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PRFP-11) & Interconnectivity Workshop 26-30 November 2019, Apia, SAMOA 11th APT Policy and Regulation Forum for Pacific (PRFP-11) & Interconnectivity Workshop 26-30 November 2019, Apia, SAMOA Workshop Topic ENABLERS FOR A BETTER CONNECTED PACIFIC - New Satellite Technologies and Services (MSS, ESIM and LEOs) Dr Bob Horton Consultant Satellite Industry ENABLERS FOR A BETTER CONNECTED PACIFIC - New Satellite Technologies and Services (MSS and LEOs) CONTENTS • Examples of progress : MSS, ESIM – Inmarsat LEOs – OneWeb • Pacific Needs - understanding and participating in the regional/global environment - the Pacific : a “Collection of Islands” or an “Island Collective”? - opportunities overdue in APAC Inmarsat use of spectrum L band Ka band User links: 1626.5-1660.5 MHz ↑, 1525-1559 Feeder link ↑ : 27.5 – 30.0 GHz MHz↓ Feeder link↓ : 17.7 – 20.2 GHz Extended L-band: User link ↑ : 29.0 – 30.0 GHz User link↓ : 19.2 – 20.2 GHz User links: 1668-1675 MHz ↑, 1518 MHz-1525 MHz ↓ Used by Inmarsat Global Express satellites S band Used by Inmarsat-4 satellites and Alphasat Feeder link ↑ : 27.5 – 29.5 GHz Feeder link↓ : 17.7 – 19.7 GHz User link ↑ 1980-2010MHz Q/V band User link↓ : 2170-2200MHz C band 37.5-42.5 GHz ↓ Used by Europasat Feeder links for L-band satellites operate in 47.2-50.2 GHz + 50.4-51.4 GHz ↑ the bands 3550 – 3700 MHz and 6425 – - Planned for future satellites to free 6575 MHz through more than 20 Land Earth Stations up Ka-band for user terminals TT&C operated in standard C-band on most - Developmental payload on Alphasat Inmarsat satellites Inmarsat and Extended L-band Extended L-band will be available for use in the Pacific with the launch of Inmarsat-6 around 2020/2021 – This would require protection measures to be adopted where mobile systems below 1518 MHz are adopted 4 THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY IN KA BAND 2020: >100 GSO • Satellite & 4-5 NGSO • A sustainable systems (civil) • Satellite growth for both • Using Ka-band systems (civil) GSO & NGSO satellite systems (27.5-30.0 GHz) • Using Ka-band 2015: 63 GSO & (27.5-30.0 GHz) Future 2 NGSO IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN FSS ACCESS TO KA BAND 5 Inmarsat : Importance of 28 GHz band for satellite • Key uplink band for GEO and non-GEO satellite systems, including HTS systems • 28 GHz band is defined as 27.5-29.5 GHz, globally allocated to the FSS • Already deployed on many operational satellites; about 140 GSO satellites and two NGSO constellations have Ka-band payloads • Uses include: Gateways, Hub uplinks, Feeder links for DTH, Consumer broadband services, ESIMs 6 Satellites operating in Ka-band 1 SES 15 31 SGDC 1 61 Astra 4A 91 GSAT 19 B67 121 QZSS 3 2 Galaxy 23 32 Viasat 2 62 Eutelsat 7A 92 Turksat 4B 122 Cosmos 2526 3 Anik F3 33 Astra 1H 63 Eutelsat 7B 93 Yahlive 123 COMS 1 124 Chinasat 1A 4 Spaceway 1 34 Eutelsat 65 West A 64 Eutelsat KA-SAT 9A 94 Express AM6 125 APSTAR 6C 5 ViaSat 1 35 Telstar 19V 65 Inmarsat 5F4 95 Intelsat 33e 126 QZSS 1 6 Anik F2 36 Amazonas 3 66 Sicral 1B 96 Inmarsat-5F1 127 Express AM5 7 Wildblue 1 37 Amazonas 5 67 Eutelsat 16A 97 Amos 4 128 NBN-Co 1A 8 Echostar 17 38 Inmarsat-5F2 68 Sicral 1A 98 Intelsat 20 129 Kizuna 9 ACTS 39 Intelsat 29E 69 Astra 1L 99 UHF 10 130 NBN-Co 1B 10 AMC 15 40 Intelsat 32e 70 Arabsat 5C 100 GSAT 14 131 Mtsat 2 132 Jcsat 16 11 Spaceway 