Sierra Wireless SL5011 User Manual

Product Technical Specification
& Customer Design Guidelines

AirPrime SL5011

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Product Technical Specification &
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Important Notice

Due to the nature of wireless communications, transmission and reception of data can never be
guaranteed. Data may be delayed, corrupted (i.e., have errors) or be totally lost. Although significant
delays or losses of data are rare when wireless devices such as the Sierra Wireless modem are used
in a normal manner with a well-constructed network, the Sierra Wireless modem should not be used
in situations where failure to transmit or receive data could result in damage of any kind to the user or
any other party, including but not limited to personal injury, death, or loss of property. Sierra Wireless
accepts no responsibility for damages of any kind resulting from delays or errors in data transmitted or
received using the Sierra Wireless modem, or for failure of the Sierra Wireless modem to transmit or
receive such data.

Safety and Hazards

Do not operate the Sierra Wireless modem in areas where blasting is in progress, where explosive
atmospheres may be present, near medical equipment, near life support equipment, or any equipment
which may be susceptible to any form of radio interference. In such areas, the Sierra Wireless modem

MUST BE POWERED OFF. The Sierra Wireless modem can transmit signals that could interfere with

this equipment. Do not operate the Sierra Wireless modem in any aircraft, whether the aircraft is on

the ground or in flight. In aircraft, the Sierra Wireless modem MUST BE POWERED OFF. When

operating, the Sierra Wireless modem can transmit signals that could interfere with various onboard
systems.

Note: Some airlines may permit the use of cellular phones while the aircraft is on the ground and the door

is open. Sierra Wireless modems may be used at this time.

The driver or operator of any vehicle should not operate the Sierra Wireless modem while in control of
a vehicle. Doing so will detract from the driver or operator’s control and operation of that vehicle. In
some states and provinces, operating such communications devices while in control of a vehicle is an
offence.

Limitations of Liability

This manual is provided “as is”. Sierra Wireless makes no warranties of any kind, either expressed or
implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or
noninfringement. The recipient of the manual shall endorse all risks arising from its use.

The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of Sierra Wireless. SIERRA WIRELESS AND ITS AFFILIATES
SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
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BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR
REVENUE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY SIERRA WIRELESS
PRODUCT, EVEN IF SIERRA WIRELESS AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR THEY ARE FORESEEABLE OR FOR CLAIMS BY ANY
THIRD PARTY.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Sierra Wireless and/or its affiliates aggregate liability
arising under or in connection with the Sierra Wireless product, regardless of the number of events,
occurrences, or claims giving rise to liability, be in excess of the price paid by the purchaser for the
Sierra Wireless product.

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This product may contain technology developed by or for Sierra Wireless Inc.

This product includes technology licensed from QUALCOMM

This product is manufactured or sold by Sierra Wireless Inc. or its affiliates under one or more patents
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Contact Information

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Hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time

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Consult our website for up-to-date product descriptions, documentation, application notes, firmware
upgrades, troubleshooting tips, and press releases: www.sierrawireless.com

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Document History

Version Date Updates

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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 9

1.1. Physical Features .............................................................................................................. 9

1.2. Electrical Features ............................................................................................................. 9

1.3. Environmental Features .................................................................................................... 9

1.4. RF Features ..................................................................................................................... 10

1.5. Application Interface Features ......................................................................................... 10

1.6. EMConnect Features ...................................................................................................... 10

1.7. Packet Mode Features .................................................................................................... 10

1.8. IS-95 Circuit-Switched Features ...................................................................................... 11

1.9. Short Message Service (SMS) Features ......................................................................... 11

2. STANDARDS COMPLIANCE ............................................................................ 12 

2.1. General Compliance ........................................................................................................ 12

2.1.1. Mobile Station Class ................................................................................................ 12

2.1.2. Protocol Revision Support ........................................................................................ 12

2.2. TIA/EIA-95B ..................................................................................................................... 12

2.3. TIA/EIA/IS-2000............................................................................................................... 13

2.3.1. Radio Configurations ................................................................................................ 13

2.3.2. Release A Feature Support ...................................................................................... 14

2.4. TIA/EIA/IS-856 (1xEV-DO) .............................................................................................. 14

