O3b-Oceus' Medium Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation Supports 4G/LTE Video Call

O3b Networks has completed a successful live interoperability testing of broadband voice and video on a 4G/LTE mobile wireless solution. The test which was conducted by Oceus Networks, shows that O3b’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellation can support the low latency required on cutting edge 4G/LTE technologies. The Interoperability testing was conducted between Oceus Networks’ Xiphos™ 4G/LTE mobile network equipment, O3b Lab Simulator and over the air testing through the O3b Gateway in Lurin, Peru. In the tests, the O3b network supported latency sensitive 4G traffic with round trip latency over the satellite link below 150 msec. Testers were able to successfully execute voice and video calls under all conditions.

After completing bench testing, Oceus Networks connected the Xiphos LTE network to the 2.4m terminal and set up a live Skype video call from an LTE laptop over the live satellite link to the O3b Gateway in Peru and then via the Internet back from the Gateway to another laptop in the lab.