Unique Broadband Systems Ltd.

Revolutionary design, customized production

Kiran Hirpara, P.Eng. PMP, SMIEEE

Worldwide Wireless Solutions

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Quick Facts

• Privately owned and operated company with design and manufacturing capabilities, head office located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (since 1990)

• World leader in the Development & Manufacturing of COFDM technology and applications for mobile video and multimedia applications using standard transmission protocols

• Designer and manufacturer of band specific, power efficient and cost effective solid state power amplifiers using state of the art GaN, LDMOS and GaAs FET devices

• Premier provider of solid state high power amplifier & solutions to defense, wireless, satellite, industrial, and scientific applications

• Designer and supplier of TACAN / IFF Calibration Sets

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Corporate Profile

• Manufacturing capabilities:

• In-house production facility (ISO 9001:2008 certified)

• Addressing 4 main sectors:

• Broadcast • Instrumentation & Scientific • Military (TACAN)/ Radar • SATCOM

• Field Installation Supervision

• Custom system integration

• Maintenance and Support • Full in-house component level repair and maintenance • Life cycle services

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Key Technology Implementation

UBS Ltd is a key contributor to several new programs applications

• 2000 - Main designer and manufacturer of terrestrial repeater solutions for: XM Satellite Radio

• 2006 - Collaborating with S-Timi and SARFT in China to create new terrestrial and mobile (CMMB) standards.

• 2009 - Instrumental in the development of the European mobile (DVB-SH) standard involving Solaris and Eutelsat

• 2011 - Active participation for DVB-SH trials with Alcatel

• 2012 - Major broadcast deployment participation for sites : Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

• 2012 - Design and manufacturing next generation dual repeater units: Sirius-XM

• 2013 - Designing and manufacturing broad range of satellite uplink transmitters for Russian Space Agency

• Introducing state of the art wideband GaN High power (Liquid & Air Cooled) amplifier systems

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Core Competencies

Broadcast Sectors

• Fully software upgradable universal modulator supports all digital broadcasting standards (DVB-T/H/T2/SH, DAB, CMMB, DTMB, ISDB-T/TB, ATSC and ATSC-M/H

• High efficiency modular amplifier solution

• Intelligent SW built-in to every power module allowing quick response to amplifier failure achieving ultimate system reliability

• State of the art water cooling technology

• Patented magnetic cooling plate technology

Satellite Sectors

• GaN Based High power indoor & outdoor amplifier system phase combined to achieve power level up to 10KW

• N+1 redundant solutions for high power amplifier systems for no interruption signal supply

• Hitless power combining using vector modulators of the input of each power module allowing switchless transition of module to keep signal on the air

• Built-in system controller provide serial interface using RS 485 and TCP/IP for remote monitoring and control

• High MTBF through excellent mechanical & thermal design

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Our Product Lines

• Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Products - All Standards

• Head-End Equipment: SFN Adapters/ Universal Modulators, GPS and GPS/GLONASS Receivers

• Terrestrial Transmission Equipment: Transmitters, Repeaters, Gap Fillers

• Distribution Equipment: IP-ASI-IP Network Adapters

• Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) Product Line

• Terrestrial Transmission Equipment: Transmitters, Repeaters, Gap Fillers

• Satellite Uplink Transmitters

• L, S, C, X, Ku and Ka Bands

• Air cooled & Liquid cooled

• Military Products Lines

• TACAN: Military Aircraft Identification Friendly or Foe (IFF)

• Single Source for USA and NATO Countries Armed Forces

• Passive Components (Freq VHF-60GHz)

• Wave guide/Coaxial Filters, Couplers, Adapters, etc

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Sample Broadcast Products

Terrestrial Repeater

Digital Video Exciter

Universal Modulator Platform

Universal Network Adapter - includes ASI over IP Bridge, ATSC-M/H Multiplexer, DTx Adapter, ISDBT Mux/Remux, CMMB

