CONFERENCE PROGRAM Wednesday, October 1 08:30-10:30 08:00-08:30 - Foyer - Registration and Material Pick-up 08:30-08:40 - Room A Opening Remarks by Frank Gargione, General Chair of the Conference 08:40-10:30 - Room A Opening Session: A Retrospective of the Impact of the Ka Band on Satellite Communications Introductory Remarks and Moderator: Frank Gargione, Satellite Systems Consultant, USA - NASA SCaN Overview and Ka-Band Activities James Stegeman (Speaker), NASA Glenn Research Center, USA Marco Midon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA Faramaz Davarian, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA Barry Geldzahler, NASA Headquarters, USA - Japan s R&D Contributions in Ka-Band Satellite Communications Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan - ITALSAT: The First Ka Band Regenerative SSTDMA Satellite System Franco Marconicchio, Satellite Systems Consultant, - Impact of the Ka-Band on Satellite Communications Richard Gedney, ACT Co., USA - A Blue Ocean Market for High Throughput Ka band Satellites Giuliano Berretta, Eutelsat Honorary President, France - On Board Processor Challenges Peter Garland, MDA, Canada - The Transition to Non-Processed Payloads (and Back to the Future again) Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA - Impact of Ka-Band on Satellite Manufacturers Chris Hoeber, SSL, USA - A Retrospective of the Impact of Ka Band on Satellite Communications - Impact on System Manufactures from Service and Applications Perspective Massimo Claudio Comparini, Telespazio, - Past, Present and Planned Systems Roger Rusch, TelAstra, USA 10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break 15
Wednesday, October 1 11:00-13:00 11:00-13:00 - Room A Session Ka 1: Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Program I Chairs: Enrico Russo, ASI, and Juan Rivera Castro, ESA, The Experimentation and Technology Developments in the Frame of ASI Q/V Band Program Enrico Russo, ASI - Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Mission - Mission Overview Giuseppe Codispoti, ASI - Philippe Sivac, Juan Rivera Castro, ESA - The Functional Tests and Performances of the 40/50 GHz Ground Infrastructure Supporting the Italian Q/V-band Experimental Campaigns via the Aldo Paraboni Payload Carlo Cornacchini, Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering - Giuseppe Codispoti, Enrico Russo, ASI - Q/V Band Ground Station for Alphasat TDP5 Telecommunication Experiment - Design and Verification Michael Schmidt, Harald Schlemmer, Johannes Ebert, Joanneum Research - Austria Markus Kueckelheim, Vertex Antennentechnik - Juan Rivera Castro, ESA - The Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Mission: IOT Campaign Execution and Results Fabrizio Di Cola, Alberto Pandolfi, Giampiero Di Paolo, Thales Alenia Space - Juan Rivera Castro, Edoardo Benzi, Antonio Martellucci, ESA ESTEC - The Michael Schmidt, Joannes Ebert, Felix Cuervo, Joanneum Research - Austria Stefano Falzini, Enzo Coviello, Elena De Viti, Space Engineering - Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan - Giuseppe Codispoti, Enrico Russo, ASI - Alphasat Mission: TDPs Ground Segment and Operations Concept & Implementation Edoardo Benzi, ESA - The Nicola Policella, ESA-ESOC - Mark James, Alex Cacioni, Inmarsat PLC - United Kingdom 11:00-13:00 - Room B 12th BroadSky Workshop Chair: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Greetings from Vice President of NICT Fumihiko Tomita, NICT, Japan Toward Next Generation Maritime Satellite Communications Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan Wideband Satellite Communication Effects a Change in Underwater Resources