33rd AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference

7-10 September 2015 Gold Coast, Australia

Hosted by EM Solutions and the Japan Forum on Satellite Communications

JFSC AIAA Japan Forum on Satellite Communications

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

PROGRAM

Day 1: September 7 TBC COLLOQUIUM - Next Generation High Throughput Satellite (HTS) Technologies

8.00-9.00am QT Ballroom Foyer - Registration with Arrival Tea and Coffee

Pipeline Room

9.00 – 10.30am Session Chair:

10.30 – 11.00am Morning Tea

Pipeline Room

11.00 – 12.30pm Session Chair:

12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch

Pipeline Room

1.30 – 3.00pm Session Chair:

3.00 – 3.30pm QT Ballroom Foyer - Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

Pipeline Room

3.30 – 5.00pm Session Chair:

5.00- 6.00pm Welcome Reception

Day 2: September 8

8.00 - 8.55am QT Ballroom Foyer - Registration with Arrival Tea and Coffee

Room QT Pipeline Room – Plenary

8.55 – 9.00am Conference Opening & Welcome to Country

9.00 – 9.30am Mr Mark Dankberg Chairman & CEO, ViaSat, IncDankberg

9.30 - 10.00am Mr Paul Sheridan Vice President, Optus Satellite

10.00 – 10.30am Mr Naoto Kadowaki Senior Executive Director, NICT, Tokyo, Japan

10.30 – 11.00am QT Ballroom Foyer - Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

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Each session includes 5 min Q&A Ocean Broadband Digital Communications

Techniques Broadband and Services Micro Satellites

11.00 – 11.30am

Development of Ka-band mobile communications platform for ASV operation

Dynamic Channel Assignment Scheme with Threshold and Cooperative Beam Forming for Mobile Satellite Networks

Satellite Backhaul in the Australian Outback

The Constellation of Small Satellites to Data Relay of Hybrid Rf-laser Connection

Hideo Takamatsu HANG LI; Masahiro Umehira; Zhen Gao; Ming Zhao; Jing Wang

Jeremy Fox Aidana Nurzhanova

11.30 – 12.00pm

High Reliability Multi-Mission Amplifier System

High Throughput Multicarrier Satellite Transmission Using Linearized Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers

Inmarsat Global Xpress The Design, Implementation, and Activation of a Global Ka-Band Network

EOSS-25: A hybrid laser-RF small satellite constellation concept for space telecommunications

Yosuke Takahara Sam Reisenfeld Peter Hadinger Alessandro Golkar; Aidana Nurzhanova

12.00 – 12.30pm

Remote Access for Mobile Earth Station on the Ocean

On the Accuracy of Simplified Volterra Series Models for Multicarrier Satellite Systems using Faster-than-Nyquist Signaling

International Regulation: The Challenges of Spectrum Availability for High Throughput Satellite Systems

Utilizing the Globalstar Network for CubeSat and Small Satellite Communications

Hideki Honda Thomas Delamotte; Robert Schwarz; Andreas Knopp

Bob Horton Andrew D. Santangelo; Paul Skentzos

12.30 – 1.30pm QT Ballroom Foyer - Lunch with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

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Each session includes 5 min Q&A

Advances in Ground Stations and Terminals

Flexible Payload Systems and Architectures I

Network Protocols and Interoperability I

Microsatellite Control Systems and Modelling

1.30 – 2.00pm

Wideband Aeronautical SATCOM Antenna Technology

Eutelsat Quantum: A Game Changer

Resource Transfer Channel Allocation Algorithm using Spectrum Suppression and Division Transmission in SATCOM Systems

The Responsive Space Operations Center: The Next Generation of Mission Control

Michael de la Chapelle; Andrew Coyle; Mark A. Francis

Hector Fenech; Amos Sonya; Alessia Tomatis; Viphakone Soumpholphakdy; Jose Luis Serrano Merino

Katsuya Nakahira; Jun-ichi Abe; Jun Mashino; Takatoshi Sugiyama

Jason Held

2.00 – 2.30pm

Ka-band Broadband Mobile Earth Station For WINDS Satellite

Beam Hopping exposed TCP/IP QoS Parameters over a Satellite Link with Concatenated Coding Scheme and End-to-end Enhancement Mechanisms

Use of Re-Active Vector Equilibrium in Swarm Satellite Formations

Akira Akaishi; Takashi Takahashi; Kazuyoshi Kawasaki; Norihiko Katayama; Byeongpyo Jeong; Toshio Asai

Emiliano Re Sahena Begum Cameron Frazier

2.30 – 3.00pm

Cooling of Under Radome COTM Terminals with Forced Air Heat Exchanger

Flexible Digital Payloads : Supporting RF Equipment Considerations

Radio Resource Management in DVB-RCS2 Satellite Systems

NanoMet CubeSat Classroom Experience: A Hands-on CubeSat Mission to Teach End-to-End Model-based Space Systems Engineering Principles, Practices and Techniques

