User manual

ThurayaIP Frequently Asked Questions December 2010

1.11 Who are the target subscribers?

Oil and Gas, Defense, Government, Media, NGOs, SMEs, individuals who need reliable broadband

Internet access using portable devices.

1.12 What is the Quality of Service?

ThurayaIP offers two types of QoS:

StandardIP: This service offers shared channel resources among several users. This means that in any

spot beam, the number of users logged on and are actively using the service will be sharing the

available channels. The throughput shall vary depending upon the amount of data transmitted and

received by various users sharing the channel, hence called VBR (Variable Bit Rate).

ThurayaIP provides an Internet connection using packet technology; Thuraya GPRS Gateway is then

connected to the World Wide Web Network where Thuraya has no control over QoS.

Thuraya continuously keeps monitoring the network to make sure that the best possible service

throughput is achieved.

StreamingIP: This service offers dedicated throughput on a channel for a user. Within StreamingIP,

different types of QoS are available ranging from a 16 Kbps to 384 Kbps for uplink as well as downlink.

In this mode if a subscriber opts for 384 Kbps uplink and 64 Kbps downlink, and the network is available,

the 384 Kbps uplink bandwidth and 64 Kbps downlink bandwidth is dedicated for this subscriber only.

The throughput is Constant during the session, hence called CBR (Constant Bit Rate).

1.13 What are the uplink and downlink bandwidth options available on StreamingIP?

StreamingIP offers numerous uplink / downlink bandwidth options. It offers unmatched flexibility of

variable uplink and downlink streaming bandwidth to suit any type of dedicated bandwidth

requirement.

Example: For a media customer who wants to cover any event live, the best possible uplink bandwidth

is 384 Kbps, however, on the downlink he does not require a huge bandwidth and hence might settle

for 64 Kbps or 128 Kbps. This results in huge cost saving for the customer.

Following is the uplink / downlink bandwidth matrix. The customer can choose any combination from

the below matrix.

Uplink / Downlink Bandwidth (Kbps)