Exploration in Japan Takeshi Nakatani, Hiroshi Yoshida, JAMSTEC, Japan R&D of Broadband Maritime Communications Technology in Japan Naoko Yoshimura, NICT, Japan 11:00-12:40 - Room C Ka 2: Telecommunication Payload Design Chair: Hampton C. Chan, SSL, USA Broadband Dual Application: The Italian Payload EHF/K on Fidus Program - On Ground Testing at Satellite Level Giampiero Di Paolo, Francesca Finocchiaro, Carmela Ruta, Sabrina Wahib, Thales Alenia Space - Broadband Dual Application: The Italian Payload on Athena FIDUS - In Orbit Testing Preparation Giampiero Di Paolo, Francesca Finocchiaro, Gian Luca Natale, Carmela Ruta, Sabrina Wahib, Thales Alenia Space - A Technology Payload System for Exploration of the W- and V-band Spectrum Anton Weaver-Madsen, Space Systems Loral - United States Digital On-Board Payload Evolutionary Technologies: Deep Sub-Micron Microelectronics Opportunity Analysis Vincenzo Schena, Giuseppe Tomasicchio, Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space - Communication Experiments of the Heinrich-Hertz Mission Alvaro Gonzalez Font, Holger Pawlak, Dominik Lang, OHB System AG - 13:00-14:00 - Lunch Break 16
Wednesday, October 1 14:00-15:20 14:00-15:20 - Room A Ka 3: Telecommunication Applications Chair: Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Use of Satellite Communication Systems and Services for Monitoring of Critical Infrastructures and Safety Applications Marios Poulakis, S. Vassaki, C. Kourogiorgas, Giorgos Pitsiladis, Athanasios Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens - Greece G. Gardikis, S. Costicoglou, Space Hellas, Greece Maritime Communications - Identifying Current and Future Satellite Requirements & Technologies Simon Plass, Federico Clazzer, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Fritz Bekkadal, MARINTEK - Norway Yasrine Ibnyahya, Inmarsat - United Kingdom Maurizio Manzo, SIRM - Civil And Military Missions Enabled by New Generation Ka Satellites: Operations, Logistics and Customer Management Antonio Ceccarelli, Lucia Ciccotti, Telespazio - SatCom System for Pan-European Logistics Applications Paolo Conforto, Giacinto Losquadro, Carlo Ciancarelli, Thales Alenia Space - 14:00-15:20 - Room B 12th BroadSky Workshop (continued) Chair: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Maritime Bandwidth Economics: How High Capacity Ka-band Satellites Change the Game Patty Chang, Bill Sullivan, Dick Gedney, ViaSat, USA Ground Segment Technology Developments at ESA for Maritime Communications Nicolas Girault, ESA/ESTEC, The Closing Remarks by Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan 14:00-15:20 - Room C Ka 4: Earth Observation Applications Chair: Fausto Perri, ALTEC, The New COSMO-SkyMed Cropped Products Luca Fasano, Giuseppe Francesco De Luca, Paolo Inversi, Manfredi Porfilio, Mauro Cardone, Rosa Loizzo, ASI - Using COSMO-SkyMed SAR Data for Remote Characterization of a SAR Calibration Site Manfredi Porfilio, Francesco Caltagirone, ASI - Barbara Bussi, Valerio Grimani, Pasquale Salemme, Thales Alenia Space - COSMO-SkyMed Tandem-Like Interferometric DEM Generation and Validation Rino Lorusso, Marilena Amoroso, Nunzia Lombardi, Francesco Nirchio, Giovanni Milillo, ASI - COSMO-SkyMed Imagery for Microwave Crops Characterization Federica Segalini, Rocchina Guarini, Luigi Dini, ASI-CIDOT - Giovanni Mastronardi, Polytechnic of Bari - Claudia Notarnicola, EURAC Research - Francesco Vuolo, University of Wien - Austria 15:20-15:40 - Coffee Break 15:45-20:00 - Visit of the Paestum Archaeological Area and the Museum. The Welcome Cocktail Reception at the Museum sponsored by Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space Italia. 17
