • Flexibility with up to quad-band and 16 streams
  • Designed to deliver up to 33 Gbps* peak aggregate wireless system capacity
  • Expert implementation of advanced Wi-Fi 7 features with 320MHz channel support, 4K QAM, multi-link operation, and adaptive interference puncturing 
  • Qualcomm Dragonwing Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) Suite

Qualcomm® Networking AI Engine

  • Integrated accelerator designed for AI models specific to Wi-Fi and networking applications

Qualcomm® Networking AI Suite

  • Suite of AI-driven features designed to enhance Wi-Fi and networking user experience, includes:
    • Smart Traffic Classifier: Application type classification supports traffic flow prioritization and optimization. Combined with Qualcomm Service Defined Wi-Fi, this is designed to let gaming, video calls, and streaming traffic achieve up to a 50% average latency reduction in congested environments

    • Range boost: AI-based transmitter optimization can boost the Wi-Fi signal's range by enabling up to a peak 2.5dB increase in transmit power

    • Networking AIOps: Improved operational efficiency with AI-based networking fault identification and logging

Platform

  • Software-defined data path for flow optimization and hardware acceleration designed to ensure peak performance for the most demanding applications
  • Support for leading open-source software and middleware elements (OpenWRT, RDK, TiP OpenWiFi, prplOS, OpenSync™) 
  • Powerful compute with quad-core CPU
  • Easy integration of IoT applications through platform extensions and a coexistence interface
Specifications
CPU
Number of Cores
4
Clock Speed
Up to 1.8 GHz1
Wi-Fi
Peak PHY Rate
Up to 33 Gbps
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
Maximum Band Configuration
Quad-band
Channels
320 MHz, 240 MHz, 160 MHz, 80 MHz, 40 MHz, 20 MHz
Spatial Streams
Up to 16
Peak QAM
4K QAM
Encryption
AES-CCMP, AES-GCMP
Security
WPA3 Enhanced Open, WPS, WPA2, WEP, TKIP, PRNG, WAPI2, WAPI1, WPA3 Personal, WPA3 Enterprise, WPA3 Easy Connect
Features
OFDMA (UL/DL), MU-MIMO (UL/DL), Simultaneous & Alternating Multi Link, Adaptive Interference Puncturing
Passive Optical Network (PON)
Passive Optical Network::Deployment types
XGS-PON Residential Gateway (HGS/ONT), XGS-PON SFU ONU, XGS-PON SFU+ ONU
Passive Optical Network::Peak Downstream Rate
10 Gbps
Passive Optical Network::Peak Upstream Rate
10 Gbps
Ethernet
Number of Ports
3
Ports
2x 2.5 GE, 10 GE
Memory
Type
DDR3L, DDR4
Bit Width
16-bit, 32-bit
  1. Maximum CPU speed will vary based on platform version. Consult OEM specifications for device CPU speed
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