© 2008 VT iDirect, Inc.

The Morning ‘Big Data’ PanelCutting-Edge Communications for Digital Oil

& Gas: High Throughput Satellite

- A.V.Ranganathan ( Ranga) (AVR)

Agenda

iDirect Overview

Understanding HTS

What does it mean to my Business?

How do I go about it?

iDirect Quick Facts

Founded in 1994

Owned by VT Systems, subsidiary of ST Engineering

550+ employees

350+ global partners

2,700+ iDirect hubs – 62% market share

Quarter million remotes installed worldwide

Major brand in maritime, oil & gas, and

military/government

Comsys VSAT report 12th edition, released December 2011

“iDirect’s cost effective and innovative hub solutions coupled with high levels of

functionality and ease of use has made it almost a de facto standard within

many of the most valuable vertical markets. “ Simon Bull

iDirect is the

industry’s leading

IP-based satellite

communications

company providing

hardware, software, and

services that enable partners to

optimize networks and expand

their business

How should I

go about it?

What does it

mean to my

Business and

why should I

be interested?

What is HTS

all about?

I am Ready !!

HTS

World

So what Exactly is HTS ?

• By definition, High Throughput Satellites

(HTS) are the new breed of satellites

which are able to support data rates

which are higher (typically ten-fold) the

traditional satellite capacity. They can

be Ka as well as Ku.

• How do they do this?

• By incorporating the principle of

frequency reuse

• So the traditional large regional

beams are now split into smaller spot

beams. (typically 1 to 2% of that of a

traditional beam.)

Feederlink

Hub

Widebeam overlay

Traditional SatelliteC, Ku, X-Band

Hub

Hub

Satellite Architectures

iDirect Platform handles various architectures

Feederlink

Hub

HTS-Band Satellite

Feederlink

Hub

Steerable Beams w possibly

beam forming capacity

Widebeam overlay

Benefits from using HTS

•The benefits obtained from using HTS are

many:

More Bandwidth

Smaller Remote terminals

Flexible Coverage Architecture

Efficiency

High ROI

BandwidthSmaller Remote

Terminals

Flexible Coverage

Efficiency

ROI

Market Trends: Oil & Gas

• High usage of satellite solutions

• Continued global demand which drives new production

• Increasing environmental protection and safety

requirements

• Enormous potential in deep water drilling

• Production gains and well cost reduction are key

• High complexity and sophistication in drilling operations

O&G Operations

• Deepwater Drilling Drilling rigs, vessels,

production platforms

• Shallow Water Drilling Jackup rigs, lift boats,

production platforms

• Land Based Drilling Fixed or self-pointing, vehicle

or trailer mount

• Remote Operations Offices, logistics, etc

• Maritime Tankers

• SCADA Pipelines, plants, refineries

Technology Innovations

Oil & Gas Industry use cases

• Dispersed use cases: high bandwidth applications on offshore rigs to low bandwidth applications on SCADA networks

• High bandwidth applications (HD Video, VoIP, and Data) enabling experts at central locations and crew welfare

• New drilling capabilities ie Fracking

• Security applications (video surveillance) along the pipeline

What Next

OK. So I choose HTS for

Bandwidth. How about the

Ground Segment? Where

should I look for it?

A Single Intelligent Platform that spans across

many beams of the HTS

iDX

Hub System

HTS-2 Beam N

HTS 1

Beam 2

(X4, X7)

HTS 1

Beam 1

(X1)

InternetHTS 1

Beam 3

(X7)

HTS 2- Beam 1

(X7)

iVantageTM NMS

Hub Platform Specifics

• Basic architecture

• 15152 Chassis

• 2 XLTs, 2 XLRs per spot

• Common platform for all markets

• XLC-T specifics (per HLC)

• DVB-S2/ACM O/B

• Up to 45 Msps @ 32 APSK

• XLC-R specifics (per HLC)

• ATDMA I/B

• Up to 30Msps @ 16-ary MODCOD

What Next

So Can the HUB

support both Ka

and Ku HTS?

Can the HUB

support multiple

beams on

different HTS?

