SmartDV’s CPRI Verification IP is a comprehensive solution for verifying the Common Public Radio Interface, a high-speed serial fronthaul interface defining the link between Radio Equipment Controllers and Radio Equipment in mobile base station deployments. Fully compliant with CPRI Specification v7.0 and backward compatible with v6.1, v6.0, v5.0, and v4.2, it supports complete verification of CPRI TX and RX functionality across all eleven defined line bit rates from 614.4 Mbps to 24330.24 Mbps, 8B/10B line coding for rates up to 9830.4 Mbps, 64B/66B line coding with and without RS-FEC for higher rate operation, and all CPRI layer 1 features including Hyperframe framing, sub-channel mapping, synchronization, and link maintenance for both REC and RE nodes.
SmartDV’s CPRI VIP supports UVM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog, and integrates seamlessly into diverse verification environments. It is simulator-independent and compatible with all leading EDA simulators, providing flexibility across simulation platforms.
With configurable scrambler support, comprehensive error injection and detection across all CPRI error types, L1 Inband Protocol support, hardware startup sequence state machine for both REC and RE nodes, bus-accurate timing checks, built-in functional coverage, and a complete test suite, SmartDV’s CPRI VIP enables verification teams to thoroughly validate CPRI fronthaul interface designs for 4G LTE, 5G NR, C-RAN, and O-RAN radio base station applications.