Multiplexer & Multi Standard SFN Adapter

Transmission Equipment Head End Equipment

GPS and GPS/ GLONASS Receiver

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1RU Rack Mount Unit

Universal Modulator Platform

Features

• Supports DVB-T/H/T2/SH, DAB, CMMB, DTMB,

ISDB-T/TB, ATSC and ATSC-M/H standards

• Direct RF output from 470 MHz to 860 MHz

(30 MHz to 1 GHz and L-Band optional)

• Superior Shoulders and MER

• SFN and MFN Support

• Adaptive Digital Linear & Non-linear Pre-corrector

• Manual Linear and Non-linear Digital Pre-correction

• Interfaces for Web GUI, SNMP and Telnet remote

control, machine to machine interface and software upgrades

• Integrated GPS, GPS/GLONASS and DVB-S/S2

receivers optional

DVB-S2 Modulator

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Test & Measurement equipments

Transmission Site RF Signal Analyzer TSA 5000

Remote control panel for M&C

Site Controller STC-1000

Portable Test Transmitter

Version

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UHF Indoor Terrestrial Transmitters/Repeaters

Product features:

• 470 MHz - 860 MHz Broadband Transmitter/Repeater

• Supports ATSC, ATSC-M/H, CMMB, DTMB, DVB-T/H, DVB-T2, DVB-SH,

ISDB-T/TB, , DAB, DAB+ and T-DMB waveforms

• SFN and MFN support

• Adaptive Non-linear Pre-corrector

• Manual Linear and Non-linear Digital Pre-correctors

• Touch screen display for real time user interface

• Remote control and self monitoring via Ethernet and RS485 interfaces

• Built in web server accessible through Ethernet connector with Internet Explorer

• Remotely manageable via SNMP

• GbE Transport Stream Input based on Pro-MPEG Forum CoP #3 / SMPTE 2022

Low Power

Medium Power

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Indoor Terrestrial Transmitters/Repeaters L & S band

Features

• Available output power 50W, 100W, 200W, 400W

• Compact, self-contained cabinet

• Forced air cooling system

• Modular construction for easy maintenance

• Universal platform supports multiple waveforms

50 W Transmitter

200 W Transmitter 400 W Transmitter

• High performance LDMOS power amplifier

• RF overdrive, high VSWR and over-temperature protection

• Linear and Non-linear Digital Pre-correction

• Remote control and self monitoring via Web GUI

• SNMP for network management

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L & S-Band Power Amplifier

Features

• Built using the latest generation RF devices, which are based on Gallium Nitride (GaN), LDMOS or Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) technologies.

• High linearity PA for broadcast of COFDM waveforms

• Fully protected against input overdrive, temperature and output load VSWR conditions

Include Management and Control (M&C) system that provides user with an ability to monitor and control various parameters of the amplifier system.

• HPA Monitor GUI software available for local PC control via RS232 interface

400 W L band Amplifier

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Standalone Power Amplifier UHF

Features

• 470 MHz - 860 MHz Broadband Amplifier

• Digital ready LDMOS PA provides 120W & 250 Watt output for broadcast of digital waveforms

• ALC or AGC mode of operation

• Touch screen display for real time user interface

• Remote control and self monitoring via Ethernet and RS485 interfaces

• Built in web server accessible through RJ45 connector with Internet Explorer

• Integrated AC/DC power supply

120W UHF Amplifier

250W UHF Amplifier

Terrestrial Dual Repeater

• DRU System is a single repeater unit

• Capable of source signal reception, trans-coding, and re-transmission of repeater signals.

• Accomplished with the implementation of low band and high band transmission subsystems,

• Operate either in tandem or independently within an integrated equipment cabinet.

• Available in (3) repeater transmission configurations with various antenna configurations:

• 200 W Standard DRU System

• 1 kW High Power DRU System

• 2 kW High Power DRU System

• HPA module provides fixed gain

amplification for the low band and high band terrestrial signals in the 2320-2345MHz S-Band frequency range.

