General Overview
System Overview of FleetBroadband
FleetBroadband coverage
- I4 satellite F1 PAC-W 143.5E: Covering Oceania, Western Pacific and South and East Asia
- I4 satellite F2 IND-W 25E: Covering Western Asia, Africa and Eastern Atlantic
- I4 satellite F3 PAC-E 98W: Covering Western Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and Americas
Features of Inmarsat FleetBroadband service applications
- Selectable data rates for data communications according to needs:
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- Standard IP:
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- Service providing best effort delivery of 432 kbps (FELCOM500, 284 kbps for FELCOM250)
(connected through shared connection pipe: less traffic—higher throughput, and more traffic—lower throughput) - Data service charged for data sent and received
- Suitable for typical office applications such as e-mail, web browsing, FTP, VPN, etc.
- Service providing best effort delivery of 432 kbps (FELCOM500, 284 kbps for FELCOM250)
- Streaming IP:
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- Guaranteed streaming data rates on demand, rates selectable from 32, 64, 128 or 256 kbps
(no contention amongst those who are connected in the same network—guaranteed throughput at all times) - Suitable for bandwidth-hungry large data transfer, i.e., real-time streaming video and audio, Voice over IP, etc.
- Service charged for the duration of the connection to the network
- These dedicated streaming channels can run independently while the standard IP service is running in the background, meaning that a host of applications can be running simultaneously
- Guaranteed streaming data rates on demand, rates selectable from 32, 64, 128 or 256 kbps
- Crystal clear voice telephony
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- 4 kbps cost-effective, landline quality speech available
- Supports one circuit switched service at any one time
- Simultaneous use together with data communications
- High stability in communication links achieves constant network availability even under harsh environmental conditions
- Supports additional core voice and ISDN data capabilities for integration with legacy applications
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- ISDN compatibility available on FELCOM500
- SMS (up to 160 characters) and voice mail
| FELCOM250 | FELCOM500 | FELCOM70 | ||
| Data Communication | ||||
| Standard IP (Best effort delivery) |
Up to 284 kbps | Up to 432 kbps | MPDS up to 64 kbps | |
| Streaming IP (Guaranteed data rate) |
32, 64, 128 kbps | 32, 64, 128, 256 kbps | N/A | |
| ISDN | N/A | 64/56 kbps | 64/56 kbps | |
| Voice | 4 kbps AMBE+2/3.1 kHz audio Simultaneously usable with packet data and IP services |
4.8 kbps AMBE/3.1 kHz audio NOT simultaneously usable with data service |
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| FAX* | Group 3 FAX via 3.1 kHz audio | 9.6 kbps (Group 3), 64 kbps (Group 4) |
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| SMS | Standard 3G (up to 160 characters) | N/A | ||