HTS Capacity Interoperability

Becomes Critical

Other Satellite

X, Ku, CHTS/ KU

Commercial

HTS Ka

WGS Athena SES

iDirect Universal Hubs

Telenor

Ok, so How

about the

Remote Modem? 2013 VSAT

Technology

Innovation of the

Year award

X7 Product Overview

Next-generation remote optimized for mobile,

enterprise-grade, bandwidth-intensive applications

Optimized for high bandwidth applications

• Capable of achieving up to five times more throughput

over existing TDMA remotes 150 Mbps on

downstream and 18 Mbps on upstream

• About 30 Mbps on the return with SCPC*

Ideal for demanding markets

• Maritime and mobility

• Offshore drilling & mining

• Enterprise & media

• Macrocells

* iDX 3.3 feature

The Ideal Form Factor

Multiple AC/DC

Power Supply Options

• Embedded support for higher order BUCs

• -48VDC ideal for Telco applications

19” 1RU Chassis

• Perfect for IT infrastructure

Embedded 8-port

VLAN Aware Switch

• Traffic segmentation amongst user groups

ATDMA/SCPC*

Return Channel

• Added flexibility

Dual DVB-S2

Demodulators*

• Ideal for MC Overlay

* iDX 3.3 feature

Representative Use CaseOffshore Drilling

Key feature

• Multicast overlay on broad beam via

independent 2nd demod*

• Improved deployment via

Downstream Config Template

• De-risk upgrade process with dual

image support

• Embedded GQoS, VLAN-aware

switch

• Switchable TDMA/SCPC returns*

* iDX 3.3 feature

Oil

Compa

ny

Oil

Compa

nyMgmt

LAN

Rig Owner Oil Company

Crew

Welfare

Broad Beam

Multicast

Overlay Spot Beam

Got it !! Anything

more I should

know?

Interoperability and Reliability

Group QoS

Provide quality, customized

service-level agreements and

efficiently allocate bandwidth

Interoperability

Delivering advanced routing and

integration

• IPv4/IPv6 dual stack

• BGP, OSPF, RIP-NG routing

• Embedded VLAN/ GQoS

• Acceleration and optimization

Secure, Efficient Platform Design

Efficiency Network Design

With the most efficient outbound

and inbound techniques increase

network availability, adjust to

dynamic conditions and lower

operating costs

Security

Adaptive

• TRANSEC

• FIPS Level 2 HW / SW

• AES 256-bit link encryption

Mobility and Network Management

Mobility and Portability Single, Comprehensive NMS• Doppler compensation

• High-speed beam switching

• Board level integrated products

optimized for SWaP

• Transmit Key line feature

• Skew angle support

• Blockage mitigation

• Spreading enabling flat panels

• Cutting edge NMS

• HTML5, web-based

• Seamless OSS/BSS integration

• Open read/write APIs

• APIs for FAP support

• Remote-based deployment &

commissioning process

Scalability and Availability

Scalability

• Modular architecture

• Distributed, parallel processing

• 100,000 terminals per network

Availability

• Fully redundant data path

• Supports up to .9999 availability

• Auto-failover of all services

• Auto site failover between teleports

• Auto server failover w/ HA

clustering

iDirect – Proven Ka/HTS Experience

• Today the iDirect platform enabling HTS/Ka

opportunities:

• Thaicom 4/IPStar: Cell backhaul, enterprise, SOHO

• Avanti Hylas 1 and 2: Enterprise, SOHO

• US DoD WGS: Military

• Yahsat Y1a: Military, enterprise, SOHO

• Ground network infrastructure provider for Inmarsat

Global Xpress, launching 2014

So, What are you

waiting for?

iDirect is here for you

• Technology innovator with visionary roadmap

• Single platform: serves multiple markets and applications, enables all business models while lowering TCO

• Proven HTS experience

• Scalable program management approach

• Strong brand in major growth markets

• Global presence, solid financials and ownership structure

• Customer satisfaction ratings over 93.5% YoY

• 100% focused on developing ground infrastructure to make our partners successful!

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