Hughes Systique Corporation, (HSC), is a provider of technology services for telecom technologies in satellite, wireless and broadband communication domain. The company offers Technology Consulting, System Architecture design, and Software Development services.

HSC is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland (USA), a suburb of Washington D.C. HSC maintains Sales, Marketing and Consulting offices worldwide and a technology development and delivery centre in Gurgaon, India.

HSC is part of the HUGHES group of companies.

Specialisms

Hughes Systique maintains strategic interest and focus in the following key areas:

• IMS
  IP Multimedia Subsystem
  The IP Multimedia Subsystem or IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem is an architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol multimedia services. It was originally designed by the wireless standards body 3rd Generation Partnership Project , as a part of the vision for evolving mobile...
  
   core network architecture, SDP and IMS
  IP Multimedia Subsystem
  The IP Multimedia Subsystem or IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem is an architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol multimedia services. It was originally designed by the wireless standards body 3rd Generation Partnership Project , as a part of the vision for evolving mobile...
  
   enabled applications
• MAC
  MAC address
  A Media Access Control address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. MAC addresses are used for numerous network technologies and most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet...
  
  , Quality of Service
  Quality of service
  The quality of service refers to several related aspects of telephony and computer networks that allow the transport of traffic with special requirements...
  
   (QoS) and IP
  Internet Protocol
  The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
  
   layers of WiMAX
  WiMAX
  WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
  
  
• Converged applications for terminals and network

Consulting and Architecture

HSC provides consulting services over a broad range of Telecom domains. These include:

• Wireless Systems - 3G
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
  /4G
  4G
  In telecommunications, 4G is the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. It is a successor to the 3G and 2G families of standards. In 2009, the ITU-R organization specified the IMT-Advanced requirements for 4G standards, setting peak speed requirements for 4G service at 100 Mbit/s...
  
   architecture, Air Interface simulation and optimization, Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3
  Network Layer
  The network layer is layer 3 of the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking.The network layer is responsible for packet forwarding including routing through intermediate routers, whereas the data link layer is responsible for media access control, flow control and error checking.The network...
  
   Design
• Multimedia over IP - IMS
  IP Multimedia Subsystem
  The IP Multimedia Subsystem or IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem is an architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol multimedia services. It was originally designed by the wireless standards body 3rd Generation Partnership Project , as a part of the vision for evolving mobile...
  
   over Wireless and Wireline, Fixed mobile convergence
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
  Session Initiation Protocol
  The Session Initiation Protocol is an IETF-defined signaling protocol widely used for controlling communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol . The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party or multiparty sessions...
  
  
• IPTV
  IPTV
  Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
  
   - QoS Engineering
• Session Border Controller
  Session Border Controller
  A session border controller is a device regularly deployed in Voice over Internet Protocol networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down telephone calls or other interactive media communications.SBC's original...
  
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• Softswitch
  Softswitch
  A softswitch is a central device in a telecommunications network which connects telephone calls from one phone line to another, typically via the internet, entirely by means of software running on a general-purpose computer system...
  
  es/Intelligent Network
  Intelligent network
  The Intelligent Network , is the standard network architecture specified in the . It is intended for fixed as well as mobile telecom networks...
  
   architecture
• WiMAX
  WiMAX
  WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
  
  
• Satellite Terminals
• IP-DSLAM
• Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)
  Passive optical network
  A passive optical network is a point-to-multipoint, fiber to the premises network architecture in which unpowered optical splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve multiple premises, typically 16-128. A PON consists of an optical line terminal at the service provider's central...
  
  
• High Speed Packet Access (HSxPA)
• 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
  3GPP Long Term Evolution
  3GPP Long Term Evolution, usually referred to as LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using new modulation techniques...
  
  
• Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H)
  DVB-H
  DVB-H is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats. It is a technical specification for bringing broadcast services to mobile handsets. DVB-H was formally adopted as ETSI standard EN 302 304 in November 2004. The DVB-H specification can be downloaded from the official DVB-H website...
  
   and Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Handheld (DVB-SH)
  DVB-SH
  DVB-SH, Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds, is a physical layer standard for delivering IP based media content and data to handheld terminals such as mobile phones or PDAs, based on a hybrid satellite/terrestrial downlink and for example a GPRS uplink...
  
   System Engineering
• Mobile TV - MDS (Multimedia delivery Solutions)
• Satellite Communications Link Design and Development
• Application Software
  Application software
  Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
  
  
• DSP
  Digital signal processing
  Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
  
   and Embedded Systems
  Embedded system
  An embedded system is a computer system designed for specific control functions within a larger system. often with real-time computing constraints. It is embedded as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts. By contrast, a general-purpose computer, such as a personal...
  
  
• FPGA design and testing
• Network Management
  Network management
  Network management refers to the activities, methods, procedures, and tools that pertain to the operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning of networked systems....
  
  
• Billing/OSS

Software Development and Maintenance

HSC also provides software development and maintenance services. The areas of specialization include:

• Software Development, Integration and Testing
  • Multimedia Applications
  • Next Generation Wireless Systems (3G/4G)
  • Broadband IP Systems
  • Back-office Systems (Customer Care and Billing)
• Maintenance and Re-engineering
  • Engineering support
  • Porting to new platforms
  • 24/7 Tier 2 and Tier 3 support

Network Services

HSC provides network Deployment Integration and Testing of the following:

• Value Added Services
  Value-added service
  A value-added service is popular as a telecommunications industry term for non-core services, or in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. However, it can be used in any service industry, for services available at little or no cost, to promote their primary business...
  
  
  • Applications
  • Platforms (SMSC, MMSC, WAP gateway)
  • Intelligent Network
    Intelligent network
    The Intelligent Network , is the standard network architecture specified in the . It is intended for fixed as well as mobile telecom networks...
    
     Nodes
  • Shell Scripting and Service Creation
• Operation Support Systems
  • Network Management Systems
  • Service Management
    IT Service Management
    IT service management is a discipline for managing information technology systems, philosophically centered on the customer's perspective of IT's contribution to the business. ITSM stands in deliberate contrast to technology-centered approaches to IT management and business interaction...
    
    
  • Service Provisioning
    Provisioning
    In telecommunication, provisioning is the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide services to its users. In NS/EP telecommunications services, "provisioning" equates to "initiation" and includes altering the state of an existing priority service or capability.In a...
    
    

Industry Affiliations

• The Internet Engineering Task Force
• Third Generation Partnership Project
  3GPP
  The 3rd Generation Partnership Project is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, known as the Organizational Partners...
  
  
• International Telecommunications Union
  Itu
  Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...
  
  
• Wimax Forum
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• SIP Forum
  SIP Forum
  The SIP Forum is a non-profit organization devoted to advancing the adoption of the Session Initiation Protocol , a signaling protocol for use in initiating, modifying, and terminating an interactive session among two or more users that involves multimedia elements such as voice, video, instant...
  
  
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

External links

• HSC Official Website
• Hughes Networks LLC
• HSC Wiki
• Location of Hughes Systique Corporation, Rockville
  Rockville, Maryland
  Rockville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a major incorporated city in the central part of Montgomery County and forms part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The 2010 U.S...
  
  , MD
  Maryland
  Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
  
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• Location of Hughes Systique India Private Limited, Gurgaon
  Gurgaon
  Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
  
  , Haryana
  Haryana
  Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
  
  , India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
   in Google Maps
  Google Maps
  Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free , that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API...
  
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