Thursday, October 2 08:30-10:10 08:00-08:30 - Foyer - Registration and Material Pick-up 08:30-10:10 - Room A Ka 5: Telecommunication Ground Segments Chair: Hector Fenech, Eutelsat, France Rapid Development and Delivery of Ka-band OTM Terminals for Disaster Recovery Mobile Communications Nodes G. Callaghan, R. Gilmore, John Logan, J. Ness, EM Solutions Pty Ltd - Australia A Free-Space Optical Communication between Ground Terminal and Mobile Terminal using In-orbit and Networked Optical Ground Stations Experimental Verification Advanced Testbed (INNOVA) Motoaki Shimizu, Toshiaki Yamashita, So Nishimura, Toshihiro Nishizawa, NEC - Japan Yasushi Munemasa, Yoshisada Koyama, Yoshihisa Takayama, Morio Toyoshima, NICT - Japan Italian Athena Fidus Ka Ground Segments and Services Gianni Marasca, Marco Certelli, Vittorio Magna, Maria Cristina Lupi, Telespazio - Cost Effective Satellite Terminals for MESH Overlay Networking Giuseppe D Angelo, Gino Bogo, Filippo Di Cecca, Space Engineering - Rosalba Suffritti, Mavigex - Methods and results for the assessment of G/T of SatCom Q/V band Ground Stations Antonio Martellucci, Juan Rivera Castro, Marco Lanucara, ESA/ESTEC - The Johannes Ebert, Joanneum Research - Austria 08:30-09:50 - Room B Ka 6: Telecommunication Systems Interference I Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan Sub-channel Domain Processing for Interference Protection of Satellite Communication Nicolas Jacquey, Bernard Pezet, Airbus Defence and Space - France Interference Issues in High-throughput Multi-beam Satellite Systems Erich Lutz, DLR - On Interference Management Techniques in Broadband Satellite Systems Rosalba Suffritti, Niccolo Privitera, Mavigex - Svilen Dimitrov, Zoltan Katona, DLR - Gabriele Boccolini, GRADIANT - Spain Stephan Jaeckel, Leszek Raschkowski, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute - Argyrios Kyrgiazos, Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom Juan Manuel Rodriguez Bejarano, Ana Yun Garcia, Thales Alenia Space Espana - Spain Oriol Vidal, Patricia Inigo Martinez, Airbus Defence & Space - France Anti-Interference/Anti-Jamming Technique based on Multi-Beam Antenna Approach: A Preliminary Study for the Application in Commercial SATCOMs Vincenzo Schena, Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space - Vincenzo Pascale, University of Rome La Sapienza - 08:30-09:50 - Room C Ka 7: Telecommunication Systems Architecture Chair: Richard Gedney, Viasat, USA Flexible High Throughput Satellite System Architecture for Traffic Localization Shigenori Tani, Katsuyuki Motoyoshi, Akinori Fujimura, Hiroyasu Sano, Atsushi Okamura, Mitsubishi Electric - Japan Optimum Beam Size for Mobility Services Chris McLain, Janet King, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - USA Radio Resource Management for Forward and Return Links in High Throughput Satellite Systems Svilen Dimitrov, Stefan Erl, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Stephan Jaeckel, Fraunhofer HHI - Juan Manuel Rodriguez Bejarano, Ana Yun Garcia, Thales Alenia Space - Spain Argyrios Kyrgiazos, Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom Oriol Vidal, Patricia Inigo Martinez, Airbus Defence & Space - France A Novel Integrated Small LEO Communications Architecture for Telecommand, Re-Tasking, Telemetry & Data Relay Direct To/From Ground, &/Or, Via Ka Inter-Satellite Links using the EDRS-SpaceDataHighway Martin Agnew, Airbus Defence & Space Ltd - United Kingdom Chris Saunders, Amar Vora, Surrey Satellites Technology - United Kingdom Marc Leadstone, Martin Loesch, Airbus Defence & Space - 10:10-10:40 - Coffee Break 18
