Standalone 5G Network with enterprise management
and control ensure Primary Alternate Contingency Emergency (PACE)
planning for warfighter communications
GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug. 27,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems and Boost
Mobile, EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) companies, successfully
demonstrated optimized, multi-transport network management for the
U.S. Navy. The demonstration, which took place earlier this year,
tested remote network orchestration, wide area network (WAN)
resiliency, and secure Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing between
standalone Private 5G networks operating at the U.S. Navy Air
Station, Whidbey Island,
Washington, and a base in Hawaii.
Hughes collaborated with Boost Mobile, both of which are part of
the EchoStar family of companies. Boost Mobile's innovative
Open-RAN-based 5G networking technologies for US-wide public
network deployment experience provided a rich heritage for the
standalone, secure 5G networks on each base. In addition, Hughes
implemented its intelligent network orchestration capabilities,
Smart Network Edge (SNE) mission-planning technology, and Network
Management System (NMS). Together, these technologies maintained
communications in contested and congested environments.
"The combined team successfully demonstrated a flexible and
resilient mission network that dynamically switched communications
paths to ensure uninterrupted situational awareness," said Dr.
Rajeev Gopal, vice president of
Advanced Programs for the Defense Division at Hughes. "We are ready
to implement smart network orchestration and secure Private 5G
networks, for the U.S. Department of Defense to ensure that users
have critical command and control information when they need it
most, even in disrupted, occasionally disconnected, and
low-bandwidth conditions."
The network supported Automated PACE planning, leveraging the
powerful Hughes NMS and SNE technologies that dynamically utilize
multiple transport paths to deliver situational awareness. These
advanced automation techniques optimize capacity, QoS, and various
time/space-based resource commitments to speed up changes and
access to SATCOM resources. With command-in-the-loop, the Hughes
technology can process new service requests in less than 5 seconds
to accommodate new threats in the theatre and automatically
distribute information across paths orchestrated by Hughes SNE. The
NMS and SNE are critical enablers for state-of-the-art resilient
communications utilizing multiple diverse transports, including
GEO, MEO, LEO, and 5G systems.
The demonstration confirmed that the EchoStar Private 5G ORAN
network can maintain secure connectivity for devices and
applications when users travel outside the naval base. This
capability supports a concept of operations where a device running
on the Whidbey Island NAS 5G network can travel to another location
and still securely access applications that reside at Whidbey
Island. The Navy can use this secure internet access for missions
requiring a user to relocate from one base to another.
To learn more about how Hughes delivers secure communications,
anytime, anywhere, please visit the Hughes website.
About EchoStar
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) is
a premier provider of technology, networking services, television
entertainment and connectivity, offering consumer, enterprise,
operator and government solutions worldwide under its EchoStar®,
Boost Mobile®, Boost Infinite, Sling TV, DISH TV, Hughes®,
Hughesnet®, HughesON™, and JUPITER™ brands. In Europe, EchoStar operates under its EchoStar
Mobile Limited subsidiary and in Australia, the company operates as EchoStar
Global Australia. For more information, visit www.echostar.com and
follow EchoStar on X (Twitter) and LinkedIn.
About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile offers the best value in wireless with simple,
flexible and transparent plans starting at $25 for unlimited 5G. Boost's nationwide
cloud-native O-RAN 5G network delivers lightning-fast speeds,
reliability and coverage on the latest 5G devices. Customers enjoy
no annual service contracts and the freedom to upgrade their
devices anytime without a trade-in. Experience Boost Mobile's
risk-free 30-day money-back guarantee and learn more about our
services on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Boost Mobile is the
nation's newest nationwide mobile carrier in the U.S. and a brand
under EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS).
About Hughes
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar
(Nasdaq: SATS) company, provides broadband equipment and services;
managed services featuring smart, software-defined networking; and
end-to-end network operation for millions of consumers, businesses,
governments, airlines, and communities worldwide. The Hughes
flagship internet service, Hughesnet®, connects millions
of people across the Americas, and the Hughes JUPITER™ System
powers internet access for tens of millions more worldwide. Hughes
supplies more than half the global satellite terminal market to
leading satellite operators, mobile network operators and military
customers. Hughes products and services have helped bring in-flight
video and broadband to thousands of aircraft for over twenty years.
A managed network services provider, Hughes supports approximately
half a million enterprise sites with its HughesON™ portfolio of
wired and wireless solutions. To learn more,
visit https://www.hughes.com/ or follow HughesConnects on
Twitter and LinkedIn.
©2024 Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company. Hughes
and Hughesnet are registered trademarks and JUPITER is a trademark
of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.
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