The presentation Koen Willems, Strategic Marketing Manager Government and IP Trunking at Newtec, and David Beering, owner of Intelligent Designs LLC, presented at MilSatCom 2012. They tackled the question how to increase efficiency across satellites for beyond line of sight ISR operations and elaborated on the following topics: - ISR airborne platforms - Increasing data rates through video and data in ISR applications - Budget cuts in government and the defence market - Increasing efficiency across satellites - Inclined orbit satellites Interested in the whitepaper on S2 Extensions mentioned in the presentation? Go to: http://newproducts.newtec.eu/s2-extensions

1. BE READY FOR
MORE DATA
Increased Efficiency for Beyond
Line of Sight ISR Operations
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2. At A Glance
• Global player, HQ in Belgium, Europe
• +27 years Product Leadership in Satellite
Communications ground equipment industry
• Vast market experience in Broadcast and High Speed
Data links based on DVB standards
• Privileged Relation to ESA since 1985
• Ambition: Connecting all people
• Bringing TV to 2 billion people today NATO
Company
Security
Clearance
&
BOA
• Closing the Digital Divide registered
(BOA
Nr.
13349)
• Make the World a Safer Place
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3. Applications
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4. Airborne Applications Trends & Challenges
Growing Bitrates (Gorgon Stare) Smaller-Scale Missions Budget Cuts
New Video & Sensor Technology Need for Detailed Info Service Continuation
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5. Airborne ISR Best Practice
Efficient
Throughput
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6. Airborne ISR Best Practice Optimal Throughput &
Availability
• Maximize Throughput
• Optimal Availability
• Adaptive Environments
Zero Margin
• Max out of Inclined Orbit
Variation
Satellites
Link margin required with CCM
(ThiMM)
• Committed Info Rate in
Bandwidth
Noise & Distortion
(NoDE) adaptive environments
Up to
60% gain
Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM)
S2 Constant Coding & Modulation (CCM)
Time
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7. Airborne ISR Best Practice
Efficient
Throughput
Optimal
Availability
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8. Airborne ISR Best Practice Efficient Throughput
Ku-­‐band,
X-­‐band,
Ka-­‐band,
HTS,
WGS
Acceleration & Compression
Bandwidth Management
Shaping & Priority
Video
VoIP VoIP Data,
Fading
File Video,
Sat Bandwidth
Video Video Exchange
Voice
Sensor Sensor Sensor
Data Data Data
File File
Exchange Exchange VoIP
Feedback Feedback Feedback
Cross-Layer-Optimization™
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9. Airborne ISR Best Practice
Efficient
Throughput
Optimal Improvements
Availability beyond DVB-S2
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10. Airborne ISR Best Practice Improvements beyond DVB-S2
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11. Airborne ISR Best Practice Improvements beyond DVB-S2
Upcoming DVB Standard (S2 Extensions)
1. Smaller Roll-0ff (5%, 10%, 15%)
2. Advanced Filtering Technologies for Improved Carrier Spacing
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Improvements
3. Increased Granularity in MODCODs (better for ACM)
4. Improved FECs & MODCODS compared to DVB-S2
5. Higher Modulation Scheme up to 64APSK
6. Different Classes for Linear & Non-Linear MODCOD
7. Wideband Support up to 72 Mbaud
DVB-S2
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12. Airborne ISR Best Practice S2 Extensions White-Paper
White-­‐Paper
‘S2
Extensions
DemysSfied’
Collect
at
Newtec
Booth
During
MilSatCom
or
download
from:
hZp://newproducts.newtec.eu/s2-­‐extensions
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13. Airborne ISR Best Practice
Efficient Not Your
Throughput Typical TDMA
Optimal Improvements
Availability beyond DVB-S2
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14. Airborne Not Your Typical TDMA
TX: DVB-S2 & S2 Extensions (SCPC)
RX: DVB-S2 & S2 Extensions (SCPC)
RX: DVB-S2 & S2 Extensions (SCPC)
RX: DVB-S2 & S2 Extensions (SCPC)
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15. Airborne ISR Best Practice
Practical
Experience
Efficient Not Your
Throughput Typical TDMA
Optimal Improvements
Availability beyond DVB-S2
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16. Airborne ISR Best Practice Experience through Practice
Use Case ISR
• Challenges
– Small Airframes
– High data rate requirement – aircraft are data producers, not data
consumers
– Small amount of rack space and weight available to accommodate
electronics and antenna (SWAP extremely limited)
– Rapid deployment timeline compressed amount of time available for
development, integration, and testing
– Certification requirements
• Certification for testing in the Continental US
• Certification for operational use
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17. Airborne ISR Best Practice Experience through Practice
Use Case ISR
• Functional Requirements
– System must be able to support data rates of at least 10 Mbps from the aircraft
to the ground via satellite
– Multiple aircraft must be able to be supported simultaneously
– System must be able to support data rates of at least 2 Mbps from the ground
back to the aircraft
– All data interfaces must be compatible with Internet Protocol
– All Intermediate Frequency (IF) interfaces must be commercial L-Band
– External hardware (antenna, radome) must be able to be fitted on multiple
types of aircraft
– Operator interface must be simple enough to be operated by personnel who are
not satellite experts
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18. Airborne ISR Best Practice Experience through Practice
Use Case ISR
• Demonstrated Performance & Results
– During testing and operation, the system has been successfully operated on the
following spacecraft
• Skynet 5A
• Skynet 5C
• Skynet 4E
• XTAR-EUR
• XTAR-LANT
– Data rates from the aircraft to the ground terminal in excess of 10 Mbps have been
demonstrated on each satellite
– Data rates from the ground terminal to the aircraft have been demonstrated on each
satellite
– Use of Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM) on Newtec EL470 modems provides,
on average a 30-50% increase in usable data rate by converting extra link margin to
usable data rate
– The system is currently operational, supporting multiple aircraft
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19. Airborne ISR Best Practice Experience through Practice
Border Patrol:
• Convair 580
• Configuration for BLoS over X-band
• Point-to-Point
• 16APSK 5 Mbaud
• Up to 10 Mbps Euro Hawk (ISR):
• Newtec Optimization SW hub & UAV
• Resolve Delay & Increase Efficiency
• Newtec Cross-Layer-Optimization
• QoS
• Priority
ISR: • Acceleration
• C-12 • Compression
• Inclined Orbit Satellite
• Configuration for BLoS over X-band
• Point-to-Point
• Average 10 Mbps
• Up to 16 Mbps And Many More....
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20. Airborne ISR Conclusion
• Airborne ISR faces many challenges
– from increased data rates
– To operational and practical issues when airborne
• Difficult is fun… the recipe to success:
– Efficient throughput
– Optimal availability
– Improvements beyond DVB-S2 (S2 Extensions)
– Not your typical TDMA
– Experience through practice
• Want to know more… talk to us
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21. Q&A
THANK YOU
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