John Logan Glyn Thomas Jani Puttonen; Janne Kurjenniemi Jerry J. Sellers; John Carsten; David Barnhardt; Steve Dam

3.00 – 3.30pm QT Ballroom Foyer - Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

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Each session includes 5 min Q&A On-the-Move Terminals Flexible payload systems and

architectures II Network Protocols and Interoperability II

UAVs and Satellite Communications

3.30 – 4.00pm

Development of Ka-band Aeronautical Earth Station for WINDS

Future Digital Flexible Payload Systems for Commercial Space

Spacecraft Wireless Data Handling Subsystem

On-board Unmanned Aircraft Tracking Antenna Development for Satellite Communication

Takashi Takahashi; Norihiko Katayama; Maki Akioka; Shinichi Taira

John L. Walker Pablito B. Yra; Robert Tiede Hiroyuki Tsuji; Teruaki ORIKASA; Amane Miura; Morio Toyoshima; Ryu Miura

4.00 – 4.30pm

Closed Loop Monopulse Pointing for a COTM Terminal as an Alternative to Mechanical Scan at Ku-band

Providing Flexible BSS channels at HTS channels price

Anomaly Detection in Satellite Communications Networks using Support Vector Machines

HD UAVs and High Throughput Satellites

John Logan; John Ness; Glen Callaghan

Nathalie Font; Arnaud Barthere; Philippe Voisin

Edward Arbon; Peter Smet Veloris A. Marshall

4.30 – 5.00pm

Development of Dynamic Moving Network with Small Mobile Vehicle Earth Station of WINDS for Emergency Vehicles and Some Experimental Results

Ku-band Downlink Reconfigurable Active Antenna for Quantum Mission

Saratoga: scalable science data delivery from space

Demonstrations of combined small-UAV with satellite system for large-scale disaster

Yasunori OWADA; Norihiko Katayama; Kiyohiko HATTORI; Hajime SUSUKITA; Takashi Takahashi; Kiyoshi HAMAGUCHI; Morio Toyoshima; Ken-ichi TAKANASHI; Byeong-pyo Jeong

Nicola Gatti Charles Smith; Dale Mellor; Lloyd Wood; Dave Stewart; Will Ivancic; Daniel Floreani

Fumie Ono; Byeong-pyo Jeong; Shan Lin; Toshinori Kagawa; Ryu Miura

5.00- 9.00pm QT Pipeline Room – Awards Dinner

Day 3: September 9

8.30 – 9.00am Registration with Arrival Tea and Coffee

Each session includes 5 min Q&A Antennas and Propagation Payload Transmitter Systems and

Components Coding and Signal Detection Satellite Imaging and Observation

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9.00 – 9.30am

X Shape Dipole Notch Antenna for Terminal of Satellite / Terrestrial Integrated Mobile Communication System

Frequency Flexible Telemetry Transmitter for TM Interference management and Repeater HPA In-Orbit Test

AR4JA coding based Coded Cooperative protocols with Network coding in Mobile Satellite Communication System

Optical Survey of Geosynchronous Satellite

Yoshiyuki Fujino; Yoshikazu SEKI; Teruaki ORIKASA; Amane Miura

Andrea Suriani; Alessandro Pisano; Giampiero Di Paolo

Mingchuan Yang; Jiayin Chen; Jia Lu

Toshihiro Kubo-oka; Tetsuharu Fuse; Hiroo Kunimori

9.30 – 10.00am

A ring-focus antenna design for simultaneous X and Ka band with monopulse tracking on both bands

Ku Band Multiport Amplifier powers HTS Payloads into the future

Spatially Superposed Highly Efficient 32APSK Transmission System

The Australian Space Eye: Ultra-faint astronomy imaging from Space

Chris J. Leat; John Ness Ian Morris Masayoshi Tanaka Sam Reisenfeld; Lee Spitler; Anthony Horton

10.00 – 10.30am

Antennas for Aeronautical Broadband Services

Ku-band Multi-Port Amplifier Demonstrator: measured performances over 2GHz bandwidth

Measurements of Integration Gain for the Cospas-Sarsat system from Geosynchronous Satellites

Optimised Bias Control for Satellite Ground Station Power Amplifiers

Christopher McLain; Sunil Panthi Eva Maria Gonzalez Esteban; Aline Briand; Eddy Soulez; Philippe Voisin; Isabelle Albert

Elizabeth J. Klein-Lebbink; James Christo; Robert Peters; Xuan Nguyen

Vesa Waris; Marshall Lewis

10.30 – 11.00am QT Ballroom Foyer - Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

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Each session includes 5 min Q&A Antenna Mapping and Diversity Payload Enabling Technologies Power Amplifiers for Satcoms Satellite Navigation Systems

