AR900 HomeBASE ADSL Network Processor

OVERVIEW
The AR900 ADSL Network Processor is a member of the HomeBASE family of xDSL solutions designed for the customer premise equipment (CPE) market. The AR900 is a highly-integrated, monolithic, single-chip network processor designed to be at the heart of entry-level CPE modems. On the WAN side the AR900 connects to a SpeedREACH ADSL analog front end (AFE)/line driver combo, the AR8202. On the LAN side it provides multiple interfaces to support either USB or Ethernet. The architecture of the AR900 allows the basic ADSL modem to be featured-enhanced to support Ethernet, USB, VoIP, WLAN a multiport switch or a combination. The device is supplied with a comprehensive, preintegrated software suite based on the royalty free Linux OS.

FEATURES
Complete digital circuitry of an ADSL CPE ARM9 core with MMU to support Linux Complete with software stack configurable for bridging, routing and firewall including network address translation (NAT) between WAN and multiple LAN side interfaces Zero copy data transport feature G.dmt and G.lite compliant Supports Annexes A and B Up to 12? Mbps downstream data rate

DESCRIPTION
The AR900 comes in a 233-pin, PBGA package and provides all the digital circuitry of an ADSL modem. To address the cost issues associated with a high number of discrete components, LSI Logic has leveraged its System-on-aChip (SoC) leadership by integrating the key functional components described below. The CPU Subsystem: The CPU is based on a Harvard Architecture ARM9 core that is closely coupled to an 8 K instruction set and 8 K data cache, and an enhanced memory management unit (MMU) for virtual memory support, all running at 200MHz. The CPU handles all the routing/configuration and control operations. The subsystem also contains timers, a flexible interrupt controller, GPIO lines and a UART for supervisory purposes.
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Control

Up to 1 Mbps upstream data rate Interoperable with industry leading DSLAMs 10/100 Ethernet MAC and MII interface

BENEFITS
Lowest BOM component count Integrated 200 MHz ARM922 processor Integrated ADSL DMT engine Integrated hardware-based ATM SAR Integrated multi-port SDRAM controller Integrated Ethernet MAC Maximum vLow power consumption

/2 Timer N Timer 1 APB MIIM

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Control

/14 DMT Engine WAN UTOPIA Side ATM SAR Interface Buffer Management Engine

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Clock and Reset Module

GPIO

Multiple OS choices Linux, VxWorks, WinCE Modular architecture - multiple platforms

Control

200MHz, 100MHz, Block level Resets UART ARM922

Control

LAN Side Interface Buffer Management Engine

ABM N way, Expandable AHB1 AHB2

@200MHz

APB Bridge AHB Bus @ 100MHz

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8k I JTAG Cache AHB @100 /ETM 8k D MHz Cache CPU Subsystem Boot ROM ApVIC
Control

Control

AHB1

AHB2

Bulk Memory Access SDRAM Controller (100MHz, 16 bit) /37

EBB /45

System Interrupts

N port Arbiter (100MHz, 32 bit)

Figure 1: Block diagram of AR900

AR900 HomeBASE ADSL Network Processor

Autonomous Buffer Manager (ABM): The ABM is a hardware based buffer allocation engine that accelerates packet transfer from WAN to LAN. Once initialized, the ABM handles all buffer allocation and de-allocation without any CPU overhead. Thus, the hardware acceleration ensures that packets can be transferred at wire-speed. Integrated ADSL DMT Engine: The DMT hardware engine (ADSL data pump), along with the software drivers, process the data at the DSL physical and transmission convergence layers according to the G.dmt and G.lite standards. Conversion from the physical layer to ATM cells and/or IP packets, and vice-versa, is done by the DMT as well. The integration of the DMT onto the network processor is essential in minimizing the total cost of the solution. ATM Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) Engine: The ATM SAR function can perform autonomous segmentation and reassembly using hardwarebased VCI/VPI look-up and scatter/gather DMA in conjunction with the ABM. The SAR supports AAL2 and AAL5 over ATM including full support for ABR and CBR traffic. Up-to 128 virtual channels (VCs) can be supported. Multi-port SDRAM Controller: The SDRAM controller provides the network processor with access to high-bandwidth, high-capacity bulk memory. The external space is used as program and data storage space for the CPU, cell/packet storage space for the ATM SAR, and buffer memory for the Ethernet and USB cores. Each hardware engine is connected to the SDRAM via its own bus, allowing the SDRAM controller to service multiple memory requests simultaneously. The controller supports a 16-bit data wide external memory interface, anabling connection to a single external 64-Mbit or larger SDRAM device. 10/100 Hub-lite Ethernet Controller: The network processor contains a single-port 10/100 Mbps dual-speed Hub-lite ethernet controller that is based on LSI Logics IEEE 802.3 compliant E110 MAC core. The Hub-lite function can perform autonomous transmission and reception of Ethernet in concert with the ABM. It also features a MII management controller. Through the MII interface the AR900 can interface to either the L80225 or the AR229 (Auto-MDIX) Ethernet PHYs from LSI Logic. Configurable External Bus Bridge (EBB): The processor features a proprietary external bus bridge (EBB) that handles the transport of data between on-chip peripherals and external storage devices like Flash or external peripheral devices like DSPs. The EBB is highly configurable and can support USB, 802.11 and HPNA PHYs.
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