Mobile operators use satellite backhaul for transport of GSM traffic in remote areas relying on satellite links for communications.
Satellite backhaul is costly, however, compared with backhaul on landlines, challenging mobile operators to optimize transport of cellular traffic on the Abis section from cell site base transceiver stations (BTS nodes) to base station controllers (BSCs) and on the Ater segment from BSCs to mobile switching centers (MSC) over satellite links.
Employing RAD’s voice compression products for satellite backhaul cuts Opex and improves efficiency for the backhaul of costly satellite links for GSM/GPRS connections
