At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014, Qualcomm today added Snapdragon Automotive Solutions for telematics business.
Qualcomm Technologies, at the MWC 2014, has added the Qualcomm Gobi 9×30 platform with extended lifecycle support to Snapdragon Automotive Solutions, enabling telematics and infotainment features for next-generation systems.
Based on Qualcomm Technologies’ fourth-generation LTE platform, the Gobi 9×30 supports LTE Advanced Category 6 with up to 300 Mbps downlink data rates, enabling broadband vehicle connectivity for navigation, Wi-Fi hotspot, infotainment content and telematics services.
Gobi 9×30 builds upon Qualcomm Technologies’ LTE modem technology for automotive, the Gobi 9×15, features broad multimode capability with support for all other major cellular technologies, including LTE TDD networks in China.
The new platform is pre-integrated with QCA6574, a dual-stream 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 chipset designed to simultaneously support in-car Wi-Fi hotspot functions and Bluetooth profiles.
The QCA6574 also supports DSRC (dedicated short-range communications), a technology required to comply with future regulation recently announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to increase safety through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.
Kanwalinder Singh, senior vice president of business development for Qualcomm Technologies, said: “Adding Gobi 9×30 to our technology leading LTE lineup offers to our module, Tier-1 and automaker customers the flexibility of a global SKU with next-generation LTE features including data rates up to 300 Mbps and carrier aggregation.”