CPRI IP v6 Latency Formula & Calculation Example

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CPRI IP v6 Latency Formula & Calculation Example

CPRI IP v6 Latency Formula & Calculation Example

Updated on 20 July, 2016

Introduction

This page provides the following information to help the to understand and calculate their total delay budget of the em with CPRI IP v6:

  • Fixed latency values of different sub-components within CPRI v6 IP
  • Fixed latency values of other collateral products (IQ Mapper/DeMapper, Compression blocks) of CPRI v6 solutions
  • How-to use the measurement features
  • How-to use the calibration features
  • Examples of calculating the total delay budget of CPRI IP v6 solution

L1 Latency

Figure 1: Components of entire L1 and Latency Term Definition

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Table 1: Latency Components and its definition

L1 Part Description Latency Component Sub Components
8b10b variants For 614.4, 1228.8, 2457.6, 3072, 4916.2, 6144 and 9830.4 Mbps
Full Tx Full Transmitter path T_TX_8G_L1 T_TX_MO_8G_L1 + T_TX_PO_8G_L1
PHY Tx Physical only Transmitter path T_TX_PO_8G_L1 T_TX_8G_PCS + T_TX_PMA
MAC Tx MAC Only Transmitter path T_TX_MO_8G_L1 T_TX_FRM + T_TX_8G_M2P
Full Rx Full Receiver path T_RX_8G_L1 T_RX_PO_8G_L1 + T_RX_MO_8G_L1
PHY Rx Physical only Receiver path T_RX_PO_8G_L1 T_RX_PMA + T_RX_8G_PCS
MAC Rx MAC only Receiver path T_RX_MO_8G_L1 T_RX_8G_M2P + T_RX_DFRM
64/66b variants For 8110.08, 10137.6 and 12165.12 Mbps
Full Tx Full Transmitter path T_TX_10G_L1 T_TX_MO_10G_L1 + T_TX_PO_10G_L1
PHY Tx Physical only Transmitter path T_TX_PO_10G_L1 T_TX_10G_PCS + T_TX_PMA
MAC Tx MAC Only Transmitter path T_TX_MO_10G_L1 T_TX_FRM + T_TX_10G_M2P
Full Rx Full L1 Receiver path T_RX_10G_L1 T_RX_PO_10G_L1 + T_RX_MO_10G_L1
PHY Rx Physical only Receiver path T_RX_PO_10G_L1 T_RX_PMA + T_RX_10G_PCS
MAC Rx MAC only Receiver path T_RX_MO_10G_L1 T_RX_10G_M2P + T_RX_DFRM

Table 2: Sub-component Latency Value according to device family and line bit rate

Latency Component Device Line bit rate (Mbps) Core clock PCS clock UI Remarks
T_TX_FRM All All 4 - 160  
T_TX_8G_M2P All 614.4 tx_8g_ex_delay + 0.5 - (tx_8g_ex_delay x 40) + 20  
  All 1228.8 - 9830.4 tx_8g_ex_delay + 2 - (tx_8g_ex_delay x 40) + 80  
T_TX_10G_M2P All 8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 tx_10g_ex_delay + 3 - (tx_10g_ex_delay x 40) + 120  
T_TX_8G_PCS Gen V 614.4 0.75 - 30 Assume Tx bitslip (register XCVR_BITSLIP) is not used
    1228.8 - 9830.4 2 - 80 Assume Tx bitslip (register XCVR_BITSLIP) is not used
  Arria 10 614.4 0.75 - 30 Assume Tx bitslip (register XCVR_BITSLIP) is not used
    1228.8 - 9830.4 2 - 80 Assume Tx bitslip (register XCVR_BITSLIP) is not used
T_TX_10G_PCS Gen V 8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 6.8 272 Assume Tx bitslip (register XCVR_BITSLIP) is not used
  Arria 10   - 6.8 272 Assume Tx bitslip (register XCVR_BITSLIP) is not used
T_TX_PMA Gen V 614.4 1.325 - 53  
    1228.8 - 9830.4 2.075 - 83  
    8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 3.075 123  
  Arria 10 614.4 1.075 - 43  
    1228.8 - 9830.4 1.975 - 79  
    8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 3.675 147  
T_CABLE           Please refer to the medium

