Technical Specifications

Network Architecture DAMA FTDMA, full mesh, single hop

Network Capacity Up to 8,000 remote stations
Call Processing Up to 330,000 calls per hour
Frequency Bands Ku, C, extended Ku & extended C band
Modulation QPSK
Forward Error Correction 3/4, 1/2

FaraWay ™
BER Performance FEC 3/4 FEC 1/2
For BER= 10-6 Eb / No = 7.2 dB Eb / No = 6.0 dB
For BER= 10-4 Eb / No = 6.0 dB Eb / No = 4.8 dB
IF Frequency 70 MHz ± 18
Data Interface RS- 232 / RS- 530 sync and async internally, Satellite-Based Voice and Data Network
and Ethernet (RJ-45), V.35, G.703, RS-422 externally
Telephony Interface FXS and FXO
4 wire E&M types I-V
E1 / T1
Payphone Support 12 / 16 KHz metering pulses, or reverse polarity The FaraWay is a communications network that provides on-demand
Signaling Standards SS#7
R2, R1 voice, fax and data services to remote locations via satellite. It employs
China #1 (option)
DTMF / Decadic (pulse)
Other standards are available upon request a full-mesh, DAMA network architecture that maximizes the use of
Voice Voice Encoding ITU G.728, 16 kbps LD-CELP, ITU G.729A, 8 kbps
Echo Cancelling ITU G.165 available space and ground-based resources. FaraWay VSAT offers a cost-
Facsimile Group 3, up to 9.6 kbps over voice ports
Data In-Band Data V.32 voice-band data up to 9.6 kbps over voice ports effective solution for areas where telephone and data services are
Data Rates On demand data up to 128 kbps internally, and up to
5 Mbps, with a fully integrated high rate modem
Data Dialing Protocols V.25 bis unavailable, unreliable or too expensive. By utilizing the unique FTDMA
AT Command
Network Control Center (NCC) NMS- Redundant Windows NT Workstation with access scheme, FaraWay offers the most effective space
GUI as a server, supporting multiple NMS clients
Fully Automatic redundant DAMA controller
Fully Automatic redundant control modules
segment utilization. FaraWay VSAT
Gilat Satellite Networks Remote Terminal
www.gilat.com
Israel (Corporate HQ)
Outdoor Unit (ODU)
Antenna Size: 1.2m and larger
satisfies the exacting standards
Tel: (972) 3 925-2000 Operating Temperature: -40˚ to +60˚C
Fax:(972) 3 925-2222 Humidity: Weatherproof of PSTN and private network
Indoor Unit (IDU)
Gilat Latin America
www.gilatla.com
Number of Ports:
Operating Voltage:
1 to 16 per chassis; chassis are stackable
AC: 120 / 220V; 50 / 60Hz
operators for voice encoding,
Florida, USA (HQ) DC: -48V to -60V (up to -72V optional)
Tel: (954) 858-1600
Fax:(954) 858-1777
Power Consumption:
Dimensions:
26 to 65W per chassis, (depending of number of ports)
17.7 cm (h) x 43.7 cm (w) x 42.7 cm (d)
high-rate data links,
Weight: 8.5kg
Spacenet
www.spacenet.com Operating Temperature: 0 to 40˚C signaling, call accounting and
Humidity: Up to 95%, non condensing
Virginia, USA (HQ)
Tel: (703) 848-1000
Typical Site Power Consumption: 140W for 16 channels (1/2 E1) site including the IDU
& ODU (typicly 70W implementing sleep mode) maintenance.