Thursday, October 2 10:40-12:40 10:40-12:20 - Room A Ka 8: Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Program II Chairs: Giuseppe Codispoti, ASI, and Antonio Martellucci, ESA, The First Results of the Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Communication Experiments Tommaso Rossi, Mauro De Sanctis, Fabio Maggio, Marina Ruggieri, University of Rome, Tor Vergata - Giuseppe Codispoti, Giorgia Parca, ASI - The Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Communication Experiment: First Results from the Austrian Ground Station in Graz Michael Schmidt, Johannes Ebert, Harald Schlemmer, Eral Tuerkiylmaz, Sabine Kastner, Joanneum Research - Austria Juan Rivera Castro, ESA - The The Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Scientific Experiment: Objectives and Preliminary Results Carlo Riva, Carlo Capsoni, Michele D Amico, Lorenzo Luini, Laura Resteghini, Polytechnic 0f Milan - Roberto Nebuloni, CNR-IEIIT - Michael Schoenhuber, Joanneum Research - Austria Giuseppe Codispoti, ASI - Antonio Martellucci, ESA ESTEC - The Preliminary Results of the NASA Beacon Receiver for Alphasat Aldo Paraboni TDP5 Propagation Experiment James Nessel, Jacquelynne Morse, Michael Zemba, NASA Glenn Research Center - United States Carlo Riva, Lorenzo Luini, Polytechnic of Milan - The Aldo Paraboni Scientific Experiment: The Preparation and Plans for an European Measurement Campaign Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan - Laurent Castanet, ONERA - France Laszlo Csurgai-Horath, Budapest University of Technology - Hungary Ondrej Fiser, IAP - Czech Republic Frederic Lacoste, CNES - France Frank S. Marzano, University of Rome La Sapienza - Fernando Perez Fontan, University of Vigo - Spain José Manuel Riera, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - Spain Armando Arocha, Universidade de Aveiro - Spain Michael Schoenuber, Joanneum Research - Austria Andrej Vilhaar, Jozef Stefan Institute - Slovenia 10:40-12:40 - Room B Ka 9: Earth Observation Systems & Sensors I Chairs: Francesco Caltagirone, ASI, and Massimo Di Lazzaro, Thales Alenia Space, COSMO-SkyMed Program: Interoperability, Expandability and Multi- Sensor Capabilities Giuseppe Francesco De Luca, Francesco Calatagirone, Fabio Covello, Manfredi Porfilio, ASI - Stefano Serva, Efer Miotti, Ministry of Defence - Mario Profili, Anna Croce, Thales Alenia Space - Silvia Abete, Marina Mochi, Marco Pappalardo, Stefano Pellegrini, Marco Terlizzi, Telespazio - COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation: KeyTechnological and Design Evolutions, and Related Potentiality Francesco Caltagirone, Giuseppe Francesco De Luca, Edmondo Scorzafava, Fabio Covello, ASI - Stefano Serva, Ministry of Defence - Stefano Rivola, Fabio Monaci, Sandro Fagioli, Giuseppe Angino, Michelangelo L Abbate, Matteo Piemontese, Enrico Zampolini Faustini, Andrea Gallon, Diego Calabrese, Mario Profili, Gerardo Spera, Thales Alenia Space - Marco Terlizzi, Paolo Inversi, Alessandro Pacaccio, Telespazio - Concept on a Powerful Ka-Band Satellite SAR Hans Martin Braun, RST Radar Systemtechnik AG - Switzerland COSMO - SkyMed Program: Maintenance, Operations and Sustaining Engineering Organisation and Capabilities Giuseppe Francesco De Luca, Fabio D Amico, Francesco Caltagirone, ASI - Barbara Bussi, Annamaria Nicito, Thales Alenia Space - Alessandro Di Bona, Marco Pappalardo, Telespazio - Integrating Satellite Communication, Navigation and Earth Observation to Achieve a Multi-Hazard Platform for Disaster Management: the PHAROS Platform Cristina Parraga Niebla, Javier Mulero Chaves, Ulrich Raape, German Aerospace Center - Miguel Mendes, Tecnosylva - Spain Roberta Campo, Eutelsat - France Joseph Muna, Avanti Communications - United Kingdom Georgios Gardikis, Space Hellas - Greece Wim Van Setten, SPMM - The Oriol Vilalta, Pau Costa Foundation - Spain Holger Podolski, IQ Wireless - Planning and Scheduling Approach for COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Fabio Covello, Tiziana Scopa, Silvia Mari, ASI - Stefano Serva, Ministry of Defence - Alessandro Pacaccio, Telespazio - Mario Profili, Thales Alenia Space - 10:40-12:40 - Room C Ka 10: Telecommunication New Systems Chair: Arduino Patacchini, Eutelsat, France Architecture Study of Low Earth Orbit Commercial Satellite Data Relay Systems Gianluca Palermo, Paolo Gaudenzi, University of Rome La Sapienza- Alessandro Golkar, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology - Russia 2016-2020 High-Throughput Satellite Systems on the Right Track Erwan Corbel, Bernard Charrat, Mathieu Dervin, Benoit Garnier, Cedric Baudoin, Laurent Combelles, Jean-Michel Merour, Thales Alenia Space - France ATHENA-FIDUS Civilian and Institutional System: In Orbit Test and Post Processing Results Gian Luca Natale, Alessia Miglietta, Alessandro Di Stefano, Francesca Finocchiaro, Thales Alenia Space - An Efficient Low Cost HTS System Solution Krishnan Raghavan, Rene Bonetti, Orbital Sciences Corporation - USA ATHENA-FIDUS Dual Use Satellite System: Italian Mission Architecture and Operational Scenarios Vito De Nicola, Alessia Miglietta, Gaetano Pastore, Roberto Winkler, Thales Alenia Space - Enrico Russo, ASI - The Capacity of HTS Systems Hector Fenech, Alessia Tomatis, Sonya Amos, José Luis Serrano Merino, Viphakone Soumpholphakdy, Eutelsat SA - France 12:40-14:30 - Lunch Break 19
Thursday, October 2 14:30-15:50 14:30-15:50 - Room A Ka 11: Telecommunication Components I Chair: Peter Garland, MDA, Canada Broadband Traveling Wave Tubes in Ka-grants modern communication Ernst Bosch, Peter Ehret, Thales Electron Devices - Alain Laurent, Jean Gastaud, Thales Electron Devices - France PN Ranging Recovery in Presence of Simultaneous High Rate GMSK Telemetry: HW Validation Gennaro Gallinaro, Davide Silvi, Nicola Saraceno, Space Engineering - Gunther Sessler, ESOC/ESA - ACCORD - AutomatiC reconfigurable Radio for Dual-use Giuseppe D Angelo, Space Engineering - Marco Andrenacci, Sabino Titomanlio, M.B.I. - Rosalba Suffritti, Niccolo Privitera, Mavigex - Andrea Pizzo, ITLinkS.r.l. - A Ka-Band Waveguide 8X8 Butler Like Matrix for Satellite Output Sections Nikolas Sidiropoulos, Piero Gabellini, Space Engineering - Peter Rinous, ESA ESTEC - The 14:30-15:30 - Room B Ka 12: Telecommunication Systems Protocols Chair: Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering, Optimized 5-bits/symbol PPM/E-PPM Signal Sets for Satellite Communications Masanori Yofune, Julian Webber, Kazuto Yano, Naoya Kukutsu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories - Japan On the Syncronization Technique for DVB-S2 Time Slice Transmission Pansoo Kim, Deock-Gil Oh, ETRI - Korea, South Coding Strategies for Robust Mitigation of Link Degradations in SATCOM Systems Mario Blanco, MITRE Corporation - USA Nicholas Burkhardt, MITRE Corporation - USA 14:30-15:50 - Room C Ka 13: Galileo Applications I Chair: Gian Gherardo Calini, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency, Czech Republic European EGNOSS Valuation Proposition for Users and Industry Gian Gherardo Calini, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency Global Navigation Satellite Systems and/or Multi-sensor Fusion Platform? A Look into the Future of Positioning, Navigation and Timing Marco Lisi, ESA - The How GNSS Can Make Our Mobility Safer and More Efficient: Study Cases of Road and Rail Fiammetta Diani, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency, Czech Republic The impact of Global Navigation Satellite Systems on the Market - The View of Today and Coming Years Regina Kozyra, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency, Czech Republic 14:30-18:30 Room D First General Assembly of the Alphasat Aldo Paraboni Propagation Experimenters Group. 15:50-16:10 Coffee Break 20
