A vision for the future: integrating terrestrial and space-based communications
Professor Andy Sutton, BT Distinguished Engineer & Principal Network Architect, delivers this presentation at BAPCO 2023 on terrestrial and space-based communications. For many years space based satellites have provided an essential means of connectivity for a wide range of mission critical services.
Today we are living through the era of "New Space" in which satellites are being launched into low earth orbits to form mega-constellations which promise broadband access and lower latency than traditional satellite services. This, coupled with other developments in non-terrestrial networks, such as drones and high-altitude platforms, means we have to fundamentally rethink how we evolve fixed and mobile telecommunications networks to deliver services which benefit from the integration of terrestrial and space based communications. These benefits include greater geographical reach and enhanced availability.
This talk will review current use cases, explore recent developments in industry and standards organisations such as 3GPP, and set a vision for the future of mission critical communications across a wide range of sectors.
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