Fax:(703) 848-1010
Local Offices:
Gilat Europe
South Africa- (27)12 344 0240 Brazil- (55)21 3084 6622 Germany- (49)7191 971 101 The Netherlands- (31)20-581 7730
www.gilateurope.com Thailand- (66)2 634 1780 Chile- (56)2 341 7898 United Kingdom- (44)208 734 2950 Sweden- (46)8556 70393
France (HQ) The Phillipines- (63)2 687 2743 Colombia- (57)1 644 3900/10-20 France- (33)1 58 56 73 00 Australia- (61)3 9639 244 4
Kazakhstan- (7)3272 508121 Mexico- (52)5 545 6547 Czech Republic- (420)2 2188 5002 China- (86)10 65102838
Tel: (33) 1 58 56 7300 Argentina-(54) 11 6334 1000 Peru- (51)1 222 4000 Italy- (39)684498338 India- (91)11 465 1567/68/69
Fax:(33) 1 58 56 7301
The details of the document are subject to change without notice.
The Gilat logo and FaraWay™ are trademarks of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. or its subsidiaries.
Corporate/ Government Network Satellite Telephony Features
Enabling corporations/ governments offices Full mesh DAMA telephony services Full Mesh Advanced NMS
to expand their reach to remote areas A full mesh network architecture enables single hop VSAT- The redundant NMS is a powerful NT workstation accom-
Multiple channels per site
to-VSAT voice and data calls, minimizing delay and allowing modating an object oriented Graphic User Interface (GUI),
Combined voice, fax and data services on for routing calls through the optimal PSTN gateway in a designed to provide a user-friendly, simple control of all network
PSTN interface, supporting the most
one single platform multiple gateway environment. components, which also includes an SNMP agent for integration
advanced telephony signaling standards
with other management systems. Client-server architecture
Data networking: e-mail, Internet/ (SS#7, MFC-R2) Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) allows multiple NMS clients to be operated by multiple users
intranet, ERP, video conferencing DAMA voice and data circuits are assigned to users ensuring with different levels of authorization. Call Data Records (CDRs)
Backbone for rural switches (E1 trunking)
efficient use of satellite resources according to actual user needs. are automatically collected in a simple ASCII format capable
Transportable/ mobile communications:
Public call offices of being read by any off-the-shelf billing software.
armed forces, disaster recovery, oil rigs High-Speed Data Links on Demand
Backbone for WLL/ cellular base High-speed data links can be established in a star or full mesh Very Low Power Consumption
Tailored applications: air traffic control,
stations configuration on a permanent basis or on demand, using the With power consumption 80% lower than typical SCPC systems,
oil & gas, military communications V.25bis or AT Command data dialing protocols. Data links can the FaraWay has a major advantage where power is not available,
be synchronous or asynchronous, at any rate up to 128 kbps resulting in major cost savings on solar panels, batteries, UPS
with the FaraWay IDU utilizing the same space segment for etc. Additional power savings of up to 50% is achieved by
voice and data circuits, or up to 5 Mbps with the integrated implementing an automatic “sleep mode”.
High Rate Modem.
Efficient Space Segment Utilization
Toll-quality Voice & ITU Standard Implementation By utilizing the unique MCPC FTDMA access scheme and its
FaraWay employs toll-quality voice compression at rates of 16 ITU approved compression rates of 8 and 16 kbps, FaraWay
ODU
ODU or 8 kbps, in compliance with ITU recommendations G.728 offers the best space segment utilization, using 17 kHz of band-
IDU
RFT and G.729A respectively, and is also in compliance with echo width for a full duplex voice channel (compared to a typical
cancellation ITU recommendation G.165. 30-45 kHz in SCPC systems) enabling the network operator
Redundant Network ODU Rural/ Local Switch
Control Equipment
Backbone to conduct almost twice the traffic over the same space segment.
Control IDU Single Modem/ Single Carrier Operation
Channel ODU
Modules IDU The FaraWay unique FTDMA access scheme supports up to Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
ODU 16 voice or data channels over a single modem, a configuration
IDU A VAD mechanism shutting down transmission from the remote
ODU
IDU typical of thin-route applications. A single modem transmits when no speech is detected, accounts for 40% or more power
High Rate Modem ODU
DAMA
IDU a single carrier so no costly RF back-off is required, and a low- savings over the satellite.
