SkyWAN® Datasheet

SkyWAN Data Sheet 7.000

Author: Peter Neu

Doc.Nr.: SkyWAN Datasheet 7.000

Version Date Author Comment Changes in

1 21.10.2008 Peter Neu Release 7.000
2 26.02.2009 Peter Neu Minor updates

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Table of Contents
1. System Overview ........................................................................................................ 3
2. SkyWAN IDU 7000 ..................................................................................................... 4
3. SkyWAN IDU 2070 ..................................................................................................... 4
4. SkyWAN IDU 2570 ..................................................................................................... 4
5. Customer Services ..................................................................................................... 5
5.1. Frame Relay Services ......................................................................................................................................... 5
5.2. IP Services.......................................................................................................................................................... 5
5.3. Service Prioritization.......................................................................................................................................... 7
5.4. Network Connectivity ......................................................................................................................................... 7
5.5. Security............................................................................................................................................................... 8
6. User Interfaces ............................................................................................................ 8
6.1. Serial Line Interfaces ......................................................................................................................................... 8
6.2. Ethernet Interfaces ............................................................................................................................................. 9
6.3. SkyWAN® FAD Interfaces .................................................................................................................................. 9
6.4. Service Port ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

7. Performance Specification....................................................................................... 10
7.1. Bit Error Rate on the Satellite Channel versus Eb/N0 ..................................................................................... 10

8. Throughput................................................................................................................ 10
8.1. Frame Relay Services ....................................................................................................................................... 10
8.2. IP Services........................................................................................................................................................ 10
8.3. Satellite Access ................................................................................................................................................. 10
9. Satellite Interface ...................................................................................................... 10
10. Outdoor Unit.............................................................................................................. 12
10.1. RFT 5000 series................................................................................................................................................ 12
10.2. RFT 2000 series................................................................................................................................................ 12
11. SkyNMS...................................................................................................................... 13
11.1. Network Management Station Overview .......................................................................................................... 13
11.2. NMS Module..................................................................................................................................................... 13
11.3. Optical Indications via LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 14

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1. System Overview
Feature / Function Brief Description
Topology Star, double star, hybrid or fully meshed VSAT network
Maximum network size 510 SkyWAN stations
Master Station(s) Any IDU 7000 station selectable, needs to be equipped with a
Frame Plan Generator (FPG) for transmission scheduling, one
additional back-up master with FPG at any site possible
Network Availability No single point of failure, for improved network availability, the
integrated automatic switchover to the Backup-Master for
capacity management (within 2 s to maximum 5 s), provides
ongoing network operation and geographical redundancy
Self-reception No demand for self-reception at stations without master
functionality or mesh mode
Reference Burst Modes 1. MRB mode: Reference bursts are selectively transmitted on
a configurable number of frequency channels.
2. MRB-DUB mode: Similar to MRB mode however frequency
channel 2 is no reference channel, support of two uplink
areas => cross strapped transponders can be used
3. NFB-DUB Mode: Support of a non self hearing master
station in a star topology configuration only with cross
strapped transponders
Satellite channel access Multi-frequency TDMA DAMA, supporting 8 frequency channels
with up to 6.000 kBaud symbol rate each
Burst rate Up to 3.200 data bursts per second can be transmitted and
simultaneously received per direction via satellite
Bandwidth allocation Bandwidth on Demand
Capacity management Provision of fully automatic capacity management on demand
(according to configuration parameters).
Transmission capacity assignment Demand oriented with support of constant rate assignment,
dynamic rate assignment and guaranteed throughput
Internal transmission method Packet switching with optimised fragmentation and re-assembly.
Separate processing for FR- and IP-Data
Transmit power control Network-wide automatic power adaptation according to ES/N0
measurement
Uplink frequency control Compensation of local drifts of reference frequencies
Forward error correction (FEC) Turbo-= decoding with code rates of 1/3, 2/5, 4/9, ½, 2/3, ¾, 4/5,
6/7. Each code rate is available at any symbol rate.
MF-TDMA frequency channel Symbol rate hopping and coding scheme hopping is supported.
hopping
Modem symbol rates 100 kBaud - 6 MBaud, variable with 1 Kbaud increments
Modulation QPSK
Intermediate frequency band L-Band, 950 MHz - 1750 MHz

