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High-Capacity Satellite Services:
A New Solution for NGO Connectivity?
David Hartshorn Arunas Slekys Steve Birnbaum
Secretary General VP, Corporate Marketing & GM Chief, Disaster Response
GVF Russia/CIS GVF
Hughes
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About the Global VSAT Forum
• Non-Profit Satellite Communications Association
• Partnership Since NetHope’s Inception
• Facilitating Satcom Worldwide Thru:
– Education & Training
– Development-Sector (e.g. CSR, Disaster Response, etc.)
– Successful Regulatory & Policy Practice
– Proof of Concept, e.g. VSAT-WiFi and… High-Capacity Satellite
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Related HCS Developments
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High Capacity Satellite: The Backdrop
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VSAT Pricing Trend Set Stage for HCS
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Annual Consumer, SME BB and Enterprise Service Growth
Annual Consumer, SME BB and Enterprise
Service Growth
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New Applications Began to Be Served
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VSAT Terminals in Millions
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satellite capacity
• Deregulation and improved products drive
market acceleration
• New markets such as communications on the
move offer new growth opportunities
• Spotbeam satellites are an attractive proposal
for a part of corporate needs
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Broadband Satellite Users
Sites and Subs by Region, 2010–2020: 15.4% CAGR
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■Government
■ Consumer/SMB ■ Enterprise
■ Mobile Satellite
High-Capacity Satellite User Groups
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HCS Now Provides Near-Global Coverage
SPACEWAY
Wildblue
SES AstraSuperbird 2
Anik F2
AMC 16
Hughes Jupiter
Viasat 1 YahSatKaSat RSCC
NBN
IPStar
Inmarsat Global XPress
Hylas
Arabsat
O3B
Amazonas
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HCS Launches Per Year
Dedicated HTS Hybrid Payload HTS
Thaicom 4 Anik F2
WildBlue 1 AMC-15
Spaceway 3 AMC-16
Ka-Sat Ciel-2
ViaSat-1 Hylas 1
Jupiter-1 Arabsat 5C
Inmarsat 5F2 YahSat 1B
Inmarsat 5F1 Hylas 2
Inmarsat 5F3 Hispasat AG1
NBN Co 1A Express AM5
GSAT-11 Astra 2F
NBN Co 1B Express AM6
Amazonas 3
Astra 2E
Thor 7
Astra 2G
Jabiru-1
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HTS Capacity Launches (Gbps)
Source : NSR
www.gvf.orgN. America Sample: Viasat
• Approx. 100 Gbps
capacity
• More Than ½ Mn Subs
• In Service 2012
• More Capacity Than All
Other Conventional
Satellites Combined
• Driving Further
Economies of Scale
(with Other Operators)
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• 100+ Gbps capacity
– ~100 times the capacity of typical
Ku-band satellite
– ~ 1.5-2Million Subscribers
• In service Oct, 2012
• Optimized for broadband access
• Multiple Ka-band spot beams
• Advanced high order modulation
rates
• More speed:
– 10–15 Mbps downloads
New High Throughput
Satellite
New spacecraft technology
New system technology
High-speed forward and return
channels
Key QoS and acceleration
features
Enhanced user experience
EchoStar XVII with JUPITER™ technology
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Consumer/SMB Internet Access
Highlights
Subscribers▪ 659,000 consumer/SMB
subscribers (YE2012)
▪ Over 26,000 ZIP Codes in contiguous US
– Plus Puerto Rico and Canada
▪ High demand:43k new customers in 4Q2012
▪ Estimated 10-15M Unserved/Underserved Households
Profitable Business that is growing strongly
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EMEA Sample: Avanti Ka-Band
• Hylas-1 (3/11 Launch)
• Hylas-2 (2012 Launch)
• Expanded Footprint to N.
