Mark Lambert Vice President - EMEA How To Summon Up Those Darn Clouds When You Need Them 2013 Advantech Wireless Inc 1
Overview Introduction to Advantech Use of the Cloud in the Oil & Gas sector - What are the network issues? Flexing the Network What does the future hold? Summary - Voice of Experience 2
Who are Advantech Wireless? Advantech Wireless designs and manufactures leading-edge technology for all your RF, Satellite and Wireless Communication needs. Unrivalled product range and experience. 25+ years leading the market with the most powerful innovation technology that helps our customers to obtain the most efficient satellite microwave solutions. 250+ employees in more than 7 countries. Successful projects implemented in more than 150 countries in LATAM, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and North America. Bringing the optimal solution to the most important industries.
Vertical Markets Carrier Class Services Enterprise Networking Distance Education and Telemedicine Maritime Defense Oil & Gas Satellite News Gathering First Responders Broadcast Solutions
Product Lines The Most Comprehensive SATCOM and Terrestrial MW Solution Portfolio Satellite RF Products Converters Amplifiers, BUCs Transceivers Satellite Networks VSAT Hubs Terminals Satellite Modems Microwave Point-to-Point Radios Fixed, Mobile & Flyaway Satellite Antennas Network Routers and IP Products Government & Military Applications
Innovation GaN Advantech Wireless is the world s foremost expert in GaN based HPA/BUC s technology and products. Smaller, Lighter, More Powerful than conventional technology. Increased power efficiency, reduced power dissipation, more linear amplitude response. Extreme Earthstation Integration Our award-winning Earthstation designs are extremely successful in massively reducing the physical space and electrical power requirements, which also reduces the costs tremendously. HTS-S Most scalable and modular family of hubs and terminals in the market with lowest TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Remote upgrade capabilities via Software Key provide additional capacity and features when needed.
Cloud Computing. New? Processing Remote Communication Bandwidth Local 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s 10s There is a presumption that bandwidth limitations have been solved
Oil & Gas Specific Issues Technically Feasible Financially Feasible Next year? Next month? Next week? Tomorrow? Next 30 seconds?
MF- TDMA The Saviour? Multi-Frequency - Time Division Multiple Access Allows sharing (statistical multiplexing) of a carrier by different sources of traffic All satellite resources are used, nothing is wasted: less OPEX The bursty nature means Great for small sections of occasional traffic Eg. web requests, M2M, Messaging Frequency F4 F3 F2 F1 Time User 1 User 2 User 3 Can be inefficient Poor for sustained/streaming traffic Eg. video, file transfers But ignoring these applications would be unacceptable
Another solution - SCPC Physical layer SCPC is better than TDMA (bits/hz), assuming a full pipe Overcomes TDMA framing overheads Bits/Hz Bits of traffic information per Hz of satellite bandwidth The higher the bits/hz the more efficient the access scheme Less satellite resources required to carry the traffic: less OPEX If only we had a network that could flex to meet demand Single Channel Per Carrier Frequency F5 F4 F3 F2 F1 User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 Time Great But where do we use such carriers? The usage is changing constantly And there are 100 s (if not 1,000 s) of sites Advantech Wireless call it A-SAT
What is A-SAT TM? A-SAT TM patent pending technology uses flexible short burst DVB-RCS (MF-TDMA) for very dynamic traffic loads i.e. internet traffic, SCADA, banking ATM machines, etc A-SAT TM technology uses highly efficient (bits/hz) DVB-S2 (SCPC) for fixed traffic loads i.e. video streaming, content distribution, trunking data Dynamic switching between access modes based on traffic conditions, or other defined criteria (time of day, rain fades, etc) 11
A-SAT Performance Carrier Access Efficiency Expressed as bits/hz, i.e., throughput achieved in available bandwidth SCPC is very efficient if carrier is fully utilized. MF-TDMA is more efficient than SCPC at 50% utilization or less 12
Manual switching Manual switching of SCPC/MF-TDMA at any time via the NMS Traffic volume A-SAT TM Switching Triggers MF-TDMA to SCPC when the traffic volume on the RL exceeds (from RCS to SCPC) a certain bit rate threshold for a minimum period of time SCPC to MF-TDMA when the traffic volume on the RL is below (from SCPC to RCS) a certain bit rate threshold for a minimum Pre-configured session Switch request from MF-TDMA to SCPC when it detects the beginning of a pre-configured session (with IP filter). Example: a. Start of a Multicast session (use IP destination address), b. Start of a large file transfer (use IP destination address) c. Start of a video or other application requiring minimal jitter (with specific ToS).
Link Quality Switching based on the link quality. As an example, if the link is below a certain threshold not handled by RCS, a switch to a more robust SCPC link Scheduled Event NMS initiated waveform change based on a schedule (time of day application). Ex. Pre-scheduled interactive video conference at high rate Traffic Variability Modem waveform switch request from MF-TDMA to SCPC (or vice versa) when it detects a change from High variability to low variability. For high variability, MF-TDMA is better. For low variability, SCPC is better 14
Not Just for the Big Guys Millennium I Supporting many 10,000 s of remote sites Spread across multiple satellites and bands Advantech Wireless Adaptive Satellite Access Technology (A-SAT ) Discovery 500 or more remote sites 96(+) return TDMA carriers Also supports A-SAT Upto 155Mbps in each direction 15
Coming soon Modem / BUC / LNB Complete Terminal 16
Key Integrated Terminal Features Price will be key to success story Easy install All Outdoor Solution (outdoor modem and RF) Single cable to indoors Power provided over Ethernet cable Receive all 500 MHz of Satellite Transponder Demodulate only Time Slice assigned to your service Uses A-SAT to enable dynamic return link capacity Easy to use 17
A-SAT Summary Technology dynamically adapts the satellite physical link to maximize efficiency based on application and traffic flow Burst-like traffic flow TDMA transmission Statistical multiplexing provides huge gains by sharing bandwidth among many users Constant traffic flow SCPC transmission Satellite efficiency is optimized using continuous carrier transmission (SCPC) waveforms, such as DVB-S2 or TCC for low speed, low latency 18
Voice of Experience After deploying such systems for some time, we have learnt Choice is required for the switching criteria Choice is required for the SCPC carrier technology Dependent on throughput and latency Eg. DVB-S2 block coding vs Turbo convolutional coding Customers like open standards Sometimes those SCPC carriers need to be very large (150Mbps+), even when the TDMA traffic is almost nothing Sometimes there needs to be many TDMA carriers, even with small pools of terminals Avoid visits from the Engineer Deliver as much functionality as possible on day one, and then provide software key upgrades 19
A-SAT Summary Enables dynamic switching between different access technologies Minimizes Operation Costs A-SAT For when you can t A-SAT predict the future Maximizes Satellite bandwidth efficiency Risk mitigated by adopting a single platform to efficiently support changing traffic patterns without equipment obsolescence 20
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