2.5. CDMA Data Services ...................................................................................................... 15

2.6. CDMA Short Message Service (SMS) ............................................................................ 16

2.7. Over-The-Air Service Provisioning (OTASP) .................................................................. 16

2.7.1. IS-683 Features ....................................................................................................... 16

2.7.2. Internet Over The Air (IOTA) Features .................................................................... 17

2.8. Position Location ............................................................................................................. 17

2.9. Additional Standards ....................................................................................................... 18

2.10. CDMA Certification Requirements .................................................................................. 18

2.10.1. CDMA Parametric Performance............................................................................... 18

2.10.2. Interoperability .......................................................................................................... 18

2.10.3. FCC and Industry Canada Type Acceptance .......................................................... 19

3. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................... 20

3.1. Host Interface .................................................................................................................. 20

3.1.1. Pin Assignments ...................................................................................................... 20

3.1.2. Host Interface Descriptions ...................................................................................... 24

3.1.3. Power Supply ........................................................................................................... 24

3.2. RF Specifications ............................................................................................................ 24

3.2.1. Recommended GPS Antenna Specifications .......................................................... 26

4. MECHANICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................ 27

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4.1. Labeling ........................................................................................................................... 30

5. REGULATORY APPROVAL .............................................................................. 31

6. REFERENCES ................................................................................................... 34

6.1. Standards ........................................................................................................................ 34

6.1.1. TIA/EIA Standards ................................................................................................... 34

6.1.2. CDG Standards ........................................................................................................ 35

6.1.3. Agency Standards .................................................................................................... 35

6.1.4. Other Standards ....................................................................................................... 35

6.2. Sierra Wireless Documentation ....................................................................................... 36

7. ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................... 37

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List of Figures

Figure 1. Top and Bottom View (Preliminary)................................................................................. 28

Figure 2. Dimensioned View (Preliminary) ..................................................................................... 29

Figure 3. SL5011 Unit Label ........................................................................................................... 30

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List of Tables

Table 1. Band and Power Class Features ..................................................................................... 12

Table 2. Support for P_REV 5 Features ........................................................................................ 12

Table 3. Channel and Radio Configuration Support1 .................................................................... 13

Table 4. Support for P_REV 6 Feature ......................................................................................... 14

Table 5. Support for 1xEV-DO ...................................................................................................... 14

Table 6. IS-707-A Data Features .................................................................................................. 15

Table 7. Data Features Supported ................................................................................................ 15

Table 8. SMS Features .................................................................................................................. 16

Table 9. OTASP/OTAPA Features ................................................................................................ 16

Table 10. IOTA Features ................................................................................................................. 17

Table 11. Position Location Features .............................................................................................. 17

Table 12. US and Industry Canada Compliance Requirements ..................................................... 19

Table 13. Connector Pin Assignments ............................................................................................ 20

Table 14. Power and Ground Specifications ................................................................................... 24

Table 15. Main Antenna Specifications

Table 16. RF Performance .............................................................................................................. 25

Table 17. Diversity Antenna Specifications ..................................................................................... 25

Table 18. GPS Sensitivity ................................................................................................................ 25

Table 19. GPS Specifications .......................................................................................................... 26

Table 20. Recommended GPS Antenna Specifications .................................................................. 26

Table 21. Mechanical and Environmental Specifications ................................................................ 27

Table 22. Acronyms ......................................................................................................................... 37

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1. Introduction

The AirPrime SL5011 is a 74-pin soldered-down module based on the Intel pin-out specification
proposal for the standard JEDEC LGA packaging form factor. Its wireless modem provides CDMA
and 1xEV-DO wireless data connectivity for eBooks, portable navigation devices, mobile Internet
devices, point-of-sale devices, industrial handhelds and other machine-to-machine and vertical
applications. The SL5011 is part of a family of embedded wireless engines spanning a number of air
interface technologies and wide area networking protocols. It has a dual-band diversity radio
supporting the 800 MHz cellular and 1900 MHz PCS bands as well as GPS frequency band. The
modem is based on QUALCOMM’s MDM6085 integrated processor. The purpose of this document is
to describe the features and specifications of the module and to provide our OEM partners/customers
with the information required to integrate the SL5011 into their products. Application and hardware
interface requirements are discussed at a high level only; for more details, visit

www.sierrawireless.com

1.1. Physical Features

 Small form factor – Based on the 74-pin LGA Intel Moorestown form factor specification

(25mm x 30mm x 2.47mm (nominal))

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1.2. Electrical Features

The SL5011 has one supply voltage:

 VCC – Min 3.3 V, Max 4.3 V

The SL5011 is self-shielded; no additional shielding is required.

