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5G to herald next wave of satellite communications: Report
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SME Times News Bureau | 25 Apr, 2018
Augmenting 5G mobile networks with next-generation satellite
capabilities may help satellite operators become a major player in the
emerging 5G ecosystem, leading data and analytics company GlobalData
said on Wednesday.
"The next generations of satellites -- high
throughput satellites (HTS) -- are being built on open architectures.
They are much more flexible and easier to integrate into 5G networks,"
Glen Hunt, Principal Analyst Telecom Technology and Software Analyst at
GlobalData, said in a statement.
"With HTS, satellite operators can expand beyond rural broadband and become an integral part of the 5G ecosystem," Hunt added.
According
to the company, sluggish speeds, high latency and lower reliability
compared to traditional fibre and digital subscriber line (DSL) options
have restricted satellite's role to being a provider last resort,
relegated to serve ultra-rural areas beyond the reach of other
technologies.
However, with the advent of upgraded satellite
technology, the capacity and performance requirements are expected to be
addressed in the 5G era.
"HTS deployments are going to be
dramatically less expensive than prior generations of satellite due to a
combination of factors including new advances in launch vehicles,
miniaturization of components and correspondingly lower power
consumption," Hunt said.
The standards governing true 5G
services, likely to be ready to deploy by Q3 2018, are much more
'satellite-friendly' than previous Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and 3G
networks.
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