Luxembourg-based OrbitsIQ and Wrocław University of Science & Technology (Wrocław Tech) claim to have made a breakthrough in space-based IoT connectivity.

This European Space Agency (ESA) supported innovation could position OIQ at the forefront of scalable, AI-driven secure satellite communications.

OrbitsIQ innovates in AI-driven secure connectivity across terrestrial and satellite networks. It has announced a technological milestone achieved with Wrocław Tech and supported by the ESA.

Together, the partners have developed and validated a transmission technology, the enhanced spread-spectrum aloha (E-SSA) waveform, purpose-built for space-based IoT and mobile telematics applications. The breakthrough enables satellite networks to support hundreds of devices transmitting simultaneously over the same channel in the RF spectrum, without the performance degradation typically associated with scale.

As demand for global connectivity across mobility, logistics, agriculture, energy and infrastructure monitoring continues to grow, satellite networks face a core challenge: scaling efficiently without sacrificing performance or increasing complexity. Conventional technologies rely on scheduling or collision-based access methods to the allocated RF channel that reduce usable capacity or degrade under high device density. This limitation becomes particularly problematic for mobile and IoT data exchange, where large numbers of devices compete for limited RF channel capacity.

The E-SSA waveform takes a different approach. Validated through offline testing over 4MHz wide bandwidth, it has demonstrated 500 concurrent device connections, approximately 30,000 data frames per second and a measured spectral efficiency of 0.8bps/Hz. Each frame consists of a commercially attractive amount of digital data.

Actual testing runs have confirmed advantageous E-SSA performance. This represents a step-change in usable throughput and sat-com spectrum use compared with existing narrowband satellite systems.

Beyond pure performance gains, E-SSA reduces system complexity. Devices can transmit data to passing satellites without prior registration, synchronisation or network coordination. Each data frame has the preamble that alerts satellite receivers. The architecture eliminates scheduling overhead and reduces protocol inefficiencies, allowing most of the allocated bandwidth to carry user data.

This streamlined design enables instantaneous deployment in remote and infrastructure-denied environments, lower satellite payload complexity, reduced latency, and improved energy efficiency for battery-powered devices.

The system has been validated offline and online in laboratory environments and with a significant extent of online operation modelling in over-the-air outdoor testing using real RF hardware.

The E-SSA development reinforces OIQ’s strategy of combining cyber security, AI-driven network orchestration and proprietary communication technologies into a unified secure connectivity platform, making mobile and IoT sat-com seamless communication a commercial reality.

Over the past two years, OIQ has expanded its capabilities in satellite-terrestrial interoperability and secure communications through acquisitions and intellectual property development, including more than 53 patents. In October 2025, the company acquired Munich-based Unio Enterprise, followed by its expansion into Poland earlier this year to strengthen satellite waveform innovation, digital signal processing and other relevant software development.

The E-SSA technique enhances this portfolio by addressing the scalability and efficiency challenges considered under several aspects of space-based narrowband communications, a critical component of future global mobile connectivity infrastructure.

“This collaboration reflects our long-term commitment to redefining secure global connectivity,” said Joe Euteneuer, CEO of OrbitsIQ. “E-SSA is not simply an incremental improvement; it is a structural innovation that enables satellite and terrestrial networks to operate in harmony, scaling efficiently without compromising performance. Together, our waveform development, AI-driven-switching, data routing and cyber-security capabilities position OIQ to deliver truly resilient, ubiquitous, secured connectivity.”

Pawel Kabacik, a professor at Wrocław Tech (pwr.edu.pl), added: “By rethinking how spectrum is shared in space-based systems, we have achieved a measurable and validated improvement in efficiency and scalability making use of contemporary opportunities brought to reality by recent advancements in RF and digital hardware and signal processing.”

Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Luxembourg, with international offices in Germany, Poland and the USA, OrbitsIQ Global (oiqglobal.com) is building a ubiquitous connectivity platform that seamlessly integrates terrestrial and satellite networks irrespective of frequency band. This AI-driven service delivers uninterrupted, secure connectivity to fixed and mobile assets for the government and to commercial enterprises globally.