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ESA Telecommunications ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:49 AM Page 1 BR-234 February 2006 ESA Telecommunications a ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:49 AM Page 2 ESA Telecommunications SELECTED PROJECTS - Contents 1. User Segment 4 1.1. Applications 4 1.1.1 Satcom Network Systems and Services 4 BARRD Belgacom DVB-RCS ‘Broadband in the Sky’ Broadband to Trains CollaBOD HOST Pacific Skies SAGAN South West Broadband Initiative Wired Ocean 1.1.2. Community Information Services 16 The Lift Channel Sat’n Surf 1.1.3. B2B/B2C 20 BrandTV EDIBS E-Screen ESEMAR In-Flight Reporting Tool MeCA Multi-PID SATMODE SatServ 1.1.4. Telemedicine/Medical Education 32 DELTASS Health Information Services I-DISCARE MAYFLOWER NESA REACH SKYMED SKYNURSE TEMOS 1.1.5. Distance Learning 44 Espresso SchoolCast SpaceForScience Telecommunications Satellite Applications 2 ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:49 AM Page 3 1.1.6. Location Based Satcom Services 50 AeroFleet Birdcom i4S MUTIS PERUSE Railway Freight Wagon Tracking and Reporting WICOR 1.1.7. Disaster Relief/Emergency Management 60 I-GARMENT SARFOS SASS TRACKS 1.1.8. e-Government 66 e-regSAT 1.2. User Terminals 70 400W C and Ku Band TWT Satcom Amplifiers MMSA PocketSAT Waveguide Lens Antenna 2. Multimedia Systems 76 AmerHis 3. Technology 80 APEX CASIMO ENHANCED SKYPLEX 4. Mobility 86 AMETHYST BGAN Extension CarBuddy SDMB Telecommunications Satellite Applications 3 ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:49 AM Page 4 1. User Segment The User Segment Project promotes near-to-market development activities in the area of satellite communications that have a direct impact on the user community. User Terminals and Applications are the two main lines of development. If the Applications represent the final product for which the end users would be eventually willing to pay the bill, the User Terminals constitute the instrument to provide the Applications to the end-user community. The development of Applications and User Terminals are strongly interrelated, to the point that the success of one side of this binomial cannot be achieved without the contribution of the other. The availability of a suitable combination of Applications and User Terminals is therefore crucial to developing the satellite communications market. 1.1. Applications 1.1.1. Satcom Network Systems and Services This area hosts projects aimed at the development of satellite telecommunication networks and associated elements (hardware and/or software) devoted to providing and supporting general purpose end-to- end connectivity services. • BARRD - Broadband Access For Rural Regeneration with DVB-RCS • Belgacom DVB-RCS ‘Broadband in the Sky’ • Broadband to Trains • CollaBOD - Collaborative Bandwidth on Demand • HOST - HELLAS SAT Offering in Satellite Communications • Pacific Skies - Broadband for Asia • SAGAN - Web-Based Satellite Capacity Management System • South West Broadband Initiative • Wired Ocean Telecommunications Satellite Applications 4 ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:49 AM Page 6 BARRD - Broadband Access for Rural Regeneration with DVB-RCS Applications: Satcom Network Systems and Services "... satellite will have an important role to play in the mix of technologies that will be a part in bridging the digital divide in rural or less privileged areas of Europe" PriceWaterhouseCoopers PRIME CONTRACTOR: Avanti Communications Ltd. 28-20 Hoxton Square London N1 6NN United Kingdom http://www.avanti-communications.com CONTACT Avanti Communications Ltd.: Trevor Barker Project Manager E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +44 20 7749 1600 Fax: +44 20 7749 1633 PROJECT PARTNERS: Rural Solutions (UK) Eutelsat (France) PROFILE: Countries across the European Union are beginning to appreciate the benefits that rural regeneration can bring to both quality of life and the environment. There is a growing trend of knowledge-based workers migrating from the cities to the countryside to establish small businesses or take up tele-working. However, one problem that has the potential to slow down this trend is the lack of broadband connectivity to many potential business locations. For a number of years it was believed that ADSL and cable technologies would provide low cost broadband communications for all. However, it is now clear that this will never be the case. In order to provide the benefits of broadband to businesses in remote locations a different solution is required, a solution that is cost effective, quickly deployable and adaptable to the many varied circumstances encountered in the rural community. To this end, Avanti is conducting a trial of Wireless Internet Points of Presence (WIPoP) in 20 rural business parks across the UK. The WIPoPs employ a combination of technologies, using DVB-RCS to provide back-haul