SATELLITE COVERAGE AREA

Terrestrial SFN Network

ReceiverReceiver

Receiver

LB

HEO

S1

LB

HEO

S2

LB

HEO

S3

HB West

GEO

XM4

HB East

GEO

XM3

VSAT

Ku-Band

Galaxy G16

LB

GEO

FM5

HB Satellite

UplinkLB VSAT

Uplink

Dual Repeater Units

Terrestrial Dual Repeater : DRU 200W

FRONT- HPA’S

COMPARTMENT

FRONT- ELECTRONICS’S

COMPARTMENT

FANS BOX

BACK-UP BATTERY

COMPARTMENT

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Satellite Uplink Transmitters Available in: L, S, C, X, Ku and Ka band

Features

• Power level: 200W to 6.6KW

• Redundant/Combined Options

• Based on GaN technology

• Solid state linear design

• Excellent VSWR protection

• Built in LCD display for easy navigation & control menu

• Forced liquid cooled & Air cooled option

• Local & remote gain adjustment

• High Efficiency hot swappable Module

• Remote Control and monitoring via serial interface, Ethernet port and SNMP

• Best thermal conductivity and overdrive protection

• High MTBF

3KW L/S band liquid cooled Amplifier

DHPA30000LSB

250 W L/S Band

DSPA2500LSB 500 W L/S Band

DMPA5000LSB

Satellite Uplink Transmitters

300W Air-cooled Ka band Amplifier

DSPA3000KAB 1.2 KW Air-cooled Ka band Amplifier

DHPA12000KAB

•1 RU Remote Control Panel

•Internal Switch Control and Drive

•HPA GUI software available for local and remote PC

control

•Exceptional operational life expectancy

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Rectangular Waveguide Sections Rigid Twist (with flanges) Transitions (flanged) Shorting Plates Pressure Window Brackets and Hangers Twistable Flexible Waveguide Step Twist Adapters Adapter (waveguide to coax) Terminations Termination (low power precision) Termination (low power) Termination (medium power) Termination (medium power, short – length) Termination (high power)

Waveguide Components

• UBS stocks rectangular waveguide raw materials in sizes ranging from WR-28 to WR-650

Couplers Broadwall Directional Coupler

Dual Broadwall Directional Coupler

Broadwall Directional Coupler (coax secondary)

Dual Broadwall Directional Coupler (coax secondary)

Cross Guide Coupler

Magic Tee

Power Sampler Attenuators Precision Attenuator Fixed Attenuator

End Launch Adapter

WG cross guide coupler

Magic T and Twist Waveguides

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Full Line TV & Mobile TV TX Systems

1. Low, Medium and High Power Air-Cooled Solid State Television Transmitters (Innovator CX, LX & HX)

2. High Power Liquid Cooled Solid-State Television Transmitters (6X Series)

3. Complete Television Exciter Retrofit Systems

4. On Channel Digital Boosters, Gap Fillers and Low-Delay Echo-Canceling Repeaters

5. Mobile Multi-Media Base Stations (8XC Series)

6. MMDS, “Wireless Cable” and BWA Transmitters and Systems

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Our Customers & Success Stories

Digital Satellite Radio Operators (North America)

XM Satellite Radio: XM Terrestrial Repeaters

Sirius Satellite Radio: Second Generation Repeaters Audio and Video

Life cycle Maintenance

Satellite Operators

EUTELSAT (EUROPE): Broadcasting Video/Radio/Data to Handhelds

Solaris Mobile, DVB-SH repeaters

GlobalSat GSI (USA): Triple Play (Video, Audio, Data) in “Green Zone” , Iraq

Chinasat (China): Trials are underway with UBS CMMB Products

Russian Space Agency: Satellite uplink Transmitters

Wireless Broadcasters

Modeo (USA): Mobile Video in Pittsburgh using UBS Repeaters

LOOK Communications (Canada): Mobile Video Trials in Toronto

MCCTTV (China) Mobile China Central TV: Cellular Voice Operator-TMMB Prod.