1 41 Hispasat 36W-1 71 GovSat-1 101 ABS-2 133 DFH 139 102 12 Directv 15 42 Skynet 4F 72 SES 16 DFH 76 134 Optus C1 13 Directv 12 43 Hylas 1 73 Astra 3B 103 Cosmos 2520 135 Superbird B2+B111 14 Directv 10 44 Hylas 4 74 Eutelsat 25B B50 104 Chinasat 1C 136 Superbird B3 15 SDO 45 Hispasat 1F 75 Badr 5 105 TDRS 8 137 JCSat 16 16 Directv 9S 46 Hispasat 1E 76 Badr 7 106 NSS 6 138 Inmarsat-5F3 17 Directv 8 47 XTAR-LANT 77 Astra 2F 107 SES 8 18 Directv 14 48 Nimiq 2 78 Astra 2E 108 Luch 5V 19 Directv 11 49 AlComSat 1 79 Astra 2G 109 Chinasat 2A 20 Spaceway 2 50 Al Yah 3 80 Hylas 2 110 Chinasat 2C 21 Echostar 19 51 Intelsat 37e 81 Astra 5B 111 Asiasat 7 22 Spaceway 3 52 Telstar 12V 82 Skynet 4C 112 Gaofen 4 23 Echostar G1 53 Cosmos 2473 83 Express AMU1 113 DFH 165 24 Galaxy 28 54 Nilesat 201 84 Athena Fidus 114 Chinasat 16 25 Tupac Katari 1 55 Syracuse 3B 85 HellasSat 3 115 Koreasat 5A 26 SES 2 56 Amos 3 86 Turksat 4A 116 Koreasat 5 27 AMC 16 57 Amos 7 87 Nigcomsat 1R 117 Koreasat 7 28 Star One D1 58 Skynet 4E 88 Cosmos 2520 118 ABS-7 29 Nimiq 4 59 Thor 7 89 Syracuse 3A 119 Thaicom 4 7 30 Venesat 1 60 Eutelsat 3B 90 Yahsat 1B 120 Asiasat 9 LEOs OW overview Majority of the World Does Not Have Access to the Internet 89.3% 54% of the 59.7% 61.0% 65.9% world has 40.0% 39.3% 17.9% 18.7% no internet Europe Americas CIS Arab States Asia & Africa Developed Developing access Pacific ___________________________ Source: ITU - ICT Facts & Figures, 2015; FCC 2015 Broadband Progress Report. (1) International Telecommunication Union, an agency for information and communication technologies within the United Nations (UN). 11/25/2018 9 OneWeb at a Glance Lowest Latency Highest Throughput Smallest High- System Capacity < 50 milliseconds 400 Mbps Down/Beam Performance User 8 Tbps 100 Mbps Up/Beam Terminals 30cm – 65cm Premium Spectrum Multiple Local Global Constellation Lowest Satellite Cost Ku- and Ka-band Rights Access Options 648 LEO satellites (Initial) < 1M $ / satellite Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, Ethernet 882 LEO satellites (Full) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) System Offers Lowest Latency LEO MEO GEO < 50ms > 135ms > 560ms Improved performance 11/25/2018 10 OneWeb Constellation • Global coverage • 8 Tbps forward capacity • Les than 50ms latency • Ground network of 40 - 50 gateways around the globe • Up to 900 Satellite constellation • Terminals designs targeting multiple end-user markets • Provide WiFi/3G/LTE/5G connectivity to user devices • Operating user terminals at very high elevation angles • Operating in OneWeb frequencies • User links: Ku-band (10.7-12.75 GHz and 14.0-14.5 GHz) • Gateway: Ka-band (17.7-18.6 GHz, 18.8-20.2 GHz and 27.5-30 GHz) • Operating within ITU EPFD limits to protect GSOs 11/25/2018 11 OneWeb Gateway Overview The initial deployment plan has 40 - 50 Indicative Satellite Network Portal Locations Satellite Network Portals (SNPs), which provide coverage for OneWeb’s operational area Site locations to be synchronized with regulatory considerations Leverage Hughes ground system design expertise Not real deployment 11/25/2018 12 PACIFIC CONNECTIVITY NEEDS UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE REGIONAL/GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT A Glimpse into the ITU WRC Cauldron Preliminary GSC observations on WRC-19 items WRC -19 : OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2019 