[Satellite TODAY 05-09-13] Inmarsat has announced the extension of the capabilities of its microwave backbone in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) through the introduction of a new “Stabilized Microwave” service. Designed to expand the reach of the company’s GoM network to include deep-water structures, the Stabilized Microwave device is expected to offer higher bandwidth and lower latency, enabling clients to experience the same quality of service as they would in their on-shore offices.

 

    Initially being deployed in the Mississippi Canyon Field in the GoM, Stabilized Microwave will enable Inmarsat to expand its microwave network into much deeper waters off the shelf of the Gulf.

 

    The new service is delivered through a last mile radio link from Inmarsat’s network backbone to LLOG’s MC-547 Who Dat platform using a stabilized remote terminal “looking back” to a fixed microwave dish. The stabilized system was produced by Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS) and, combined with standard microwave radios connecting to Inmarsat’s core network, delivers a high bandwidth, low latency service.