Satellite Communication Benchmarking with Terrestrial 5G Networks
The satellite industry is currently being disrupted by the rapid introduction of large Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, which enable lower latencies and higher throughputs than more traditional geostationary satellites. This evolution has been driven by a dramatic decrease in launch and production costs for LEO satellites over the past decade.
For terrestrial mobile operators, two satellite use cases are of particular interest;
Satellite broadband connectivity to a fixed device and Mobile connectivity to a smartphone .