iDirect Advancements and
Future Strategies
July 2013
© 2011 VT iDirect, Inc.
Agenda
• Introductions and Goals
• iDX 3.1 Update
• iDX 3.2 Update
• Velocity and High Throughput Satellites (HTS)
• Next Steps and Action Items
iDX 3.1
Highlights
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Market Focus of iDX 3.1
• Enables service providers to offer narrowband service
and support large-scale networks affordably while
integrating with high-speed enterprise networks
• Optimized for large, narrowband systems
• Focused on SCADA, Energy & Utilities and Pipeline
• Point-of-Sale, Business Continuity and ATM
• Secondary Markets
• Femto Cells
• Education
• SOHO
Solution Overview
iDX 3.1
Provides maximum flexibility, efficiency and performance into a single
integrated Intelligent PlatformTM
Hub Chassis, Evolution Line Cards
New XLC-M 16-channel Narrowband license
Evolution Satellite Routers
New X1 indoor and outdoor remotes
Network Management System – iVantage and SatManage
New web-based iSite for remote commissioning
One Platform,
Endless IP Applications
iDX 3.1 Architecture
iDX 3.1
Multiple TDMA
channels
received by a
single line card
X1 Indoor Remote
XLC-M
XLC-11
Internet
Hub Requirements
• XLC-10
• XLC-M
• Idle and Dormant
States
• PCMA
iDX 3.1
• Private IP, fully managed network
• Inbounds optimized for numerous idle remotes
• DVB-S2 with ACM outbound
• Works with all other Evolution and/or iNFINITI remotes
X1 Outdoor Remote
iDX 3.1 Features
X1 and X1 outdoor
Web iSite
Narrowband XLC-M license
Idle and
Dormant MinIR
QoS
Enhancements
Evolution X1 Features
Compact, low-power remotes ideal for large-scale
networks
• X1 Remote
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Indoor and Outdoor versions
Low power requirements
Bundled with Universal LNB/BUC
AC or DC power supplies
• Core Feature set
• DVB-S2 outbound, up to 2 Msps inbound
• Single client or limited routing
• VLAN support, DHCP relay server
• Robust QoS
• Multicast up to 40Mbps
• Extended L-Band Interface
Evolution X1 Outdoor Features
Hardened remote ideal for outdoor usage
• Outdoor hardened remote
• IP67 enclosure for extreme temperatures
• Pole mountable
• Power supply options
• IP67 enclosure
• AC and 12/24V DC power
• Optimized for low power
• Powers up to a 3W BUC
• Solar/battery capable
X1 Web iSite
New web interface for easier installation
• Web-based iSite for remote commissioning
• No need for PC client on the installers laptop
• Streamlined information
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Dashboard
Status – Modem, IP, Ethernet and Events
Commissioning – Angle calculator, antenna pointing & cross-pol
Admin – Options files
Narrowband XLC-M License
• Optimal support for networks with a large
number of small return channels
• New Multi-channel demod Narrowband license
• Supports up to sixteen 128ksps return channels
• Existing XLC-M line card
• Benefits
• Increases hub scalability – single hub, thousands of
remotes
• Optimized for small return channels
• Reduces cost per remote site
• Limits power and bandwidth required at remote site
with smaller antennas and more affordable ODU
QoS Enhancements Benefits
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Reduces bandwidth to keep idle remotes in network
Improves efficiency while maintaining network reliability
Do not have to reacquire into network like sleep mode
Guaranteed SLAs
iDX 3.1 Summary
• New cost-effective, compact, and low-power
remotes
• New web interface for easier installation
• Improved Return Channel Economics with a
narrowband line card
• Non-contention based for improved efficiency
and network reliability
Leverage your iDirect infrastructure for large,
narrowband applications
iDX 3.2
Highlights
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iDX 3.2 & X7: XPECT MORE!
• Network Control and Efficiency
• Adaptive TDMA returns
• Outbound DVB-S2 roll off enhancement
• Performance with X7
• Significant increase in performance
• High end features for demanding use cases
Adaptive TDMA
Overview
• Before Inroute Groups (IRG) consisted of homogeneous
carriers
• In iDX 3.2 IRG can consist of heterogeneous carriers
• Different symbol rates
• Different MODCODs
• Different SS factors
• Benefits
• Enables terminals to achieve their max speed
• No need to assume the worst case scenario
• Greater dynamic range in network design
Adaptive TDMA
Higher Control and Efficiency
• Optimize network performance in any condition
• Up to three dynamic “profiles” or compositions
• Clear sky
• Fade
• Heavy fade (a safety net)
• Benefits
• Margin is converted to bandwidth efficiency
• Availability is maintained via dynamic profiles
• Unprecedented control to fulfill SLAs
Outbound Enhancement
Reduced Roll Off Factor
• New, selectable roll-off factor
• Options include 5%, 10%, 15% and
20% (existing)
• Dependent on carrier size
5% ROF
20%
34Msps
30Msps
• Example: 36MHz Transponder
• Increase usable symbol rate by 4Msps
DVB-S2
DVB-S2
Outbound
Outbound
(full transponder)
transponder)
(full
• Benefits
• 10Mbps gains in IP throughput in 36 MHz TXP
• Up to 13% gain in outbound throughput for <36 MHz
36MHz
Introducing X7
“The Need for Speed”
• Insatiable demand for connectivity
• “Enterprises, organizations and consumers are devouring
satellite bandwidth as quickly as service provides can deliver it.”
