SkyEdge II

System Data Flow

 Agenda

Describe the Inbound and Outbound system data-flow.

Introduce to network elements and components, involved in the overall
data-path process.
Introduce to the synchronization mechanism.

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 Transmission Modes
System Overview

Outbound
From the Hub to the VSATs.
DVB-S2 (CCM/ACM).
Inbound
From the VSATs to the Hub.
Based on DVB-RCS.

SE II VSAT

SkyEdge II Hub
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Inbound Data Flow
 Inbound Flow
See the Whole Picture

RFT &
Antenna
DVB-RCS

MCR

Hub
HSP SkyEdge II IP

DPS

Border Residential
Gateway
Router

Video
App. conference
Servers Phone
Internet

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 Detailed IB Data Flow – VSAT
Data Remote Protocol Processor (DRPP)

The packet is sent from the PC via LAN

VSAT NIC forwards IP packet to the DRPP
DRPP performs:
IP classification
BackBone Services (spoofing, compression, Encryption)
Queuing
Forwards BackBone packets to the RSP

VSAT

NIC DRPP RSP Modulator BUC

IP Packet BB Packet

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 Detailed IB Data Flow – VSAT
Remote Satellite Processor (RSP)
RSP performs:
Turbo-code encoding.
BackBone fragmentation to ATM cells by using AAL5 mediation layer.
Arranging 2 ATM cells into TRF Time-Slot.
Forwards TRF to the Modulator.

VSAT

NIC DRPP RSP Modulator BUC

BB Packet

1. AAL5 Segmentation
2. Slot Allocation

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 Detailed IB Data Flow – VSAT
Modulator
Bit mapping and Modulation to QPSK/ 8PSK.
Setting attenuators to adjust and control the IB transmission power level.
The BUC amplifies and Up converts the RF frequency.
RF is being transmitted towards the antenna.

VSAT

NIC DRPP RSP Modulator BUC

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 Detailed IB Data Flow
Inbound path through Satellite
The DVB-RCS burst signal is sent from the VSAT to the Hub
The satellite relays the signal to the Inbound path

DVB-RCS

SkyEdge II
Hub

SE II VSAT

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 Detailed IB Data Flow – Hub
Multi Carrier Receiver (MCR)
The MCR Receives IB data RFT
transmissions from the RFT
Demodulates & decodes TRF
Adds burst reception information
(time, frequency, power) MCR

Collects all TRFs Every 10 msec and

sends them to HSP over the LAN
HSP

DPS

Border Router

Internet/Extranet
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 Detailed IB Data Flow – Hub
Hub Satellite Processor (HSP)
Receive the TRFs from the MCR RFT
Reorder all the TRFs
De-encapsulate ATM cells by AAL5
Reconstruct Backbone packets
MCR
Forwards them to the DPS

HSP

DPS

Border Router

Internet/Extranet
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 Detailed IB Data Flow – Hub
Data Protocol Processor (DPS)

Backbone decoding to IP RFT

Enhanced IP decisions (NAT,RIP,

IGMP, etc’)
Forwarding the packet to the Border MCR
Router

HSP

DPS

Border Router

Internet/Extranet
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Outbound Data Flow
 Outbound Flow
See the Whole Picture

DVB-S2
RFT &
Antenna

Modulator

SkyEdge II IP
IPE Hub

DPS
Residential
QoS (Allot) Gateway

Border
Router Video
conference
Phone

Internet
App.
Servers
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 Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
OB QoS Server RFT

A designated DPS controls the QoS

Server bit rate by Telnet command.
Modulator
The designed DPS receives a
SNMP trap from the IPE a that holds
the current available bit rate for that
NS. IPE
The QoS Server Forwards the traffic
SNMP Trap
to the DPS
QoS rules are applied by the Allot DPS
Policy
Telnet Command