Thursday, October 2 16:10-18:30 16:10-18:30 - Room A Ka 14: Telecommunication Systems Design Chair: Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA Satellite Network Emulation with Network Simulator 3 Vesa Hytonen, Budiarto Herman, Jani Puttonen, Sami Rantanen, Janne Kurjenniemi, Magister Solutions Ltd - Finland Olivier Smeyers, ESA - The FFT-based Waveforms for High Throughput Satellite Communications: Opportunities and Challenges Svilen Dimitrov, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Gabriele Boccolini, GRADIANT - Spain Stephan Jaeckel, Fraunhofer HHI - Davide Benfatto, Niccolo Privitera, Rosalba Suffritti, Mavigex - Adegbenga Awoseyila, Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom Multibeam Satellite Resource Allocation for Simultaneous Transfer of Information and Power Jihwan Choi, DGIST - Korea Changhee Joo, UNIST - Korea 16:10-17:10 - Room C Ka 15: Galileo Applications II Chair: Gian Gherardo Calini, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency - Czech Republic Filling the Gap Between GNSS R&D and Market Through P7 and H2020 Marta Krywanis-Brzostowska, Carmen Aguilera, European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency - Czech Republic Innovations in Multi-GNSS Receifraver Testing Sarang Thombre, Laura Ruotsalainen, Heidi Huusniemi, Finnish Geodetic Institute - Finland Jari Nurmi, Tampere University of Technology - Finland Marine Park Enhanced Applications Based on Use of Integrated GNSS Services Valerio Corini, Massimo Pichini, NAIS - SatLink Emulator for Athena Fidus Ka Gateway Test Activities Marco Brancati, Antonio Ceccarelli, Marco Certelli, Alessandro Righetto, Telespazio - On Ground Beam Forming and Multi User Detection: Hardware Demonstrator Test Results and Technology Roadmap Claudio Campa, Eugenio Rossini, Aldo Masci, Filippo Di Cecca, Space Engineering - Rosalba Suffritti, Elisabetta Primo, Mavigex - Felice Vanin, Stefano Cioni, ESA-ESTEC - The Jerome Tronc, EADS Astrium - France Measuring Satellite Linearity using High Efficiency Linear Power Amplifers Howard Hausman, MITEQ, Inc. - USA A Small Full Electric Platform for Broadband Missions to Explore the Scenario of New Competitive Services Using VEGA Francesco Lumaca, Paolo Galassi, Alessandro Pisano, Alessia Sabatini, Giovanni Campolo, Thales Alenia Space - 20:00-24:00 - Visit and Conference Dinner at the Castello di Arechi. 21
Friday, October 3 08:30-10:30 08:00-08:30 - Foyer - Registration and Material Pick-up 08:30-10:10 - Room A Ka 16: Propagation I Chair: James Nessel, NASA, USA Review of the Tropospheric Influence on the Signal Phase in EHF MIMO Satellite Links Kai-Uwe Storek, Christian A. Hofmann, Andreas Knopp, Munich University of the Bundeswehr - Pico-Scale Dynamic Diversity Gain Evaluation in Broadband Satellite Communication Systems Charilaos Kourogiorgas, Athanasios Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens - Greece Spiros N. Livieratos, George E. Chatzarakis, ASPETE - Greece Design and Performances of the Instruments for the Alphasat Aldo Paraboni IOT and Propagation Experiment in Graz Karin Plimon, Felix Cuervo, Franz Teschl, Michael Schoenhuber, Joanneum Research - Austria Antonio Martellucci, ESA - The Vinia Mattioli, He-Space Operations