Evolution®
IP-based satellite communicationsEVOLUTION®
ST Engineering iDirect Evolution is an IP-based satellite communications platform engineered to deliver the highest quality connectivity wherever and whenever it’s needed. It’s a platform that is open, efficient and easily scalable, lowering the total cost of ownership.
This positions service providers for long-term growth and success with the ability to access a wide range of markets, manage operational and capital costs effectively and create unique value for customers.
Product Line Components
The Evolution product line is comprised of a hub and line card system, network management, operating software and a portfolio of both dedicated and universal modems. Service providers can build high-performing satellite networks that improve bandwidth efficiency and lower operating costs.
Network Management System
Manage complex, large-scale networks; run an efficient, reliable and high-quality operation; and continually improve customer satisfaction.
Hub and Line Card System
Modular design and flexibility allow customers to operate a shared bandwidth platform spanning multiple satellites, bands, transponders and topologies and grow networks one at a time as their business expands.
Operating Software
Delivers the latest technology innovations and features providing the most advanced IP routing capabilities, security and QoS prioritization with unmatched flexibility
Core Features
The Evolution Product line helps amplify the bandwidth efficiencies of DVB-S2/DVB-S2X, ACM and ATDMA.
Flexible, Efficient Core Architecture
The hub can connect to any frequency band on all satellite architectures. The Platform is built on DVB-S2/S2X ACM with Adaptive TDMA and multiple technologies to allocate bandwidth efficiently over distributed networks, while automatically adjusting to dynamic traffic demands and changing network conditions.
Modular Design for Scalability
The modular hub and line card system enables service providers to minimize initial capital costs, offer multiple service types from a central hub, and scale business one network at a time in a “pay as you grow” manner. It also allows them to operate across all business models, including VNO and managed service models and easily add new capabilities with over-the-air software upgrades.
Integration with Telecom Core Networks
Evolution mirrors the quality and reliability of terrestrial services, ensuring an enterprise-class user experience, and can operate seamlessly as part of an integrated global IP network. Features like our Layer 2 over Satellite (L2oS) use switching to pass Ethernet packets end-to-end over the network enabling a satellite network to behave like a mainstream access network.
Data Security
Evolution supports Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for commercial applications, as well as advanced military security standards, such as TRANSEC, FIPS140-2 and STANAG.
Advanced Quality of Service and Reliability
Quality of Service (QoS) technologies allow service providers to create application-level Service Level Agreements (SLA) within a customer’s network and offer multi-tiered services. The platform’s geographic hub redundancy and seamless network failover protects overall network integrity and delivers carrier class reliability.
Advanced Quality of Service and Reliability
Mobility Capabilities
Industry-leading mobility functionality allows service providers to meet the rigorous demands of mobility markets, along with the capabilities to handle thousands of applications running across the network. Such features include:
• Automatic Beam Selection (ABS): Global connectivity with no manual
intervention across multiple satellite footprints.
• Global tracking: Monitor and manage each traveling modem, ensuring
a consistent connection as it passes from network to network around
the world.
• Spread Spectrum: Waveform technology supports very small antennas
on maritime and land-based vehicles.
• Advanced Mobility: Features include beam-switching, global network
management, OpenAMIP standards and fast reacquisition after blockage.
Operational Efficiency
Integrating Evolution with the Network Management System (NMS) enables service providers to scale network sites, increase operational efficiency and provide customers visibility into critical network data.
Mobility Capabilities
With Evolution, broadband capabilities can be expanded to vehicles, ships and even soldiers in the field.
Applications and Markets For Your Future
Users across a wide range of markets leverage the broad feature set of Evolution in order to meet the uniquedemands of their particular.
Satellite provides optimized, cost efficient backhaul solutions at remote and rural locations for 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE networks.
From exploration to transport satellite is used in offshore and onshore drilling, and production sites, along with enabling pipeline, smart grid and substation connectivity.
Satellite is integrated into corporate networks to create a truly global Virtual Private Network (VPN), which becomes increasingly important as enterprises look to support high-end and interactive applications.
Vessel operators — including commercial shipping, cruise, fishing, offshore and super yachts — rely on satellite to stay in touch with operations on land, increase work productivity and improve the quality of life for seafarers.
Satellite provides military solutions for command and control, communications on the move, man-portable, and troop morale and welfare, as well as other services such as government- sponsored education networks, first responder, security agencies and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)/embassy connectivity