-Simon Bull, COMSYS, Sep’12
• Noticeable in key applications
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Cruise & Super-Yacht
Off-Shore Drilling
Macrocells
Mining
• More bandwidth intensive applications
• Demand for more bandwidth continues to grow
X7 Overview
Improved PPS
Next generation remote optimized for Multiple
mobile,Image
enterprise
Console
Port
grade, bandwidth
intensive
applications
Embedded Web I/F
19” 1RU Chassis
Multiple AC/DC
Power Supply Options
Embedded 8-port
VLAN Aware Switch
Dual DVB-S2
Demodulators
ATDMA/SCPC
Return Channel
iDX 3.2
Launch Plan
• iDX 3.2.0 – (Limited Availability Release)
• Support for X7
• HLC support limited to XLC-10/ XLC-M
• Heterogeneous carriers, 1 composition group
• iDX 3.2.1 – (GA Release)
• Extend support to all Evolution remotes
• Extend support to XLC-11, eMxDx HLCs
• Expand from 1 to 3 composition groups
• iDX 3.2.2 – (GA Release)
• X7 support for SCPC Return and 2nd Demod
iDX 3.2 Summary
• Performance
• Enable terminals to achieve their max speed
• Fuel bandwidth intensive applications
• Refined Network Control
• Margin is converted to bandwidth efficiency
• Availability maintained via dynamic profiles
• More control to achieve SLAs
• Success is Yours
• More throughput enables higher performance services
• Opens up new revenue streams
• Greater efficiencies means lower bandwidth costs
Future Strategies
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The Product Strategy Challenge
• This explosion in new opportunities brings growing diversity in
requirements
• Emerging satellite programs
• New HTS capacity
• New opportunities
• Active migration planning
• Push the performance curve
• Operation in blended networks
• Huge breadth in use cases
• A simple example
• Carrier limits
• One size doesn’t fit all…
Introducing a Multi-Product Line Strategy
High-Level Architecture
Common NG NMS
Web GUI
VLC-R
VLC-T
XLC-M
XLC-11
Common Hub
Platform
Web API
X3/5
X1/4/7
Evolution
Velocity
NG Aero
Remote
Web Apps
Product Differentiating Attributes
Velocity
Evolution
100K remotes per NMS
300 remotes per PP
7.5Msps per I/B XLC
Network
Size
100K remotes per NMS
2,000 remotes per PP
30Msps per I/B VLC
45Msps O/B
5.875Msps I/B
20 Mb/s I/B TPUT
Remote
Performance
100Msps O/B*
15 Msps I/B*
45 Mb/s I/B TPUT*
Native VLAN/GQoS
IPv6 via L2oS*
BGP via L2oS*
FAP via L2oS*
MAP-based
120 sec switch
Networking
Architecture
Beam
Switching
* future development
Native VLAN/GQoS
Native IPv4/6
Native BGP
Native FAP
MAP-based
10 sec switch
Providing Choices
• Bandwidth choices
• Some customers are shifting from Mb/s to Gb/s
• Some customers are optimizing around Kb/s
• No compromises
• No longer a compromised approach to performance
• No longer forced upgrades for those that don’t need them
• Some customers will likely choose both
• We must still protect your investment in iDirect
• Common Hub, unified NG NMS
Implications for Engineering
• Structural changes to the roadmap
• Evolution lives on…
• Velocity emerges as a new product line
• Unified NG NMS for both
• Role of organization & architecture
• Parallel developments
• Quarterly release cycle
• Sustaining Engineering
• Timely support of existing releases
Plan for Velocity
• Success with Global Xpress on Velocity 1.0-LA
• Other HTS programs (EPIC)
• Key enhancements with Velocity GA
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Improved scale/performance
More powerful hardware VLC-T, VLC-R
Dual purpose remotes
High-Speed COTM, Spread spectrum
NG aero remote
• iDX 3.2 improvements set the stage for HTS
Bringing it Together with the NG NMS
• An entirely new architecture
• Increased scale, performance
• Robust Web-services interface
• HTML5-based GUI
• Consistent APIs, Web Apps
• Emphasis on the user experience
• Unified management platform
• Evolution
• Velocity
• SatManage
Broad Beam Satellites
iVantageTM NMS
iDX
Internet
Hub System
Large Regional Beams with Fixed Capacity
No frequency reuse
Transponder shared for entire footprint
Spot Beam Satellites
Dedicated, High Bandwidth, Feeder Link
NG NMS
Internet
Universal
Hub System
Dedicated Feeder Link
Frequency Reuse
Several Smaller Beams=Affordable Satellite Capacity
A Very Exciting Time
• Our industry is poised for growth
• New HTS deployments and architectures
• New capacity
• New opportunities
• Product strategy that
embraces the opportunity
• Evolution
• Velocity
• NG NMS
• Together…we’re in a great position to win!