[SatNews] Tachyon Networks, the developer of aXiom end-to-end satellite solutions for fixed, portable, and comms-on-the-move (COTM) applications, has launched its Linux-based aXiom Services Platform (ASP).

The ASP facilitates seamless integration across all communications equipment components on-board aircraft, terrestrial vehicles and maritime vessels, as well as interoperability with the end-to-end satellite network. The ASP also enables the display of all network monitoring applications and operational data with an easy to use graphical user interface (GUI). Consisting of a series of compact CPU boards with Virtual Machines and their associated Linux-based software, the rugged ASP is built to withstand the harshest remote and COTM environments. In addition, new releases of ASP software reside alongside the existing release on an adjacent Virtual Machine, ensuring that the ASP is completely stable when transitioning from one release to the next. This empowers customers with a high degree of reliability when deploying new applications and services.

The ASP enables aXiom 7000 Series Integrated Mobile Network solutions to be technology agnostic and operate across commercial and military Ku-, Ka- and X-band spacecraft, with waveforms from multiple vendors such as iDirect and Hughes. Moreover, the ASP integrates, operates and manages multiple vendors’ stabilized antenna systems, navigational systems, terminal components and earth station equipment via a web-based GUI to maximize ease of use. The ASP performs all of the functions that are required to support high-performance satellite networking including HTTP acceleration, WAN & TCP/IP acceleration, MPLS and IP policy routing using DHCP, NAT, IPv6, DNS and ARP. Beyond this functionality, the ASP enables several distinctive capabilities, including high-fidelity link performance and patented pre-fetch technologies for IP acceleration, remote field upgrades and net boot capabilities, along with an advanced suite of monitoring, reporting and control tools. The ASP provides unmatched visibility into the historic and current performance of the network, both at the Network Operation Center (NOC) and locally by the customer, enabling Tachyon to operate and manage remote networks more efficiently, and to provide customers with unprecedented visibility into their remotely deployed assets.