QoS Server

Border Router

External Network
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 Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
Data Protocol Processor (DPS) RFT
Backbone encoding
Also Spoofing, Compression and
Encryption) Modulator

Adds required MODCOD

information in the “Option” field in
the IP header. IPE
Forwards packet to IPlex through
tunnel :
Unicast Data (TCP) DPS

Multicast (UDP)
Abis (UDP) QoS Server
VoIP (UDP)

Border Router

External Network
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Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
DPS to IPE – Traffic Tunnels

IPE-DPS Data Tunnels:

Multicast ( UDP )

VoIP (UDP )
DPS IPLEX
Abis ( UDP )

Data ( TCP )

Available data rate ( Traps)

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43

Satellite Switch - Cisco 2960 38G

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 46 47 48

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 Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
IP Encapsulator (IPlex) RFT
IPlex Performs:
Process packets from different
queues (according to priority) Modulator
Encodes Backbone into MPEG
frames
Packs MPEG frames with same IPE
MODCOD into Base Band frames
Forwards BaseBand frames to
Modulator every “Spin Time” (20ms) DPS
BB scheduler organize BB frames
From the most efficient MODCOD to
the most robust QoS Server

Border Router

External Network
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 Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
IP Encapsulator (IPlex)

IPE Modulator
ASI

MPEG Encoding Base Band Packing

IP
MODCOD X BB Packet Dest= VSAT MPEG MPEG MPEG
Options= ModCod

Base Band Frame(MODCOD)X

IP
MODCOD X BB Packet Dest= VSAT
Options= ModCod
MPEG MPEG MPEG ASI Bursts
(Every Spin Period)
IP
MODCOD Y BB Packet Dest= VSAT
Options= ModCod
MPEG MPEG MPEG Base Band Frame(MODCOD)Y

Base Band Frame (MODCOD)X Base Band Frame (MODCOD)Y

MODCOD Y is more robust
then MODCOD X
MPEG MPEG MPEG MPEG MP EG MPEG

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 Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
Modulator RFT

Modulator Performs:
Process BB frames
Modulator
Adding BCH and LDPC FEC
Carrier Shaping (0.2)
QPSK/8PSK/16APSK/32APSK
modulation IPE

DPS

QoS Server

Border Router

External Network
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 Detailed OB Data Flow – Hub
Modulator

Modulator RF Switch
RFT

Base Band Frame

FEC Frame
Base Band Frame FEC

Physical Frame

Framing Process:
BB Frames→FECFrames →PLFrames
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 Detailed OB Data Flow
Outbound path through Satellite
The DVB-S2 stream signal is transmitted from the Hub to the VSATs.
The satellite relays the signal to the Outbound path.

DVB-S2

SkyEdge II
Hub

SE II VSAT

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 Detailed OB Data Flow
VSAT

VSAT

LNB Demodulator RSP DRPP NIC

The LNB amplifies and down converts the RF frequency to L-band frequency
The Demodulator demodulates and decodes the received signal into an
MPEG2 Transport Stream
The RSP filters the packet from the MPEG2 transport stream, according to the
MPE header and recovers the backbone packets
The DRPP performs the Backbone decoding to IP
The IP packet is sent via the LAN Interface to the end user’s PC

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 Data Flow Summary

Remote
Site
Hub Site
RF RF
RFT VSAT
Outbound Chain Inbound Chain

Modulator RF
BUC LNB
MCR MCR
IPE
Tx Rx

LAN LAN LAN LAN Interface

HSP Processor
NMS

DPS Processor
Client Client

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 Network Clock Reference (NCR)
System Synchronization Flow

NCR reference point

NCR
NCR
NCR
NCR
NCR

NCR

Modulator
VSAT
PCR
VSAT
IPE
VSAT
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 Summary

In this chapter, we have learned about …

SkyEdge data communications flow.
The hub components along the data flow and their basic functionality.
The relation between the different hub components.
System Synchronization distribution mechanism.

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The End

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