Getting Above the Noise in Micropower Networks in Shared Access Spectrum

Hybrid networks promise the world - combining terrestrial networks and utilising satellite for the uncovered 85% of the Earth's surface.  But that 85% is remote - little infrastructure, no power, difficult access.  Many applications, such as smart agriculture, maritime, resource and remote asset monitoring are cost-sensitive and demand ultra-low power. This presentation will discuss the implementation using shared access spectrum, covering some of the challenges and solutions to implement a hybrid network in the ISM bands - from power usage, overcoming interference and antenna design through to roaming, quality of service and the capability gap between terrestrial and satellite communications.