Broadband satellite solutions and services provider,  Hughes Network Systems has announced a successful 4G LTE transmissions over satellite backhaul at download speeds of over 10 Mbps and upload speeds of 786 Kbps, including video phone calls. The testing involved the combination of a Hughes satellite modem with JUPITER™ high-throughput technology and Lemko Corporation’s Distributed Mobility Wireless Network (DiMoWiNe).

“The growing need for the dissemination of real-time video to our warfighters requires the combination of wireless 4G/LTE and high-throughput satellite backhaul,” said Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of Hughes Defense and Intelligence Systems Division. 

According to the company Deploying wireless 4G/LTE systems using a satellite backbone enables important applications for mobile broadband in tactical communications for both military and public safety markets. Warfighters will have the most advanced mobile communications available with rapid deployment capabilities, as will first responders in the critical minutes after a disaster.

Hughes JUPITER high-throughput technology operates over ECHOSTAR® XVII, the company’s next-generation Ka-band satellite. Where as Lemko has connected many GSM, CDMA, UMTS and EVDO commercial and tactical wireless networks via satellite. Lemko’s DiMoWiNe solution virtualizes the core  and all the switching and routing is moved to the network’s edge.