{"id":33172,"date":"2014-05-29T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=33172"},"modified":"2014-05-29T09:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:00:45","slug":"wireless-satellite-link-ups-yield-traffic-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/29\/wireless-satellite-link-ups-yield-traffic-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireless, Satellite Link-ups Yield Traffic Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NSR<\/a><\/strong>Wireless & Satellite Link-ups Yield Traffic Offload Benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Traffic offload is a central theme among mobile operators as they seek to relieve spectrum congestion and maximize revenue potential, and here, satellite operators appear poised to play an increasing role in this important market.\u00a0 Indeed, one of the benefits of the proposed AT&T acquisition of DirecTV is that the latter can to be used as a video offload mechanism in managing traffic on heavily burdened terrestrial wireless networks. A TMCnet article stated that \u201cAT&T, after a DirecTV acquisition, could at least consider serving up linear video entertainment by satellite, thus freeing up bandwidth on the fixed network for high speed access.\u201d In essence, companies looking at the triple or quadruple play have to manage voice, data and video traffic and services within their respective infrastructures.<\/p>\n

\"cellphones\"<\/a>In the area of offloading mobile Internet (non-voice) traffic, this has been done to date using Wi-Fi networks, which has proven to be an effective means for mobile operators to maintain quality of service and manage the stress on mobile data networks.\u00a0 However, a recent forecast by Ericsson indicated that by 2018, more than half of mobile data or over 7 Exabytes of traffic per month from the current 1 Exabyte will be accounted for by video traffic.\u00a0 Wi-Fi networks have certainly been used extensively and will likely continue to be utilized over time.<\/p>\n

Yet, the proposition forwarded of additional benefits within an AT&T acquisition of DirecTV or a wireless service provider purchasing or incorporating satellite systems where part of its network infrastructure can act as a video offload mechanism is certainly worth looking into, especially given the massive upcoming monthly barrage of video content consumers and enterprise users will demand in 4-5 short years.<\/p>\n

There are a few important points to note:<\/p>\n