VIASAT PROPRIETARY

Satellite Communication for Global Broadband Connectivity

Ferdinando Tiezzi

8 May 2014

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ViaSat at a glance

27 years

$~4B Enterprise value

3 satellites

2,500+ Employees

And, more bandwidth than anyone

else in the satellite industry…

500,000+ Subscribers

$1B+ Investment in

satellite broadband

» Leader in Satellite

Communication technology

and networks

» Revolutioning Satellite

Broadband services with

High Capacity satellites

» Provider of broadband

global mobile broadband

network

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Complete knowledge of SatCom system

Telecom Payloads for satellites

Technology (Digital ASICs and MMIC's)

User Terminals and antennas

Teleports

Network Infrastructure

Network Operations

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Be connected !!

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The World wants broadband connectivity…

» The world is in the "cloud" and

everything is connected

» In the next 5 years data traffic

will triple and Mobile data traffic

will increase 10 times

Mobile Total

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» Terrestrial Line Of Sight systems are limited to small

areas and affected by orography

» This aspect is critical for

large areas and aircrafts

and ships that can travel

large distances and for

systems in remote areas

… from everywhere …

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… with any means …

» Original solutions are evaluated by big IT players…

» … but satellite communication can already provide

efficient solutions

Google Loons Facebook UAVs

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Disruptive SatCom technology

» ViaSat-1 earns Guinness World Record

for highest capacity satellite in the world

» Innovative satellite architecture

› Dense spot beams

› Multiple Ground stations (GBBF)

› Efficient use of spectrum

» Satellite Capacity increased >10 times

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ViaSat HNS

ViaSat-1 ViaSat Partners Echostar XVII Spaceway-3 HNS Partners

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Average Connectivity Speeds Around the World

Source: Akamai, 2011

North

America Europe Asia Australia

South

America Africa

Global

Average

Mbps

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ViaSat Network (operational)

» Additional coverage in 2016

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SurfBeam: Fastest Satellite Internet Access in the World

» Enables web experience competitive with

DSL, fixed site 4G…even some cable

» Over 620,000 users within USA ( )

and Europe ( )

» High speeds (12/3 Mbps) quickly load

media-rich Internet content

» Embedded acceleration mitigates latency

for fast page loads and viewing

» End-to-end system scales to millions of

customers

» Family of consumer, portable, enterprise

terminals

SurfBeam-2

Home Terminal

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In Flight Entertainment

» Broadband connectivity to

all passengers on regional

and inter-continental flights

» Up to 100 Mbps to the

aircraft and 20 Mbps from

the aircraft

» Very low connectivity cost

allows airlines to offer free

basic network access

» Low-profile antenna design

minimize impact on aircraft

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Connectivity for private, professionals and Gov'nt

» Mobile broadband Connectivity

for any platform

› Small jets

› Transport / intelligence / surveillance

aircrafts

› Cruise ships, small boats

› Land vehicles

› Professionals in remote areas

» Safety and emergency

communications anywhere

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SASISA: Small Aircraft Service for Instant Situational

Awareness

» Small manned aircrafts with multi-spectral sensors (visible, IR, X-ray,

…) and broadband SatCom link (up to 10 Mbps)

» Real-time monitoring and sensing data collection from remote and

dangerous areas (disasters, border/infrastructure patrol) with

Geo-referencing and ortho-normalization

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SASISA: Ongoing ESA Demonstration

» Objective: Set up an airborne remote sensing service able to deploy

within few hours all over Europe and provide aerial intelligence and

support to ground intervention teams

» Demonstration: Real-time delivery and combination of geo-

referenced data from airborne sensing and satellites for the

management of natural disasters (flood, forest fire) and emergencies

» Framework: ARTES-20

» Main consortium partners: K&A (UK), ViaSat (CH), DEA (UK),

Joanneum Research (A), Atmosphere (D), HiTec (Lu)

» System components:

› Small Aircraft

› Airborne sensors: visible, near-IR, thermal

› Airborne Mobile SatCom, GNSS receiver, Line-of-Sight Comm

› Real-time Image processing (treatment, compression,…)

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Communications for first responders

» Restore communications in

emergency situations

› Natural disasters

» Communication nodes for

emergency

› Fire brigades,

› Police

› …

» e-Ealth

› Telemedicine for rural/remote

areas

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UAV applications

» Government, civil protection

› Territory remote sensing, documentation

› Disaster/dangerous areas monitoring

› Borders, Coastal areas, Critical sites

surveillance

» Industry

› Imagery

› Surveillance of critical infrastructures

(pipelines, power lines,…)

» Military

› ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance,

Reconnaissance)

» Space missions

› Unmanned Space Shuttle

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Summary

» Satellite communications have entered in the broadband

curve and are an option to cable and ADSL connectivity

» Satellite networks can allow the deployment of high

speed connectivity on large underserved areas (South

America, Africa, …) or on emergency situations

» Mobile/portable SatCom terminals enable broadband

experience for nomadic & mobility applications