S Band another OFF Loading option
London – June 12 th, 2012
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Solaris Mobile in a snapshot
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Mobile Satellite Company - a 50/50 JV between Eutelsat and SES
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With 2x15 MHz of 2.1 GHz spectrum (extended-UMTS) over 27 Member States in EU – possible extension to
Switzerland and Norway
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Spectrum band of SML can be exploited in direct communication with satellite and via a terrestrial
complementary ground network (CGC)
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SML has secured MSS licensing in 19 Member States, others are under negotiation
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Positioned in the market primarily as a capacity provider
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Acting as an ‘S-band’ ecosystem developer
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SML Owns an S-Band payload on the satellite Eutelsat 10A (former W2A) – launched in 2009
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The ‘Burning platform’
The Mobile play ground
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Smartphone density from 400/SQ KM to 12.800/ SQ KM in
2015
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Data traffic > than 70 % of all traffic on the mobile network
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Exponential growth of the capacity of the terminals
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The tablet market is expected to generating yet another
increase in bandwidth required per connected device
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« Cloudification » is creating significant requirements for
bandwidth and for latency
The Network Operator’s perspective
Network service providers are throwing more resources at the problem…. but will this be enough ? For how long and will their
shareholder’s continue to support the erosion of margins and the deterioration of the RoIC’s
The QoS sensitive customer’s perspective
Where do I go for guaranteed level of service ? How will I be sure the network will be available when needed for critical use
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The mobile Play ground
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The « traditional » responses and a new option
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An INTEGRATED S-BAND
NETWORK
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S-Band enables integrated Satellite & Terrestrial Services
Network structure - conceptual
Dedicated S-Band communications network, can support direct from satellite services or be integrated with existing UMTS
networks adding up to 20 MHz at each base station (2 X 10 MHz) . That capacity can be segmented in high QoS vs best
effort networks
5MHz
per beam
Hub
Station
Broadcast Audio
& Data
S-Band
direct to
handset
S-Band via
Repeaters &
Broadband
S-Band via
Repeaters &
Broadband
WWW
Sevice
Provider
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QOS Network
Ex
Public Satety
Additional capacity
for best effort
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Core
Switching
S-Band Spectrum Sits Directly Adjacent to European 3G UMTS Band 1
S-DAB
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MHz 1479.5 1518
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1559
1492
1626
L
1668
GSM
1710
1660 1675
GSM
1805
1785
UMTS S↑
1920
1880
UMTS S↓
1980
2110
2170
2010
2200
S-Band spectrum
Extended UMTS
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30 MHz of spectrum directly adjacent to European 3G UMTS Band 1
available in all 27 EU Member States
Granted for 18 years - May 2009
Virgin spectrum – free of use
Spectrum can be configured as TDD(1) or FDD(2) to enable optimal use of available
spectrum
Spectrum is not subject to auction
S-Band spectrum can be used for 3G or for LTE
Notes: (1) Time Division Duplex
(2) Frequency Division Duplex1
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S-Band an option for bridging the broadband gap ?