specification

T_RX_PMA Gen V 614.4 0.65 - 26 Assume XCVR_BITSLIP is not used
    1228.8 - 9830.4 0.775 - 31  
    8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 1.525 61  
  Arria 10 614.4 0.6125 - 24.5  
    1228.8 - 9830.4 1.0125 - 40.5  
    8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 1.6625 66.5  
T_RX_8G_PCS Gen V 614.4 2 - 80  
    1228.8 - 9830.4 5.5 or 6* - 220 or 240*  
  Arria 10 614.4 1.5 - 60  
    1228.8 - 9830.4 9 - 360  
T_RX_10G_PCS Gen V 8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 7.125 285  
  Arria 10 8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 - 7.125 285  
T_RX_8G_M2P All 1228.8 - 9830.4 rx_8g_ex_delay + 5 - (rx_ex_delay x 40) + 200  
T_RX_10G_M2P All 8110.08, 10137.6, 12165.12 rx_10g_ex_delay + 4 or 5* - (rx_10g_ex_delay x 40) + 160 or 200*  
T_RX_DFRM All All 5 - 200  
  • Gen V device family including Stratix V, Arria V and Cyclone V devices
  • tx_8g_ex_delay or tx_10g_ex_delay is the Soft Tx FIFO latency value in register 0x50 TX_EX_DELAY - tx_ex_delay value after calculation
  • rx_8g_ex_delay or rx_10g_ex_delay is the Soft Rx FIFO latency value in register 0x54 RX_EX_DELAY - rx_ex_delay value after calculation
  • (*) Additional 0.5 clock cycle (or equivalent value in UI) if the register 0x4C RX_DELAY bit[16] rx_byte_delay is read as 1'b1
  • To convert the PCS clock to cpri_clkout core clock for 64/66b variants, use the following:

* 8110.08 Mbps - A cpri_clkout clock = B PCS clock x (245.76/202.752)

* 10137.6 Mbps - A cpri_clkout clock = B PCS clock x (307.2/253.44)

* 12165.12 Mbps - A cpri_clkout clock = B PCS clock x (368.64/304.128)

Delay measurement for Soft FIFOs

For usage of tx_8g_ex_delay, rx_8g_ex_delay, tx_10g_ex_delay and rx_10g_ex_delay, please refer to User Guide Chapter 3 Extended Delay Measurement, Deterministic Latency and Delay measurement sections

Other Components Latency

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Table 3: IQ Mapper/DeMapper Component latency

Latency Component Description Calculation
T_TX_MAP Latency across the generated IQ Mapper RTL (Number of bits in current line bit rate basic frame/32) + 4 cpri_clkout clock cycle. For example,

614.4Mbps, number of bits per basic frame is 128. So latency is (128/32)/4 = 8 cpri_clkout clock cycle

T_AUX_D Additional latency incur when IF_LATENCY value is not zero Latency value is IF_LATENCY value
T_RX_MAP Latency across the generated IQ DeMapper RTL Value is identical to T_TX_MAP
T_TX_CUS Latency across the Tx adaptation logic No calculation available. Latency value is user design dependant
T_RX_CUS Latency across the Rx adaptation logic No calculation available. Latency value is user design dependant

Table 4: IQ Compression block latency

Component Description Latency Value
ccam IQ Compression block 1 clock cycle
ceam IQ DeCompression block 1 clock cycle

Examples of Total Delay Budget Calculation

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Table 5: Stratix V 9.8304Gbps Total Delay Budget Calculation Example

 

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Table 6: Arria 10 10.1376Gbps Total Delay Budget Calculation Example

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Delay calibration

Delay calibration feature is an optional feature for this core, in all of the used cases of this core, they will fulfill the general latency requirement defined by the specification. Should your design latency uncertainty with this IP core does not meet your system latency budget, you could consider the following optional features provided by the core to reduce or eliminate the latency uncertainty. Please note that the quality of the delay calibration is per design case basis.

1)** Round-trip delay (RTD) calibration - An additional soft FIFO is added to the Master Rx side to compensate the changes in round-trip delay, the required user defined round-trip delay can be programmed in register which has a resolution of 1 core clock cycle. Note that during the calibration run phase, this feature will cause the link to go out of Hyperframe synchronization (due to the move of 10ms RFP boundary). For further information on how to use this feature, please refer to the User Guide Chapter 3 Round-Trip Delay Calibration.

2)** Single-trip delay (STD) calibration - Uses an additional PLL to control core clock phase, changes of the core clock phase to the Rx PCS clock will adjust the total variable delay determined by user in register. This feature will not affect the round-trip delay nor the link operation***. However, user should be aware of the UI to step error in measurement that could be introduced when different CPRI rates are used, the resolution of the delay calibration is one-step (1/8 of the VCO period used) of the PLL Dynamic Phase Change feature, see Table 7 below for more information. For information on how-to enable and use this feature, please refer to User Guide Chapter 3 Single-Trip Delay Calibration. 

 

Table 7: Resolution of STD and Calculation of UI to Step Difference

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3) Transmitter delay calibration with Tx Bitslip - This feature allows delay changes to the Tx PCS at the resolution of 1UI, if you use this feature the value of the delay (tx_bitslip_in of register XCVR_BITSLIP) added from this feature should be added on top of the T_TX_8G_PCS or T_TX_10G_PCS in Table 2. For more information, please refer to User Guide Chapter 3 Tx Bitslip Delay 

Note**: Calibration features 1) and 2) are available from Webcore 16.0 onwards. 

Note***: While this feature uses the uplink Tx FIFO to absorb the moving latency, the maximum delay allowed changes should not be more than 12 clock cycles (~70% of Tx FIFO depth). Otherwise, uplink may experience out of Hyperframe synchronization.

Disclaimer

The information provided in this page will only compliant to the latest version of CPRI IP v6 in release page. In addition, these numbers will work in

hardware and there may be discrepancies with simulation model. Should you need further information, please contact engineering.

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