Satisfying growth demands for maritime communicationsManuel Valero , Maritime Sales Manager

Overview

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1. Who we are

2. Key drivers for maritime growth

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- vs. Ku-band: A Comparison

• Fade mitigation techniques

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• 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

1. Who we are

A major European satellite provider

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band

THOR 7

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

• If you are using an image, ensure that

you crop the image to a portrait format.

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2. Key drivers

Significant capacity

demand at sea

EuroConsult projects that by 2021 the VSAT

market will account for the majority of

satellite-based maritime communication

revenues.

Less than 5% of vessels have VSAT today

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

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

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3. Why Ka band?

Why use Ka band ?

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

3. Why Ka band ?

1˚West fleet for maritime growth

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Ka band on

THOR 7

KU band

offered today

THOR 5 and

THOR 10-02

Providing high

powered

capacity

• 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

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

Orbital position at 1˚W

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

4. THOR 7

TSBc’s latest satellite,

THOR 7

Image: Courtesy of Space Systems/Loral

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band

THOR 7

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Steerable BeamSCPC services

4. THOR 7

THOR 7 aggregate Ka band coverage area

Fixed BeamiDirect services

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

4.THOR 7

THOR 7 Ka-band planned services

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iDirect

Managed Services

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

iDirect

VNO/GSP(Group Service Plan)

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

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

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iDirect X7 Modem and CX-700 Core Module

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

• 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

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

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4.THOR 7

Maritime VSAT equipment

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

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

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4.THOR 7

Antenna Infrastructure

• 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)

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

Nittedal teleport

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4.THOR 7

ITU Δ (Delta) Attenuation

(Ka-Ku downlink @ 99.7% availability)

Overview

Who we are

Key Drivers

Why Ka band ?

THOR 7

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

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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, 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)

ACM

Inbound adaptivity

Antenna Site diversity

Satellite ALC

Thank you

www.telenorsat.com