Satisfying growth demands for offshore communications Michael Carter, Sales Director Network and Data Services GVF Oil & Gas Communications Europe 2014, Aberdeen
Overview 1. Who we are 2. Key drivers for growth in offshore communications 3. Why Ka band? 4. THOR 7 THOR 7 satellite & coverage Planned services Service Platform, idirect Velocity Hub Terminal Equipment, idirect X7 modem Maritime Antennas Teleport Infrastructure Ka-band propagation effects Ka- vs. Ku-band: A Comparison Fade mitigation techniques 2
1. Who we are A major European satellite provider Own & operate the THOR satellite fleet at 1 West a prime European position for offshore communications Established offshore position in Northern Europe for offshore 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
2. Key drivers Significant capacity demand at sea 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 Email 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
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 for 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
3. Why Ka band? 1 West fleet for offshore growth Reinforcing prime offshore position at 1 West Ka band coverage optimised for the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean THOR 7 HTS (High throughput satellite) payload to offer 6-9 Gbps throughput Ka band on THOR 7 KU band offered today THOR 5 and THOR 10-02 Providing high powered capacity 6
4. THOR 7 TSBc s latest satellite Key data Manufacturer: SS Loral Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 Launch date: Q4 2014 Service life: > 15 years Bus power: 9,9 kw Missions Ku-band: Broadcasting /TV Ka-band: Maritime VSAT / other 7
4. THOR 7 THOR 7 aggregate Ka band coverage area Steerable Beam SCPC services Steerable Beam SCPC services Fixed Beam idirect services 8
4.THOR 7 THOR 7 Ka-band planned services idirect Managed Services Pre-defined coverage Pre-defined bandwidth packages Offering a wide range of bandwidth profiles Higher bandwidth profiles to be supported on a case by case basis idirect VNO/GSP Wholesale services Customised coverage Customised bandwidth packages Customised monitoring FULL VNO (Virtual network operator) Administrative privileges SCPC and Hosted services (Steerable beam) Satellite capacity Equipment hosting Access to Telenor s backbone infrastructure 9
Managed Service Parameter Platform Coverage MIR rates CIR rates Value / Description idirect Velocity All spot beams 128 kbps 8192 kbps 32 kbps 2048 kbps Bandwidth Asymmetry 1:1, 2:1, 4:1 FAP Service Availability 99.5% IP addresses Optional services Yes exact policy is TBD IPv4 private is default, public IPv4 at additional charge, IPv6 also available Leased line termination, Hosting, VoIP support, Engineering support 10
idirect VNO/GSP Service Parameter Platform Coverage MIR rates CIR rates Bandwidth Asymmetry FAP Service Availability IP addresses Optional services Value / Description idirect Velocity Full coverage possible Customer defined Customer defined Customer defined Customer defined Customer defined Customer defined Leased line termination, Hosting, VoIP support, Engineering support 11
Steerable Beam Services Steerable beam can be pointed anywhere on the visible earth from 1 West orbital position Picture shows sample positioning over North Sea region Bandwidth available: 100 MHz Fwd Channel 54 MHz Rtn Channel (option to switch in another 234 MHz) Services: idirect Velocity MHz + hosted platforms + backbone connectivity Other prospects requiring a repoint of the beam will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis 12
4.THOR 7 idirect velocity hub for THOR 7 key features 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 Up to 100 Mbps download and 18 Mbps upload speeds Supported in Evolution 3.2 and Velocity 1.1 releases, CX 700 only in 3.3 and 1.1 Built in 8 port switch 13
4.THOR 7 Maritime VSAT equipment Cobham SATCOM becomes first antenna vendor approved for TSBc s THOR 7 satellite SAILOR 800 & 900 VSAT ready for new Ku- and Ka-band services Further antennas to be approved in good time prior to the launch of THOR7 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 14
4.THOR 7 Antenna Infrastructure 13m / 500W main Ka band antenna installed in November 2013 (Nittedal, Norway) Second 9m / 500W Ka band antenna diversity site under construction (Honefoss, Norway) Nittedal teleport 15
16 4.THOR 7 ITU Delta of Attenuation Map (Ka-Ku downlink @ 99.7% availability)
4.THOR 7 Rain fade mitigation A two way satellite connection consists of 4 parts: 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 Satellite ALC Antenna Site diversity With THOR 7, we plan to mitigate the rain fade concerns by introducing: 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) Inbound adaptivity 17
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