communications and un-licensed 2.4 GHz wireless technology for “last mile” connections. The project will demonstrate the power of DVB-RCS in providing communications that meets the needs of businesses: • An “always on”, two-way service • A secure means of transmitting data • A cost effective solution • Fair access to bandwidth • Tiered service levels. Telecommunications http://telecom.esa.int/barrd e-mail: [email protected] October 2004 Satellite Applications 6 ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:49 AM Page 7 Belgacom DVB-RCS, “Broadband in the Sky” Applications: Satcom Network Systems and Services "Belgacom DVB-RCS enables Service Providers to build their own broadband service based on a shared platform concept. This innovative approach gives them the benefit to start without making massive investments usually necessary.” Stein Peeters, Project Manager, Belgacom PRIME CONTRACTOR: Belgacom Koning Albert II-Laan, 27, 1030 Brussel Belgium http://www.belgacom.be/satellite CONTACT BELGACOM: Stein Peeters Project Manager E-Mail : [email protected] Phone: +32 2 202 93 62 PROJECT PARTNER: Newtec (Belgium) PROFILE: Belgacom, the leading Belgian telecom operator, has developed a broadband platform that supports the delivery of advanced IP based services to and through multiple service providers. The platform has been developed in cooperation with another Belgian company, Newtec. The project is called Belgacom DVB-RCS, “Broadband in the sky” and builds on the DVB-RCS standard which provides the technological basis for two-way satellite IP communications. The goal of such a project was to provide Internet service providers with broadband Internet access by enabling them to define and deliver a service package matched to their own market requirements. The main benefit of this business model is the fact that service providers will share the two-way DVB-RCS IP satellite communication platform, resulting in a lower operating cost. As a result, end users will also be able to benefit from more attractive IP services over broadband connectivity via satellite in areas not otherwise connected. In achieving this, the project team had identified four main challenges: management of resource sharing to enable multiple service providers to use the system, providing service provider operator management access to the system to enable them to manage their terminals and end-users profiles, security aspects of multiple operator access to management systems, and finally testing of relevant usage scenarios. The service is now commerically deployed. See also www.belgacom.be/satellite. Telecommunications http://telecom.esa.int/belgacom e-mail: [email protected] November 2004 Satellite Applications 7 ALLsheets-BR234NEW 2/10/06 11:50 AM Page 8 Broadband to Trains Applications: Satcom Network Systems and Services “21Net has demonstrated that it really is possible to deliver a business-class broadband service to train passengers - multimegabit data rates over a bidirectional Ku-band satellite link with a high speed train travelling at 300 km per hour.” Henry Hyde-Thomson, Chairman, 21 Net Ltd. PRIME CONTRACTOR: 21Net Ltd. Anglesey House 1 Worcester Road Malvern WR14 4QY United Kingdom http://www.21net.com CONTACT 21Net Ltd.: Henry Hyde-Thomson Chairman E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +44-(0)845-053-1733 Fax: +44-(0)1684-580661 PROFILE: 21Net is providing train passengers in Europe with high speed Internet access and entertainment services, including TV, music, and films streamed directly to their own wireless-enabled laptop or PDA. The 21Net system uses two-way Ku-band satellite links directly to a tracking antenna mounted on the roof of the train travelling at speeds of up to 300 km/h. The satellite link is augmented by “Wi-Fi” and GPRS data links in tunnels, stations and other locations where the satellite may be unavailable. By equipping the trains with video servers and “Wi-Fi” wireless networks, 21Net gives business-class travellers Internet access and a variety of entertainment services streamed directly to their laptop screens. Working with Spanish satellite operator Hispasat and a local partner in Spain, 21Net first demonstrated its technology in 2004 on a high speed train operating on the Madrid-Seville route. The 2MBit/s satellite connection was shared by 10 laptops which were able to send and receive e-mails with attachments of 5 MBytes or more, at the same time as receiving real-time streamed video from the Web … all on a train travelling at 300 km/h. Since spring 2005, 21Net has been running a full trial on the Thalys train operating between Brussels and Paris, providing service to as many as 100 users per train simultaneously. 21Net believes that a 2MBit/s downlink and a 512kBit/s uplink per train are necessary to provide business class Internet services and to support broadband services
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