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Internet Service Anywhere, In Any Weather Conditions

InterSKY System

InterSKY Hubs

InterSKY System
InterSKY Remote
Gateways
InterSKY, Shiron’s two-way broadband satellite communications system provides fast and efficient
Internet, Interactive Multimedia and wide-ranging IP applications. Innovative and cost-effective,
InterSKY InterSKY brings high-quality broadband IP access to even the remotest locations.
Technology

Providing transparent IP connectivity, InterSKY allows service providers and enterprises to connect
InterSKY Solutions customers – businesses, remote offices, rural tele-centers, regional ISP’s, schools and government
(presentation) institutions – to all facets of the IP network. The system brings the Internet and the ‘triple play’
services of voice, data and video to customers anywhere – even in regions that have no terrestrial
infrastructure. And by bypassing terrestrial communication bottlenecks, InterSKY operates at
unprecedented speeds.No fair-weather friend, InterSKY delivers high-quality connectivity in all
climatic conditions. Rainproof, the system equips service providers in the rainiest regions to offer
access without additional equipment, power or bandwidth. InterSKY enables multiple users to
enjoy multimedia applications at high speeds.

A single InterSKY platform can support hundreds of groups – containing thousands of customers –
over numerous transponders and satellites.The InterSKY system supports optimized real-world
applications with low latency and lack of jitter. Providing end-users and services providers with
fast and reliable solutions, InterSky is ideally suited to the growing interactive broadband satellite
market.

back to top Features And Benefits

Cost-effective Technology for a Faster ROI
Shiron's field-proven Bandwidth on Demand (BOD) technology, based on InterSKY's MF-
TDMA/BM-FDMA feature, provides 30%-50% greater space segment efficiency, along with high-
quality connectivity.

InterSKY boasts more bits per Hertz than any other system on the market with 8PSK turbo in both
Inbound and Outbound. This means better broadband satellite connectivity at 30%-50% less
bandwidth than with competing technologies. Experience proves: in broadband satellite
communications, deployment bandwidth costs over time (OPEX) can be three to five times higher
than equipment costs (CAPEX).

Scalability to Pay as You Grow

The scalable InterSKY system can grow along with your business. Start small and upgrade,in both
size and capabilities to meet your changing needs. InterSky’s scalability allows service providers
to hand-tailor systems to individual budgets and demands. With InterSky, you can start from a
few remote gateways with dedicated links and expand to thousands of terminals, combining both
dedicated and shared bandwidth user groups.

MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA Technology for Best Voice and Video

Together, high-quality service, traffic shaping and jitter-free MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA technology, Inter
SKY's is optimized for real-time applications. Uniquely, these features offer bandwidth-sharing,
without sacrificing link stability. Unlike TDMA, Shiron's MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA is based on bandwidth
processing. This generates dedicated carriers of varying sizes on-the-fly, establishing temporary
direct communication links with remote gateways of the required bandwidth.

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Greatest Availability for Weather-Proof Service

InterSky was designed with mission critical applications in mind, and thus ensures reliable high-
quality service in all weather conditions. Outfitted with Automatic Power Control (APC), Traffic rate
control (TRC) and Automatic Uplink Power Control (AUPC), Variable Coding & Modulation (VCM)
and Adaptive Coding & Modulation (ACM), the system offers high-quality connectivity and is
virtually rain-proof.

Sophisticated Service Level Management for High-Quality Service

InterSKY’s Service Level Management (SLM) features facilitate delivery of the highest quality
broadband services in the most economical manner. These features enable individual provisioning
per terminal according to the Service Level Agreement (SLA) made with customers, application
sensitive Quality Of Service (QoS), Inbound and Outbound setting of Committed Information Rate
(CIR) and Peak/Maximum Information Rate (PIR) per each remote gateway. InterSKY enables
multiple priority levels between remote gateways competing for bandwidth, as well as customer
grouping to in order to implement different service levels, or isolate remote gateways from one
customer to the others.

back to top Lower Costs, Increase Profits, Deliver Reliable, High-Quality Broadband
Satellite Service

InterSKY
Hubs
Shiron’s InterSKY family of hubs comprises a series of flexible, scalable and modular hub solutions
for satellite service providers desiring to deliver the highest quality broadband satellite service in
the most cost effectively manner.

The modular design and inherent flexibility of InterSKY enable a single hub to support numerous
satellites and transponders, taking advantage of non-contiguous space segment. InterSKY
customers can start at a low entry level with a PAMA (Permanent Assignment Multiple Access) hub
for small networks and invest as they expand. With time, the InterSKY PAMA hub can be
transformed into a full MacroHub that supports a network of thousands of remote gateways. With
InterSKY scalable architecture, your investment grows together with your network.

