{"id":65814,"date":"2018-03-14T21:41:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/maritime-connectivity-restricted-by-outdated-hardware\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T21:41:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:41:53","slug":"maritime-connectivity-restricted-by-outdated-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/maritime-connectivity-restricted-by-outdated-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime Connectivity Restricted by Outdated Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High Throughput Satellites (HTS) have breathed new life into a number of traditional satellite verticals \u2014 but the additional bandwidth still isn\u2019t enough to satisfy the connectivity demands of cruise and passenger ship operators. During a Tuesday afternoon panel at the SATELLITE 2018 Conference &amp; Exhibition, a panel of maritime executives said they felt constrained by the slow evolution of ground hardware, and noted too that Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations may not be the panacea some expect them to be.  <\/p>\n<p>Demand for connectivity is exploding in all mobility markets, and passenger ships are no exception. \u201cIn 2000, the amount of bandwidth we were providing for our entire fleet of ships is the amount of bandwidth we are providing to a single user in our larger ships today,\u201d said Guillermo Muniz, director of satellite and network engineering for Royal Caribbean Cruises. \u201dWe\u2019re seeing a doubling of capacity consumption about every three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/O9oKstxSQpKatrphYZt7_ShowDaily18_Cover_Day4_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2018 Day 4 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>And because cruises are marketed as luxury vacations, the presumption is that the internet on board will be comparable to speeds at home. This is a marked change from just a few years ago, when passengers were \u201crelatively comfortable having poor connectivity,\u201d said Speedcast Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pierre-Jean Beylier. Now, however, the landscape is changing faster than ship operators can upgrade their connectivity options. \u201cToday, [passengers] want to be able to post to Instagram and Facebook, and have access to what has become their usual entertainment at home. The networks that have been built to serve cruise ships were not built for that type of usage,\u201d Beylier said.  <\/p>\n<p>Carnival and SES recently broke a world record for the most bandwidth ever delivered to a mobile platform at 2.25 Gbps. While that\u2019s sufficient for many use cases, it\u2019s difficult to avoid the inefficiencies that come along with dividing that bandwidth between hundreds or thousands of passengers, said Bertrand Hartman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OmniAccess. <\/p>\n<p>According to the panelists, one of the biggest issues is that downstream hardware has not kept pace with satellite technology as it has evolved, including HTS. Cruise ships still leveraging legacy systems may not even be able to take advantage of HTS beams due to their aged hardware. \u201cThere are ships that could not make use of 1 GB of satellite capacity because the on-board infrastructure cannot handle it,\u201d Beylier said. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a69316adf361;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a69316adf361 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a69316adf362').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a69316adf362'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the ground segment, we need to make sure there\u2019s a seamless process for beam switching in an HTS environment. We still haven\u2019t completely solved that issue,\u201d added Reza Rasoulian, vice president of global connectivity and shipboard technology operations for Carnival. <\/p>\n<p>With multiple LEO constellations gearing up to introduce even more capacity, it\u2019s more important than ever to deploy state-of-the-art antennas, the panelists agreed. Thus far, ship operators have been largely disappointed with the mechanically steered antennas on their ships, which are prone to break or malfunction. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work to be done on flat panel antennas in particular, and I think the industry needs to accelerate that work,\u201d Beylier said. <\/p>\n<p>Fabio Agostini, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Silversea Cruises, also said he hopes to see more end-to-end management from service providers. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to have our own expertise,\u201d he said. \u201cWe sell emotion and entertainment \u2014 we don\u2019t sell technology to our guests.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another pain point for Silversea and other ship lines is the lack of global coverage, Agostini said. Satellite operators only deploy HTS beams in regions with enough traffic to justify the bandwidth, such as the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. Even SES\u2019 O3b constellation in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) \u2014 which Carnival uses for its connectivity \u2014 can\u2019t cover the entire Earth. \u201cSo the bandwidth situation is not homogenous,\u201d Beylier said. \u201cThe challenge here is the cruise operator doesn\u2019t want to have 500 Mbps available to passengers in the Mediterranean, and then 50 Mbps if they go to a place where there is no HTS.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Upcoming LEO constellations with polar orbits could provide full global coverage. But whether they will also solve the other challenges that come along with maritime connectivity \u2014 namely, cost \u2014 remains a question mark. Agostini in particular still has doubts. \u201cThe one advantage LEO has is low latency, but latency is not the biggest issue on board. It will be more about price per megabit and total cost of ownership. Unless the technology will be more reliable or less expensive I don\u2019t see it as that big of a change,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Still, Agostini described himself as a \u201cbig believer\u201d in hybrid communications solutions, meaning there is a possibility Silversea will leverage bandwidth from multiple satellite providers in multiple orbits in addition to the terrestrial connectivity its ships use while stationed at port. <\/p>\n<p>For Beylier, the fact that ship operators are so keenly focused on providing better connectivity for their passengers is promising in itself. \u201cThere are many hotels whose internet access is very far from what we get at home, and in many cases we pay for it. If we do this right, it is one more factor contributing to make cruises a better vacation experience,\u201d he said. <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 349:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-300x169.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/g4tVplVBRyOzU8dBEMsW__MG_0843-640x360.jpg 640w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MmdHcXQuRwGeWZKxHsPA_754012e0-37df-4cf0-bb35-ba06fbb86517-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MmdHcXQuRwGeWZKxHsPA_754012e0-37df-4cf0-bb35-ba06fbb86517-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MmdHcXQuRwGeWZKxHsPA_754012e0-37df-4cf0-bb35-ba06fbb86517-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MmdHcXQuRwGeWZKxHsPA_754012e0-37df-4cf0-bb35-ba06fbb86517-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MmdHcXQuRwGeWZKxHsPA_754012e0-37df-4cf0-bb35-ba06fbb86517.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tIn-Flight Internet Providers Respond to Passenger Frustration<br 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