Satellite – bringing you up to speed for 3G and 4G rural coverage

iDirect Satellite Backhaul

• Over 55 mobile backhaul networks in operation

Small Cell Deployments

• Advanced optimization capabilities provide the most efficient voice and data solution over satellite

• Validated with major mobile equipment vendors including Huawei, Ericsson…

Voice Networks

High-speed LTE networks

• SCF Release 5 – Small cells escape the city! • Rural locations, villages, isolated properties • Remote industrial sites – mines, drilling rigs, M2M • Ships, Planes, Trains… • Military and first responder drop-in networks

Satellite for Rural and Remote Small Cells

On the Ground At Sea In the Air

• Rural sites represent a huge market opportunity for mobile operators and vendors • Push for universal mobile broadband coverage cross

the world • But can satellite really be a viable solution ?

•  Too much delay, too slow, poor quality…

Rural Small Cells – Satellite in the Mainstream ?

• First: Use carrier class satellite systems • Consumer grade service ≠ Cellular grade service

• Second: Use intelligent backhaul

• Speed is not enough • User experience is what wins customers

iDirect SatHaul™ - What’s the Deal ?

• Hardware and software designed to meet operator SLAs for availability, QoS etc. • Doesn’t go slow at busy times, or in the rain! • Isn’t configured to squeeze-in users until it

breaks • Compatible with cellular environment • Power efficient – economic solar capability

What do we mean by Carrier Class ?

• Need for speed ? • No problem even with our entry level X1 product

•  >100 Mbit/s and TCP Acceleration for 3G / LTE • These are ‘must have’ capabilities, but alone aren’t

enough to deliver ‘terrestrial equivalent experience’

What do we mean by Intelligent Backhaul ?

• Need for intelligence ? • Voice traffic in 1/8th the normal capacity for Iuh, local

switching, codec forcing, paging optimization… • Data traffic compressed & optimized • Signaling traffic compressed & optimized – fast

VoLTE call set-up… • IPSec support to meet security requirements

What do we mean by Intelligent Backhaul ?

iDirect SatHaul™ - What Does It Take ?

Low cost, low power, outdoor small cell

Optimized outdoor satellite router

High capacity, lower cost satellite bandwidth

Intelligent backhaul to the core network

• iDirect supplies Inmarsat, Panasonic, GoGo… • Market leader for mobility solutions • Defined the industry standards – OpenAMIP • Invented beam switching between satellites • Deployed with leading small cell vendors

And for Ships, Planes & Trains ?

• Cells on Wheels, Network in a box… • Can’t guarantee that an event or disaster will occur

within convenient reach of fiber or microwave… • Satellite can reach just about anywhere • Auto-deploy antennas and man-pack satellite links

Temporary and Emergency Coverage

• Small cells and Macro cells – 2G / 3G / LTE serving rural, remote, moving & temporary sites

• High-speed, efficient and economic backhaul from anywhere

• Terrestrial-like experience through use of intelligent optimization

iDirect SatHaul™ - Intelligent Satellite Backhaul

iDirect SatHaul The intelligent solution for remote

and rural connectivity