1. Satellite for 5G – India EU Stakeholders’ Workshop on 5G Technology Landscape
Gaurav Kharod| Country Manager, India
6 Feb 2019

2. Agenda Introduction to Intelsat Innovations in Satellite Technology
WRC-15 Decision on C-Band
Satellite Role in 5G
Developing new ITU Recommendation
Use Cases
New Satellite Application Outside India
Intelsat Proprietary and Confidential

3. Introduction to Intelsat

4. Intelsat is the Pioneer and Leader in Satellite Communications
Intelsat is the largest satellite-based operator in terms of capacity and geographic reach.
Intelsat launched the first commercial global satellite communications system in 1965, and has been transmitting the biggest moments in the world for everyone to share, ever since.
Today, we maintain a global fleet of 50 in-service satellites covering 99% of the earth’s populated regions.

5. The Intelsat Globalized Network Infrastructure
Exceptionally Flexible Global Network
Approximately 50 satellites plus IntelsatOne, a fully-integrated ground infrastructure incorporating teleports, points of presence and IP/MPLS fiber network

6. “Big Challenges Require Many Solutions”
LTE Coverage
“Big Challenges Require Many Solutions”
By 2020, LTE will cover
63% of the worlds population but only
37% of the landmass.
Source: OpenSignal

7. Innovation in Satellite Technology

8. Service Model Innovation
Building Blocks of Transformation
Spacecraft
Innovation
Constellation
Innovation
Ecosystem
Innovation
Service Model Innovation

9. Building a Next Generation Global Ku-band Network
IS-32e - Increasing Throughput for Broadband to Planes and Ships Navigating the High-Demand Caribbean and North Atlantic Routes
IS-35e - Companies including Orange, INWI, Tele Greenland, Sonatel, Marlink, Speedcast, ETECSA and eProcess will be among the first to deploy services on the satellite once it is placed into service.
IS-37e – Quantis will incorporate services from two Intelsat EpicNG satellites, Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 37e, and use Intelsat’s managed services offering, IntelsatOne Flex for Enterprise, which delivers high-quality, global, enterprise-grade, wholesale Mbps service.
H-3e - Marlink Secures Global Intelsat EpicNG Coverage for Maritime Customers with Agreement for Services on Horizons 3e
H-3e completes the global coverage of EpicNG fleet in APAC with IS-33e
Overlap of the H-3e and IS-33e coverages in Southeast Asia provides more capacity and look angle diversity
2018 onwards
IS-29e
IS-33e
IS-32e
IS-37e
H-3e
IS-35e
EpicNG
Class

10. Creating a Unique Hybrid Service
Premium Spectrum
Ku-band
Fully-Integrated
Scalable Services
Robust Ecosystem
GEO
LEO
Wide beams for broadcast
HTS overlay for high density areas
Regulatory access; 200 countries and territories
Pole-to-pole, ubiquitous coverage
Consumer scale hardware
Low latency
 Even though our merger agreement has been terminated, we continue to innovate within the sector. One of those areas is OneWeb. We are collaborating to create a unique hybrid service. Our fleets are highly complementary to each other.
It starts with the selection of spectrum. We are both operating in Ku-band, the band preferred by commercial service providers. Ku-band benefits from a rich ecosystem, spurring innovation and allowing customers to select hardware best suited to their requirements.
From the GEO orbit, Intelsat combines customized wide beams for broadcast services—the most efficient distribution for certain kinds of applications—like television signals or mass software downloads.
The Intelsat fleet has the ability to deploy multiple layers of capacity over high traffic regions for broadband services. The Intelsat fleet has marketing and regulatory relationships that deliver services in nearly 200 countries and territories, which is difficult to replicate in the near term.
However, GEO satellites do not blanket the entire Earth’s surface.
That is one of the most compelling aspects of the OneWeb LEO satellites. OneWeb provides consistent ubiquitous coverage, everywhere—including the pole regions, that are important to mobility applications. The low-latency services are important for certain applications — especially voice, or commanding of robotics.
And the total throughput of the OneWeb constellation will allow us to supplement certain coverages.
Our current customers are the world’s largest users of satellite services. Since investing in OneWeb in 2015, we have been actively marketing a fully-integrated concept to our customers, and the reaction has been positive— especially by the big users who are averse to making technology decisions.
The combination of our networks sets forth a technology roadmap to the future that appeals to their desire to continue to build on to their current network architectures. Given that data requirements are expected to triple every three years, this transaction provides a future-proof environment that will encourage customer commitments.
Technology Road Map into Next Decade Encourages Customer Commitment

