DEV Systemtechnik — Easing Eutelsat’s Distribution Burdens

With an ambitious quality assurance project, Eutelsat is going to replace the existing monitoring system and document the quality of their services around the clock, 24×7, and the L-band signal distribution components will be delivered by DEV Systemtechnik, some of them developed specifically for the SQA project.

SQA stands for Service Quality Assurance. Primarily, it is a software platform for controlling and monitoring measurement hardware as well as displaying and storing the measurement results. Moreover, the SQA platform acts as an interface between the systems in operation and Eutelsat’s network management system, delivered by Skyline Communications of Belgium. DEV Systemtechnik’s role in the SQA project is to deliver components for the RF signal distribution. The L-band Signal Distribution System DEV 2180 has been thoroughly re-designed and is available also in a version with integrated controller, DEV 2190. Specifically for the Eutelsat SQA project, DEV Systemtechnik developed a new family of L-band multiplexers/demultiplexers, DEV 1248 (4*8:1), DEV 12416 (4*16:1), and DEV 12232 (2*32:1). The appliances switch multiple inputs to one output (mux), or route a signal to different destinations (demux). They fit in a very small form factor, affording significantly less rack space than competitive products.