Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, announced that it is partnering with XipLink to enable its network acceleration product, XipOS. XipOS is an orchestrated, cloud-native software module running on Kratos’ OpenSpace dynamic satellite ground platform.
XipOS enhances the user experience by improving link utilization and network efficiency while reducing latency effects, improving response time by 30% or more.
In terrestrial and wireless networks, XipOS is typically deployed as software, maximizing flexibility, scalability and responsiveness while also reducing CAPEX costs. In satellite networks, however, XipOS has traditionally been installed as separate, dedicated hardware.
The partnership with XipLink is a case in point. OpenSpace Platform users will now benefit from orchestrating XipOS immediately, on demand as a fully integrated component of their end-to-end satellite network, from the gateway all the way to the terminal at the network’s far edge.
“Satellite terminals have historically been built on dedicated, proprietary hardware devices. As a result, companies like XipLink were forced to require additional hardware to deploy their applications, often at both the gateway and remote locations,” said Kevin Tobias, Director of Edge Product Management Solutions at Kratos. With OpenSpace and Kratos’ recently introduced OpenEdge software-enabled satellite terminals, operators can greatly improve their time to revenue while dramatically reducing cost and complexity.”
Deployed as cloud native software, OpenSpace Platform users will get optimal benefit from XipOS features, including:
- dramatic increase in link utilization, from 50-70% to 95% or more for connections exceeding 50 milliseconds,
- 30% or better response time for all connections, even at low latencies,
- session persistence that keeps connections alive longer, even in the event of minor outages or link changes and
- full-service orchestration across the OpenSpace Platform.
“OpenSpace allows satellite operators to take XipOS out of dedicated hardware and deploy it to full advantage in a software-defined satellite communications network,” said XipLink CEO, Jack Waters, “As a result, cloud-native XipOS will provide the absolute best end user experience over satcom while maximizing revenue for today’s satellite service providers and the dynamic, hybrid networks of the future.”