Control PBX
Station power ODU can be used, which results in additional cost
NMS LAN
savings, reliability, power consumption savings and simplicity. Easy Expansion
Network Control Center The network can start small and hubless, and, as requirements
(NCC) Public Call Office
Corporate Data and Telephony Group 3 Fax & Voice Band Data grow, a hub and thousands of additional remote sites can be
Cellular/ WLL Backbone Air Trafic Control Voice ports support Group III fax and V.32 voice band data installed. Similarly, a site can start with only 2 channels of
Transportable
Architecture Communications with no add-ons or modification required. voice or data and then grow to up to 16 channels without any
costly RF or power changes.
The FaraWay provides a full mesh DAMA network architecture billing data, and manages the satellite space segment.The Encryption
based on multi-carrier TDMA, combining the benefits of FDMA remote station equipment includes an antenna, an Outdoor An advanced encryption algorithm over all voice, fax and data
and TDMA. Each remote station transmits a single carrier with Unit (ODU) and an Indoor Unit (IDU). The ODU includes channels, provides full security for network users. The encryption
several channels (up to 16), enabling multi-channel operation an SSPA, LNA, and up and down converters between the is based on AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
without costly ODU back-off. The network consists of a Network C, Ex-C, Ku or Ex-Ku band RF and the required IF frequency. recommendations, with a 128 bit encryption key size.
Control Center (NCC) and numerous remote terminals. The The IDU includes a
NCC acts as an exchange for the user equipment connected controller, a satellite modem PSTN Interfaces & Signaling Support
to the network and performs switching functions based on an and user interface cards, and Implementing the most advanced international signaling
unrestricted numbering plan. The NCC also operates the can also include a High Bit standards, including SS#7 and R2 as well as tailored signaling
network automatically, carries out control and monitoring Rate modem for very high solutions ensures connectivity to almost any existing PSTN
functions, provides network usage reports, traffic statistics and bit rate applications. equipment, eliminating degradation caused by external adapters.
Corporate/ Government Network Satellite Telephony Features
Enabling corporations/ governments offices Full mesh DAMA telephony services Full Mesh Advanced NMS
to expand their reach to remote areas A full mesh network architecture enables single hop VSAT- The redundant NMS is a powerful NT workstation accom-
Multiple channels per site
to-VSAT voice and data calls, minimizing delay and allowing modating an object oriented Graphic User Interface (GUI),
Combined voice, fax and data services on for routing calls through the optimal PSTN gateway in a designed to provide a user-friendly, simple control of all network
PSTN interface, supporting the most
one single platform multiple gateway environment. components, which also includes an SNMP agent for integration
advanced telephony signaling standards
with other management systems. Client-server architecture
Data networking: e-mail, Internet/ (SS#7, MFC-R2) Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) allows multiple NMS clients to be operated by multiple users
intranet, ERP, video conferencing DAMA voice and data circuits are assigned to users ensuring with different levels of authorization. Call Data Records (CDRs)
Backbone for rural switches (E1 trunking)
efficient use of satellite resources according to actual user needs. are automatically collected in a simple ASCII format capable
Transportable/ mobile communications:
Public call offices of being read by any off-the-shelf billing software.
armed forces, disaster recovery, oil rigs High-Speed Data Links on Demand
Backbone for WLL/ cellular base High-speed data links can be established in a star or full mesh Very Low Power Consumption
Tailored applications: air traffic control,
stations configuration on a permanent basis or on demand, using the With power consumption 80% lower than typical SCPC systems,
oil & gas, military communications V.25bis or AT Command data dialing protocols. Data links can the FaraWay has a major advantage where power is not available,
be synchronous or asynchronous, at any rate up to 128 kbps resulting in major cost savings on solar panels, batteries, UPS
with the FaraWay IDU utilizing the same space segment for etc. Additional power savings of up to 50% is achieved by
voice and data circuits, or up to 5 Mbps with the integrated implementing an automatic “sleep mode”.