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2. SkyWAN IDU 7000

IDU Feature / Function Description
Interfaces per IDU 4 Serial Ports, 1 Fast Ethernet / Ethernet
Plug-in cards MOD, Primary SIC/DEMOD, Secondary SIC/DEMOD, FPG, UIM
Dimensions (h, w, d) 174 mm × 483 mm × 475 mm
Mass 11,2 kg (fully equipped with 5 cards)
Power supply Auto sensing 90 – 264 V, input frequency 47 – 63 Hz
Power consumption 160 W nominal (fully equipped with 5 cards)
Operating temperature +5°C to +40°C
Transport temperature –40°C to +70°C
Humidity (operation) 5 % – 85 %
Humidity (storage) 5 % – 95 %
Certification Conforms to CE regulations for
IEC 60950: Product Safety
EN 55022, EN 55024: EMC
EN 301428, EN 301443: RTTE

3. SkyWAN IDU 2070

IDU Feature / Function Description
Interfaces per IDU 4 Serial Ports, 1 Fast Ethernet / Ethernet
Plug-in cards MOD, Primary SIC/DEMOD, UIM
Dimensions (h, w, d) 87 mm × 483 mm × 475 mm
Mass 7,0 kg (fully equipped with 3 cards)
IDU power supply Auto sensing 90 – 264 V, input frequency 47 – 63 Hz
RFT/RFR power supply DC 24 V
Power consumption (IDU only) 80 W nominal
Total power consumption (incl. ODU) 180 W nominal (with external load of 3,5 A DC at 24 V)
Operating temperature +5°C to +40°C
Transport temperature -40°C to +70°C
Humidity (operation) 5 % – 85 %
Humidity (storage) 5 % – 95 %
Certification Conforms to CE regulations for
IEC 60950: Product Safety
EN 55022, EN 55024: EMC
EN 301428, EN 301443: RTTE

4. SkyWAN IDU 2570

IDU Feature / Function Description
Interfaces per IDU 4 Serial Ports, 1 Fast Ethernet / Ethernet
Plug-in cards MOD, Primary SIC/DEMOD, UIM
Dimensions (h, w, d) 87 mm × 483 mm × 475 mm
Mass 6,4 kg (fully equipped with 3 cards)
IDU power supply Auto sensing 90 – 264 V, input frequency 47 – 63 Hz
Power consumption 80 VA nominal
Operating temperature +5°C to +40°C
Transport temperature -40°C to +70°C
Humidity (operation) 5 % – 85 %
Humidity (storage) 5 % – 95 %
Certification Conforms to CE regulations for
IEC 60950: Product Safety
EN 55022, EN 55024: EMC
EN 301428, EN 301443: RTTE
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5. Customer Services
5.1. Frame Relay Services
Basic Frame Relay
• PVC-based frame routing to local and remote ports
• Up to 300 PVCs per port
• Any selectable PVC configuration or default routing schemes
• UNI according to implementation agreement FRF 1.2
• NNI according to implementation agreement FRF 2.2
• Local link layer management according to
ANSI T1.617a-1994, Annex D
LMI 1.0, Rev. 1
ITU Q.933 (3/1993)
• Traffic shaping based on CIR and EIR
• Congestion management supported by FECN, BECN, and DE flag
• MTU: 1600 Byte
• DLCI length: 10 bit
Voice over Frame Relay
• Stream allocation and de-allocation at call set-up and release
Real-time Frame Relay
• Supported by stream allocation
Frame Relay multicast
• Up to 32 multicast groups
• Applicable to basic and real-time Frame Relay as well as isochronous FRAD
Isochronous FRAD
• Bit-transparent communication path via Frame Relay
• Internal jitter-buffers to compensate for frame delay variations
• Automatic port speed adaptation to compensate for Doppler shifts as well as slight differences
between sender and receiver clock
• Discarding of faulty frames is inhibited to avoid loss of synchronization
• Stuffing of lost frames to avoid loss of synchronization
Frame Relay Real Time Dynamic
• Once stream capacity is requested for real-time-dynamic PVC, the stream request is sustained as
long as FR frames are received on the PVC. If no FR frames are received for configurable time
period, the stream request for the PVC is released.
• Can be assigned to any FR interface to support voice and data via single FR port without using
FADs.

