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Maritime in Asia – Considerations for Mobility
Digital Ship Japan 2014 Christopher Lim, Senior Key Account Director, Mobility
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Agenda
• INTELSAT: Legacy of Innovation
• Onboard communications: an evolution
• INTELSAT: Today and into the future
• High Throughput Satellite (HTS)
• Key Considerations
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Largest satellite operator in terms of
revenue ($2.6B in 2013) and capacity
Global fleet of more than 50 in-
service satellites covering 99% of
the Earth’s populated regions
Our fleet is complemented by the
IntelsatOne network, which consists
of more than 36,000 miles of fiber
that connects our Teleports and
PoPs
Intelsat is the World’s Leading Provider of Commercial Satellite Services
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Premier maritime,
aero, media,
telecommunications
and government
customer base
Excellent operational
track record of providing
high-quality, reliable
service with a continued
focus on the future
Strong history
of developing
successful
global business
partnerships
Dedicated to delivering
innovative, flexible, satellite-
based communications
around the globe
Diverse, Reliable, Global and Innovative
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Legacy of Innovation
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COMMUNICATIONS
Safety Services
Ship Operations
Maintenance Nav & Charts
Passenger Services
Crew Welfare
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• Focus shift from cost to value
• Legacy • Communications separate from
ship operations • Focus on limiting costs • shipboard functions retrofitted to
the available technology
• Today and into the future • Current and future requirements
are driving design of next generation systems
• SPs looking to leverage and evolve existing investments into the future
• Vessel owners/operators looking to leverage investment to maximise operational efficiencies and ROI
• Increasing awareness of ROI vs. simply reducing costs
Evolution
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High performance where it’s needed
Maritime Traffic Routes with Intelsat Ku Band wide beams & EpicNG overlay
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Capacity will Flexibly Scale over Time, Offering Continuity, Growth, Resilience
Maps are for illustrative purposes only.
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Considerations: Next Generation Satellite Service
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• Throughput is the speed of information delivery (bits/sec), driven by: – Bandwidth (MHz) = The “size of the pipe”, increased by frequency reuse
– Efficiency (Bits/sec per MHz) = Amount of error-free content in the pipe
– Key distinction between “Performance in beam” vs “Performance at the vessel”
Throughput
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Why Does Throughput Matter? • Rapid Growth in Demand
• Consumer-driven demand for broadband, anywhere on any device
• Broadband-centric business and government applications in all regions of the globe
Global IP Traffic – EB per Month
Source: Cisco
• Service providers need to deliver solutions to address this demand
• High Throughput Satellite(HTS) platforms will change satellite’s role in the telecoms/ media infrastructure:
– Expand addressable geographic markets by delivering broadband everywhere
– Serve application segments with terrestrial-like economics
– Leverage satellite inherent strengths
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Spectrum Choice – Why it Matters?
• Capacity selection has many considerations:
• Coverage and beam size
• Atmospheric conditions in the region that is being served
• Hardware
• Budgetary constraints
• Density of user population
• Applications, Environmental conditions, coverage and deployment concerns continue to drive technology choice C
Ku
Ka
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Global Precipitation
What do the colors mean? Dark blue areas show where a lot of rain has fallen. Pale green to turquoise show increasing amounts of rainfall.
These maps show where and how much rain fell around the world on the dates shown. Notice that most rain falls near the equator. Notice also that more rain falls on the ocean than on land.
Source: NASA Earth Observation
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Link margins required in the remote site for 99.6% availability – Ku and Ka
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Ku-band Ka-band
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Intelsat EpicNG Ecosystem Open Architecture, Unrivaled Choice, Greater Flexibility and lower risk
Choice of Service
Providers Choice of Platform
Choice of onboard H/W
To meet your specific maritime
comms needs
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High Performance
High Capacity
High Throughput
Flexible
All-region Coverage
Open Platform
Backward Compatible
Multi-band
Complementary Overlay
Lower Cost of Ownership
High Performance Satellite Platform
High Efficiency
Resilient and Secure
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Key Considerations
How much bandwidth will you need in the next 15 years?
Applications drive solution choice. Will the chosen technology address the next “killer app” … whatever that may be?
Will you have a consistently high user experience wherever you may sail regardless of the weather?
Coverage and capability where you need it
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Thank you