iDirect Services

Earthly Orbit provides iDirect Services on several satellites (see footprints on right hand side). The iDirect service from Earthly Orbit includes the following features and benefits:

Simplicity

• One Box Solution (Satellite Modem, IP Router, TCP Optimisation, QoS, 3DES Link Encryption)
• Centralised Management (Software Upgrades, Configuration Changes)

Most Reliable Solution

• Turbo Product Code (TPC) Forward Error Correction
• 10-9 or Better Bit-Error-Rate Guarantee providing fibre like reliability
• 50% lower power (Eb/No) when compared to RSV
• Auto Power Adjustment provides reliable connectivity even in bad weather conditions

Performance

• Highest TCP/IP through-puts in the industry
• Fast Frequency Hopping (MF-TDMA) combined with Rapid Bandwidth Allocation
• TCP Acceleration - Reduces overall bandwidth requirement, while enhancing performance

Application Quality of Service (QoS)

• Application QoS based on multiple parameters
• Network QoS - Provides application QoS even across multiple remote sites
• Class Based Queueing - Assign percentage of bandwidth to each class
• Rate Limiting - Allocate only bandwidth that is needed
• Committed Information Rate - Dedicate bandwidth as required (Static and Dynamic)
• Built-in Jitter Handling for Real-time traffic such as Voice and Video.

Security

• True Virtual Private Networks
• End-to-End VLANs (802.1q Based)
• 3DES Link Encryption

Scalability

• Increase Bandwidth as needed on the Fly
• Upstream from 64 kbps to 4.2 Mbps (Antenna and Transmitter Size May Vary)
• Downstream from 128 kbps to 18 Mbps

Flexibility

• Point-to-Point IP (SCPC) Configuration
• TDMA Configuration
• Star Topology
• Star-Mesh Topology

 Industry Leading NMS

• Completely Integrated NMS
• 3-Tier Architecture
• GUI Based for Ease of Management
• Configuration, Monitoring, and Traffic Analysis
• SNMP Support
• IP and Satcom Statistics (Real-time and Historical)
• Central Management of all remote operations
• Multicast Software and Firmware Upgrades
• Remote Authentication

Service Level Agreement
99.95%

To request a quotation please contact sales@earthlyorbit.com