LEA-M8F TIME & FREQUENCY REFERENCE BREAKOUT BOARD

LEA-M8F GPS, Glonass, Beidou breakout board with time & frequency reference description

This time and frequency products provide multi-GNSS synchronization for cost-sensitive network edge equipment including Small Cell and Femto wireless base-stations. The LEA-M8F module is a fully self-contained phase and frequency reference based on GNSS, but can also be used as part of a complete timing sub-system including macro-sniff Synchronous Ethernet and packet timing.

The LEA-M8F module includes a low-noise 30.72 MHz VCTCXO meeting the master reference requirements for LTE Small Cells and provides 100 ppb autonomous hold-over. The LEA-M8F module can also measure and control an external TCXO or OCXO for TD-LTE, LTE Advanced and other applications requiring extended hold-over. External sources of synchronization are supported through time-pulse and frequency inputs and a message interface.

This allows measurements from macro-sniff, Sync-E or packet timing to be combined with measurements from GNSS. u-blox time and frequency products include timing integrity alarms that report phase and frequency uncertainty both during normal operation and hold-over. They feature a high dynamic range radio with both analog and digital interference mitigation supporting their inclusion as an integral part of a local area base station design.