Africa and Middle East
• 8 Gateways, Enterprise &
Consumer Orientation
• Consumer/SME Users:
~30M++ Offices and
Homes
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• Implemented August 2012
– Ka-band Network & Customer
Terminals
– 4 Gateway Stations
– Network Control Center
– Complete OSS/BSS Solution
– Blanket Licensing in South Africa
MEA Sample: Yahsat
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Sample of Enterprise Users Shifting to HCS
BMW
Daimler Chrysler
General Motors. Opel
Toyota/Lexus
VW
Automotive
Best Western
Choice Hotels
Wyndham Hotels
A.G. Edwards American General
Finance Edward Jones Salomon Smith
Barney VISA HSBC Itau Bank
BP-Amoco
ChevronTexaco
Conoco Phillips
ExxonMobil
Hess
Pemex
Shell
A&P
Albertson’s/USSC
ASDA
AutoZone
Best Buy
Big 5
Blockbuster Video
Dollar Tree Stores
Footlocker
Jiffy Lube
Kmart
Lowe’s
Rite Aid
Sherwin Williams
Smart n Final
Tesco
TJX
Walgreens
Wal-Mart
Army Air Force Exchange Services
California State Government Florida Emergency
Management GSA Pennsylvania Emergency
Management Texas Department of Public
Safety UN CTBTO International Civil Aviation
Organization NIC India
Oil and Gas Retail
Dominos
Dunkin Donuts
Jack in the Box
McDonald’s
Pizza Hut
Taco Bell
Wendy’s
AMF Bowling
Brunswick Bowling
Gtech
Lows Cineplex
National CineMedia
Playwin
StarTV
Alliance Data Systems
Concord Data Network
Services EDS Telesat Telstra—Australia Korea Telecom Telefonica—Spain Telkom SA—(South
Africa) Telmex—Mexico Telkom Malaysia
Restaurants
Lodging Financial
Entertainmentsand Sports
Integrators/ServiceProviders
Government
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Satellite Broadband For ICT Projects in
Rural/Underserved Areas
Dial-up
MPLS/
FRAME
DSL
Limited coverage area
BROADBAND MULTICAST PLATFORM
• All applications (data, video, and multimedia)
UBIQUITOUS COVERAGE
• Anywhere
• End-to-end homogeneous network
SIMPLE
• One Single Vendor
• One standard platform at every location
SCALABLE
• Add applications
• Add sites
AFFORDABLE
• Well below frame
• Competitive with business DSL
RELIABLE
• 99.7% availability
RAPID
DEPLOYMENT
Slow
Expensive
SATELLITE
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Facilitating Universal Service
UNITED STATES
AWARDS
BROADBAND STIMULUS
INDIA
■11K Fusion Kiosks:
Distance-Learning,
eGovernance, high-speed
Internet
■Franchise increases profits via pay-as-
you-go services
MEXICO
■Rural telephony:
30K lines
■Rural broadband:
2K terminalsBRAZIL
■State of Amazonas
(1.5M sq km): Hughes
and PRODAM
■High-speed Internet and
eGovernance at
agencies/schools
RUSSIA
■E-Russia Initiative with
Synterra & RTComm
8K rural ISPs and
schools
AUSTRALIA
■ORION Satellite
Systems
■Up to 200K subs
in rural areas on
DVB-S2/ACM
■ Only nationwide award,
3x nearest competitor
■ To accelerate growth in unserved markets
■ Highest Speed Plans: 10–15 Mbps Downloads
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INTERNET
USO Case Study- Australia
•Government funded broadband
initiative to serve rural Australia
•$107.8M over 3 years
•2 levels of Subsidy based on
distance from a Telstra Exchange
•0 to 15 Km’s - $1,540
•+ 15Km - $3,300
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Internet To Schools: eMexico & Enciclomedia
• Mexico’s Ministry of Education bringing a learning environment to over 150,000 classrooms
• VSATs power the program:
– 10,860 broadband satellite terminals for the Mexican Ministry of Education’s Enciclomedia program
– 17,500 secondary school classrooms in Mexico and 37,500 primary school classrooms
• 40% of the secondary school classrooms in the country
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Distance Education – Edusat India
EDUSAT
NATIONAL NOC
REGIONAL NOC “A”
REGIONAL NOC “Y”
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First EDUSAT
System Inaugurated
by President of India
Satellite Launched By DOS For eEducation
– Bringing content from central locations to remote schools and universities
– Interactive voice and video
– Deployed in 6 states so far
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Community Broadband : E-Choupal & Fusion India
• Background
– Bridging rural isolation and income disparities
– Offers opportunity for the poor while creating a new profit opportunity
– Only network of its kind which targets Rural India – Directly
• Network Details
– 4000 E-Choupals (Information Centers) connected to Internet using broadband satellite terminals
– Networked across 5 states to seamlessly connect farmers with large firms and global markets
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Wireless Backhaul Options
BackhaulCellular
Core
Public
Network
Fiber
Copper/DSL
Microwave
Satellite
Backhaul Options
Wireless Coverage Area –
GSM, CDMA – 2&3G, Wimax, LTE etc
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HCS & Disaster Preparedness
• GVF Implemented
Proof of Concept
– Hurricane Sandy
– Rapid Deployment
– Effectively Supported
Response Effort
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Regulatory Dividend
• New rules surrounding the use of HCS:
– Blanket Licensing – Proven model in Developed Countries is being applied in Developing Countries
– Satellite Access – ‘Open Skies’ and simple rules to allow satellites access drives down cost and accelerates the deployment of satellite applications
– Earth Station Access
• Exclusive bands - General Authorization
• Shared bands – Licenses needed with simple, efficient processes
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HCS Issues to Consider
HCS capacity is changing the fundamental cost equation for
nearly every application in the industry.
