CUSTOMER BENEFITS - Eclipse · developed an airborne VoIP solution with ... as well as any Bizjet...
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When Inmarsat launched their IP-based I-4 satellite constellation airborne satcom users began taking advantage of the potential of Voice over IP. Eclipse, through close cooperation with industry partners, has developed an airborne VoIP solution with quality worthy of heads of state and other VVIP users, as well as any Bizjet customer. CUSTOMER BENEFITS : • Calls made and received on installed wired or wireless phones • Calls made and received on Wi-Fi enabled phones to personal mobile numbers • Unique airborne and terrestrial network architecture ensures very high quality voice calls (see reverse for technical details) • Small form factor of I-4 based avionics allows for significant weight, size and cost reduction of avionics • Cost of calls reduced significantly compared to previous generation I-3 voice services • Existing aircraft telephony hardware can be re-used
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When Inmarsat launched their IP-based I-4 satellite constellation airborne satcom users began taking advantage of the potential of Voice over IP. Eclipse, through close cooperation with industry partners, has developed an airborne VoIP solution with quality worthy of heads of state and other VVIP users, as well as any Bizjet customer.
CUSTOMER BENEFITS : • Calls made and received on installed wired or wireless phones
• Calls made and received on Wi-Fi enabled phones to personal mobile numbers
• Unique airborne and terrestrial network architecture ensures very high quality voice calls (see reverse for technical details)
• Small form factor of I-4 based avionics allows for significant weight, size and cost reduction of avionics
• Cost of calls reduced significantly compared to previous generation I-3 voice services
• Existing aircraft telephony hardware can be re-used
Solution Components*• Swift Broadband enabled HSD/SDU• Inmarsat Approved High-Gain or Intermediate-Gain Antenna• CCU-200 or CG-710 airborne communication device* Component brochures/manuals available on request
Solution Architecture• SIP protocol from telephone to on-board communication device• Swift Broadband Streaming service utilized to optimize call quality• IAX2 protocol over the satellite using Speex codec• Eclipse VoIP server collocated with PSTN hub at ground earth station avoiding use of public Internet to route calls
Solution Advantages• High reliability and high quality calls • Minimized satcom hardware size/costs through use of Inmarsat Swift Broadband instead of Classic Aero services • Global availability under I4 worldwide coverage • Re-use of existing on-board telephony hardware • Compatible with SIP enabled Smartphone and IP phones• Economical ground-to-air calls routed to pre-assigned phone numbers
Voice StreamsIAX : Call Control
Codec :Speex Inmarsat I4
Eclipse New Aero Managed VOIP Services Plane
Smart Phone
Ethernet LAN
IP phone
Classic Aero phone
Analog phones
CCU-200CG-710
Cellular phoneor fix phone
Customeroffice
Earth station
Eclipse VOIPGateway Server
IP VPN (Ground VOIP Peering)