5.2. IP Services
IP routing
• One Ethernet port is supported
• For each SIC/DEMOD board one satellite port is supported
• Local data link layer protocol: IEEE 802.3
• Network layer protocol: IP Version 4
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• Routing protocol: OSPF Version 2; full support apart from (i) any other network type than broadcast
at the satellite ports, (ii) virtual links; (iii) cryptographic authentication, (iv) ABR and ASBR
configuration at the satellite port
• Up to 600 static routes can be stored in the routing table
• Up to 1,200 dynamic routes can be stored in the routing table
• At least 600 dynamic routes can be handled without impacting on the performance
• Up to 2,400 LSAs can be stored in the link state database
• Up to 6 OSPF neighbors at the Ethernet port
• Up to 200 OSPF neighbors at the satellite port(s)
• IP unicast forwarding via any home channel
• IP multicasting is available via two modes
- Standard mode via setting of configuration tables
- FMCA mode via home channel two
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• Internal resolution of SkyWAN station addresses and TDMA channels
• IGMP Version 2 is supported to enable local hosts to join and leave multicast groups.
• The IEEE 802.3 header is stripped off prior to transmission via satellite
• A header comprising three bytes is used on the satellite data link layer
• IP double hop is supported when relay station turns of ICMP redirect messages
Robust Header Compression (ROHC)
• ROHC is operated in the unidirectional mode without utilization of a feedback path. Solely ROHC
profile 1 for IP version 4 is supported based on RFC 3095.
• Compresses IP/UDP/RFT header to 2- 4 byte header depending on link quality
• Supports up to 128 RTP transmission streams and 128 RTP receive streams
• ROHC must be enabled per station
Load balancing
• IP data traffic can be equally distributed across multiple frequency channels routes maximizing
bandwidth efficiency and increasing network availability.
• Load is shared among available frequency channels. If the IP traffic is exceeding 50% of the link
capacity additional traffic is distributed via alternative links.
• When a link is down redirection to alternative path is initiated after 8 seconds if the destination IDU is
still able to send or after 63 seconds if not.
• Supports up to 6 different routes.
• Supports up to 64 forwarding aggregates and 64 micro-flows.
• Load balancing must be enabled per station.
Acceleration of up to 32 host-to-host TCP connections per station
Differentiated IP Services
- Platinum: Static bandwidth allocation for IP real time applications
- Platinum dynamic: Dynamic bandwidth allocation for IP real time applications such as VoIP, IP
Video
- Titanium: For control traffic to be able to manage the stations remote
- Gold TPC-A Non real time IP service with highest priority which will be accelerated with
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embedded SkyWAN TCP-A functionality
- Gold: Non real time IP service with highest priority for applications such as ERP
- Silver Non real time IP service with medium priority for applications such as File
Transfer
- Bronze Non real time IP service with low priority for applications such as E-mail

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- Default Non real time IP service with lowest priority for applications such as HTTP
access

Support of IP QoS (e.g. Platinum Dynamic) available for IP Multicasting

Dynamic rate based bandwidth adaptation for platinum dynamic
- In case set-up of individual IP sessions cannot be detected e.g. (use of IP Encryptor) bandwidth
assignment of stream capacity will be automatically adapted based on required number of calls.
- The granularity (required bandwidth per call) and the maximum bandwidth need to be configured.
- The stream bandwidth request is decremented accordingly once the actual data rate has fallen below
a given threshold for configured period of time.

5.3. Service Prioritization

Priority levels
- Priority 1: Frame Relay real time
- Priority 2: Platinum (static IP real time)
- Priority 3: Frame Relay control
- Priority 4: Platinum-Dynamic (dynamic IP real time)
- Priority 5: Titanium ( IP control traffic)
- Priority 6: Frame Relay non real time
- Priority 7: Gold (high priority IP non real time)
- Priority 8: Silver (medium priority IP non real time)
- Priority 9: Bronze (low priority IP non real time)
- Priority 10: Default (best effort IP non real time)
No loss of real-time data in case of overload caused by non-real-time traffic
Max. frame delay jitter for real-time traffic in the order of the TDMA frame time

5.4. Network Connectivity

Network size up to 510 stations
Station-to-station connections
• Up to 8 TDMA channels, which can be different with respect to symbol rate and code rate
• Channels can be added and deleted dynamically
• Stations are able to send traffic on all channels (unless restricted by configuration)
• Stations are able to receive traffic on up to two home channels
• Single-hop connectivity between all stations (unless restricted by configuration)
• Double hop connectivity possible via IP Router having two satellite ports
• No need for self-reception at pure slave stations
• Configurable user groups
Allocation of satellite transmission capacity
• Demand oriented assignment of transmission capacity
• Stream assignment for real-time traffic
• Highly dynamic assignment of transmission capacity for more jitter-tolerant traffic (varying from frame
plan to frame plan)
• Guaranteed throughput on each channel can be assigned to every station
• Free slots (slots not allotted upon request) are assigned in a round-robin fashion
Traffic management
• Assignment of satellite channel transmission capacity via central control
• Active master gathers requests from all stations and generates TDMA frame plans
• Backup master functionality with switch-over times of typically 2 s (max. 5 s)
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• Master stations are equipped with an additional processor board for frame plan generation
Transmission control
• TDMA synchronization
Control of transmit time is accomplished by the slave stations by recording the reception time of
reference bursts and by determination of their own satellite round trip time
A slave station has to receive some of its own bursts regularly; alternatively, a pure slave can
determine its round trip time by mutual exchange of time stamps and round trip time values with
the active master
For initial acquisition dedicated time slots (ranging slots) are used
• Transmit power control
A mechanism is implemented to prevent a station from driving its RFT permanently into
compression
• Uplink frequency control
Used to compensate for local drifts of reference frequencies
Used to compensate for Doppler shifts caused by the satellite’s movement relative to the earth
stations

