NRS Bandwidth Booster

EMC Satcom Technologies

• EMC Satcom Technologies, is a subsidiary of Emerging Markets

Communications Inc. (EMC)

• EMC is a global end-to-end satellite service provider and a teleport

operator

• The NRS was developed by EMC´s R&D unit with the objective of
improving the efficiency of duplex satellite circuits
 NRS Bandwidth Booster

EIRP
•Typical full duplex satellite
link require two different
carriers for Tx and Rx.

•Noise Reduction
System (NRS) allows a
satellite link to transmit
and receive in the same EIRPDisp
Satellite

frequency. EIRPVSAT + EIRPHub

EIRP
Frequency
BW
VSAT

•Due to insignificant
degradation of the link
using the NRS, the
satellite MHz required
can be reduced by up
Remote Station
to half
 Applications: Conventional VSAT network

R1
•The HUB station transmits
H
a single carrier to the H
H
R2

RN
remote stations (Band I) (a) R1 H

R2
Remote Station 1 (R1)
RN H

•The remote stations Remote Station 2 (R2)

transmit an SCPC carrier to

Hub (H)
the HUB with lower BW Remote Station N (RN)

than the H signal (Band II)

Satellite Band I Satellite Band II

H
(b)
R1 R2 RN

Freq
 Applications: VSAT network with NRS

• Asymmetric application of
BW. NRS is used only in the R1

HUB A
R2
H RN
(a)
• NRS is required only at the A
A
HUB when the difference in Remote station 1 (R1)
A
power density between the
HUB carrier and the remotes Aggregate signal A
Remote station 2 (R2)
A = Hd + R1+ R2+ ... + RN
stations is greater than 10dB.
Hub (H)
Remote station N (RN)
• Minimum degradation in
reception of the HUB Aggregate Signal, A

transponder in the remote side

due to in-band interference, Hd
(b)
transmitted from the remote R1 R2 RN

stations Freq
 Applications: Point to Point link with NRS only at the HUB

•NRS is required only at the

hub in most cases (E>10 dB)

•This configuration has

important advantages in:

• installation,
• device management,
• network resilience
• troubleshooting

•Valid for symmetric and

asymmetric links
 Applications: Point to Point link with NRS at both ends

•NRS is required on
both ends when the
difference in power
density between the
HUB carrier and the
remote one is less
than 10dB.

•Valid for symmetric

and asymmetric links
 General Specifications
• Works for SCPC, MCPC and TDMA hubs

• Only required at the Hub when E>10 dB

• Works with existing modems

• Modulation agnostic - BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK and 16QAM

• Works in Hub IF 70MHz, 140 MHz and L-band

• C-band or Ku-band operation

• Allows operation with inclined orbit satellites

• Single box solution canceling up to 25 or 66MHz

• Low link budget power required – eg 0.3dB in QPSK; 0.6dB in 16QAM

• Allows re-allocation of inbound carriers MHz for growing outbounds

• Cancels multiple carriers with a single NRS system

 Principles of Operation

Noise Reduction Function

A A = Hd + R + R 2 + ... + R R 1 + R 2 + ... + R
1 N + N

(From device (To demodulators)

down-converting –
from L-band to 70
Estimated Hd
MHz)
Adaptively measure
frequency, time
Control
delay, and Computer
parameters Modify H to
amplitude Monitor &
generate the
differences between Control
Estimated H
d
H and H . signal .
d

H H H
(To device
(From modulator)
upconverting

from 70 MHz to
L-band)
 Link Analysis for NRS only at the HUB

• The smaller
antenna at the
remote end sees its
own Tx with a low
C/N.

• Therefore it can
demodulate the hub
carrier although
both are in the
same frequency

• At the Hub side the

Hub Tx carrier must
be removed by the
NRS to demodulate
the remote carrier
Live Applications: SCPC/SCPC link with NRS only at the Hub

• Forward and
Return link
transmitting
in the same
frequency
through NRS

• NRS
Cancelling
only HUB
carrier
Live Applications: MCPC/TDMA link with NRS only at the Hub (1)

• Forward and
Return link
transmitting in
different
frequencies
through the NRS

• NRS Cancelling
only HUB carrier
demonstrating
noiseless
cancellation
 Live Applications: MCPC/TDMA link with NRS only at the Hub (2)

• Forward and
Return link
transmitting in
the same
frequency
through NRS

• NRS
Cancelling
only HUB
carrier
 Live Applications: TDMA link with NRS only at the Hub

• Returns carriers
transmitting
below Outbound
carrier

• NRS Cancelling
only HUB carrier
in cancellation
mode

• NRS in By Pass
mode
 Redundancy System

• Configured and
monitored by a
friendly software
in a Windows
environment

• In Band and Out

of Band remote
access

• Switched time in
failover less than
1msec