Allot Satellite Solutions for Broadband Networks

Satellites are bringing high-speed Internet connectivity to every corner of the globe, especially areas that fiber can’t reach, or rural areas that still rely on dial-up service. Now it is possible to download and upload the large files at lightning speeds instead of waiting hours or days, and to stream video with the same quality as landline broadband services.

One of the greatest challenges of inherent in this service is the cost of bandwidth on VSAT links, which are more expensive and more limited than terrestrial fiber-optic lines. More than any other broadband configuration, satellite broadband service needs to be optimized as bandwidth costs will continue to determine its viability in different markets.

Intelligent traffic management tools from Allot are playing a key role in helping satellite broadband providers to ensure that bandwidth costs do not outpace revenue growth, and that the broadband usage needs and expectations of all subscribers are met.

• Service monitoring: Understand how subscriber services are consuming network resources in real-time and over time, so you can manage utilization, troubleshoot, and plan network capacity expansion more effectively.
• Subscriber-application and network topology awareness: Obtain granular network intelligence to manage traffic per application, per subscriber, per uplink and downlink, per service plan, and according to local conditions.
• Congestion management: Ensure consistent user experience during periods of congestion by prioritizing and/or expediting the delivery of applications that are affected by latency or jitter.
• Tiered  and quota management service enablement: Create competitive subscriber service plans based on personal QoS policies that enforce how each subscriber’s traffic is treated, and on usage allowances that encourage subscribers to meter and control their own consumption.
• Botnet and outgoing spam protection: Neutralize botnets and outgoing spam by quickly and accurately detecting infected users and anomalous activity and on uplinks and stopping it at the source.
• Integrated network & subscriber services: Generate new sources of revenue with Allot’s expanding portfolio of value-added network and subscriber services.