Viasat - Transforming Satellite Broadband

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Transforming Satellite
Broadband
SSPI Brazil Chapter
VSAT Day Nov 30/2010
Rio de Janeiro
Paul Sandoval; RSD
Joab Noda; PLM
Carlos Brutti; CM

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ViaSat Background
• Best strategic partner for end-to-end satellite networks
• Founded in 1986
• Executed IPO in 1996 (Nasdaq:VSAT)
• Headquartered in Carlsbad, California
• Approximately 2,000 employees worldwide
• Unmatched networking expertise and technical capabilities by
relentlessly pursuing innovative excellence
• Scale, mind power and organization to pursue the most
challenging communication environments
Innovative
Technology Provider
Constant Pursuit
of Excellence
Delivers
Exceptional Value

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Government Network Centric Warfare

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Commercial

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Consumer Networks
Specifically designed for
mass market access
ViaSat is the proven
KA-Band leader
• Fastest growing consumer
broadband network ever
• Over ¾ million units deployed
• Applications & speed
to satisfy customers

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Mobile Networks
 Unsurpassed global
broadband coverage
 True broadband experience
to small antennas
•Forward link rates
up to 30 Mbps
•Return link rates
up to 1024 kbps
•Apertures as small as 30cm
 Web browsing, e-mail,
VPN, voice, media

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Antenna Systems
Network Gateways
 50 years of proven success
designing, manufacturing and
deploying high performance
antennas systems
Broadband Gateways
Mobile Systems
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Design-to-Suit Applications
 Proven system solutions
Systems engineering
Antennas
Integration
Testing
Installation
Field service
Upgrades
BROADBAND
ISR
MOBILE
DESIGN-TO-SUIT

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Gateway RF
 Gateway RF solutions using
ViaSat’s technology
 System level Capabilities to provide
Complete Gateways
 Leverage on established
key supplier base for
RF elements
13.5m
9.1m
7.3m
4m

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SurfBeam Ground System

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Volume And Speed

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ViaSat Ka-band Technology is Being
Deployed Worldwide

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High Capacity Ka-Band Network
Architecture (Wild Blue)
1212
Satellite
Connectivity
Subscriber
Terminal
Gateway
Earth Stations
Fiber
Connectivity
Operations &
Business
Internet
425,000 small
low cost
subscriber terminals
Three high power,
Ka-band spot-beam
satellites
13 unmanned
remotely operated
Gateway Earth Stations
Fiber backbone,
Google email,
web hosting, portal
Network operations
Business systems
Denver, Colorado
Anik F2
AMC-15
WildBlue-1

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Ka-band Technologies
 High Capacity Satellites
 Ka-band: More Spectrum
 Spot Beam: High Frequency Reuse
 Innovative New Ground System
 Adaptive Coding and Modulation
• Maximize throughput
• Protect against link impairments
• Spectral efficiency
 High Speed Forward and Return Channels
• Higher peak speeds for users
 Leverage Open Standards for mass deployment

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MEOlink IP Trunking Terminal
 Fiber-like high speed two-way data
link
 Leverages ViaSat’s Ka-band
expertise
 Re-use Ka-band gateway design for RF,
antenna control, M&C
 Leverages existing Ka-band MEO terminal
designs
 Incorporates proven ACM
technology
 Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)
enables links to persist through rain fades
 Critical to operation over Ka-band
 Proven operation today in the US with
over 400,000 users operating on Ka-band
 Leverages ViaSat’s DVB-S2 high
speed modem technology
 Field proven DVB-S2 technology offers
most advanced modulation and coding
technology
 Flexible modem design provides for a
range of operating points

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Proprietary Information
ArcLight™ Mobile Broadband Summary
Ethernet
Ku-Band
Satellite
Return
Channel
Receiver
Subsystem
Hub
Antenna
Forward
Channel
Modulator
Return Link:
32 - 1024 kbit/s
To Cabin LAN
Internet
Small
Mobile
Antenna
Router
Network
Operations
Center
512 k – 30 Mbit/s
Forward Link
Hub
Canceller
Broadband
Ku-band
Satellite
Transceiver
Two way communications – whether you are in the middle of the sky, the middle of
the ocean, or the middle of the desert

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Coverage Q4 2010 (30cm)

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WildBlue / SurfBeam
 DOCSIS Architecture
 Ka & Ku Versions
 Multi-rate PHY
 Hi Volume, low-cost Ka-band terminals
 MMICs & Integrated Transceivers
 Scalable Hub

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ViaSat-1 / SurfBeam 2
 WiMax Architecture
 DVB-S2 ACM
 Multi-channel hub demod
 Higher Volume, Lower cost Ka-band terminals
 MMICs, SiGe, ASICs
 Highly Scalable Hub

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Next Gen Gateway Networks
Most compact hub:
125 Mhz /Demod
Blade
500Mhz/Mod Blade
Net Mgmt tools from
DSL/Wimax/3G/4G:
Scalable, professional, not
“home grown”
High volume
subscriber
units
 Design for large scale Ka networks bring
substantial advantages into Ku networks too
Gateway/
Hub Facility
Subscriber
TDMA inbound reaches
DVB efficiencies with new
variable length data
encapsulation & encoding

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Application Acceleration &
WAN Optimization
 For VSAT – fulfills
untapped potential at the
“upper layers” of the
stack
 Performance, compression
 Beyond standard VSAT
mechanisms, e.g.:
 TCP optimization & HTTP
acceleration (e.g. pre-fetch)
 Header suppression
 Especially appropriate
for
enterprise/government
markets
 For applications beyond web
browsing
 Email, file sharing, enterprise
apps, etc.

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SurfBeam Product
Capabilities
 Anik, WB-1, AMC-15, +
 DOCSIS Architecture
 Ka & Ku Versions
 1st Multi-rate PHY
 1st Volume Ka MMICs/ODU’s
 Compact, Scalable
 Low cost per sub
 + VS-1 & KaSat coming soon
 WiMax Core Network
 Ka & Ku Versions
 Improved S2 Multi-rate PHY
 Next Gen MMICs & ODU’s
 More compact & scalable
 Much lower cost per sub
 Consumer/Enterprise/Mobility!
 Much Higher Speeds!
 Enterprise: App Delivery
 Advanced return link PHY
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SurfBeam Capability SurfBeam2 Capability

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Business Model Works
 Resource
 Highest Capacity Satellite (135 GBPS)
 Lowest Cost Per Bit
 Gateways (MBPS rather than MHZ)
 Instant Coverage (300-500 Km Beams)
 Complementary Infrastructure
 Fills all the Gaps in Urban Areas
 Under Served and Un-served Areas
 Targets 15% to 20% Coverage otherwise unaffordable
for Terrestrial Technologies
 Offering
 Speeds And Volume Compatible With Terrestrial
 Prices Compatible With Terrestrial
 Channels
 Wholesale; DTH-Telco-Service Providers
 Retail: Consumer

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Summary
 ViaSat offers
 Way more than just VSAT!
 Broadest technology portfolio
 Breadth, Depth, Financial stability, Dependability, Innovation
 Global Ka band leadership
 Largest networks & orders – ever
 Multiple generations of spot beam satellites
 MEOlink: With O3b
 Big Scale Technology Integration
 Integrated space systems – Ka band ground systems
 Consumer-Enterprise-Mobile broadband platforms
 Exciting times for those who embrace this important
change in satellite communications.