{"id":7910,"date":"2022-11-17T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2022-11-17T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:24:11","slug":"free-hopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/free-hopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Hopper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>EASii IC and ST Engineering iDirect demonstrate interoperability for European Space Agency (ESA) HTS Free Hopper Project at Electronica 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interoperability testing with ST Engineering iDirect\u2019s wideband patented MCM7500 Multi-Carrier Modulator and EASii IC\u2019s Oxford-2 satellite modem ASIC will be showcased during the upcoming Electronica 2022 event in Munich from November 15-18<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration will be conducted as part of the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Free Hopper project, which aims to validate the technical maturity of advanced DVB-S2X beam-hopping using the DVB-S2X standard. Beam-hopping is a patented technique which allows highly flexible allocation of satellite capacity to areas which need it most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ESA, under the Artes 4.0 Telecom program, has engaged Airbus France, Honeywell UK, ST Engineering iDirect Europe and EASii IC France to participate in the HTS Free Hopper programme. The two-year project is currently in its initial phase, where equipment interoperability is tested and guaranteed before proceeding with full testing of beam-hopping scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration at Electronica, a leading trade show for the electronics industry, exhibits a high symbol rate carrier using the new DVB-S2X Super-Frame format 6 in continuous very low signal-to-noise ratio (VLSNR) mode. VLSNR is a form of modulation which allows satellite links to be maintained in very challenging link conditions where the useful signal\u2019s power level is well below the noise power level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further features can be demonstrated live at the stand C2.148 on request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a culture of innovation and a long history of pushing technology boundaries, both ST Engineering iDirect as EASii IC were instrumental in creating the DVB-S2X standard. The MCM7500 and Oxford-2 implement the latest DVB-S2X standard EN302307-part 2 which was first adopted in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the HTS Free Hopper program can be found at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artes.esa.int\/projects\/hts-free-hopper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/artes.esa.int\/projects\/hts-free-hopper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about ST Engineering iDirect and its products can be found at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idirect.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.idirect.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EASii IC and ST Engineering iDirect demonstrate interoperability for European Space Agency (ESA) HTS Free Hopper Project at Electronica 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7911,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7910\/revisions\/7911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easii-ic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}