11. Flat Panel Antennas - Kymeta for The Connected Car
Kymeta/Intelsat solution will be designed to
deliver 1 TB of data per month to each car
Source: Kymeta

12. C-Band Post WRC-15 and the Future

13. WRC – 15 Outcome: Identification of additional frequency bands for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)
Outcome:
MHz has a nearly global identification for IMT
In Region 3 individual countries are included in a footnote identification.
MHz identified for IMT (in 4 countries in Region 2)
MHz is preserved for FSS globally
Mobile services remain secondary in the band MHz in Asia
In C band the mobile industry has 200 MHz of almost globally identified spectrum for IMT
Asia was instrumental in preserving this band, ensuring the continued investment in C-band.
WRC-15 re-confirmed the need to protect critical C-band spectrum for satellite.

14. Global map of IMT Identification in 3.4 - 3.7 GHz
3400 – 3600 MHz IMT Identification 3400 – 3700 MHz IMT Identification
3500 – 3600 MHz IMT Identification No IMT Identification 3400 – 3700 MHz

15. Is More C-band spectrum really needed for IMT?
India should look at future spectrum use based on not only the demand for spectrum but also on economic & social value.
However considerable potential still remains for increasing 4G spectrum adoption in many countries, 4G network is expected to account for much of the $1.7 trillion of investment by MNO between now and (GSMA)
MNOs will continue to focus on generating a return on investment from 4G (and 3G) networks, whilst expansion of WiFi and integration with cellular will be key in supporting greater data rates of the 5G ecosystem.
Small Cell distribution
Small Cell distribution
Not all of the spectrum licensed to mobile operators is actually used to provide services to users. IMT can still grow and serve existing spectrum!
More Spectrum Efficiency
More Spectrum Efficiency
Existing Spectrum
Existing Spectrum
Some of the requirements identified for IMT services can be enabled by existing efficient use of 4G / 3G, WIFI/RLAN or other terrestrial networks as well as satellite networks

16. Real Evidence of Mobile Data Growth Slowing Down
In Sweden, Singapore and Japan growth is stagnating
Already reaching the inflection point on the S-curve?
They are countries that are ‘ahead of the curve’ on mobile usage
Evidence clearly shows that this slow-down is not due to a lack of spectrum

17. Why C-Band Remains a Mainstay?
C-band beams can cover large geographic areas, and facilitate intercontinental and global communications
Due to broad reach, C-band allows for economically viable coverage of smaller markets and low density regions
C-band can provide region-wide coverage at high availabilities, irrespective of rain zones
Intelsat EpicNG satellites use C-band in multi-spot configuration
C-band has unique propagation and coverage characteristics that cannot be replicated in other frequency bands
Intelsat 342° E
The low atmospheric absorption in these bands enables highly reliable space-to-earth communication links with wide service coverage, particularly in, but not limited to, geographical areas with severe rain fade conditions

18. Satellite Role in 5G

19. Satellite Uses

20. Role of Satellite Systems in 5G Ecosystem
HTS Satellite
(GSO and NGSO)
Higher throughput
Increase capacity
Coverage expansion 5G
x 1
x 100
IMT-Advanced
Small Cell
Big Cell -
103
10-3 1
x 10-3
Typical User
Throughput
[bps/device]
IMT/ 5G is NOT about mobile technology only – it is more than just “Cellular” it is “Wireless”
5G is an end-to-end ecosystem of different technologies
Satellites today can deliver data rate of > 100 Mbits/s – 1 Gbit/s in “broadcast / multi-cast” mode
By , satellite systems can deliver > 10 Gbit/s services and will require certainty and viability in spectrum access
User density
[devices/km2]
Rural and
Sub-urban
Urban
Dense
Extreme
Isolated

21. Satellite Role in 5G: Developing new ITU Recommendation
Intelsat worked with other satellite operators to develop an ITU Recommendation that looks at the role of satellite technology in 5G (Currently being finalized in WP4B).
The Recommendation will also seek to promote the following user cases:
Communications on the Move
Trunking and backhaul
Hybrid Multiplay
The end goal would promote the need to develop 3GPP standard that incorporates a satellite and terrestrial interface (e.g. 3GPP Release 16) this would implicitly safeguard satellite spectrum for the future

