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CONFERENCE PROGRAM Monday, October 14 08:00 - 17:00 Registration 08:30 - 17:30 Room C Colloquium: Satellite Services for Global Mobility Chair: Xavier Lobao and Alberto Ginesi, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands REQUIREMENTS 8:40 Fixing Space for Mobile Satcoms: a Glance into the Future Giovanni E. Corazza, University of Bologna, Italy 9:10 Intelsat EpicNG for Mobility James Collet, INTELSAT, United Kingdom 9:40 Beyond Bandwidth David Schoen, INMARSAT, United Kingdom 10:10 Coffee Break 10:30 Mobility - Opportunities and challenges for a global FSS operator Alexander Geurtz, SES, Luxembourg 11:00 Flexible Spacecraft Architectures to Support Global Mobility Steve Collar, O3b Networks, The Netherlands 11:30 The future of Mobile Satellite Services: from M2M to Broadband Everywhere Antonio Arcidiacono, Eutelsat, France 12:00 Panel of morning speakers 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Mobile Satellite TV for Cars - A Dream or Reality? Yoel Gat, Satixfy, USA 14:30 Aeronautical Communications - A Fresh View on Complementary and Integrated Technologies and Services Markus Werner, TriaGnoSys, Germany 15:00 Infrastructure-less Mobile Satellite Communication in Ka-Band for Disaster Relief Operations Holger Stadali, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany 15:30 Efficient Messaging Services for Interactive Satellite Networks Sandro Scalise, DLR, Germany 16:00 Coffee Break 16:20 Meeting Transmission Regulatory Requirements in a Heterogeneous Ka Global Mobility Network. Dave Nemeth, iDirect, USA 16:50 Panel of afternoon speakers 17:20 Colloquium Closing Pag. 1/39

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMMonday, October 14

08:00 - 17:00 Registration

08:30 - 17:30 Room C

Colloquium: Satellite Services for Global Mobility

Chair: Xavier Lobao and Alberto Ginesi, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands

REQUIREMENTS

8:40 Fixing Space for Mobile Satcoms: a Glance into the Future Giovanni E. Corazza, University of Bologna, Italy

9:10 Intelsat EpicNG for MobilityJames Collet, INTELSAT, United Kingdom

9:40 Beyond BandwidthDavid Schoen, INMARSAT, United Kingdom

10:10 Coffee Break

10:30Mobility - Opportunities and challenges for a global FSS operatorAlexander Geurtz, SES, Luxembourg

11:00Flexible Spacecraft Architectures to Support Global Mobility Steve Collar, O3b Networks, The Netherlands

11:30The future of Mobile Satellite Services: from M2M to Broadband Everywhere Antonio Arcidiacono, Eutelsat, France

12:00 Panel of morning speakers

12:30 Lunch

14:00Mobile Satellite TV for Cars - A Dream or Reality? Yoel Gat, Satixfy, USA

14:30Aeronautical Communications - A Fresh View on Complementary and Integrated Technologies and Services Markus Werner, TriaGnoSys, Germany

15:00Infrastructure-less Mobile Satellite Communication in Ka-Band for Disaster Relief OperationsHolger Stadali, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

15:30Efficient Messaging Services for Interactive Satellite Networks Sandro Scalise, DLR, Germany

16:00 Coffee Break

16:20Meeting Transmission Regulatory Requirements in a Heterogeneous Ka Global Mobility Network. Dave Nemeth, iDirect, USA

16:50 Panel of afternoon speakers

17:20 Colloquium Closing

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Tuesday, October 15

08:00 - 17:00

Foyer

Registration

08:30 - 08:40

Room ABCD

Opening Session

08:40 - 10:00 Room ABCD

Joint Conference Plenary Session: Satellite Systems for the Needs of the 21st Century.

Chair: Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant, USA, and Riccardo De Gaudenzi, ESA, Netherlands- Ms. Magali Vaissiere, Director, European Space Agency Telecom Directorate- Dr. Enrico Saggese, President, Italian Space Agency - Dr. Giuliano Berretta, Honorary Chairman, Eutelsat- Dr. Naoto Kadowaki, President, NICT

