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Cellular Network Rollouts and Upgrades to 3G / 4G
Lare Atcha-OubouRegional Director, North and West Africa
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Standard kits to support BTS-BSC link:
C-Band:2.4M antenna / 20W HPA
Ku-Band:1.2M antenna / 5W HPA
The Role of Fixed Satellite Services for Cellular
Backhaul (2000-2011)
• Satellite options of today:
– Provide last-mile connectivity required to reach the most remote locations
– Foster population welfare and
improved quality of life
– Allow for rapid deployment
– Provide resiliencies needed to
meet SLAs at edges of hybrid networks
Intelsat Confidential & Proprietary
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Fiber best for densely populated areas
- Links of 1 mile or less
Satellite best for
sparsely populated
areas / long distances
Microwave & satellite mix best for sparsely populated
areas, medium or long
links- Fuel & security elements
contribute significantly to
microwave TCO
Roles of Fiber, Microwave & Satellite to
Support Cellular Backhaul Requirements
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Challenges of Today’s FSS Solutions for
Cellular Backhaul
3G and 4G Networks
• Increased bandwidth requirements per user
• Limits of current FSS network design (ground equipment and satellite resource) for backhaul approached due to increased traffic load
• Altered multimedia mix creates challenging connectivity designs with trends towards opportunistic and asymmetric traffic patterns
Total Cost of Ownership of ALL solutions
• Challenging economics to support thin routes with low ARPU users
• High energy consumption of remote equipment renders some solar-powered options unfeasible
• Unattractive economics with long ROI slows down ICT obligation compliance
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The Role of Intelsat EpicNG for Cellular Backhaul
With 3G and 4G Networks, Intelsat EpicNG:
• Provides high throughputs required to support increased per-user and backhaul bandwidth requirements
• Allocates bandwidth dynamically for asymmetric multimedia requirements through application specific routing
• Allows load sharing of links in times of high traffic load per site and/or congestion in network
Intelsat EpicNG Alters Total Cost of Ownership
• New economics lower revenue per site barriers
• Support thin routes with low ARPU users
• Smaller CPE footprint allows low-power solar options
• Provides viability to use satellite links as primary/backup solutions for backbone links due to increased throughputs and better economics
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Bridging from Today’s FSS Solution to
Intelsat EpicNG
• Over 50,000 satellite modem purchases between 2012-2015 to support cellular backhaul
– New equipment plus legacy purchases are compatible with Intelsat EpicNG
– Purchasing decisions need not be pushed out until new platform available
SCPC & TDMA Unit Shipments
Intelsat EpicNG provides comparable economics to microwave solutions
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• Current FSS design can continue to be leveraged by the large existing installed base and provide primary solutions in sparsely populated areas
Existing
2016 and Beyond: The Right Physics and
Right Economics for the Right Solution
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Intelsat EpicNG:
• Can be leveraged in more highly-populated areas that demand more bandwidth
• Provide a very low-cost solution that can push a mobile network’s edge further into rural areas
• Provides the bandwidth needed to backup high-speed core/backbone links.
ExistingEpicNG
2016 and Beyond: The Right Physics and
Right Economics for the Right Solution
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ExistingEpicNG
• Economical backup to fiber/microwave links towards the edge of a network
• Provides increased resiliency via a redundancy option in case of link failure
The Intelsat EpicNG platform complements existing FSS designs - a layered networkapproach matches proper design and economics to best meet a given set of requirements
2016 and Beyond: The Right Physics and
Right Economics for the Right Solution