Second Generation LTE Cat 1bis Chipset for the Internet of Things
Calliope 2 is an optimized single-chip LTE Cat 1bis solution compliant with the 3GPP Release 14 (and upgradable to the 3GPP 5G Release 15), built on years of Sequans’ exclusive and field proven experience with first generation Calliope, which is and has been the industry’s leading LTE Cat 1 chip for IoT chip since its introduction in 2015. Calliope 2 brings several significant advancements, including higher integration, significantly improved power consumption in both active and low power modes, a comprehensive VoLTE voice engine and EAL5+ security for iSIM.
Calliope 2 user application software and interfaces are compatible with Sequans’ Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT platform, allowing easy migration among Cat 1, LTE-M, and NB-IoT massive IoT technologies.
Applications
Calliope 2 is ideal for adding LTE Cat 1bis connectivity to IoT devices including wearables and hearables with music streaming and voice support, and smart city/smart home IoT devices such as security cameras, alarm panels, smart meters, and data aggregators where speed of up to several Mbps may be required.
Highlights
- 3GPP LTE Cat 1bis Release 14 (upgradable to Release 15) including support for PSM and eDRX
- Cost-effective support for Cat 1 data rate (10Mbps DL/5Mbps UL)
- Baseband, RF, power management and RAM integrated in a single chip platform
- Industry lowest deep sleep mode at 1μA and best-in-class eDRX and PSM
- Power supply supports 3.2-5.5V
- Up to 2 external SIM/eSIM interfaces, and 1 integrated SIM/eSIM
- Embedded IP stack (TCP w/ TLS1.3, UDP w/ DTLS1.2, CoAP/MQTT, HTTP/FTP), and LwM2M client
- Future support of VoLTE and integrated GNSS*
- Open SDK for customer applications
- 208 pins chip scale package, 0.5 mm pitch, allowing low-cost PCB technology
*Available in future release
Link to LTE Cat 1bis modules
Link to LTE Cat 1bis EVK
