GPS World, December 2017

MOBILEUPDATE Grandmaster Ready for 4G and 5G Base Stations M icrosemi Corporation has launched the TimeProvider 4100 a flexible IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol PTP grandmaster clock designed to scale from the edge to the aggregation layers of both mobile infrastructure and access networks The TimeProvider 4100 is a gateway clock a new class of synchronization product which accepts multiple inputs from GNSS Synchronous Ethernet SyncE 1588 PTP and E1 T1 digital transmission links and distributes timing flows to multiple endpoints such as base stations It supports GPS Beidou GLONASS and Galileo Primarily targeting the mobile market operators and data centers for mobile operator environments over time the TimeProvider 4100 s platform will also serve mobile network needs associated with machine to machine M2M internet of things IoT and autonomous vehicle applications A gateway clock benefits from multiple layers of protection leveraging other assets in the core of the network TimeProvider 4100 is a best in class 1588 grandmaster complemented by extensive port fan out for PTP Network Time Protocol NTP SyncE and legacy building integrated timing supplies BITS the company said Mobile and Future Markets With multiple ports for current legacy and future networks which can be connected to multiple base stations for 4G and 5G deployments the device offers customers a cost effective solution that can be adapted for a wide variety of use cases Multipath mitigation copes with GNSS reflections caused by metal cargo containers Photo Airobot 44 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM DECEMBER 2017 Phase synchronization Pha s e synchronization is imperative for next generation service deployment To that end operators need timing solutions capable of supporting legacy infrastructure and evolving network needs The TimeProvider 4100 is engineered to provide phase to todays 4G LTE and LTE Advanced LTE A deployments as well as tomorrows cRAN evolutions and 5G networks Microsemis TimeProvider family serves the mobile infrastructure market which is expected by market research firm IHS Markit to be approximately 48 billion in 2018 with hardware expected to account for 62 percent of the market AIROBOT LOCATES CONTAINERS AT LARGEST EUROPEAN TERMINAL A Belgian container terminal is about to become Europes l a r g e s t w i t h G N S S technology will be integrated The MSC PSA European Terminal MPET in Antwerp Belgium is moving its o p e r a t i o n s f rom the Delwaidedock on the right bank of the river Schelde to the Deurganckdock on the left bank The move is part of an expansion of its capacity of 9 million TEUs annually TEUs are a 20 foot equivalent unit a term used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals When fully moved and operational the Left Bank terminal will feature 41 quay cranes across 10 berths 200 straddle carriers and a quay length of 3550 meters Airobot was selected by MPET to create a positioning solution compatible with the receivers in use since 2008 but no longer available Within four months Airobot provided SC PSAGNSS units integrated with the AsteRx m GNSS receiver from Septentrio It uses EGNOS to provide submeter accurate positions The receiver uses multipath mitigation technology to cope with the many GNSS reflections caused by all the metal containers and combines GPS and GLONASS to provide a solution close to the quay cranes The system locates where every container is picked up and dropped off without interfering with the actions of the drivers