High Rate Modem.
Efficient Space Segment Utilization
Toll-quality Voice & ITU Standard Implementation By utilizing the unique MCPC FTDMA access scheme and its
FaraWay employs toll-quality voice compression at rates of 16 ITU approved compression rates of 8 and 16 kbps, FaraWay
ODU
ODU or 8 kbps, in compliance with ITU recommendations G.728 offers the best space segment utilization, using 17 kHz of band-
IDU
RFT and G.729A respectively, and is also in compliance with echo width for a full duplex voice channel (compared to a typical
cancellation ITU recommendation G.165. 30-45 kHz in SCPC systems) enabling the network operator
Redundant Network ODU Rural/ Local Switch
Control Equipment
Backbone to conduct almost twice the traffic over the same space segment.
Control IDU Single Modem/ Single Carrier Operation
Channel ODU
Modules IDU The FaraWay unique FTDMA access scheme supports up to Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
ODU 16 voice or data channels over a single modem, a configuration
IDU A VAD mechanism shutting down transmission from the remote
ODU
IDU typical of thin-route applications. A single modem transmits when no speech is detected, accounts for 40% or more power
High Rate Modem ODU
DAMA
IDU a single carrier so no costly RF back-off is required, and a low- savings over the satellite.
Control PBX
Station power ODU can be used, which results in additional cost
NMS LAN
savings, reliability, power consumption savings and simplicity. Easy Expansion
Network Control Center The network can start small and hubless, and, as requirements
(NCC) Public Call Office
Corporate Data and Telephony Group 3 Fax & Voice Band Data grow, a hub and thousands of additional remote sites can be
Cellular/ WLL Backbone Air Trafic Control Voice ports support Group III fax and V.32 voice band data installed. Similarly, a site can start with only 2 channels of
Transportable
Architecture Communications with no add-ons or modification required. voice or data and then grow to up to 16 channels without any
costly RF or power changes.
The FaraWay provides a full mesh DAMA network architecture billing data, and manages the satellite space segment.The Encryption
based on multi-carrier TDMA, combining the benefits of FDMA remote station equipment includes an antenna, an Outdoor An advanced encryption algorithm over all voice, fax and data
and TDMA. Each remote station transmits a single carrier with Unit (ODU) and an Indoor Unit (IDU). The ODU includes channels, provides full security for network users. The encryption
several channels (up to 16), enabling multi-channel operation an SSPA, LNA, and up and down converters between the is based on AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
without costly ODU back-off. The network consists of a Network C, Ex-C, Ku or Ex-Ku band RF and the required IF frequency. recommendations, with a 128 bit encryption key size.
Control Center (NCC) and numerous remote terminals. The The IDU includes a
NCC acts as an exchange for the user equipment connected controller, a satellite modem PSTN Interfaces & Signaling Support
to the network and performs switching functions based on an and user interface cards, and Implementing the most advanced international signaling
unrestricted numbering plan. The NCC also operates the can also include a High Bit standards, including SS#7 and R2 as well as tailored signaling
network automatically, carries out control and monitoring Rate modem for very high solutions ensures connectivity to almost any existing PSTN
functions, provides network usage reports, traffic statistics and bit rate applications. equipment, eliminating degradation caused by external adapters.