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:10

Room A

Ka 1: Telecomunication Systems 1

Chair: Mario Caron, CRC, Canada

SPDY a new paradigm in web technologies: performance evaluation with a satellite access

network

Alberto Gotta, CNR-ISTI - Italy

Erina Ferro , CNR-ISTI - Italy

Nedo Celandroni, CNR-ISTI - Italy

Alberto Gotta, CNR-ISTI - Italy

Andrea Cardaci, CNR-ISTI - Italy

Franco Davoli, DITEN - UNIGE - Italy

Luca Caviglione, CNR-ISSIA - Italy

INTERFERENCE MITIGATION ON COMMERCIAL SATELLITE SYSTEM: PERIMETER AND IDEAS

Francesco Spognetta, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Alessandro Pisano, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Vincenzo Pascale, DIET -Sapienza, Univ. of Rome - Italy

A NEW WAY TO DEFINE HTS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE : STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE

Hugo Gonzalez, CNES - France

Hugo Gonzalez Perez, CNES - France

Benjamin Ros, CNES - France

Frederic Lacoste, CNES - France

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS FOR HYBRID BROADBAND/BROADCAST SOLUTIONS

Hugo Gonzalez, CNES - France

Hugo Gonzalez Perez, CNES - France

Philippe , CNES - France

Patrick Gelard, CNES - France

Emmanuel Dubois, CNES - France

Jacques Beas-Garcia, CNES - France

Broadband Access via integrated Terrestrial and Satellite systems (BATS)

Javier Perez Trufero, Avanti Communications Plc. - United Kingdom

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Javier Perez-Trufero, Avanti Communications - United Kingdom

Simon Watts, Avanti Communications - United Kingdom

Graham Peters, Avanti Communications - United Kingdom

Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Thierry Fesquet, Astrium SAS - France

Mathieu Dervin, Thales Alenia Space - France

10:30 - 12:10

Room B

ICSSC 1: DVB-S2 Evolutions I

Chair:

DVB-Sx: The evolution of the (satellite system) species (Author: Alberto Morello, *)

Alberto Morello, RAI - Italy

DVB-CID: the novel DVB standard for satellite carrier identification

Vittoria Mignone, Rai - Italy

Ulrik De Bie, Newtec NV - Belgium

Louis Dubin, Comtech EF Data - United States

Daniel Delaruelle, Newtec NV - Belgium

Bruno Sacco, Rai - Italy

Optimal Constellations for the Pragmatic Receiver in the DVB-S2 Standard

Farbod Kayhan, Politecnico di Torino - Italy

Guido Montorsi, Politecnico di Torino - Italy

Spectral Efficiency of Time-Frequency-Packed Nonlinear Satellite Systems

Amina Piemontese, University of Parma - Italy

Andrea Modenini, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informaz - Italy

Giulio Colavolpe, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informaz - Italy

Nader Alagha, European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC) - Netherlands

Exploring Faster-than-Nyquist for Direct-to-Home Satellite Boradcasting

John Anderson, Lund University - Sweden

Antoine Bonnaud, EUTELSAT - France

Fredrik Rusek, Lund Univeristy - Sweden

Nghia Pham, EUTELSAT - France

Jean-Marie Freixe, EUTELSAT - France

10:30 - 12:10

Room C

Ka 2: Telecommunication Components 1

Chair: Mario Blanco, Mitre, USA

High Power Ka-band Waveguide (WR51) Isolator for Space Applications

Leo Farhat, Cobham - France

Leo Farhat, Cobham - France

Eric Laroche, Cobham - France

Gilles Martin, Cobham - France

Jerome Laroche, CNES - France

Cesar Miquel-Espana, ESA - Netherlands

Fabrizio De Paolis, ESA - Netherlands

X to Ka-band Up-Converter MMIC for satellite communications

FRANCESCO SCAPPAVIVA, MEC srl - Italy

Davide Resca, MEC srl - Italy

Francesco Scappaviva, MEC srl - Italy

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Andrea Biondi, MEC srl - Italy

Integrated Linearization and Block Upconversion for Ka- and Q-Band

Robert Gray, Linearizer Technology Inc - United States

Robert Gray, Linearizer Technology - USA

Roger Dorval, Linearizer Technology - United States

Allen Katz, The College of New Jersey - USA

Low Cost Telemetry - Access from Space

William Sims, NASA - United State

Kosta Varnavas, NASA - USA

Eric , NASA - USA

Integrated Multi-Channel Ka-Band Receiver Subsystem for Communications Payload

Eddie Rodgers, L3 Communications, Narda Microwave- West - United State

Eddie Rodgers, L3 Com, Narda Microwave-West - USA

10:30 - 12:10

Room D

ICSSC 2: High-capacity broadband satellite systems, services, and technologies

Chair:

