Thursday, September 13, 2012

Hughes TurboPage with ActiveCompress upgrades HN/HX systems


Hughes recently announced that it will be upgrading its HN/HX systems with the TurboPage with ActiveCompression feature. The upgrade will greatly increase bandwidth efficiency and provide support for the newest generation of IPv6 Internet addressing.

HN/HX systems possess numerous IP features and functionality that make them perfect for satellite routing where full IP functionality and performance is needed. The Hughes-designed systems provide advanced bandwidth management capabilities that allow operators to customize various Quality of Service (QoS) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) on a per-remote basis. Being pure IP-based solutions, they also incorporate a strong set of IP functions and features.

Hughes TurboPage with ActiveCompression can boost compression gain of transmitted HTTP traffic by up to 50 percent. It compresses both text and image data to decrease the volume of data transmitted through satellites. This improves bandwidth efficiency and performance across the entire network.

Hughes ActiveCompression also protects the original quality of both text and images during and after compression.

According to Adrian Morris, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Hughes, the HN/HX systems' new features future-proofs the networks of Hughes customers. "The Internet's growth creates an almost endless demand for new bandwidth,” he said, and added that same growth is causing the Internet to outstrip its own protocols.

By providing network operators with higher compression rates for more efficient bandwidth use and dual-stack support to ease the transition to IPv6,” said EVP Morris, “we've given them the tools to ride out the Internet's growing pains without disrupting service to their customers.”

One such customer was Vodacom Group, Ltd., which needed to improve its converged service offerings in throughout Africa. Last year, Vodacom selected Hughes' HN and HX satellite broadband solutions to improve network speeds and bandwidth efficiency.


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