Nera SatLink Gateway supports existing DVB-RCS compliant Forward Link System (FLS), but Nera also offers FLS solutions. The Nera SatLink Gateway provides all the required interfaces and management functions necessary to set up a DVB-RCS service. The Gateway operator can interface DVB-RCS terminals to a terrestrial network or service provider, and manage all the operational aspects of the system.

Primary Nera SatLink Gateway services include routing and transmission of TCP / IP-based applications such as World-Wide Web (WWW) browsing, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Voice over IP (VoIP) and Video over IP (IP / TV) are supported by the Nera SatLink Gateway.

Nera SatLink Gateway also supports higher-level services:
· Remote management of Terminals
· Remote management of the Nera SatLink Hub
· Authorisation, Authentication and Accounting (AAA) functions based on Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
· Access control for Terminal IP sessions
· Dynamic IP addressing
· Multicasting
· Compression

Nera SatLink Gateway Optional services include:
· Enhanced RRM functionality
· TCP-spoofing / optimisation
· QoS based on standard IP service differentiation models
· IP Gateways: VoIP and/or IP / TV gateways may be added to the Nera SatLink Gateway. These optional IP-carrier services interface with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to provide alternatives to standard voice and video
· Terminal to Nera SatLink Gateway security using IPSec
· End-to-end security using IPSec

Applications for the Nera SatLink Hub
The Nera SatLink Gateway enables service providers to extend services in areas lacking conventional terrestrial infrastructure, including:
· Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
· Application Service Providers (ASPs)
· Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) basestations
· Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) nodes
· Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) radio basestations

A Nera SatLink Gateway supports innumerable applications, including:
· Banking and financial services
· Finance and stock market services
· CoLo: Colocation for web servers and web hosting to provide Internet feeds.
· VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol providing carrier-grade telephony.
· VPNs: Virtual Private Networks
· Distance learning (video, text, voice)
· Tele-medicine
· Interactive TV broadcasting