Qualcomm Dragonwing™ Mobile Broadband (MBB) Platform Gen 4

The Qualcomm Dragonwing MBB Platform Gen 4, featuring the Qualcomm® X85 5G Modem-RF, represents the future of mobile broadband. It offers leading 5G performance, seamless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® wireless technology integration, and enhanced user experiences. This platform is the world's first 5G Advanced platform for Mobile Broadband applications, incorporating Al-enhanced capabilities for personalized, secure, and enriching experiences, along with Al-enhanced traffic classification and high-performance carrier cloud control capabilities, revolutionizing mobile broadband solutions.

Highlights

REVOLUTIONARY QUALCOMM X85 5G MODEM-RF

This cutting-edge modem-RF solution with Al support delivers unparalleled 5G performance. It is the world's first 5G-Advanced MBB platform, offering Al-enhanced capabilities for personalized, secure, and enriching experiences along with unrivaled coverage and long-range performance.

UNMATCHED PLATFORM INNOVATION

The most dynamic, feature-rich MBB platform is designed for global deployment. It boasts a powerful on-board processor for high-performance network management and feature-rich applications, comprehensive connectivity and integration solutions for challenging environments, and energy efficiency to meet the most stringent requirements.

NEXT-GEN CONNECTIVITY

Dragonwing MBB Platform Gen 4 delivers next-generation wireless performance through tri-band Wi-Fi 7 with High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link, enabling ultra-low latency and multi-gigabit throughput even in congested environments. It supports Bluetooth 5.4, offering enhanced reliability, increased broadcast capacity, and improved power efficiency for always-connected peripherals. These wireless technologies are further strengthened by intelligent traffic steering and adaptive signal optimization, ensuring seamless and resilient connectivity across mobile, home, and enterprise use cases.

Features

World's 1st 5G Advanced MBB platform, featuring the Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF
Speeds: World's 1st MBB offering up to 12.5 Gbps DL (peak speed, FR1 + FR2), 10+ Gbps peak DL (FR1), 3.5 Gbps peak UL
Introduces key new capabilities to the MBB portfolio
Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA), ideal for aggregation/reliability/carrier remote mgmt
NB NTN for satellite communication
Al-enhanced 5G modem capabilities:
- Network Traffic Coordination: Orchestrates and coordinates Al workloads at the edge of the cellular network
- Qualcomm® 5G AI Suite w/ Al-enhanced traffic prioritization
- Dynamic gaming traffic prioritization and Al-enhanced OTT-voice traffic prioritization
- Dedicated Al (tensor) HW accelerator w/ 30% faster Al inference
- Dynamic multi-antenna 8Rx/6Rx/4Rx management for more robust coverage and efficient power handling
- On-device advanced Smart Network Signaling (SNS) for bad/weak cell avoidance, data stall detection, and enhanced low-latency service
Unrivaled coverage and long-range performance: Up to 14 km long-range mmWave performance
Power profile optimized for MBB: 50% lower power profile than previous-generation Modem-RF when implemented in mobile hotspot applications
Integrated soft AP featuring Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 7 technology:
- Peak Speed: 5.8 Gbps, Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7
- 320MHz support (or paired 160MHz channels)
- HBS multi-link technology, which aggregates traffic on 5GHz and 6GHz channels to deliver extremely high throughput and low latency
- Bluetooth 5.4
Carrier cloud-based control:
- Expanded telemetry control and dashboard for device management
- Framework for diagnostic log collection and uploading to cloud server
- Self-heal framework for anomaly/fault detection and platform self-recovery

Specifications

Modem

Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF

Cellular

Modem-RF specs: 400MHz bandwidth (Sub-6GHz), 8 carriers (mmWave), 800MHz bandwidth (mmWave), 2x2 MIMO (mmWave), 4x4 MIMO (Sub-6)
Technology: Sub-6 carrier aggregation (TDD-TDD, FDD-FDD, FDD-TDD), Sub-6GHz, 5G FDD, 5G TDD, 5G NR, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), mmWave, mmWave-Sub-6GHz aggregation, SA (standalone), NSA (non-standalone), WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA), WCDMA (DC-HSUPA)
Features: Qualcomm® DSDA, 1024-QAM Sub-6, 3GPP Release 17 and Release 18 support, NB-IoT NTN Satellite Communication

Peak 5G DL/UL

Download: 12.5 Gbps
Upload: 3.5 Gbps

Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

Generation: Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4
Standards: 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, 802.11a
Spectral bands: 6GHz, 5GHz, 2.4GHz
Wi-Fi 7 with HBS Multi-Link
Peak Wi-Fi DL/UL: 5.8 Gbps
320MHz channels
Max band configuration: Tri-band
Security: WPA3 Personal, WPA3 Enterprise, WPA3 Enhanced Open, WPA3 Easy Connect, WPA2, WPS, 802.11i security, PRNG, TKIP, WAPI2, WAPI1, WEP
Encryption: AES-CCMP, AES-GCMP
Peak QAM: 4K QAM
Features: Simultaneous and Alternating Multi-Link, Adaptive Interference Puncturing, OFDMA (UL/DL), MU-MIMO (UL/DL)
Bluetooth 5.4

Middleware

Software supported: OpenWRT, RDK-B, prpIOS

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