Framework 7 Research
Avanti’s Experience
One Great George Street, 10 October 2013
Graham Peters
Consulting Director
Avanti Communications Ltd
Introduction to Avanti Communications
Avanti Communications is an innovative UK satellite operator
using the latest technology to meet the growing demand for data
 Listed on the London Stock Exchange
(AIM:AVN)
 Launched our first European Ka-band
satellite, HYLAS 1 in November 2010
 Launched our second satellite,
HYLAS 2, covering Europe, Middle
East and Africa launched in August
2012
 HYLAS 3 covering West Africa to be
launched in 2016
 Consulting division has extensive
experience in managing TSB, ESA
and EU funded R&D projects in
various domains.
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Broadband Delivery by Satellite
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Applications
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Applications
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Applications
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Applications
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Applications
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Broadband Access via Integrated
Terrestrial & Satellite Systems (BATS)
Project details
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3 year project
15 partners
€12.1m total project cost, €8.3m funding
www.BATS-project.eu
ICT Call 8
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Problem
EU Digital Agenda Target – 30Mbps
broadband for all European Citizens by
2020
Forecast in 2020: in many European
regions >50% households will lack
“superfast” broadband.
However, all will have the ability to
access satellite and most to some
“terrestrial” connectivity.
BATS vision: Bridge the broadband
divide currently widening between urban
and rural areas through an integrated
approach that combines satellite with
other access technologies.
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Solution
Satellite
3G/4G
DSL
Priority
HD TV
Streaming
DL/UL Throughput
Latency
HD VoIP
Messaging
Web
browsing
Jitter
Security
HD VoD
Streaming
Different QoE/QoS
requirements
 Intelligent User Gateway (IUG):
• Measure of each link Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as throughput, latency, packet
loss, jitter…
• Traffic prioritisation
• Identification of each application QoE requirements
• QoE to QoS mapping
• Intelligent multi-path routing decisions
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Opportunity
 Support Digital Agenda implementation
• Enabler to the delivery of cost
effective superfast broadband service
in both “un served” and “under served”
areas
 Increased satcom market size and closer
integration with other networks
 Worldwide Satcom market and jobs in
Europe
• Worldwide Market opportunity:
hundreds of B€ over next 10 years
• Upstream
 E2E System engineering to
strengthen industry
competitiveness
• Downstream
 European Standard to favour
SMEs in equipment, services and
applications
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Expanded
market with
BATS
(underserved)
Increased throughput
with BATS
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BATS - a brief history
 Avanti has a successful history of working on previous Framework
Programmes, eg.FP5, FP6
 Made several unsuccessful bids for projects in early rounds FP7 ICT (ICT
Call 1 was December 2006)
  Misaligned with the work programme
 Lobbying
 ICT Call 8 included in “Networks of the Future” an item for “Integration of
satellite and terrestrial networks” Project idea and core team formed in Jan
2011
Jan 2011
Warsaw
consortium
building event
July 2011
Call issued
16 January
2012
Proposal
submitted
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March 2012
Hearing
May 2012
Negotiation
October 2012
Project start
Call text
Proposal to ICT Call 8: Network of the Future objective (d):
“Flexible, resilient, broadband and integrated satellite
communications”
“Innovative system architectures and technologies making
possible the advent of ultra high capacity satellite communications
systems, radically lowered transmission cost, broadband end-toend connectivity one order of magnitude higher than that of current
operational systems, seamless integration capabilities with Future
Internet terrestrial based networks, mobile and fixed, notably
through capability of dynamic joint reconfiguration of satelliteterrestrial protocols and integrated network management.”
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Lessons
 Proposals
• Focus
• Time
• Compelling idea - aligned to call
• Committed proposal team
• Well explained – answer the exam questions!
 Administration:
• Significant paper pushing
• Rules
• Managing partners
 Partner contributions
• Varying ambitions
• Varying commitment (people and companies)
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Benefits
 New markets:
• New contacts
• Market and applications knowledge
• Different perspectives of the two industries
• Contact with potential customers
 Technology:
• New technologies & techniques
• Develop technical expertise
• Medium term product development
 Business:
• Staff development / team building / new competencies
• New business opportunities
• A commercially safe environment to try out new innovations
• Spin off projects
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Where we operate
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