SUIRG

David Hartshorn, secretary general of GVF, and chair of the SUIRG VSAT Carrier ID Group, said the members are working to pinpoint the role that VSAT terminals may be playing in satellite interference to better understand how Carrier ID would help solve the problem.

SUIRG is an international not-for-profit corporation with representation from both the private and public sectors, organised to combat the increasing and costly problem of satellite radio frequency interference (RFI).

Martin Coleman, director of Colem, is leading SUIRG's Video CID Group.

For the larger user, that is, those with multiplexed systems, there are still issues, and the SUIRG Video CID group is working closely to minimise any capital expense of implementing new CID capabilities.

The conference, the seventh annual meeting organised by SUIRG, attracted more than 60 participants from over 20 countries, with representatives from satellite operators from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

That is why SUIRG and other industry associations are actively advocating the use of embedded carrier identification, or "Carrier ID", for video, data and VSAT carriers.