Digital Interface Standards Working Group Spearheads SATCOM Industry Initiative for Development of Open Standard
Group issues a rallying call to community to replace L-band IF, paving the way for interoperability, improved performance and costs
Petah Tikva,
There are various requirements driving the need for an open standard. They include demand for higher throughput and the availability of more satellite bandwidth; the need to deploy and manage networks on a much larger scale; more flexible utilization of bandwidth and the use of higher-order modulations to improve bandwidth efficiency. The traditional analog L-Band modem to RF interface is currently impeding these goals.
Digitizing the interface between modem and RF components using the new open standard, the industry will be able to leverage the latest virtualization, cloud computing and network function virtualization technologies as well as greatly improve the performance and scale of satellite hub, gateway and modem equipment.
In order to make such an interface practical for the industry, interoperability and standardization is key.
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