With InterSKY service providers can lower equipment and operating costs while increasing
revenues and profits – all while delivering reliable andthe highest-quality broadband satellite
service.

The InterSKY Family of Hubs

PAMA Compact Mini Ultra

Starter for dedicated Small size - for both Medium size - for both Most comprehensive - for
links dedicated and shared dedicated and shared both dedicated and
services services shared services

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Unmanaged Hub Managed Hub Managed Hub Managed Hub

DVB-S or DVB-S2 / SCPC DVB-S or DVB-S2 BoD & DVB-S or DVB-S2 BoD & DVB-S or DVB-S2 BoD &
Links CC (Clear Channel) CC (Clear Channel) CC (Clear Channel)

Star, Multi-Star, Multi- Star, Multi-Star, Multi- Star, Multi-Star, Multi- Star, Multi-Star, Multi-
satellite, Multi- satellite, Multi- satellite, Multi- satellite, Multi-
Transponder and Mesh Transponder and Mesh Transponder and Mesh Transponder and Mesh

Modular and Scalable Modular and Scalable Modular and Scalable Modular and Scalable

8PSK Turbo in both 8PSK Turbo in both 8PSK Turbo in both 8PSK Turbo in both
outbound and inbound outbound and inbound outbound and inbound outbound and inbound

QoS QoS & SLM QoS & SLM QoS & SLM

Field Expandable+ Field Expandable+ Field Expandable+ Field Expandable+

Field Upgradeable* Field Upgradeable* Field Upgradeable* Field Upgradeable*

Up to 30 Users Up to 50 Users Up to 300 Users Up to 10,000 Users

+ All InterSKY hubs can be expanded in the field to support more bandwidth and terminals.

* All InterSKY hubs are field upgradeable to multi-transponder, multi-satellite level, as well as to the next
product level, i.e. PAMA to Compact or Mini, Compact to Mini etc.

back to top Remote Gateways Provide Satellite Broadband Connectivity For Virtually All IP
Applications

InterSKY Remote Gateways

InterSKY offers a complete range of remote gateways for delivering high-quality two-way IP
satellite broadband services. These remote gateways combine VSAT and IP devices, with separate
inbound and outbound connections to the InterSKY hub. Outbound connectivity can be supported
by DVB-S and DVB-S2 (in S2 models).

InterSKY remote gateways provide satellite broadband connectivity for virtually all IP applications
supported in terrestrial networks:
Multiple PC Internet access
Multiple Voice Over IP (VoIP) lines
Corporate networking
Trunking applications such as wireless access
Telephony
Cellular backhaul

These remote gateways are also equipped with comprehensive SLM features, including:
On-the-fly time traffic analysis software, which ensures the allocation of adequate bandwidth

Embedded Quality of Service (QoS) with per-application classification giving highest priority to
real time and business-critical applications
Separate inbound and outbound settings per terminal for Committed Information Rate (CIR),
Minimum Information Rate (MIR) and Peak Information Rate (PIR) and Priority Level

Shiron’s InterSKY remote gateways support advanced IP routing features, such as VLAN Tagging
for interconnection to MPLS networks and traffic separation. They also feature an embedded IP
Acceleration to enhance browsing and TCP application speed. In parallel, the gateways’

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acceleration applies multiple data compression techniques to substantially reduce the bandwidth
requirements of IP traffic over satellite.

InterSKY remote gateways are divided into compact and professional series. Both series enable
broadband applications featuring high throughput for both inbound and outbound traffic. InterSKY
remote gateways vary in their inbound and outbound capabilities.

Compact Series Family

iRG15 iRG20 iRG-S2

Table-top enclosure with optional 19” rack mount brackets, external Power Supply
OUTBOUND / RECEIVE
DVB-S DVB-S DVB-S & DVB-S2

Single Receiver Single Receiver Single & Dual Receiver

Full Transponder Capability Full Transponder Capability Full Transponder Capability

INBOUND / TRANSMIT
BoD Capability BoD Capability BoD Capability

Clear Channel Capability Clear Channel Capability Clear Channel Capability

(optional) (optional)

SCPC Capability SCPC Capability SCPC Capability

Works in Star and Mesh Works in Star and Mesh Works in Star and Mesh
Networks Networks Networks

Up to 512Kbps Burstable to 2Mbps Burstable to 2Mbps

LAN CONNECTION
Routed Routed Routed

10/100 BaseT Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Ethernet

ADVANCED
VLAN Tagging / MPLS VLAN Tagging / MPLS VLAN Tagging / MPLS

QoS Client (Optional) QoS Client (Optional) QoS Client (Optional)