 Technical Specifications
Network Architecture DAMA FTDMA, full mesh, single hop
Network Capacity Up to 8,000 remote stations
Call Processing Up to 330,000 calls per hour
Frequency Bands Ku, C, extended Ku & extended C band
Modulation QPSK
Forward Error Correction 3/4, 1/2

FaraWay ™
BER Performance FEC 3/4 FEC 1/2
For BER= 10-6 Eb / No = 7.2 dB Eb / No = 6.0 dB
For BER= 10-4 Eb / No = 6.0 dB Eb / No = 4.8 dB
IF Frequency 70 MHz ± 18
Data Interface RS- 232 / RS- 530 sync and async internally, Satellite-Based Voice and Data Network
and Ethernet (RJ-45), V.35, G.703, RS-422 externally
Telephony Interface FXS and FXO
4 wire E&M types I-V
E1 / T1
Payphone Support 12 / 16 KHz metering pulses, or reverse polarity The FaraWay is a communications network that provides on-demand
Signaling Standards SS#7
R2, R1 voice, fax and data services to remote locations via satellite. It employs
China #1 (option)
DTMF / Decadic (pulse)
Other standards are available upon request a full-mesh, DAMA network architecture that maximizes the use of
Voice Voice Encoding ITU G.728, 16 kbps LD-CELP, ITU G.729A, 8 kbps
Echo Cancelling ITU G.165 available space and ground-based resources. FaraWay VSAT offers a cost-
Facsimile Group 3, up to 9.6 kbps over voice ports
Data In-Band Data V.32 voice-band data up to 9.6 kbps over voice ports effective solution for areas where telephone and data services are
Data Rates On demand data up to 128 kbps internally, and up to
5 Mbps, with a fully integrated high rate modem
Data Dialing Protocols V.25 bis unavailable, unreliable or too expensive. By utilizing the unique FTDMA
AT Command
Network Control Center (NCC) NMS- Redundant Windows NT Workstation with access scheme, FaraWay offers the most effective space
GUI as a server, supporting multiple NMS clients
Fully Automatic redundant DAMA controller
Fully Automatic redundant control modules
segment utilization. FaraWay VSAT
Gilat Satellite Networks Remote Terminal
www.gilat.com
Israel (Corporate HQ)
Outdoor Unit (ODU)
Antenna Size: 1.2m and larger
satisfies the exacting standards
Tel: (972) 3 925-2000 Operating Temperature: -40˚ to +60˚C
Fax:(972) 3 925-2222 Humidity: Weatherproof of PSTN and private network
Indoor Unit (IDU)
Gilat Latin America
www.gilatla.com
Number of Ports:
Operating Voltage:
1 to 16 per chassis; chassis are stackable
AC: 120 / 220V; 50 / 60Hz
operators for voice encoding,
Florida, USA (HQ) DC: -48V to -60V (up to -72V optional)
Tel: (954) 858-1600
Fax:(954) 858-1777
Power Consumption:
Dimensions:
26 to 65W per chassis, (depending of number of ports)
17.7 cm (h) x 43.7 cm (w) x 42.7 cm (d)
high-rate data links,
Weight: 8.5kg
Spacenet
www.spacenet.com Operating Temperature: 0 to 40˚C signaling, call accounting and
Humidity: Up to 95%, non condensing
Virginia, USA (HQ)
Tel: (703) 848-1000
Typical Site Power Consumption: 140W for 16 channels (1/2 E1) site including the IDU
& ODU (typicly 70W implementing sleep mode) maintenance.
Fax:(703) 848-1010
Local Offices:
Gilat Europe
South Africa- (27)12 344 0240 Brazil- (55)21 3084 6622 Germany- (49)7191 971 101 The Netherlands- (31)20-581 7730
www.gilateurope.com Thailand- (66)2 634 1780 Chile- (56)2 341 7898 United Kingdom- (44)208 734 2950 Sweden- (46)8556 70393
France (HQ) The Phillipines- (63)2 687 2743 Colombia- (57)1 644 3900/10-20 France- (33)1 58 56 73 00 Australia- (61)3 9639 244 4
Kazakhstan- (7)3272 508121 Mexico- (52)5 545 6547 Czech Republic- (420)2 2188 5002 China- (86)10 65102838
Tel: (33) 1 58 56 7300 Argentina-(54) 11 6334 1000 Peru- (51)1 222 4000 Italy- (39)684498338 India- (91)11 465 1567/68/69
Fax:(33) 1 58 56 7301
The details of the document are subject to change without notice.
The Gilat logo and FaraWay™ are trademarks of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. or its subsidiaries.