ViaSat Calls On Radisys Expertise to develop
ATCA-based Satellite Broadband Infrastructure
Radisys ATCA solutions and engineering services enabled ViaSat to complete and deploy
an entire satellite modem termination system within two years
HILLSBORO, OR, U.S. – February 2, 2012 – Radisys® Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS), a leading provider of embedded wireless infrastructure solutions, and ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT), an innovator in satellite and other wireless networking systems and services, today announced a collaboration to develop an ATCA-based Satellite Modem Termination System (SMTS). ViaSat selected Radisys’ integrated ATCA platform solution and leveraged its engineering services to develop the SMTS in less than two years from concept to deployment.
To keep up with advancements in satellite technology and support its new high-capacity Ka-band satellite, now in service over Europe and North America, ViaSat needed to design an entirely new SMTS, a system that aggregates uplink and downlink traffic traveling between satellites and end-users. In order to meet this aggressive timeline, ViaSat chose Radisys’ ATCA platform with pre-integrated middleware and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) blades.
Although the majority of the design was based on Radisys’ ATCA blades, ViaSat also needed to design ATCA-compatible blades to address unique functions in its system. Radisys provided its design consulting services, backed by significant investment in R&D and industry-leading expertise in the development of ATCA solutions, to help ViaSat develop the custom ATCA boards and complete the middleware integration in-house. ViaSat leveraged Radisys’ valuable intellectual property in ATCA in order to focus its own R&D funds on its core competency, application software.
The COTS approach enabled an integrated platform with not only the switching, packet processing, compute functionalities and ViaSat developed hardware, but also the platform software and middleware needed to give the maximum head start.
“In addition to having all the necessary ATCA components on hand, Radisys had the ability and expertise to accelerate our custom board design and address our middleware concerns,” said Jeff Crosby, vice president of commercial broadband, ViaSat. “We embarked on this development with an aggressive schedule tied to a satellite launch and we are glad to report that the SMTS is now deployed and successfully carrying traffic to our customers.”
“While the Radisys ATCA platform has been well designed and field-proven for accelerating our customers’ network development time-to-market, our ability and willingness to collaborate closely with ViaSat to share our years of expertise is a unique value-add in the industry,” said Venkataraman Prasannan, general manager, ATCA, Radisys. “Our goal is to help our customers shorten their time to money.”
To place an order or to receive more information on Radisys’ ATCA platform offerings, call +1 800-950-0044 or +1 503-615-1100. Radisys will be showcasing the ATCA platform at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Feb. 27-March 1 at booth #1F01 and will be hosting meetings throughout the show in Suite 1 1HS28. Contact Radisys at info@radisys.com to schedule a meeting with the company’s mobile network experts.
About Radisys
Radisys (NASDAQ: RSYS) is a leading provider of embedded wireless infrastructure solutions for telecom, aerospace, defense and public safety applications. Radisys’ market-leading ATCA, IP Media Server and Com Express platforms coupled with world-renowned Trillium software, services and market expertise enable customers to bring high-value products and services to market faster with lower investment and risk. Radisys solutions are used in a wide variety of 3G & 4G / LTE mobile network applications including: Radio Access Networks (RAN) solutions from femtocells to picocells and macrocells, wireless core network applications, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and policy management; conferencing and media services including voice, video and data, as well as customized mobile network applications that support the aerospace, defense and public safety markets.
About ViaSat
ViaSat delivers fast, secure communications, Internet, and remote network access to fixed sites or on-the-move. The company provides networking products and managed network services for enterprise IP applications; is a key supplier of network-centric military communications and encryption technologies and products to the U.S. and allied governments; is the primary technology partner for gateway and customer-premises equipment for consumer and mobile satellite broadband services; and offers high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband services featuring ViaSat-1, the world’s highest capacity satellite. Based in Carlsbad, California, ViaSat has established a number of worldwide locations for customer service, network operations, and technology development.
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