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Our Customers & Success Stories Triple Play Operators

US State Dept Communications Network in “Green Zone” Iraq

Digitization Project for CTV Antigua (20K subscribers)

Digitization Project for St. Maarten

Digitization Project for Trinidad

Digitization Project for Grenada

OEM Designs

Harris (USA) - Digital Video Exciters

Alcatel (USA) - Complete Digital Video Repeaters-for Sirius (TOT)

PLISCH (Germany) – OEM Digital Audio (DAB) Modulators (TOT)

Samsung (Korea) – Test instrumentation Components

Single Source Military Calibration Equipment for US Navy

Completed Design/manufacture of TACAN Calibrator

Multi-year maintenance contract

Research Institute

Fraunhofer IIS – DVB-SH 50w Transmitter

15KW DTTS for Louisiana educational television Authority

Educational Broadcasting Authority, west Virginia

Sistema universitario, Puerto Rico

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• In many areas consumers do not have access to cost-effective broadband via

traditional networks, satellites and wireless networks play an important role in

rural and remote areas by reducing the so-called “digital divide”.

• Any building can have fast broadband, so long as you can position a satellite dish

so that it can see the sky.

• You don't need a phone line for satellite and/or wireless broadband, that total cost

compares well with traditional or fiber broadband.

• Merging Satellite Broadband and Wireless Broadband to provide Universal

Access (UA) eliminates terrestrial bottlenecks and poor Internet coverage.

• Economic Implications: The World Bank estimates that a 10% increment in

broadband penetration can increase Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by nearly

1.4% (in low and middle-income economies)

The argument for satellite and wireless broadband

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• While broadband wireless/satellite may offer a lower capacity, compared to typical speeds of

fixed lines, it presents advantages in terms of flexibility, availability and time to commission a

new service and, can offer enablers (e.g., capacity on-demand, multicast) that compliment

fixed services.

•The monthly costs have reduced dramatically

•Advantages for the community

•100% coverage and immediate broadband access for the entire community

•Low investment costs

•Quick deployment

•Only one satellite antenna required to connect the entire community

•Advantages for the end customers

•No individual satellite dish is required

•Short installation and service activation time

•Relatively high connection speed

•Standard end user hardware (DSL/ WiFi/ Cable modem)

The argument for satellite and wireless broadband

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•To stay competitive, a next generation network must not only be faster, but it

must also evolve to support changes in traffic patterns such as an increase in

real-time entertainment traffic.

•Addressing this issue demands increased satellite capacity that can be met by

a new generation of ultra high throughput multi-spot beam satellites operating at

Ka band.

•Improving availability: Not only capacity but coverage must also be improved

•Improving Reliability and Quality of Service

•Ensuring highest level of security

Some of the Challenges to Satellite and Wireless Broadband

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DRIVING INNOVATION WITH DVB-SH TECHNOLOGY

• Unique Broadband Systems Ltd. contributes to successful DVB-SH Live Mobile TV demonstrations during the Mobile World Congress.

• Instrumental in Successful completion of key DVB-SH S-Band Project

• Provided Terrestrial Repeaters to allow Solaris Mobile to demonstrate DVB-SH Live Mobile TV during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

• DVB-SH 200W Digital Mobile Broadcast Terrestrial Repeater Honored for Outstanding Innovation and has received a 2009 Satellite.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Award from TMC

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DVB-SH Technology Overview

DVB-SH A and B operations

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Involvement in DVB-SH Standardization Process

DVB-SH Waveform specifications (ETSI EN 302.583)

DVB-SH Implementations Guidelines specifications Issue 2 (TS 102.584)

DVB-SH Complementary Ground Components specifications (ETSI EN 302.574)

Participation in Validation Task Force

On-going support to DVB-TM-SSP Group activities

Interoperability Lab Fest, Italy/Turin, Feb 1st – 5th 2010

• Fraunhofer Institute (Germany) utilized the UBS Transmitter solution as a test bed to aid in the design of the DVB-SH Receivers.

• UBS solution was Fraunhofer’s choice at the head-end of their development trials for several reasons:

– Possess automatic “Doppler and delay” compensation providing unheard of system performance.

