Using the Lowest Level of Satellite Bandwidth

Key benefits of the Split Architecture:

• Uses the lowest level of satellite bandwidth in the industry – 5-8kbps per call
• Overcomes the biggest operational cost barrier – expensive ‘always-on’ satellite bandwidth
• Ensures transmission bandwidth is only used while revenue-generating traffic is taking place, making it an ‘on-demand’ service
• Can deliver further savings of up to 50% with VSAT systems, based on Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)
• Operates between a wireless access point (Picocell) and the Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)
• Can be integrated with any satellite communication bearer

Encompassing both satellite and wireless infrastructure, the Split Architecture (previously known as the Access Management Gateway, AMG), is an open, hardware-agnostic, two-way wireless communications gateway between a wireless base station and the core network (MSC and SGSN), which can be integrated with any satellite communications bearer.

This architecture overcomes the biggest operational cost barrier of entry – the high cost of ‘always-on’ satellite bandwidth. It works on an ‘on-demand’ basis, only using transmission when revenue is being generated from either voice or data traffic.

The Split Architecture solution effectively removes typical operational overheads and capital costs associated with remote wireless communications backhaul. It uses the lowest level of satellite bandwidth in the industry 5-8kbps, and is the most cost-effective solution available anywhere for remote communities.

Most importantly, the Altobridge software solutions are ‘agnostic’ to hardware and can be used on other manufacturers IP routers/servers or integrated into base stations. The solutions are currently being enhanced with a series of extended functionalities that continue to grow their appeal across all sectors of the global wireless telecommunications market.

Incorporating Abis compression and satellite link optimization, the Split Architecture removes the high cost barrier of entry into mobile communications, which has been the key obstacle for the remote market to date.