Hermes Skyflex Improves SCPC satellite performance by 30%

Hermes Skyflex automatically allocates bandwidth as required between two or more VSAT nodes.

"Satellite space is very expensive" explains Gary Steer of Hermes. "But it is also very flexible".  Whereas a traditional point-to-point link runs in both directions at a fixed and usually equal speed. Skyflex adapts to the actual data required on both sides.

A single satellite carrier is dynamically shared between two or more sites to meet the actual requirement. This dynamic response to the "burstiness" of WAN traffic, enables a transmitting site to utilise space bandwidth far more efficiently and allocation is based on simple rules.

As with all such systems, there is a cost in terms of bandwidth overhead - Skyflex is only around 7% - but this is easily offset by the increased bandwidth utilisation.

On a typical SCPC link this translates up to a 30% improvement in performance, with users experiencing faster file transfer in both directions.

To find out more about Skyflex in point-point, star or mesh configuration, please contact skyflex@hermes.uk.com.