Satcom for National Security & Intelligence Gathering

The SIGINT (Signal Intelligence)

or COMINT (Communications

Intelligence) applications, and

the monitoring and processing

of satellite traffic, are integral

elements of national security

activities in order to preserve the

political, economical and social

freedoms, rights and values of a

country.

Each bit of intelligence that can anticipate acts of terrorism, international

agreement violations or man-made disasters is critical to protect a

nation and its inhabitants. Intelligence and national security agencies

need to have the best performing equipment with the widest range of

demodulation and decapsulation options to process video, data and

voice traffic over satellite in full detail.

With Newtec, the acquired data remains untouched in the process of

demodulation in order to preserve the integrity of the original content.www.newtec.eu

INTELLIGENCE GATHERING

Application Note Intelligence Gathering

Newtec provides the highest performance

receivers in the market for data, video and

voice satellite traffic monitoring and

processing.

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Best-of-Trade COTS Satcom Receivers

Application Note Intelligence Gathering

Newtec has a track record of satellite communication equipment

installations within national security and intelligence gathering

applications around the globe. Newtec Satcom receivers are

appreciated by the diverse intelligence agencies due to their

performance, quality and broad spectrum of modulation

standards and options.

Newtec, as global leader in Satcom technology, has over 30

years experience of delivering satellite solutions to markets such

as Broadcast (TV & Radio), VSAT (consumer and enterprise),

IP Trunking, IP Backhaul (voice, data and video) as well as

Government and Defense applications over satellite. This rich

experience is translated in Newtec’s portfolio of Satcom products

and technologies to meet the highest operational requirements

for professional reliability and service availability.

For intelligence gathering, Newtec provides solutions for

both Single Channel per Carrier (SCPC) links as well as VSAT

networks that work independent of satellite constellation or

frequency band.

Newtec’s IP Broadband Hub and Terminals

MDM6000 MODEM (DEMOD FUNCTION)• DVB-S2/S2X + S2 Extensions• Modulation up to 256 APSK• Baud rate range: 1 – 72 MBaud• Data rates up to 425 Mbit/s • ASI + IP (GSE decapsulation, raw BBF)

EL970 SATELLITE DEMODULATOR

• DVB-S2 and DVB-DSNG/S compliant• QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK and 32APSK (with short frames)• Data rates up to 155 Mbps• Intelligence features

NTC-2263 DVB SATELLITE RECEIVER• DVB-S2 and DVB-DSNG/S compliant• QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK and 32APSK (with short frames)• ASI + IP + serial LVDS + SPI + HSSI + G.703• NSA Approved in US

MCD6000 MULTICARRIER DEMOD (3 DEMODS IN 1RU)• DVB-S2/S2X + S2 Extensions• Modulation up to 256 APSK• Baud rate range: 1 – 72 MBaud• Data rates up to 425 Mbit/s • BBF output

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Fit for Data Gathering

Newtec satcom receivers support the richest variety

of modulation, coding, data rate

and encapsulation methods in the

market.

The Newtec Satcom receivers are typically installed in intelligence

gathering centers. A defined procedure will allow for data

exchanged over satellite to be read out. After the receivers get

the command to lock on a satellite carrier, intelligence gathering

operators can determine the center frequency of the carrier by

using a satellite signal analyzer. The results will allow operators to

check what modulation standard and symbol rate are used in the

satellite carrier. Finally the Base Band frames can be analyzed and

useful intelligence data gathered out of both transport streams

(TS) and generic streams (GS).

During the entire operation, the Newtec receivers will not touch

the integrity of the original content and allow detailed processing

of the acquired intelligence.

Newtec’s product portfolio contains a variety of modulation

and demodulation equipment for standard and proprietary

communication over satellite for data, video and voice supporting

protocols such as DVB-S2X (new DVB standard as from March

2014), DVB-S2, DVB-S, DVB-DSNG, Newtec DVB-S2 Extensions,

MF-TDMA 4CPM, Mx-DMA, Reed Solomon, Viterbi, TPC and

LDPC.

The DVB receivers cover the full spectrum of MODCODs up

to 256APSK (including 32APSK short frames) as well as CCM/

VCM/ACM modes and data rates from 1.2kbps to 425 Mbps.

The MODCODs are combined with a set of encapsulation/

decapsulation methods such as MPE, XPE, GSE, ULE, Base Band

Frame and Data Piping.

Application Note Intelligence Gathering

DATA VIDEO VOICE

SIGINT ANTENNA SIGINT ANTENNA

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NEWTEC SATCOMRECEIVERS

INTELLIGENCEPROCESSING CENTER

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Newtec has always been a pioneer in satellite technology

and was at the base of many DVB satellite communication

standards available in the market today. Kick-started by

Newtec, key players in the satellite industry recently called for

a new satellite transmission standard to extend the existing

DVB-S2 standard. The new standard (called DVB-S2X) was

launched in March 2014 and approved by both DVB and

ETSI.

The full implementation of both the DVB-S2X and DVB-S2

standards are already available on Newtec 6000-series

modems and receivers.

Open standards such as DVB-S2 and DVB-S2X allow for

interoperability and avoid vendor lock-in. Today, DVB-S2X

already provides gains of up to 51% when compared with

DVB-S2. The support of Wideband technology adds another

20% to the equation. These gains exceed the results by

proprietary systems in the market.

