Comtech EF Data Expands Heights™ Networking Platform
Portfolio with New and Innovative Remote Gateways
March
6, 2018
Comtech
EF Data Corp.,
announced that it expanded its Heights Networking
Platform portfolio to include three new and
innovative Remote Gateways. The new Remote Gateways
include both indoor and outdoor models - the indoor
H-Plus Remote Gateway, and two outdoor units, the
H-Plus-ODU Remote
Gateway and the H-Pro-ODU Remote Gateway. The
offerings provide customers with targeted Heights
and Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) solutions to
address specific market needs and technology trends
that are shaping the satellite communications
community.
The H-Plus Remote Gateway is aptly named. It gives
customers the flexibility to choose between Hub and
Spoke VSAT connectivity "Plus" the option to run in
true SCPC mode. Providers that are targeting
mid-tier VSAT services or that would prefer to start
with a simple hub-less SCPC network can utilize a
single device that allows them to convert from true
point-to-point SCPC mode of operation to Hub and
Spoke VSAT operation without changing hardware.
The H-Plus Remote Gateway offers tremendous
flexibility for future applications. In addition to
the powerful quad-core standard onboard processor,
it incorporates an optional Single Board Computer
(SBC) to offload computationally intensive tasks and
to provide a location where both organic and
third-party applications can reside. The combination
of multiple modes of operation and highly
upgradeable computational processing power provides
service providers and their customers with the
long-term assurances they require when investing in
satellite network solutions.
The Outdoor Units (ODU), the H-Plus-ODU Remote
Gateway and the H-Pro-ODU Remote Gateway, allow
service providers and end users to move the entire
VSAT system onto an antenna and away from
environmentally controlled shelters. The outdoor
package options reduce the overall power consumption
and footprint needed for a VSAT terminal. Moving the
electronics outdoors greatly reduces the power
consumption, eliminates valuable shelter space and
cooling requirements that are typical with indoor
models.
"Our point-to-point SCPC hardware is the global
standard for highly efficient operation and
best-in-class spectral efficiency," commented
Louis Dubin, Senior Vice President, Product
Management and Marketing for
Comtech EF Data. "With the new Remote
Gateways, customers can now choose to begin network
services with SCPC simplicity and efficiency, and
then convert to the highly efficient and intelligent
Heights Networking Platform when the traffic and
overall network dataflow makes sense."
The Heights Networking Platform is engineered to
elevate services with unparalleled horsepower,
efficiency and intelligence. The platform's features
were designed with the service provider and its
multi-user environments in mind, from concept to
operation. It combines the most efficient waveforms,
Heights Dynamic Network Access (H-DNA), header and
payload compression engines, WAN and GTP
optimization, multi-tier Quality of Service (QoS),
proven dynamic bandwidth and power management along
with bi-directional Adaptive Coding & Modulation
(ACM) capability to provide the highest user
throughput, highest availability, and most optimal
resource utilization available in the industry.