11.00 -11.30am

Modeling of Site Diversity Gain Using Rain Radar Data in Japan

Enabling Technologies for flexible HTS payloads

Ka-Band SSPA using Packaged GaN devices

Results from Australian Trials of UHF Distress Beacons over MEO Satellites

Peeramed Chodkaveekityada; Hajime Fukuchi

Glyn Thomas Vesa Waris; Marshall Lewis Mark Rice; Gottfried Lechner

11.30 – 12.00

Spread Spectrum System Development for Spacecraft Antenna In-Orbit-Test (IOT) And Ground Antenna (Earth Station Verification And Assistance - ESVA) Applications

Payload Hardware Developments for Large LEO Constellations

Design of 100-W Class GaN Power Amplifier for On-board SSPA of Ku-band Broadcasting Satellites

A New Survey on self-tuning Integrated Ultra-Low-cost INS/GPS Vehicle Navigation System: A Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Inference Approach

Marco Andrenacci; Alessandro Le Pera

Tony Stajcer; graham arbery; steven wright; Trevor Jones

Kamei Masashi Ne Da

12.00 -12.30

On R&D of footprint measurement system for satellite with onboard large antenna

A Study on an Onboard Switch for Mobile Satellite Communications

High Power, Compact, Ka Band GaN Amplifiers for Broad Bandwidth Satcoms

Groundstatiions and Processing Software for Himawari-8

Teruaki Orikasa; Amane Miura; Hiroyuki Tsuji; Maki Akioka; Masaki Sato; Morio Toyoshima

Shinichi Taira; Takashi Takahashi; Kenji Kawamura; Takeo Kumagai

John Ness; Jim Dougall; Garth E. Niethe

Gary Quinn

12.30 – 1.30pm QT Ballroom Foyer - Lunch with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

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Each session includes 5 min Q&A

Novel Antenna Structures and Components Payload Design and Control Software Power Amplifiers and Linearity

for Satcoms Space Debris Tracking and Removal

1.30 -2.00pm

A Research of Miniaturized Bandpass Filter with New Structure of Series Parallel Resonant Units Based on LTCC

Multibeam Payload Design Optimization Tools

Implementation of a Wideband, High Power GaN BUC in a Compact Package

Future Space Debris Tracking Requirements

MaoYa Yang; Xiangzhi Chen; Yongsheng Dai

Vincent Tugend Garth E. Niethe; Peter Bradley; Ashkan Boldaji

Craig H. Smith; Ben Greene

2.00 – 2.30pm

Low-cost Ka-band Reconfigurable Planar Antenna for Satellite-on-the-Move Application

Multi-Objective Routing for Software Defined Satellite Networks

Performance Evaluation of Ka-band Satellite Communication Subsystem Using Pre-distortion Techniques

Research and Development on Space Debris Observation Technologies in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Yifan Wang; Amin Abbosh; John Ness; Rowan J. Gilmore

Rajeev Gopal Yoshiyuki Tashima; Kazuya Inaoka; Masanobu Yajima; Nobuhiko Ando; Shigenori Tani; Akinori Fujimura

Toshifumi Yanagisawa; Hirohisa Kurosaki; Takayuki Hirai

2.30 -3.00pm

On R&D Plan of Application of Vision Metrology to Large Reflector of Mobile Communication Satellite

Data Processing for Satellite Communication Systems--Digital Architecture Design, Validation and Applications

Analog Predistortion Linearizer for a Gallium Nitride Power Amplifier

Ground Based Systems for Space Debris Removal

Maki Akioka; Amane Miura; Teruaki ORIKASA; Hiroyuki Tsuji; Masaki Sato; Yoshiyuki Fujino

Han Xiaodong; Li Diqing; Zhou Zhicheng

Marshall Lewis James Mason

3.00 -3.30pm QT Ballroom Foyer - Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

QT Pipeline Room – Plenary Session

3.30 – 4.00pm Dr Ben Greene Chief Executive Officer, Electro Optic Systems Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Space Environment Management

4.00 – 4.30pm Mr Gavin Williams General Manager, Fixed Wireless and Satellite, NBN Co, Melbourne, Australia

4.30 – 5.00pm Mr Rowan Gilmore CEO and Managing Director EM Solutions Pty Ltd

5.00pm Close

Day 4: September 10

8.30 – 9.00am Registration with Arrival Tea and Coffee

9.00am – 4.00pm Industry Sails Day

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Global Efforts for Space Debris Mitigation and Removal B. Greene*

Is the Sky the Limit? Innovations and Barriers Faced by Infrastructure Design Engineers G. E. Niethe*

The Research of LTCC Bandpass Filter with Ultra Wideband and High Performance Y. Dai*; W. Zhou

Affordable System Conceptual Structure Design of New Deployable Spaceborne Antenna F. Zheng*

Software Simulation of Ka Band HTS System Macro SNIR L. Ai*; H. Helgert

An Open Source Flight Management System and Software Based Radio Architecture for CubeSats A. D. Santangelo*; P. Skentzos