Based on DVB Standards for Interoperability

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Figure 2: New DVB-S2X Standard Improvements

Increased Granularity

Spectral Efficiency(bps/Hz)

C/N

64/128/256 APSK

+27%

+51%

Shannon Limit

DVB-S2X

DVB-S2

DVB-S

10 Improvements in DVB-S2X

• Smaller Roll-Offs

• Advanced Filtering of Satellite Carriers

• Increased Granularity in MODCODs

• Higher Order Modulation:

64/128/256APSK Support

• Linear and Non-linear MODCODs

• Better Implementation of MODCODs

• Wideband Support

• Very Low SNR Support for Mobile Applications

• Channel Bonding

• Additional Standard Scrambling Sequences to

Mitigate Co-Channel-Interference (CCI)

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Getting all the information available out of the satellite

carriers is very important for intelligence gathering agencies.

Small details can provide precious information vital to their

objectives.

In the process of acquisition and demodulation of a satellite

signal the raw data remains untouched as PID-filtering and

data handling activities can be switched off in the Newtec

receivers (no filtering of MAC-addresses).

All 8192 possible PIDs are transparently passed through for

further processing.

The original Transport Streams and Generic Streams are not

modified, maintaining the integrity of the original content.

Newtec receivers also operate in a mode where the complete

carrier is demodulated and have raw Base Band data as

output that can be further processed by intelligent engines.

Maintaining Integrity of Original Content

Application Note Intelligence Gathering

Possibility to switch off data handling and PID filtering

activities (no MAC-address filtering) in

the Newtec receivers to keep the integrity of

the original data.

Figure 3: DVB-S2/S2X Interception Multistream & Single Stream with one Newtec Receiver

TCP/UDP

IP

GSE/MPE/XPE

BBF

S2/S2X

TCP/UDP

IP

GSE/MPE/XPE

BBF

S2/S2X

TCP/UDP

IP

GSE/MPE

BBF

UDP

IP

TCP/UDP

IP

TCP/UDP

IP

Demodulator

Demodulator

Server withdecapsulator you

can configure which streams to

decapsulate

S2/S2X IN (L-BAND)

S2/S2X IN (L-BAND)

USER TRAFFIC

BBF OVER UDP USER TRAFFIC

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Newtec has a large base of installed VSAT

systems worldwide. Newtec VSAT broadband

systems are already reaching hundreds of

thousands of consumer households today in

Europe, Africa, North and South America, Middle

East as well as Asia. Other VSAT installations are

used in enterprise, SCADA as well in SME, SOHO

and government and defense networks.

Newtec has two broadband IP platforms in its

VSAT product portfolio.

• The first broadband platform is the Newtec

Sat3Play® VSAT solution which primarily

targets consumer, SME and SOHO Internet

access networks over satellite.

• The second broadband platform is the recently

launched Newtec Dialog® multiservice VSAT

solution. The Newtec Dialog platform mainly

targets enterprise, broadcast, backhaul and

government and defense applications.

Newtec VSAT Broadband Solutions

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MDM330045/5 Mbps

MDM220022/3,5 Mbps

CONSUMERSMALL AND MEDIUMENTERPRISE

LARGE ENTERPRISE

MDM220022/3,5 Mbps

72 MHz 36 MHz

NEWTEC HUB

INTERNET BACKBONE

Figure 4: VSAT Intelligence Gathering

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Application Note Intelligence Gathering

The Newtec VSAT platforms typically consist of a hub

infrastructure, remote modems or terminals and a Network

Management System (NMS) that manages the entire satellite

network.

For the forward satellite link from the hub towards the remote,

the DVB-S2 modulation standard with efficiency enhancing

extensions are used (smaller roll-offs, etc.). These can be

intercepted by the Newtec DVB receivers.

The satellite return channel from the remotes to the hub

depend on the Newtec platform in use. Both the Newtec

Dialog and Sat3Play platforms have MF-TDMA 4CPM

technology on board (closely linked to DVB-RCS2). The

Newtec Dialog platform extends the satellite return channel

with SCPC (DVB-S2 with Extensions, Newtec HRC) and

Mx-DMA (Cross-Dimensional Multiple Access) alternatives.

As such, the satellite service provider has the choice between

three different return channels depending on the application,

throughput requirements and service offering.

For the interception of the return channels a combination

of hub, modem and NMS infrastructure is required. As such,

the scheduling, return carrier pools and return capacity

groups typical to MF-TDMA can be simulated to receive the

requested data that can be forwarded for further processing.

Interception of VSAT IP Broadband

TCP/UDP

IP

ETCP/IP

GSE

MFTDMA

4CPM

SIGNALING

UDP

IP

TCP/UDP

IP

S2 Demodulator

4CPM demodulator multicarrier demod

SpecialS3P modem

Server toterminate eTCP

you can configure which streams to

analyse

MPE TABLES OVER UDP

CONFIGURE BDM

SIGNALING DATA

DATA

TIMING

S2 FORWARD IN (L-BAND)

S2 FORWARD IN (L-BAND)

4CPM RETURN LINK IN (L-BAND)

USER TRAFFIC

TCP/UDP

IP

ETCP/IP

MPE

BBF

S2

SIGNALING

Newtec VSAT hub range Newtec VSAT modem range

Figure 5: DVB-S2/S2X Interception Multistream & Single Stream with one Newtec Receiver

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