1. Thoughts On Interoperability, A Satellite Manufacturer’s Perspective
Thoughts On Interoperability, A Satellite Manufacturer’s Perspective. James Hinds, Airbus DS Space Systems
Autumn 2019

2. Interoperability – Why? It Starts With Our Customer …
Connected Society
$/Mbps
Mobile Connectivity
Cost
Connected Vehicles
Intelligence Provision
Security

3. Interoperability – Satellite Manufacturers Have Evolved Their Product …
To satisfy channel demands of Performance, Launch and Value.
We leave operators and academia to advance coding and modulation.
But also seek to provide flexibility and capacity growth .
EDRS-A
EDRS-C
EO Satellite

4. So Interoperability – Some thoughts For Now …
How interoperable are the four constellation mesh networks in development ?
Need to balance competitive differentiation against cost and user convenience?
What are the impacts to User Equipment (UE) development ?
What about the complementarity of LEO / MEO / GEO (and HAPS) ?
Interoperability must accelerate and reduce cost of 5G.
Use case / development priorities.
Standards for modem / crypto development.
To enable institutional use of public or private satcom networks ?
To secure systems in providing additional security (eg QKD) while becoming more accessible?
To reduce system design complexity at modem interfaces?

5. Thank You For Your Attention