Acceleration Client (Optional) Acceleration Client Acceleration Client

SW Update Via Satellite SW Update Via Satellite SW Update Via Satellite

Professional Series Family

iRG40 iRG-S2 Pro

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19” Rack-Mount enclosure, internal Power Supply

OUTBOUND / RECEIVE
DVB-S DVB-S & DVB-S2

Single Receiver Single & Dual Receiver

Full Transponder Capability Full Transponder Capability

INBOUND / TRANSMIT
BoD Capability BoD Capability

Clear Channel Capability Clear Channel Capability

SCPC Capability SCPC Capability

Works in Star and Mesh Networks Works in Star and Mesh Networks

Up to 2Mbps Burstable to 2Mbps

LAN CONNECTION
Routed Routed

10/100 BaseT Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Ethernet

ADVANCED
VLAN Tagging / MPLS VLAN Tagging / MPLS

QoS Client (Optional) QoS Client

Acceleration Client (Optional) Acceleration Client

SW Update Via Satellite SW Update Via Satellite

back to top The Highest Quality Broadband Service In The Most Efficient Manner

InterSKY Technology
InterSKY's advanced and cost-effective technologies make it a market leader in the broadband
satellite communications arena. Developed by Shiron, InterSKY was designed to provide the
highest bandwidth efficiency and service quality and flexibility.

Inter SKY comprises a set of state-of-the-art technologies aimed at providing the highest quality
broadband services in the most efficient manner. Among them:

Inbound technology:
MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA – Based on the advanced Multi Channel Demodulator, this unique access
scheme makes InterSKY return channels more efficient, reliable and stable, and thus jitter-free.
In addition, MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA offers on-demand variable bandwidth SCPC-like connectivity to
any remote gateway in the network. Unlike TDMA, which works with shared carriers, MF-
TDMA/BM-FDMA dedicated carriers are instantly erected upon demand when a remote gateway
needs to transmit. This reduces the size and cost of the ODU (antenna and BUC) as it can be
sized individually for each remote gateway each according to their respective maximum
transmission speed. In contrast, with TDMA, ODU must be sized according to the aggregated
transmission speed of a group of remote gateways. MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA is well suited for all
broadband and real-time applications.

BoD – Bandwidth on Demand – Implemented in both the Inter SKY hub and remote gateways,
BoD dynamically adjusts the channel rate, bandwidth and power level according to the traffic

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rate required by the remote gateway. By allocating only the required rate for connected remote
gateways, Inter SKY's BoD enables savings of up to 80% in satellite resources. BOD also
determines the appropriate transmission scheme best suited to the amount of data being
transmitted – MF-TDMA/BM-FDMA or BM-RA – and makes InterSKY a true multi-service platform.
To preserve link quality and immunity to bad weather, BoD offers Automatic Power Control (APC)
and Traffic Rate Control (TRC). These features adjust dynamically and individually to each
remote gateway based on Eb/No and Bit Error Rate (BER) readings

BM-RA – Burst Mode Random Access – Based on a burstable unslotted aloha traffic carrier, BM-
RA is suited for the transmission of small packets generated by narrowband applications such as
credit card transactions, SCADA/Telemetry and others. networking

MCD – The Multi Channel Demodulator pioneered by Shiron introduces the concept of bandwidth
processing, reducing deployment costs while retaining SCPC quality. Traditional TDMA systems
use single carrier TDMA receivers at the hub for receiving return channels and sharing bandwidth
over time in pre-defined “time-slots”. In contrast, the MCD enables flexible sharing of bandwidth
across the allocated satellite frequency range. This takes place over multiple, simultaneous,
different-sized carriers erected, upon demand, by the MCD.

Outbound technology:
DVB-S / DVB-S2 – InterSKY supports both DVB-S and DVB-S2 for outbound transmission. Due to
its efficient DVB-S2 LDPC coding and higher modulations, DVB-S2 saves up to 70% in bandwidth
over DVB-S. InterSKY’s hub and remote gateways were designed to support Constant Coding
and Modulation (CCM), Variable Coding and Modulation (VCM) and Adaptive Coding and
Modulation (ACM), combined with hub-managed Automatic Uplink Power Control (AUPC).

Advanced IP technology:
IP Broadband Optimized – InterSKY provides transparent network connectivity for applications
using IP, automatically routing the data via satellite.

Quality of Service – InterSKY provides quality of service based on applications and IP addresses.
High priority is placed on assuring real time and business critical applications.

VLAN Tagging/ MPLS – This feature enables both traffic separation as well as seamless
integration to terrestrial MPLS networks.

IP Acceleration and Compression improves applications speed, reduces the required bandwidth
and improves user experience in interactive applications.

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