Dialog

Dialog delivers efficiency, flexibility and scalability and its latest release continues to break through technology barriers. In addition to achieving the industry’s highest return rates in shared bandwidth networks, the latest release includes several key features:

Release 2.5.1

PERFORMANCE

• MRC 100 Msps: Extends the use of MRC return technology to very high throughput applications
  • The max symbol rate of MDM5010 is increased from 25 Msps to 100Msps/300Mbps
  • The max symbol rate of MDM331x is increased from 25Msps to 40Msps/70Mbps
  • The processing bandwidth of MCD7500 is increased from 72 MHz to 105MHz

MONITORING

• Network Quality Measurements: Allows to measure per terminal the jitter, delay and packet loss on the link between terminal and hub module
• TSDB Metrics Streaming: Improves the consumption of monitoring KPIs by offloading TSDB data to an external server

FLEXIBILITY

• Free-Running BUC Support for MRC: Enables the use of unslaved BUCs with MRC by introducing individual frequency trackers for every terminal
• Limit Max Operating Tx Power: Allows service providers to commission multiple modems behind a single antenna by regulating the carrier regrowth for the Dialog modems

SECURITY

• HTTPS Support on NMS: Secures the communication streams on the management network by making use of HTTPS
• Configurable Modem Password: Allows customers to set or change the expert user password and define granular access policies for the normal users

Release 2.4.2

EFFICIENCY

• Max Symbol Rate per Terminal: Allows to constrain the symbol rate consumption of a fading terminal
• MRC Phase Noise Enhancements: Provides the flexibility to opt either for robustness or efficiency, based on the ODU phase noise characteristic
• GTP Acceleration on MDM2510: Extends the modem portfolio to support lower end CBH use cases

RESILIENCE

• AIBS without GXT/GPS: Improves beam switching resiliency to cover cases where GPS or GXT data are not available
• Remote Beam Selection: Provides the option to select and lock the modem to a specific beam without restarting the modem

FLEXIBILITY

• Dual-mode MDM5010: Switch to operate in either VSAT/Dialog mode or SCPC P2P/Standalone on the all-new MDM5010 satellite modem with the click of a button
• Dual/Triple-Band ODU Support: Allows modems used in a mobile environment to support automatic beam switching between multiple frequency bands

Dialog provides the scalability, flexibility and efficiency required to run successful operations over satellite. Dialog is built for flexibility allowing the service provider to address multiple markets by optimizing the usage of infrastructure and satellite capacity. The scalability of the Dialog platform allows service providers to easily adapt Dialog to their specific needs. End users can be served with the optimal Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the right price. Efficiency is defined both at operational and technology level in the Dialog platform. Service providers can select the best transmission technology for their particular application.

The product line consists of a scalable hub system, a network management system, operating software and a DVB-S2/DVB-S2X remote portfolio for very high levels of performance and efficiency as well as investment protection.

• Dialog Hub System: Modular, very flexible baseband and core hub systems in various sizes allowing customers to operate a shared bandwidth platform spanning multiple satellites, bands, transponders and topologies from small networks, with five remotes, up to the largest networks, having hundreds of thousands of remotes, from single coverage to multisport

• Dialog Network Management System: Manage small and complex networks, featuring APIs for easy expansion and added flexibility

• Dialog Software: Operating software releases deliver the latest efficiency and high-performance features from narrowband to high throughput rates

• Modem Portfolio: A versatile modem portfolio providing the right performance and applications-specific characteristics for a wide range of applications. Featuring highly efficient waveforms with DVB-S2X and a highly efficient return path technologies: SCPC, MF-TDMA and the best of two worlds, Mx-DMA

Flexible, Efficient Core Architecture

The hub system can connect to any frequency band on all satellite architectures. Dialog is built on DVB-S2/S2X with FlexACM, and Clean Channel Technology in the forward link to allocate bandwidth efficiently over distributed networks, while automatically adjusting to dynamic traffic demands and changing network conditions. On the return path the different waveforms can be chosen based between SCPC, MF-TDMA and patented Mx-DMA.

Modular Design for Scalability

The modular hub system enables operators and service providers to minimize initial capital costs, offer multiple service types from a central hub, and scale business one network at a time in a “pay as you grow” manner. Networks can be scaled from five to +100,000 terminals. Advanced Network Management System capabilities with GUI and extensive open API support allow for ease of use which growing your network.

Reliable and cost-effective services

Our innovative satellite technologies such as DVB-S2X, SCPC and Mx-DMA provide unprecedented bandwidth usage efficiency, resulting in the lowest possible OPEX while at the same time assuring the best-in-class service reliability required by end-users.

Security

Our solution supports advanced encryption Standard (AES) and IPSec for secure connectivity solutions such as Point of Sale (POS), ATM and corporate communications.

Advanced Quality of Service

Our QoS technology allows for 7 hierarchical QoS management with countless possibilities of quality of service levels resulting in higher QoE. QoS provides network operators a significant increase in bandwidth management capabilities when prioritizing traffic for customers in a shared network environment.