SkyEdge II

System Introduction
 Agenda

System Introduction
System Entities
Network Topology
Network Architecture
Satellite Segment
System Capabilities

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System Introduction

SkyEdge II is a modular two-way satellite communication system

Allows connection between several remote terminals to the Internet/Extranet

or to each other

SE II system has three main components

The Hub, satellite/transponder and remote terminals

Supports two types of transmissions

Inbound are all the transmissions from the remote terminals to the HUB
Outbound are all the transmissions from the Hub to the remote terminals

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System Entities

Satellite (Transponder)

Inbound
(IB)

Outbound
(OB)

Remote Terminals

SEII HUB
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System Entities
Remote Terminal
In Door Unit (IDU) – VSAT
Out Door Unit (ODU) - Antenna Dish, Linear BUC and LNB
Hub
Center of the SEII system
Responsible for two main functions:
Manages & control the network elements
Aggregate & distribute IB & OB IP traffic

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Network Topology

SkyEdge II hub enables system VSATs to communicate via satellite links:

Internet/Intranet networking (VSAT-to-Hub).
Each other (VSAT-to-VSAT).
System development road-map offers three basic topologies:
Star (v6.0)
Star with Terrestrial Interface (v6.1)
Star with Mesh Interface (v6.2)

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 Network Topology
Star Topology
Each VSAT has a Satellite Interface (SI) which enables it to communicate
throughout the Hub to the internet\intranet (single hop) or to another VSAT (double
hop)

Star Topology

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Star + Terrestrial Interface
The system also enables each VSAT to have a Terrestrial Interface (TI) as an
add-on to the VSAT.

Terrestrial
Network
Dial-up, DSL, etc.

Star Topology + Terrestrial Interface

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Star + Mesh (v6.2)
In Mesh connectivity data is directly transferred between VSATs, while channel
allocation and network management is done via the Hub.

Star

Mesh

Mesh

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Network Architecture
The SEII hub consists of one up to five Network Segments (NS)
A NS is a subnetwork that manages three physical subsystems
Inbound Subsystem (IBSS)
Demodulates and Decodes the traffic coming from the VSATs (Inbound)
Outbound Subsystem (OBSS)
Multiplexes and Modulates the traffic towards the VSATs (Outbound)
Application Subsystem (AppSS)
Provides means to distribute traffic to or from the Internet/Intranet and
optional QoS services.

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Network Architecture (cont’d)
Radio Frequency Transceiver (RFT)
SEII supports C-band, Ext. C-band and Ku-band (Ka-band in the future)
SEII system uses L-band for both IB and OB
Hub Applications/Add-ons
Shared by all the NS
Includes:
Internet Page accelerator (IPA)
L-band to IF and IF to L-band converters
Network Management System (NMS)
Facilitates management, control, configuration, monitoring and operation of the
system

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 Network Architecture
Block Diagram

Remote Unit
HUB
VSAT
ODU VSAT
RFT ODU
Tx + Rx + ref
( L Band )
ODU
Tx + Rx + ref
( L Band )

NS1 IDU Tx + Rx + ref

( L Band )

IDU
NS2
IDU
NS3
NS4
NMS

NS5
Tx (L Band ) Rx ( L Band ) Customer LAN

OBSS IBSS

AppSS

HUB Applications \ Add - ons Internet / Intranet

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Outbound – General Description
Carries Unicast and Multicast data, VoIP traffic, synchronization information
for the return (Inbound) channel and network control traffic
The VSATs recognize and extract the traffic which is intended for them
It is based on DVB-S2 (EN 302 307) standard
Supports two operation modes CCM and ACM
Constant Coding Modulation (CCM)
MODCOD (modulation and FEC (Forward Error Correction)) is constant
Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)
MODCOD (modulation and FEC) differ on a frame to frame basis
Modulation Schemes: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK and 32APSK
Enhanced FEC mechanisms

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Outbound – DVB-S2 ACM

8PSK 5/6

DVB-S2 ACM

QPSK 2/3

8PSK 3/4

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Inbound – General Description
The IB channel carries
User traffic, VSAT initial logon, maintenance information and capacity requests
Based DVB-RCS standard (EN 301 790)
Uses (Multi-Frequency Time-Division Multiple Access) MF-TDMA
Reservation based access scheme
Reservation Only! No contention…
The IB burst allocation plan is broadcast within the DVB-S2 OB channel.
Modulation Schemes QPSK and 8PSK
Multiple Carrier types (CT)
A Carrier Type is a combination of one symbol rate and a mix MODCODs
Each CT has it own Time Slot (TS) Mapping structure

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Inbound – Carrier Types

Carrier Symbol MODCOD MIX

Type Rate
Modulation FEC Percentage

CT- 4 512 8PSK 3/4 100%

CT-3 256 QPSK 3/4 75%
QPSK 6/7 25%
CT-2 192 QPSK 3/4 100%
CT-1 128 QPSK 1/2 100%

Freq
CT- 4

CT- 3
CT- 3
CT- 2
CT- 1

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 System Capabilities

Up to Five Network Segments (NS)

32000 VSATs per Hub
Outbound capacity:
Up to 135 Mbps per NS
Up to 300 Mbps per Hub
Total Inbound capacity
Up to 75 Mbps per NS
Up to 150 Mbps per Hub

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 Application Enhancements

Enhanced Data-Com & IP features for full flexibility: RIP1&2, IRDP, NAT,
DHCP, IGMP, VRRP, IP prioritization, ACL, etc.
Embedded TCP spoofing
Embedded VPN & traffic Encryption/Compression
Embedded Application Acceleration – HTTP/S, VPN, CIFS, NTLM, CRTP
VoIP – ATA, IP phones, VoIP GW, SSW, etc
Telecom Backhaul – GSM, CDMA, DCME.
IB QoS - DiffServ, MPN, VSAT priority
Optional OB QoS – Server
Optional Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA)
Support Prepaid IP
Support of external applications
Any commercial IP based applications

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 VSAT Network Solutions
Air Traffic Control
Internet Access
ATM
Point of Sale (POS)
Corporate Communications
Corporate Telephony
Credit Authorization
E-learning
E-Voting
Global Area Networking
GSM Satellite Backhaul expansion
Interactive Distance Learning
Intranet/Extranet
Inventory Management
Kiosks/Internet Cafe
Military
Oil & Gas
Post Office
Corporate Telephony
Prepaid IP
Rural Telephony
SCADA/Line Monitoring
Transportable VSATs
Video Surveillance
Wi-Fi / Wi-Max hotspots
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 Test Your Knowledge

1. Which topology is supported in SEII? ____________________________________

2. What is a MODCOD? ________________________________________________
3. What is the maximal number of Network Segments in the system? _____________
4. What is a Carrier Type? _______________________________________________
5. What is the IBSS function? _______________________________________
6. What is the AppSS function? ______________________________________
7. What is ACM? _______________________________________________________

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