5.5. Security
IDU authentication
• Each IDU is validated via its MAC address when trying to get into the network
NMS authentication
• Each IDU validates the NMSs via its IP addresses when trying to access the management plane of
the IDU.
Telnet
• A dedicated path word is required
Management Network
• A dedicated IP network for management traffic is automatically set-up; a dedicated IP address per
IDU is assigned

6. User Interfaces
6.1. Serial Line Interfaces
An IDU provides 4 serial line interfaces
Available interface types
• X.21, V.35, EIA-449, EIA-232
The interface type is determined by a serial adapter cable
Port speeds expressed in kbit/s
• 2.4, 4.8, 9.6, 19.2, 38.4 for all interface types, and additionally
• 48, 56, 64, 128, 256, 384, 512, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048, 3072, 6144 for X.21, EIA-449, and V.35
DCE and DTE behavior selectable per interface
Line coding
• NRZ, NRZI

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6.2. Ethernet Interfaces

Port speeds
• 10 MBits, 100 Mbit/s (10/100BaseT auto-sensing)
Connector type
• RJ45

6.3. SkyWAN® FAD Interfaces

Voice interfaces
• Interface types
2-wire / 4-wire “Ear and Mouth” type I, II, and V
FXS and FXO (LS or GS with hook flash)
E1 / T1
ISDN BRI
• Signaling (CCS)
Q.931 and Q.SIG with full supplementary services
• Signaling (CAS)
E1: R2-MF, R2-MFC, R2-DTMF, Immediate, CS1
T1: Immediate
• Voice coding
ACELP-CN .................................6 kbit/s, 8 kbit/s
G.729 / G.729a ...........................8 kbit/s
G.726 (ADPCM) .........................16 kbit/s, 24 kbit/s, 32 kbit/s, 40 kbit/s
G.711 (PCM) ..............................64 kbit/s
• Fax transmission Group III, 2.4, kbit/s, 4.8 kbit/s, 7.2 kbit/s, 9.6 kbit/s, 14.4 kbit/s
Data interfaces
• Ethernet
10BaseT, 10Base2, 100BaseT (product dependent)
Bridging or routing capabilities (router supports OSPF, RIP-1, RIP-2, static)
Full RFC support for network address translation
• Serial line
Port speed: 1.2 kbit/s … 2048 kbit/s
Data services: HDLC, Frame Relay, PVCR, ASYNC, BSC
Interface types:
- X.21, EIA-449, EIA-232, V.35, EIA-530
- DTE and DCE
- G.703 at 64 kbit/s … 2048 kbit/s (NT or TE interface) for Frame Relay or PVCR, and
transparent mode

6.4. Service Port

Asynchronous EIA-232 with RJ 45 connector
Port speed
• up to 115.2 kbit/s
Protocols
• Telnet, FTP over PPP
Attached telephone modem for remote dial-in
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7. Performance Specification
7.1. Bit Error Rate on the Satellite Channel versus Eb/N0
The EB/N0 at a BER of 10-7 and FEC code rate is 3.0 dB for container sizes more than 200 byte. For lower
FEC codes rate EB/N0 of 2 dB can be achieved.

8. Throughput
8.1. Frame Relay Services
If not limited by the port speed, each serial line port can transfer up to 8.000 frames per second in both
directions. The Frame Relay Switch can transfer up to 16. 000 frames (of 64 Byte or less) per second.

8.2. IP Services
Provided no TCP connections are accelerated (the “TCP accelerator” may be enabled anyhow), the IP Router
is capable of processing 10.000 IP frames (of 64 Byte) per second.

8.3. Satellite Access

Up to 3.200 data bursts per second can be transmitted to and simultaneously received from the satellite.

