On Sept. 22, 2026, software connectivity provider OrbitsIQ Global (OIQ) and automotive technology firm AVL North America initiated a multi-continent data acquisition campaign across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
The joint field validation project demonstrates high-volume sensor data transmission from connected vehicles by combining terrestrial cellular coverage with non-terrestrial satellite networks (NTN).
Sensor Data Volume and Dynamic Network Orchestration
The campaign addresses data backhaul limits facing modern connected and autonomous vehicles. Operating across diverse test routes ranging from dense urban corridors to remote rural highways, AVL test vehicles equipped with LiDAR sensors, radar units, and high-definition cameras capture raw road perception data at rates between 5 and 6 gigabytes per hour.
To maintain continuous data uploads to cloud processing centers, the vehicle test fleet utilizes OrbitsIQ Global’s MOVE orchestration software layer. Driven by artificial intelligence algorithms, MOVE evaluates real-time signal quality, latency, and throughput to switch bi-directional data streams between available 5G cellular towers and orbiting satellite relays without interrupting active transmissions.
By maintaining persistent connectivity across international borders and outside cellular coverage zones, the hybrid network allows engineering teams to execute structured data ingestion, cloud storage, and automated analysis for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle development.
Executive Viewpoints
“This campaign is about solving a very real bottleneck in modern mobility,” said Frederic C. Baker, Chief Technology Officer of OrbitsIQ Global. “Vehicles today generate massive amounts of data, but connectivity is still inconsistent. With MOVE, we are enabling a connectivity layer that is always available, allowing that data to move reliably regardless of location.”
“This collaboration allows us to validate data acquisition workflows under real-world conditions across multiple continents,” added Georg Teichtmeister, Chief Engineer of ADAS, AD, and Connectivity at AVL. “Reliable, continuous data transfer is essential for developing advanced driver assistance and automated driving systems, and this campaign is a key step in ensuring those capabilities can scale globally.”
Campaign Timeline and Commercial Outlook
Performance metrics gathered during the multi-continent test routes will directly inform future iterations of OrbitsIQ Global’s MOVE orchestration engine. Field results will be used to optimize automated network switching parameters, reduce latency overhead, and accelerate commercial deployment of hybrid satellite-cellular data platforms for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and fleet operators through 2027.