EGYPT 3000 Delegates, 1 month, re-write international regulations Agenda Items (17 in all) / issues covered • 1.5 ESIMs in the FSS Ka band • 1.6 NGSO FSS in Q/V bands • 1.12 Intelligent Transport Systems applications • 1.13 Additional spectrum for IMT • 1.14 Additional spectrum for HAPS • 7 Improvements to satellite procedures • Issue A – Bringing into use of NGSO networks • Issue B – Application of the coordination arc to MSS in Ka-band • Issues E, F & M – Modifications to RR Appendix 30B • Issue K – Further modifications to RR Appendices 30, 30A and 30B • 9.1.7 Unauthorised earth stations • 9.1.9 Additional FSS spectrum in 50 GHz V-band • APT APG-4 Meeting (7-12 January 2019) • CONFERENCE PREPARATORY MEETING (FEB 2019) AI 1.5 ESIMs in the FSS Ka band Goal: To facilitate the operation of ESIMs in GSO FSS networks in the Ka band • Genesis: Resolution 158 (WRC-15) • Issue: to consider the use of the frequency bands 17.7-19.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 27.5-29.5 GHz (Earth-to-space) by earth stations in motion communicating with geostationary space stations in the fixed-satellite service and take appropriate action. • WRC-15 agreed to new provisions for ESIMs operating in certain FSS allocations within the Ka band (19.7 – 20.2 GHz and 29.5 – 30 GHz). Operation of ESIMs beyond these bands is necessary to meet the increasing demand for broadband mobile satellite communications. • Inmarsat position is protection measures of 60-70 km from shore for M-ESIM, and pfd limits for A-ESIM AI 1.13 Additional spectrum for IMT Goal: To ensure adequate broadband satellite spectrum for existing and future systems • Genesis: Resolution 238 (WRC-15) • Issue: to consider identification of frequency bands for the future development of International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including possible additional allocations to the mobile service on a primary basis. AI 7, Issue A – Bringing Non-GSO networks into use Goal: Define a BIU and deployment procedure which brings fairness and provides regulatory certainty to systems under deployment. • There are an increasing number of non-GSO filings and associated plans for deploying non-GSO constellations. • With no specific provisions in the Radio Regulations for the deployment procedure after BIU of non-GSO systems, there is currently a lack of clarity and coherence. AI 9.1, Issue 9.1.7 – Unauthorised Operation of Earth Stations • Inmarsat and many satellite operators favour NOC PACIFIC CONNECTIVITY NEEDS UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE REGIONAL/GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT The Pacific : a “Collection of Islands” or an “Island Collective”? Need for better Transparency and Circulation of Terminals Examples : • Ship station radio licences • Aeronautical licensing • Satellite landing rights • Terminal acceptance • Emergency and natural disasters RECENT PROGRESS and POTENTIAL - regional and sub-regional considerations • Pan-Pacific licensing framework and landing rights • – common approach • Free circulation of satellite terminals • – register • Reprise of PRFP-9 and PRFP-10 discussions Opportunities overdue in APAC • Looking ahead to the Meeting of APT Ministers and new Objectives • 25-26 June 2019 Singapore Satellite Communications TRANSFORMING LIVES Thank you.
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