...the newly approved Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) IP-over-Satellite (IPoS) 1008-B Standard (IPoS-B) published May 15, 2012. Hughes has led the effort in developing the IPoS standard, originally approved by TIA in November 2003 and subsequently by ETSI and ITU, which is the most widely deployed in the satellite networking industry. The updated IPoS-B standard specifies many new features implemented in the Hughes HX system, including mesh, mobility, increased bandwidth efficiency, and security. IPoS-B follows the IPoS.v2 update issued in 2006 which incorporated the DVB-S2 standard, and includes the following new features:

• Mesh communication with peertopeer direct single hop and meshspecific timing synchronization
• Direct sequence spreading to small antennas in a mobile environment
• Digital Video Broadcasting—Second Generation (DVBS2) compliant modulation and coding
• Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) and Constant Coding Modulation (CCM) on the outroute
• Adaptive Inroute Selection (AIS) of coding rate
• Mobility support
• Inroute control signaling security
• Closed Loop Timing (CLT)

In addition to IPoS-B, the HX System with the HX280 broadband satellite router is Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 2 validated, meets transmission security (TRANSEC) requirements with its enhanced signaling security and operates in Ka-, Ku, X-, L- and C-band frequencies. TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developing organization.