Broadband
Satellite
Market
Survey
Reveals
Strong
Demand
Driven
By
Expansion
Of
Ip-Based
Service
Offerings
Global
consumer
and
enterprise
demand
for
satellite
communications
systems
and
services
has
strong
upside
potential
to
exceed
historical
industry
trends,
particularly
in
cases
where
next-generation
IP-based
innovations
are
successfully
applied.
The
report
findings
were
revealed
during
the
Satellite
2010
conference
and
exhibition,
held
last
week
in
Washington,
D.C.,
where
Sea&Space
Exploration,
a
Brussels-based
consulting
company
specialized
in
satellite
communications,
and
GVF,
the
international
association
representing
the
global
satellite
communications
industry,
unveiled
the
2-Way
Satellite
Market
Survey.
Approximately
40
leading
market
actors,
including
the
major
product
manufacturers
and
satellite
service
providers
worldwide,
contributed
to
the
survey.
Made
on
behalf
of
the
European
Space
Agency
(ESA),
the
objectives
of
the
survey
included
the
following
key
parameters:
·
To
make
an
independent
commercial
assessment
of
key
two-way
satellite
broadband
products,
·
To
characterize
the
main
user
segments,
·
To
identify
service
operators'
requirements
for
new
product
features,
and
·
To
identify
which
areas
of
development
will
improve
the
business
globally.
The
report
pointed
out
a
strong
demand
originating
from
service
operators
for
innovative
product
features
to
serve
the
growing
demand
for
Internet
services
worldwide.
Most
operators
require
increased
service
speed
in
both
directions
and
are
asking
for
standard
tools
to
measure
service
performance.
Operators
currently
seek
lower
cost
satellite
terminals
that
are
more
reliable
and
with
increased
processing
power
and
memory.
They
are
also
looking
for
low-cost
mini-hubs,
particularly
relevant
for
meshed
communications
in
cellular
backhaul
applications.
Product
design
has
to
be
optimized
in
order
to
cope
with
a
variety
of
end-user
requirements
and
applications.
There
is a
consensus
among
operators
regarding
the
need
for
flexible
and
auto-adaptive
coding
schemes
and
modulations
(ACM)
in
both
forward
and
return
links.
Higher
modulation
schemes
(>
64APSK)
with
good
resilience
to
link
distortion
are
requested.
More
efficient
access
schemes
are
also
in
demand,
as
well
as
simultaneous
support
of
bursty
and
regular
traffic.
When
very
small
antennas
are
required
by
the
user
application
(e.g.
aeronautical,
SCADA,
etc.),
the
use
of
spread
spectrum
techniques
are
recommended.
In
varying
degrees,
product
manufacturers
have
already
begun
implementing
some
or
all
of
these
features
(e.g.
ACM)
in
the
forward
link.
However,
in
the
return
link
only
a
few
manufacturers
offer
some
of
these
features
and
most
of
them
have
still
to
implement
a
full
dynamically
adaptive
solution.
Most
of
the
potential
future
technical
developments
relate
therefore
to
the
improvement
of
the
return
link.
In
the
frame
of
the
study,
a
unique
tool
is
also
called
for,
allowing
operators
to
model
any
existing
or
new
satellite
network,
simultaneously
taking
into
account
service
profiles,
satellite
and
product
characteristics,
costs
and
market
aspects.
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