GmbH - RAPIDS II Version Pastel, a New Software for the Calculation of the Link Budget of Earth-Space Fixed and Mobile Communication Systems Danielle Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Carlos Pereira UCL - Belgium Michael Cheffena, Gjovik University College - Norway Laurent Castanet, ONERA - France Luc Lechien, Aethis - Belgium Jean-Pierre Van Loo, Uniway - Belgium Antonio Martellucci, ESA, ESTEC - The Simulation of the Space-Time Behaviour of the Tropospheric Propagation Channel for GEO and Non-GEO Satellite Configurations: Application For Sizing of Adaptive EO Data Downlink Nicolas Jeannin, Xavier Boulanger, Laurent Castanet, ONERA - France Françoise Carvalho, Frédéric Lacoste, CNES - France 08:30-09:50 - Room B Ka 17: Navigation Systems & Applications Chair: Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA Satellite Navigation On-Field Characterization of The Main Environmental Parameters Affecting the Range Measurements Massimo Eleuteri, Pasquale Partipilo, Maurizio Gasbarra, Thales Alenia Space - Gustavo Risueno, Michelangelo Albertazzi, Jose Vicente Perello, Jose Antonio Garcia, ESA - The EASY: Easy And Safe Yachting Claudio Aleandri, SIRM - Nazzareno Marchese, Walter Ripullone, ITSLab - Antonio Casoria, Giorgio Lo Verde, NEXT Ingegneria dei Sistemi - Fabrizio Gardini, Maurizio Fargnoli, TECHSEMA - Ferdinando D Urgolo, Consormare del Golfo - Francesco Feliciani, ESA/ESTEC - The Mario Caporale, ASI - Tracking Improvement for Vehicular Applications Due to Use of a Vector Delay Lock Loop Davide Massaro, Mauro Leonardi, Gaspare Galati, Tor Vergata University of Rome - Michele Mascolo, Luca Sfarzo, T.R.S. - GNSS Applications for Civil Aviation Ennio Episcopo, Antonio Salonico, Roberto Ronchini,Telespazio - Rino Bellapadrona, ENAV - Salvatore Viviano, ASI - 08:30-10:30 - Room C Ka 18: Telecommunication Antennas Chair: Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space, Development of an Airborne Antenna Operating in Ka/EHF Bandwidth for Dual-use Satellites Giovanni Nicolai, Guido Arista, Vincenzo Guaiani, Elital - Gennaro Abate, Umberto Ranieri, Armaereo - Dual Polarised High Power Ka-Band Feed Erwan Cartaillac, Yann Cailloce, Stephane Pouyez, Alain Gerard, Frederic Michard, Frederic Boudesseul, Thales Alenia Space - France Multibeam Antennas based on Active Discrete Lenses Gianfranco Ruggerini, Pasquale Nicolaci, Valerio Panaro, Giuseppe Salza, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Steerable Antenna Performance for K/Ka-Band Telecommunication Satellites Charlie Kulisan, Michael Nolan, Harris Corp. - USA Ku/ka Band Maritime Antenna Radomes: A Prototype Alessia Colasante, Orlando Russo, TeS - Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Fabio Maggio, Raimondo Lo Forti, Giancarlo Bellaveglia, Space Engineering - The RF Design and Verification of a Demonstrator for a Reconfigurable Multi-Matrix Antenna Front-End Architecture for Ka-Band Broadcasting Satellite Piero Gabellini, Mario Albertini, Nikolas Sidiropoulos, Luciano D Agristina, Domenico Di Lanzo, Luciano Dicecca, Space Engineering - Carlo Capsoni, Laura Resteghini, Polytechnic of Milan - Roberto Nebuloni, IEIIT-CNR - Antonio Martellucci, Peter Rinous, ESA ESTEC - The 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 22
