Framework 7 ResearchAvanti’s Experience

One Great George Street, 10 October 2013

Graham PetersConsulting Director

Avanti Communications Ltd

BATS – Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

Introduction to Avanti Communications

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.

Avanti Communications is an innovative UK satellite operator using the latest technology to meet the growing demand for data

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Broadband Delivery by Satellite

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Applications

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Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems (BATS)

3 year project 15 partners €12.1m total project cost, €8.3m funding www.BATS-project.eu ICT Call 8

Project details

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Problem

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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.

BATS – Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

Solution

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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Satellite 3G/4G DSLPriority

DL/UL Throughput

Latency

Jitter

Security

Different QoE/QoS requirements

HD TV Streaming

HD VoIP Messaging

Web browsing

HD VoD Streaming

BATS – Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

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

BATS – Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

Call text

“Innovative system architectures and technologies making possible the advent of ultra high capacity satellite communications systems, radically lowered transmission cost, broadband end-to-end 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 satellite-terrestrial protocols and integrated network management.”

Proposal to ICT Call 8: Network of the Future objective (d): “Flexible, resilient, broadband and integrated satellite communications”

BATS – Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

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

BATS – Broadband Access via Integrated Terrestrial & Satellite Systems

Where we operate