Satisfying growth demands for maritime communications. Michael Carter, Sales Director Network & Data Services

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1 Satisfying growth demands for maritime communications Michael Carter, Sales Director Network & Data Services

2 Overview Key drivers for maritime growth 3. Why Ka band? 4. satellite & coverage Planned services Service Platform, idirect Velocity Hub Terminal Equipment, idirect X7 modem Maritime Antennas Teleport Infrastructure Ka- vs. Ku-band: A Comparison Fade mitigation techniques 2

3 1. A major European satellite provider Overview Why Ka band Owns & operates the THOR satellite fleet at 1 West a prime European position for maritime Established offshore position in Northern Europe for maritime VSAT services Wholesales satellite capacity and services across the globe to the majority of industry distributors Offer teleport facilities with qualified engineering 24/7/365 Operational Support Equipment Hosting Backbone / Leased line connectivity 3

4 2. Key drivers Significant capacity demand at sea Overview Increased use of IP applications are required at sea to stay in touch with business operations as well as to improve the quality of life for crew working on-board shipping vessels Broadband Internet access VoIP (telephony) Audio and video streaming connectivity Improved access to corporate networks to stay in touch with operations EuroConsult projects that by 2021 the VSAT market If you will are account using an for image, the majority ensure of that you crop the image to a portrait format. satellite-based maritime communication revenues. Less than 5% of vessels have VSAT today 4

5 Overview 3. Why Ka band? Why use Ka band? Ku band frequencies are increasingly crowded New orbital positions are difficult to acquire High paying Broadcast satellite services are utilising all the Ku available. Regulatory Ka band at least to Telenor, opens up 2.5GHz of spectrum in two polarisations Users expect cost of comms to go down The same amount of money spent, the number of Mbps steadily increases Ka band technology has matured All major VSAT antenna manufacturers now make Ka band antennas or Ku band antennas upgradeable to Ka band 5

6 3. 1 West fleet for maritime growth Overview Reinforcing prime offshore position at 1 West Ka band coverage optimised for the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean HTS (High throughput satellite) payload to offer 6-9 Gbps throughput Ka band on KU band offered today THOR 5 and THOR Providing high powered capacity Orbital position at 1 W 6

7 Overview 4. TSBc s latest satellite, Why Ka band Key data Manufacturer: SS Loral Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 Launch date: 2nd Half 2014 Service life: > 15 years Mass: dry 1800 kg / wet 4800 kg Bus power: 9,9 kw Missions Ku-band: Broadcasting /TV Ka-band: Maritime VSAT / other Image: Courtesy of Space Systems/Loral

8 Overview 4. aggregate Ka band coverage area Steerable Beam SCPC services Fixed Beam idirect services 8

9 Overview 4. Ka-band planned services idirect Managed Services idirect VNO/GSP (Group Service Plan) Wholesale services SCPC and Hosted services (Steerable beam) Pre-defined coverage Pre-defined bandwidth packages Offering a wide range of bandwidth profiles Volume based FAP (Fair access policy) - applied to ensure fair and even access to contracted bandwidth Higher bandwidth profiles to be supported on a case by case basis Customised coverage Customised bandwidth packages Customised monitoring FULL VNO (Virtual network operator) Administrative privileges Satellite capacity Equipment hosting Access to Telenor s backbone infrastructure 9

10 4. idirect velocity hub for key features Overview Seamless spot beam hand over DVB-S2 ACM (16 APSK Outbound) Adaptive TDMA (8-PSK Inbound) High availability Hot swappable line cards Next Generation NMS with customer portals Powerful reporting tools idirect X7 Modem and CX-700 Core Module Next-generation enterprise remote Dual built-in DVB S2 receiver for seamless spot beam switching 10 s of Mbps download speed and 10+ Mbps upload speed Supported in Evolution 3.2 and Velocity 1.1 releases, CX 700 only in 3.3 and 1.1 Built in 8 port switch 10

11 4. Maritime VSAT equipment Overview Antennas available from multiple equipment manufacturers Typical antenna sizes range from ~60 cm ~100cm Equipped with 5 watt BUC Achievable download speed: ~60 cm antenna: 10 s of Mbps ~100cm antenna: 10 s of Mbps Achievable upload speed: ~60 cm antenna: 2-3 Mbps ~100cm antenna: 5-6 Mbps 11

12 4. Antenna Infrastructure Overview 13 m / 500 W main antenna hoisted into place in November 2013 (Nittedal, Norway) Second 9 m / 500 W antenna diversity site under construction (Honefoss, Norway) Nittedal teleport 12

13 Overview 4. ITU Δ (Delta) Attenuation (Ka-Ku 99.7% availability) 13

14 4. Rain fade mitigation A two way satellite connection consists of 4 parts: Satellite ALC Outbound (forward) Direction: 1. Uplink from the Hub to the satellite 2. Downlink from the satellite to the remote Inbound (return) Direction: 3. Uplink from remote to satellite 4. Downlink from the satellite to the Hub With, we plan to mitigate the rain fade concerns by introducing: Antenna Site diversity Satellite ALC improves link (1) (Automatic Level Control at the satellite) Antenna Site diversity improves link (1) and (4) (30 Km separation between the teleport antennas) ACM ACM, adap cod and mod improves link (2) (Adaptive MODCOD to maximize the outbound throughput) Inbound Adaptivity improves link (3) (Adaptive switching between inbound carriers with different modulation rate and MODCOD parameters is key to increasing inbound adaptivity) 14 Inbound adaptivity

15 Thank you