HOWEVER…
• What is the “right” model for HCS provisioning?
• Is there cannibalization of existing business- both FSS and MSS?
• What are the effects on pricing?
• Mobility issues in HCS?
• Ka-band vs. Ku-band (C-Band?)
• GEO vs. MEO HCS?
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GEO vs. MEO Constellations
Many similarities yet MEO constellations benefit from lower latency.
However MEO constellations require tracking antennas on ground and
applications served are more restrained.
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HCS Issues to Consider, Cont’d.
• Cost of migrating clients to HCS?
• Too much or too little capacity?
– Is there a risk of oversupply?
– What happens when beams are full?
• Technical issues with larger volumes of bandwidth
• Bottom Line- What should be considered when evaluating Ka-
band and HCS opportunities?
• Rain fade and the effects on service quality/SLAs in Ka-band
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ACM Operation
• ACM dynamically adjusts
the modulation and coding
(MODCOD) based on the
far end C/N level.
• ACM optimizes the channel
throughput during all
conditions.
• During rain events the
MODCOD is reduced to
provide more margin and
maintain the link. The
symbol rate remains fixed.
• Once the event passes the
link returns to its normal
data rate.
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Rain Fade Performance
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• The key is to integrate QoS with ACM to make sure that
sensitive traffic is protected.
40% of Peak Data
Rate at 99.7%
Location: Indonesia (Rain Zone P)
• Example: O3b designs mobile networks so that at least 40% of the traffic has an availability of 99.7%.
• Performs well if traffic is a mix of high priority and low priority traffic
• Doesn’t work well when all traffic is high priority
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Diversity
3O3b Networks Proprietary
• Diversity provides the ability to route around weather events
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A Hybrid Ka- and C-band solution can provide the best of both worlds: the
high peak data rates of Ka-band with the lower attenuation of C-/Ku-band.
All Voice and Data Traffic
Link Idle
10/4 Mbps
0/0 Mbps
Remote Site
Router
C-band
Modem
Tier 2
ModemTier 2
Modem
C-Band VSAT
O3b Tier 2 Terminal
3O3b Networks Proprietary
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Link Idle
6/3 Mbps
0/0 Mbps
Remote Site
Router
C-band
Modem
Tier 2
ModemTier 2
Modem
C-Band VSAT
O3b Tier 2 Terminal
All Voice and Data Traffic
3O3b Networks Proprietary
Hybrid Ka- and C-/Ku-band solution can provide the best of both worlds: the
high peak data rates of Ka-band with the lower attenuation of C- or Ku-band.
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Only Data Traffic
Voice Traffic
6/3 Mbps
2/2 Mbps
Remote Site
Router
C-band
Modem
Tier 2
ModemTier 2
Modem
C-Band VSAT
O3b Tier 2 Terminal
3O3b Networks Proprietary
A Hybrid Ka- and C-band solution can provide the best of both worlds: the
high peak data rates of Ka-band with the lower attenuation of C-band.
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Contacts and Acknowledgements
• GVF Appreciates Assistance Provided for this
Presentation by COMSYS, Euroconsult, Hughes, NSR,
O3B, Viasat
• For More Information Contact: [email protected]
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