9. Satellite Interface
Transmission parameters
• Channel access scheme: MF-TDMA
• Frequency, symbol rate and code rate can be changed while hopping from channel to channel
• Modulation: QPSK
• Turbo-= encoding
• Selectable FEC code rates: 1/3, 2/5, 4/9, ½, 2/3, ¾, 4/5, 6/7
• Hopping time less than 20 Us
• Symbol rate range: 100 kBaud … 6000 kBaud
• Symbol rate step size: 1 Baud
IDU transmitter parameters
• Output frequency range and transmit hopping range: 950 MHz … 1750 MHz
• Output spectrum complies with Intelsat IESS 308, Section 10.1.2
• Output power
lowest level .................................–32 dBm … –28 dBm
highest level................................–2 dBm … + 2 dBm
• Output power level variation over time and temperature: +/-2 dB
• Roll-off factors: 0,2, 0,3, 0,4
IDU receiver parameters
• Input frequency range and receive hopping range: 950 MHz … 1750 MHz
Reference signal parameters
• Nominal frequency: 10 MHz
• Power levels
at REF OUT connector ...............7 … 9 dBm
at TX OUT connector .................4 … 6 dBm
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at RX IN connector ................... 2 … 0 dBm

• Frequency stability
8
over operational temp. range......± 2 × 10
8
per day........................................± 1 × 10
7
per year.......................................± 1 × 10
• Phase noise (max.)
10 Hz .......................................... 60 dBc/Hz
100 Hz ........................................ 65 dBc/Hz
1 kHz .......................................... 85 dBc/Hz
10 kHz ........................................ 90 dBc/Hz
100 kHz ...................................... 90 dBc/Hz
1 MHz ...................................... 100 dBc/Hz

RFT/RFR Power Supply (IDU 2000 only)

• 24 V DC at TX OUT and RX IN connector
ODU Monitor and Control Interface
• EIA-485
RFT parameters
• Input power level to reach rated output power
30 dBm … 20 dBm
RFR (LNB) parameters
• Noise temperatures (max.)
Ku-Band......................................90 K
C-Band…………………………….35 K

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10. Outdoor Unit

10.1. RFT 5000 series
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RFT 5000 series is available for SkyWAN IDU 7000 and 2570. Please refer to the data sheet.

10.2. RFT 2000 series

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RFT 2000 series is available for SkyWAN IDU 2070. Please refer to the respective datasheet.

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11. SkyNMS
11.1. Network Management Station Overview

SkyNMS workstation: Description

Feature / Function
NMS platform 19” or desktop PC, based on Windows XP
NMS protocol SNMP V.2c as described through RFC 1901 to RFC 1908
NMS architecture Central station with geographical redundancy option at any site
IDU management interfaces - Remote access with inband management (from central NMS
station over satellite) via SNMP
- Remote access with dial-in (via public telephone network with
attached modem)
- Local access via integrated console port EIA-232
SkyNMS features - Topology Manager with graphical and IP view
- Nework Configurator to plan, create and upload/download of
configuration files to/from IDUs
- Up to 10 networks can be planned and administered in parallel
- Grapher to display data collections from groups of terminals or
the complete network
- Central Database with Logging Manger and Event Manager
- Remote access to all IDU, ODU and RCU parameters
- Up to 50 closed user groups can be established
- XML Interface to SkyWizzard for planning networks
- Includes Trap Manager => can be used as replacement for HP
Openview for SkyARCS
SkyNMS limitations - Configuration of network parameters via network configurator
may cause reboot of IDU, change of parameters possible via MIB
Browser or Telnet to avoid a reboot of the IDU, however database
will become inconsistent
SkyNMS Surveyor - SkyNMS Surveyor is available for customer to just monitor the
network via Topology Manager, Grapher and Logging Viewer
Line-up Manager - The Line-up Manager is a self-contained tool, to enable a
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technician to install and commission a remote SkyWAN unit with
a minimum set of parameters.

11.2. NMS Module

Software release management

• Download of new versions (executable SW and configuration file)
• Possibility of storing two versions (permanent and temporary version)
• Fall-back mechanism if execution of temporary version fails
Local operational support
• Access via service port, IP (locally or remotely), or remote dial-in
• Support of software release management
• Provide tools for installation and lineup
Logging
• Records exceptional events and errors in database
• Configurable with severity levels and source selection
Configuration Check Code
• Validates automatically the remote IDU configuration file with the central database via a complete
check code

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• In case of inconsistent remote IDU configuration file the remote IDU is rebooted with the
configuration file stored in the central database.
• The functionality can be switch on/off via SkyNMS. Polling time of the remote IDU configuration can
be adjusted.

11.3. Optical Indications via LEDs

• General status information
Diagnostics: indicates any detected internal problem
Operations: shows operational status
TDMA frame utilization
Quality of the TDMA channel from the station’s viewpoint
Provides information if station is logged properly
• Port activity indication
Ethernet port
Serial line ports
Satellite transmit and receive ports

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