Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)
Software Defined Radio (SDR) Waveform
What is Inmarsat BGAN?
Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) is a family of products and services that offers mobile
phone calls and broadband data connection virtually anywhere on the globe through a network of
geostationary satellites. Due to its global connectivity, it has a wide user base including
commercial and military customers, and is one of the world’s most popular Mobile Satellite Services.
What have Spectrum and GateHouse done with it?
GateHouse Communications has developed a fully software-defined
version of the Inmarsat BGAN waveform known as Inmarsat BGAN SDR Waveform
using Spectrum’s SDR-4021
software defined radio platform.
The Inmarsat BGAN SDR Waveform can be used to implement an
Inmarsat BGAN terminal. The implementation is fully compatible with, and
has been fully tested under, the SCA Core Framework (CRC SCARI++).
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Why is it important...
...for those purchasing satellite terminals?
For customers responsible for purchasing radios, this opens up a new range of options that would allow them to offer additional capabilities while minimizing and protecting their hardware investment. Some of these new capabilities include the possibility of supporting both multiple terrestrial and satellite communications standards on the same terminal. A terminal or radio that is based on software defined radio technology, such as the SDR-4021, can minimize costly upgrades by allowing for future updates in the field via software.
...for those building satellite radios?
An SDR-based Inmarsat BGAN implementation allows for rapid
development and customization of a satellite terminal or
radio product that must support the Inmarsat BGAN standard. Currently,
manufacturers
must develop much of the physical layer waveform on their
own from scratch or through re-use of existing IP. Manufacturers may also
have to port
or develop the waveform on hardware developed in-house
or acquired from other vendors. Development effort, cost and risk can
be significantly
reduced using GateHouse Inmarsat BGAN SDR waveform that
is pre-ported and tested on production-ready modem hardware.
Contact Us
Contact Spectrum at sales@spectrumsignal.com or
1.800.663.8986 (604.676.6700 outside North America) for more
information.
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