– Achieved “code combining and SFN Gain” in the test Receivers (summing of COFDM and TDM signals simultaneously).

– Resulted in constant 10-6 BER with SNR 5dB!!

– The UBS solution became the measuring standard during the DVB-SH development.

UBS: DVB-SH Launch Support

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Successful DVB-SH pilot network deployments

J-Ortigia Project in Italy,

Spain and Japan (April 2008 to September 2010)

Demonstration by Solaris Mobile at the Mobile World Congress,

Spain/Barcelona (Feb.16-19, 2009)

Demonstration at the SatExpo

Italy/Rome (March 19-21, 2009)

Demonstration by Eutelsat, Italy/Cagliari (May 2009)

Demonstration at the European Forum Digital TV,

Italy/Lucca (June 18-19, 2009)

Powered 1st DVB-SH network deployed in Germany by

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (Oct 2009)

UBS: DVB-SH Launch Support

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UBS Contribution to J-Ortigia

Design/Supply of Complementary Ground Components:

Low Power (50W) Indoor DVB-SH Repeaters

High Power (200W) Outdoor DVB-SH Repeaters

Low Power (50W) Indoor ESDR Repeaters

High Power (200W) Outdoor ESDR Repeaters

Design/Supply of Head-end Components:

TDM modulator for DVB-SHB mode

DVB-SHA Exciter for hybrid SFN synchronization of satellite & terrestrial networks

Project Support:

Remotely: on-going marketing and engineering support from UBS headquarter

Locally: assistance for Repeaters installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance during all 4 trials phases

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Complete DVB-SH Product Line

Universal

Modulator

DVB-SH A & B

50W Outdoor

Repeater 400W Outdoor

Repeater

200W Outdoor

Repeater

50W Indoor

Repeater

400W Indoor

Repeater

200W Indoor

Repeater

:

Proportions are not respected

Exciter

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DVB-SH S-Band 50W or 200W Terrestrial Repeater

Compact Self-Contained integrating :

DVB-SH Exciter: integrates DVB-S/S2 receiver, Modulator, Up-Converter,

GPS receiver, Main-Controller System

High Performance LDMOS Power Amplifier: 50W or 200W digital output power

RF output filter: allows to meet specific spectrum mask requirements

Cabinet for indoor (50W) and outdoor (200W) installation

State-of-the-art Technology:

Digital Linear/Non-Linear Pre-Distortion

Satellite Doppler and Variable Propagation Delay Compensation

Flexible Operations & Maintenance:

Modular architecture for easy of use

Web-Gui Interface for repeater system monitoring & control

SNMP agent for integration into Network Management System

DVB-SH Product Line

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DTR-1Kw S-Band Transmitter

Features

• Forced air cooling

• Indoor or Outdoor Cabinetry

• Modular design allows for light weight portability

• Up to 1kW Digital

• 2.3-2.4 GHz (2.2-2.3GHz available)

• Web GUI, SNMP, RS232 interfaces

• 4-Way Combiner has isolated inputs

• Class AB operation using LDMOS devices

DVB-SH Product Line

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The DVB-SH transmitter equipped with

• Exciter

• HPA

• Output Bandpass Filter

• Output Coupler

• Two RF Detectors (FWD & RFL)

• UPS (backup to Exciter only)

The Exciter equipped with

• DVB-SH Modulator

• Site Controller

• Upconverter

• GPS Receiver

Indoor 200 Watt DVB-SH S-Band Transmitter

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Engineering & Test Facility

Service Facility

Manufacturing Facility

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For further information

www.uniquesys.com

Or call

1-877-669-8533

Technical Contacts:

Dr. Karen Safaryan, Ph.D .

VP, Engineering

1-905 669 8533 Ext:110

karens@uniquesys.com

Kiran Hirpara, P.Eng, PMP

Director, Engineering

1-905 669 8533 Ext:228

kiranh@uniquesys.com

THANK YOU !