22. Many 5G use cases can be efficiently supported by satellite

23. Where does Intelsat Fit in to 5G?    
Source: 5G Use Case Families, NGMN 5G White Paper 2015
 = Requires or benefits from Satellite

24. Use Case 1: Content Multicasting over Satellite
Problem: A flood of requests for the same popular media content causes a surge in unicast requests that congests backhaul networks and results in a sub-optimal experience for all end-users
Satellite’s Role:
The same content can be multicast to an unlimited number of towers across a wide geographical area
As a result the burden of such traffic surges can be taken off of the MNO backhaul networks
The benefits of satellite can be further amplified by combining with caching at the edge via MEC
Satellite Benefits Delivered:
Facilitates eMBB
Cost savings for MNOs while improving 5G user experience

25. Use Case 2: Cellular Backhaul
Problem: Terrestrial backhaul connectivity is insufficient and/or unreliable and costly to upgrade
Satellite’s Role:
Satellites represent a pool of bandwidth that can be shared across multiple towers across a region, the pooled capacity can flexibly, cost-effectively and dynamically:
Provide connectivity where there is none
Allocate extra bandwidth to towers that need it
Provide DR when terrestrial networks become unusable
Cellular backhaul over satellite is already provided in many regions for 3G and 4G networks
Satellite Benefits Delivered:
Facilitates eMBB and uRLLC
Cost savings for MNOs in deploying 5G in rural/developing regions
site 1
site n
eNodeB
VSAT Hub
EPC
(Evolved Packet Core)
Internet

26. World’s Leading MNO on Intelsat HTS Managed Service | 2.27 Gbps
Non-Rural + Rural
Japan 100% coverage
Superior performance of spot beams
Flexibility for highly variable demand
Network Resiliency
Japan teleport infrastructure
Fully geo redundant
Fully Redundant operations
Backup from US NOC
Customization
HTS Digital payload for high QoS
The requirements 26

27. Use Case 3: Aero and Maritime
HTS
Maritime
Internet
NOC
Traditional Satellite
End Terminal
Hub Platform
Teleport
Infrastructure
Antenna
ACU
RF Electronics
Modem
Comm. & NMS Equip
Timing Systems
RF/IF Distribution
Gateway Antenna
Monitoring Systems
Gateway
IP/MPLS
Other
Gateways
Problem: Cellular towers cannot reach ships and planes en-route
Satellite’s Role:
Satellites offer high throughput broadband connectivity globally to ships and planes while en-route
Supports M2M, telematics, passenger Internet access, etc.
Satellite Benefits Delivered:
Facilitates eMBB
Truly ubiquitous 5G user experience

28. Use Case 4: Connected Car
Problems:
5G applications for connected cars become unavailable or unreliable outside of urban 5G coverage
Same content or data being delivered to millions of vehicles simultaneously is cost prohibitive and risks congesting backhaul networks
Satellite’s Role:
Pick up connectivity whenever terrestrial networks are unavailable or insufficient
Efficiently and cost-effectively multicasts popular infotainment content, or SOTA/FOTA data files
Satellite Benefits:
Facilitates eMBB, uRLLC, mMTC
Reduces costs for MNOs, auto manufacturers etc., enhances end-user experience

29. Use-Case 5: IoT Satellite Benefits:
Problem: 5G massive IoT applications unavailable on moving vehicles and costly to implement in rural locations such as in agriculture
Satellite’s Role:
Provide extension of coverage for massive IoT for cars, trucks, buses and trains.
Support for 5G applications for IoT devices in rural locations without requiring costly updates to terrestrial network infrastructure
Satellite Benefits:
Facilitates mMTC
Reduces costs for MNOs and IoT service providers, expands reach of 5G IoT applications

30. New Satellite Application
Outside India

31. New ECC Decision (18)04 Promoting Connected Car via Ku band
ECC Decision was adopted on 6 July 2018 on the harmonized use, exemption from individual licensing and free circulation and use of land based Earth Stations In-Motion (ESIM) operating with GSO FSS satellite systems in the frequency bands GHz and GHz
Intelsat led the work to allow harmonized use of the bands for Connected Car and Trains applications within Ku band
Currently the Decision has been accepted within the CEPT Regulatory framework, however the next step is to start lobbying CEPT Admins to fully adopt the Decision within their licensing framework.