News – SATis5

SATis5 publishes white paper

Adam Kapovits — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:19:32 +0000

Project SATis5 has just published a white paper entitled Satellite is 5G, available for immediate download.

SATis5 demonstrates at the 10th anniversary FUSECO Forum of Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin

Adam Kapovits — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:48:03 +0000

Satis5 demonstrated successfully at the 10th anniversary FUSECO Forum in Berlin, on 7 and 8 November both broadband multimedia and narrowband Internet of Things (IoT) applications using so called backhaul satellite connectivity. The demonstration relied on iDirect equipment this time and satellite connectivity was provided by SES from their hub in Betzdorf. Both iDirect and SES are partners in SATis5.

The network diagram of the testbed used for the demonstration

Björn Riemer from Fraunhofer FOKUS shows the video acquisition application, whilst on the large screen on the left hand side the narrowband IoT sensor data are shown .

Adam Kapovits, Eurescom GmbH and project leader of SATis5 (far left) talks to Marc Hofmann from DLR (far right), whilst Thomas Schlichter from Frauhofer IIS, subcontractor in SATis5 is in the background at left. (DLR is representing Germany in ESA and as such grants the funding for the German partners in SATis5.)

SATis5 showcases at the IEEE 5G World Forum in Dresden

Adam Kapovits — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:50:55 +0000

The Satis5 showcase at the IEEE 5G World Forum in Dresden, between 30th September and 2nd October 2019 focused on the internet of things (IoT) use case. SATis5 showed the nomadic node, a van provided by the Universität der Bundeswehr München equipped with a satellite dish and all necessary ancillaries, in which Fraunhofer FOKUS‘s LTE eNB is integrated using a satellite modem provided by Newtec. The nomadic node provided access to two remote sites, one in Erlangen and one in Ilmenau using satellite connectivity provided by SES. Both the Erlangen and Ilmenau sites were hosted by Fraunhofer IIS, and provided 4G/5G Nodes with IoT capabilities, a NB-IoT modem and NB-IoT basestation. The set-up was used to access sensor data from agricultural sensors, such as temperature and moisture sensors. The anchor point of the network was the satellite hub station hosted by the Universität der Bundeswehr München at their Neubiberg facility, integrating also Newtec equipment.

The network architecture of the SATis5 demo at Dresden

The van with the satellite dish on top and the basestation inside in front of the congress hall

The spectrum of the received and transmit signal on the laptop screeen in the bottom right and the Erlangen site video and sensor data on the top left screen, as well as the basestation with antennae below