TDD/FDD Converged Network Detonates 4G Chip Solution Competition

Along with the Chinese government's issuance or pre-commercialization of 4G licenses, some operators in China have publicly stated that they will build a TDD/FDD converged network, which puts high demands on multi-mode multi-frequency. China Mobile has also repeatedly stressed that TDD/FDD hybrid networking, support for 5 modes and 12 frequencies, and support for Band 41 are the focus of China Mobile's development of LTE intelligent terminals. Market research analysts said that in view of the current status of China's communications industry, there will be 4G networks plus three different 3G standards for three operators, and even compatible with the 2G GSM and CDMA network market.

As is known to all, since TD-LTE and FDD LTE have many common technologies such as OFDMA technology, multi-antenna technology, link adaptation technology, and uplink SC-FDMA technology, there is not much difference between the core network and the transmission network in the network construction process. Due to the difference in duplex mode, there are some differences in the radio frequency part of the base station system, and the baseband part can completely realize the common platform, which is beneficial to the operator to mix the networking. The convergence of FDD and TDD network brings about the unification on the terminal. Since there is no essential difference between TD-LTE and FDD LTE, the manufacturer can adopt the fusion design scheme while supporting chip design, and support TDD and FDD two modes, LTE terminals supporting multi-mode multi-frequency will be more in line with the user's usage habits and the development needs of operators.

In addition, it can be seen from the TDD commercial network data released by the GSA that half of the network operators operate FDD while operating TDD.

As the leader of TD-LTE technology, China Mobile has been committed to promoting and supporting the convergence of LTE TDD/FDD, and relying on GTI to form a joint effort with international operators and global industries to jointly accelerate the maturity and commercialization of TD-LTE. . In this regard, Huang Yuhong, vice president of China Mobile Research Institute, once told the media that between 2010 and 2020, the traffic of intelligent communication devices will increase by a thousand times. Such a large amount of growth is not a network system that can be easily solved. TD-LTE and FDD LTE convergence networking has become very important.

For the converged networking, from the current development of LTE in China, although FDD started earlier, the industry development is relatively mature, and most of the commercial networks are in the world, but the TDD spectrum resources are abundant, and many operators have two at the same time. The spectrum resources of the mode, the converged networking can make better use of spectrum resources, improve the user experience, and bring into play the scale of industrial benefits. At present, some leading operators are already engaged in the integration of FDD and TDD, which will become the 4G industry. The mainstream trend of development.

In the short-term, China Unicom and China Telecom will adopt the TD-LTE and FDD LTE hybrid networking modes, while China Mobile continues to use the TD-LTE model, and the technical routes of operators are basically determined. Due to the different technical routes of 3G networks, after obtaining the TD-LTE license, China Mobile quickly carried out large-scale 4G network construction. From January to May 2014, the number of users also increased rapidly, while China Unicom and China Telecom were relatively flat. The number of users is not optimistic. After obtaining the hybrid network pre-commercial license, China Unicom and China Telecom will be able to provide FDD services, and the number of users is expected to be improved.

Regardless of the future competition results of the three major operators, the terminal will be the top priority in the competition. Due to the convergence of operators in the LTE era, the terminal will face the need to support different standard networks at the same time, but the chip is the most important as the terminal. The component, multi-frequency multi-mode is the only choice.

As a leader in the industry, Qualcomm pioneered the multi-mode multi-band LTE solution two years ago, taking the lead in the LTE commercial market and taking the lead in multiple LTE commercial markets. Due to the core patent technology of most 3G and 4G standards, Qualcomm has obvious advantages in multi-mode multi-frequency mobile phone processor, especially at the beginning of this year, MWC launched the world's first 8-core 64-bit LTE chipset supporting 5-mode. Xiaolong 615 is the leading technology leader in LTE chips. Since the end of last year, China’s 4G licenses have been issued, and 4G mobile phones sold in the market, except Huawei’s insistence on using self-developed “His” chips, other domestic brands with more than 2,000 yuan in high-end models, almost all use "processor.

According to relevant market statistics, as of May, China's TD-LTE smartphone market Qualcomm accounted for more than half of the market share. It can be said that Qualcomm's position in the LTE chip market leader is difficult to shake for some time.

Although Qualcomm firmly controls the top spot, there is still a force in the LTE chip market in the first half of the year that cannot be ignored. In the 3G era, Marvell once again made a fortune in the 4G era, and rushed to grab the 4G chip market with Qualcomm. Marvell launched the PXA1088 LTE chip as early as May 2013, the industry's first quad-core "5-mode 13-band" Category 4 LTE single-chip solution for the mass market.

After the issuance of China's TD-LTE license, Marvell and Coolpad launched the industry's first thousand yuan 4G smart phone for Chinese mobile users in January this year, taking the lead in reducing 4G mobile phones to below 1,000 yuan. In the first half of the sales data is second only to the second with the iPhone5s. In addition to Coolpad, Marvell also cooperated with Lenovo, Hisense and other manufacturers to launch a variety of 4G smart phone products, such as Lenovo A788T is also the top three star models of China Mobile's TD-LTE products.

In the current 4G chip competition, Marvell's strength in the 4G thousand yuan machine market can not be underestimated. According to relevant market statistics, Marvell has occupied 30% of the Chinese TD-LTE smartphone market in the first half of the year. It can be said that almost Together with Qualcomm, it has divided the entire TD-LTE smartphone market. According to its outstanding performance in the 4G thousand yuan machine market in the first half of the year, Marvell plans to grab the global 4G mobile phone chip runner-up in 2014.

In the first half of the year, the 4G chip market showed that Qualcomm was far ahead and Marvell was in the middle and low end. However, with the strong participation of MediaTek in the second half of the year, the 4G chip battle will become more chaotic. MediaTek has been regarded as the biggest rival of Qualcomm since the 2G and 3G eras. Although Qualcomm is in the low-end market, its QRD price/performance ratio may not exceed MediaTek's Turnkey (after all, this is MediaTek's 2G era of housekeeping skills), but due to Qualcomm's comprehensive QRD, and with smartphone manufacturers to increase revenue and profits. Need (will use more high-end QRD solutions), Qualcomm's QRD advantage in the high-end, is bound to pass the pressure down to the low-end market, and then the only thing that MediaTek can deal with is to improve the cost performance of Turnkey mode, but this way Its revenue and profits will be under greater pressure than before.

Moreover, MediaTek's shipment time is nearly half a year later than Qualcomm and Marvell. Whether it can keep up with the 4G field depends on its subsequent market performance. In the thousand yuan machine market, MediaTek's cost-effective advantages will also help it form a fierce competition with Marvell.

In summary, the current 4G mobile phone chip field, mainly Qualcomm, Marvell and other international chip companies to play the leading role, but with the second half of the year, MediaTek, Spreadtrum, Lianxin and other companies' 4G chip products are gradually commercialized, the market competition will become extremely fierce . With the continuous introduction of integrated circuit industry policies, domestic mobile phone chip manufacturers such as Spreadtrum, HiSilicon, Lianxin Technology and SMIC are expected to usher in a “leap-forward” development. It seems that in the 4G era, the melee of the mobile phone chip market will be inevitable.

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