Mike Locke, Satellite Internet INCA Superfast Wireless Broadband Seminar, Manchester 25-06-14

1. Broadband wherever you want
Delivering Superfast Wireless
Broadband
Satellite – the
72,000km long
wireless “last mile”
• Mike Locke
Delivering Superfast Wireless Broadband
INCA Seminar – 25 June 14, Manchester
www.satelliteinternet.co.uk

2. Broadband wherever you want
Enabling 100% Superfast
Coverage
• £3-500 per site installed
Internet
High density
Fibre VDSL DSL
High Broadband Speeds
(>25Mbps)
Med Broadband Speeds
(6-25Mbps)
Low Broadband Speeds/No Broadband
(<6Mbps)
End-
users
SMEs
Street cabinet/
cable TV head-end/
Wireless
End
users
SME
ASTRAConnect for
Communities
SES
Broadband
Platform
Residence
Multidwelling
Low densityMedium density
ASTRAConnect
New SDN
www.satelliteinternet.co.uk
Direct Access
Delivering Superfast Wireless Broadband
INCA Seminar – 25 June 14, Manchester

3. Broadband wherever you want
Subdistribution (SDN) via Wi-Fi
www.satelliteinternet.co.uk
SBS4C at WLAN base station
(OAP):
 Baseline concept developed
around Ubiquiti Networks
RocketM5 base station (using 5
Ghz band)
• Allows Point-to-Point or Point-
to-Multipoint configuration
• Comment:
Other equipment can be used as
well, but the interoperability
needs to be tested!
Installation
 Outdoor: integrates satellite
modem and Traffic
enhancement client inside an
IP65 rack located close by the
WiFi mast
 Indoor: Integrates satellite
modem and Traffic
enhancement client inside a
standard indoor rack inside a
building
Indoor / Outdoor
installation
Aggregation point OAP (Ex. Ubiquiti
Networks RocketM5)
Traffic enhancement client Nuvo-105B Core i7
Satellite terminal SBS4C SE II Pro
Delivering Superfast Wireless Broadband
INCA Seminar – 25 June 14, Manchester

4. Broadband wherever you want
SDN via Wi-Fi in the Field
• EU State Aid
Germany 2014
• Superfast 25Mbps
• 1 base station
• ~ 50 users
• 2 – 3 km range
www.satelliteinternet.co.uk
Delivering Superfast Wireless Broadband
INCA Seminar – 25 June 14, Manchester

5. Broadband wherever you want
SDN vs Direct – How to
choose?
Cluster
• Central Hub serves many
End Users within 2–3km
• Newel: 317 hh / 800 people
• £££ Hub + £ CPE
• Organic growth hub-by-hub
Scatter
• Individual Dish per
End User
• No need to cluster/organise
• 100% homes passed
• ££ CPE
www.satelliteinternet.co.uk
Delivering Superfast Wireless Broadband
INCA Seminar – 25 June 14, Manchester

6. Broadband wherever you want
Pilot Project
• Piloting Satellite
role in 100%
Superfast coverage
• BDUK Basic White
• More than just USC
• 25Mbps now, more
to come
• Benchmarking SDN
vs Direct
• Per Premise £3-500
• £19 - £60pm
• Establishing the
Benchmark for the
last %
www.satelliteinternet.co.uk
Delivering Superfast Wireless Broadband
INCA Seminar – 25 June 14, Manchester