Friday, October 3 11:00-13:00 11:00-13:00 - Room A Ka 19: Propagation II Chair: Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Performance of Ka Band Site Diversity Using Non-Conventional Meteorological Products Mario Montopoli, Frank Marzano, University of Rome Sapienza and University of L Aquila - Valter Luffarelli, Telespazio - Guillermo Bosch, Signalhorn GmbH - Optimizing Ka-Band Data Links for Interplanetary Missions using Radiometeorological Predictions Mario Montopoli, Frank Marzano, University of Rome Sapienza and University of L Aquila - Marianna Biscarini, Luciano Iess, University of Rome Sapienza - Klaide De Sanctis, Saverio Di Fabio, University of L Aquila - Livio Bernardini, Mattia Polsoni, HIMET - M. Gregnanin, M. Parisi, University of Rome Sapienza and ARPSoft. - M. Montagna, M. Mercolino, M. Lanucara, ESOC/ESA - Attractive EOS Communication Frequencies with Ground Diversity Paul Christopher, PFC Associates - USA Effectiveness of Smart Site Diversity Schemes in HTS Systems Roberto Nebuloni, CNR - Carlo Capsoni, Marco Luccini, Politecnico di Milano - Event-based Analysis of Time Diversity at Ka-band with Maximal Ratio Combining Leshan Uggalla, Ifiok Otung, University of South Wales - United Kingdom Jon Eastment, Science & Technology Facilities Council - United Kingdom Multiple-site Diversity Experiments at Ka and Q Bands Carried out by CNES and ONERA in South of France Laurent Castanet, Xavier Boulanger, Laurent Casadebaig, Benjamin Gabard, ONERA - France Francoise Carvalho, Frederic Lacoste, Franck Rousseau, CNES - France 11:00-12:40 - Room B Ka 20: Telecommunication Components II Chair: Mario Blanco, Mitre, USA Challenges in the Design of High Power Ferrite Switches for Telecommunications and Earth Observation Applications Joe Wells, Colin McLaren, COM DEV International Systems - United Kingdom Solid State Compact and Scalable Kaband Switch Matrix in LTCC Package Michela Scipioni, Francesco Vitulli, Alessandro Barigelli, Thales Alenia Space - Francesco Scappaviva, Andrea Biordi, MEC - High-Speed Demodulator with Parallel Structure for DVB-S2 System Sooyeob Jung, Deock-Gil Oh, ETRI - South Korea Advanced High Power Amplifier Technology for K, Ka and Q/V-Band Systems Mike Cascone, Jose Ramirez-Aldana, Richard Dobbs, Communications & Power Industries - USA 16APSK-OFDM 3.2Gbps RF Signal Direct-Processing Transmitter and Receiver Communication Experiment for Reconfigurable Communication Equipment Using Kenji Suzuki, Yoshiki Arakawa, Toshio Asai, Takashi Takahashi, Morio Toyoshima, NICT - Japan Masatomo Yahata, Midori Kato, Tetsuya Watanabe, Tamio Okui, Shiro Yoshikawa, Kenich Hoshi, NEC - Japan Masayoshi Yoneda, NEC Toshiba Space - Japan 11:00-12:00 - Room C Ka 21: Telecommunication Systems Interference II Chair: Nicolas Girault, ESA, The Frequency Band Sharing between Satellite and Terrestrial Fixed Links in the Ka band Wuchen Tang, Paul Thompson, Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom Interference Mitigation on Commercial Satellite Systems: On Board Geo- Localization Sensor Using Existing Agile Channel Converter for Accurate Determination of Interference Disturbance Localization on Earth. Alessandro Pisano, Vincenzo Schena, Francesco Spognetta,Thales Alenia Space - Alessandro Le Pera, Eutelsat - France Ka-band Satellite/Terrestrial Co-existence: A Statistical Modelling Approach Abdelrahim Mohamed, Miguel Lopez- Benitez, Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom 13:00-14:30 - Lunch Break 23
Friday, October 3 14:30-15:20 14:30-15:10 - Room A Ka 22: Market Assessment Chair: Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant - USA Opportunities and Challenges for a Satellite Service Provider in the Government, Enterprise and Mobility Markets Laura Anselmi, Marco Brancati, Alessandro Caranci, Giancarlo Cosenza, Marco Ferrari, Domenico Vitale, Telespazio - 100 Gigabits and Beyond, the New Economics of Broadband Roger Rusch, TelAstra, Inc. - USA 15:10-15:20 - Room A Closing Remarks by Frank Gargione, General Chair of the Conference 24