The S-Band specific attributes for bridging the broadband Gap
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Spectrum availability:
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Virgin spectrum available till 2027 – 2 x 15 MHz
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Harmonized in 27 Member States
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SML is priority tenant over the whole CEPT region
Technology availability :
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S-Band (2170-2200/1980-2010) – study item at 3GPP (tbc this week) ,
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Support from Korea, North America
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Likely availability of standardized user’s equipments and RAN in S-band by Q4 2014 , ‘Proprietary equipments’ available
Cost effectiveness :
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Reduced costs of terrestrial development due to base station/backhaul re-use of current system
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No coverage requirements
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Satellite coverage reducing need for terrestrial network development in rural area
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No auction – spectrum access costs is negotiated with SML
Ability to develop ‘dedicated’ network
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High QoS network subset ( ex Public Safety, MNC networks, ) vs best effort nets
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Ability to engage in a fully dedicated network on land, sea and in the air
Redundant network
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Satellite segment « taking over » from terrestrial network in case of significant disaster or power outage
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S- Band : a complement to existing Broadband network
S-Band : An option to offer a different type of offload – an offload for QoS sensitive customers
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Safety and security networks :
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S-band provides the Mobile Broadband complement to the existing Tetra/Tetrapol networks ; high value customer offload
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S-band provides 100 % coverage (via satellite) , ideal complement to optimize deployment cost of MNO networks for M2M
applications requiring full coverage;
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S-band provides redundancy for critical system / application
High end Commercial ex transportation regulation and surveillance, :
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Mobile data - video capture in motion (service vehicle, situational awareness (uav’s, airborn resources)
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Real time situational analysis
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Mobilization of critical enterprise applications requiring ‘always on‘ devices /always available network
S-Band positioned as a complementary network to existing resources . S-Band attributes can command a
premium pricing towards high end customers seeking ‘behind the wall’ networks with guaranteed
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Potential collaboration structure for a high end QoS offload
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illustration of a potential commercial structure between Solaris Mobile, Service providers and High QoS user’s
Satellite Services
2 x 5Mhz
Solaris Mobile
(“Spectrum/ Space
Segment vehicle“)
Contract for :
- access to 2 x 10 MHz
- 15 years
- User Terminal commitments
- Deployment Commitments
Sat Services – S-band unit
Procurement / usage contract
With key PPDR users
Distributor /
application aggregator
Key strategic B2B
customers for LT
Ex public safety
Ex MNC’s
Delivery of QoS and
SLA based on
commonly agreed
terms
Differentiated QoS
provider
Hosting/ Network sharing
agreement
Procurement/usage
contract With key PPDR
users
Current MNO’s
Terrestrial
– services
2 x 10 Mhz
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S-Band a controlled path to a dedicated terrestrial broadband network
Timeline
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
High QoS
Customer
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Q4
2013
2014
2016
2017
2018
2019
High end users to operate on commercial
mobile service under a roaming agreement
Negotiated by High QoS operator
High end QoS users to operate
Primarily on current
Commercial network for broadband
Migrate to
High QoS
infrastructur
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High QOS
Network
Service
provider
High end Service provider’ sharing combined
infrastructure with partner MNO but managing the
“Behind the wall network” element
Customer requirements –
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Key
assumptions
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2015
No willingness to remain
dependent from commercial
network variable QoS
Willingness of user’s to
accept trade off between
costs and availability of
resources
Operational Phase – key requirements for success
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MNO’s willingness to host high QOS network in exchange of a network sharing
agreement
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Minimum cost of spectrum imposed by the NRA’s
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support of 3GPP standardization of S-Band
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S-Band - high QoS OFF LOAD
Benefits analysis
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High QoS users :
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Infrastructure partner :
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Access to additional capacity (more spectrum thrown into the 3G/4G resource pool)
‘Protection’ of the ‘high value’ business in the MVNO structure:
Limited build out required to illuminate the spectrum
Unconstrained deployment (ie spectrum to be deployed only in area that are in need for capacity)
Incremental efficiencies : Reduced cost / MB as fixed costs are shared among more participants
No auction
Solaris Mobile
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Plan towards a dedicated, harmonized, pan European broadband network (PPDR/MNC’s)
Dedicated organization (MVNO like)
Best in class TCO (assuming ‘site sharing’ of existing ‘real estate’ and backhauling and use of CoTS technologies )
Transition to dedicated network by the concept of in country roaming agreement.
Additional benefits due to satellite use : coverage, redundancy in case of major satellite failure, ability to address land,
maritime and airborne operations / applications
Optimal deployment of spectrum resources (terrestrial and satellite)
Potential Pan European market play (Public Safety or MNC’s) enabling to engage in standardization of 3GPP for PPDR
Accelerated development of technological eco system
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Contacts
Jean-Luc Gustin
Chief Development Officer
Solaris Mobile Ltd
Pembrooke street 30,
Dublin 2
Ireland
Jeanluc.gustin@solarismobile.com
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