1.3. Environmental Features

Temperature operating range:

 Normal use (3GPP compliant): -30°C to +70°C

 Industry extended temperature range (non-3GPP compliant): <tbd>

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1.4. RF Features

 Dual-band support for both the 800 MHz cellular and 1.9 GHz PCS bands

 Receive diversity support for the 800 MHz cellular and 1.9 GHz PCS bands

 Adheres to CDMA authentication as specified in CDMA 1X

 Support for IS-95A/B and CDMA 1X Release 0/A

 Support for IS-856 1xEV-DO Revision A

 Support for gpsOne™ and stand-alone GPS

1.5. Application Interface Features

 NDIS supported for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 platforms

 USB supporting multiple logical channels over the USB MUX protocol

 USB selective suspend supported for maximum power savings
 Wakeup Enable – the module can be set to wake the host device upon ring, restoration of

radio coverage, and/or receipt of SMS

 One UART port and one USB port

 AT command interface

 Limited RUIM feature for 1st release

 Sierra Wireless proprietary Control and Status (CnS) language interface

 Available Software Development Kit (SDK including an Application Program Interface (API)

for Windows-based applications

Introduction

1.6. EMConnect Features

The SL5011 supports EMConnectTM – a robust set of firmware features that enables original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to reduce their development time, platform costs and dependence
on host processors.

The SL5011 supports these EMConnect features:

 Enhanced serial (UART) interface

 PAD (Packet Assembler Dis-assembler)

 Connection Watchdog to ensure connectivity

 Enhanced GPIO

 Modem configuration persistence

For more information on EMConnect, refer to document [44] EMConnect Guide.

1.7. Packet Mode Features

 IS-2000 data rates up to 153* kbps, simultaneous forward and reverse channel.

 IS-856 (1xEV-DO Rev. A) data rates up to 3.1 Mbps forward channel and 1.8 Mbps reverse

channel.

Note: * Data rate supported depends on network implementation.

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1.8. IS-95 Circuit-Switched Features

 V.34 data rates to 14.4 kbps

 G3 facsimile receive and transmit

 Quick Net Connect (QNC) support

1.9. Short Message Service (SMS) Features

 Send and receive

 Notification of new messages

Introduction

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2. Standards Compliance

This section describes the compliance of the SL5011 to the standards described in section 6
References. Many of these features require the support of the host device for full compliance. These
cases are noted.

2.1. General Compliance

2.1.1. Mobile Station Class

The output power and band class features of the SL5011 are summarized in the following table.

Table 1. Band and Power Class Features

Band Class Mobile Station Class Supported?

0 (North American Cellular)1 Class III Yes

1 (North American PCS) 2 Class II Yes

2 (TACS) N/A No

3 (JTACS) N/A No

4 (Korean PCS) N/A No

5 (NMT 450) N/A No

6 (IMT-2000) N/A No

1 Band Class 0 also supports cellular bands in other regions including Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East.

2 Band Class 1 also supports PCS bands in other regions including Asia Pacific and Latin America.

2.1.2. Protocol Revision Support

The SL5011 supports all protocol revisions through P_REV 6. Detailed protocol revision feature
compliance is described in the next two sections.

2.2. TIA/EIA-95B

The SL5011 is compliant with TIA/EIA-95-B, including all protocol revisions through P_REV 4. Feature
support for P_REV 5 is defined in the following table.

Table 2. Support for P_REV 5 Features

Feature Supported?

Access Entry Handoff Yes

Access Probe Handoff Yes

Channel Assignment into Soft Handoff Yes

Mobile Assisted Hard Handoff Yes

Network Directed System Selection Yes

Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) Yes1

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