Innovative System Architecture to reach the Terabit/s Satellite

Patricia Inigo, Astrium Satellites - France

Performance of an alternative SSPA-based payload for next generation broadband multi-spot

beam systems

Martina Angelone, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Alberto Ginesi, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Ka Communications for Airline Operations

SIREESH PALLIKONDA, International Space Universirt - France

Vibha Vibha, International SPace University - India

Veronica La Regina , International SPace University - Italy

High Throughput Satellites: An Analytical Approach

Hector Fenech, EUTELSAT S.A. - France

Viphakone Soumpholphakdy, Eutelsat S.A. - France

Sonya Amos, Eutelsat S.A. - France

Alessia Tomatis, Eutelsat S.A. - France

Fractional Frequency Reuse in fixed Broadband High Throughput Satellite systems

Oriol VIDAL , ASTRIUM SAS - France

Stephane Mourgues, ASTRIUM SAS - France

Eric Alberty, ASTRIUM SAS - France

Cyrille Moreau, ASTRIUM SAS - France

Benjamin Ros, CNES - France

10:30 - 12:10

Room E

ICSSC 3: Satellite-aided localization systems, technologies, and applications

Chair:

Software-Defined Radio LTE Positioning Receiver Towards Future Hybrid Localization Systems

Jose del Peral-Rosado, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain

Rigas Ioannides, European Space Agency/ESTEC - Netherlands

Paolo Crosta, European Space Agency/ESTEC - Netherlands

massimo crisci, European Space Agency/ESTEC - Netherlands

Jose Lopez-Salcedo, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain

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Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain

Francesca Zanier, European Space Agency/ESTEC - Netherlands

Galileo/GPS Mass Market Receivers: Tracking Algorithms Analysis and Performance.

Nicola Linty, Politecnico di Torino - Italy

Paolo Crosta, European Space Agency (ESA) - Netherlands

Multi-directional Over The Air Testbed for Robustness Testing of GNSS Receivers against

Jammers and Spoofers

Gregor Siegert, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Markus Landmann, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Johannes Mahr, Ilmenau University of Technology - Germany

Günter Rohmer, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Giovanni Del Galdo, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Franziska Klier, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Alexander Rügamer, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Signal-Level Integrity Monitoring Metric for Robust GNSS receivers

Juan Parro, ESA - Netherlands

Rigas Ioannides, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Jose Lopez-Salcedo, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain

massimo crisci, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Code Smoothing for BOC Ambiguity Mitigation

Moises Navarro-Gallardo, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Gustavo López-Risueño, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain

massimo crisci, European Space Agency - Netherlands

10:30 - 12:10 Room F

ICSSC Panel 1: Trends in Communications Satellite Architectures and Applications (Ka Band and upwards)

Chair:

Panelits:

12:10 - 13:40 Lunch

13:40 - 15:00

Room A

Ka 3: Telecommunication Applications 1

Chair: Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy

The applications of Ka band link for Chinese Space VLBI program

Wu Jiang, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS - China

Hui Liu, SHAO - China

Qing Wang, SHAO - China

He Feng, SHAO - China

KosmoMed: A Novel Paradigm for Satellite Professional Medical Services

Sara Jayousi, CNIT - Italy

Luca Ronga, CNIT - Italy

Cesare , KELL - Italy

Marco Bagni, KELL - Italy

Luca Carniato, Opensky - Italy

Uplink Timing Adjustment Period Adaptation in GEO Mobile S-LTE System

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Jiajia Wang, Peking University - China

Prospects of development of the Ka band

Mazahim Guliyev, Ministry of Com and ?T - Azerbaijan

13:40 - 15:00

Room B

ICSSC 4: Flexible satellite resource allocation architectures, design tools, and technologies I

Chair:

Needs for Bandwidth Reconfigurable Filter Networks for Space Application

Christoph Ernst, ESA - Netherlands

Piero Angeletti, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Fabrizio De Paolis, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Software tools for multibeam payloads

NATHALIE METZGER, ASTRIUM SATELLITES - France

Piero Gabellini, SPACE ENGINEERING - Italy

Irregular beam sizes and non-uniform bandwidth allocation – address in non-uniform traffic

demands in HTS mutlibeam satellite

Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Paul Thompson, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Argyrios Kyrgiazos, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Downlink Frequency Reuse Based on Cooperative Interference Pre-cancellation and Resource

Scheduling for Multi-beam Satellite Communication Systems

Wei Zheng, Peking University - China

Shubo Ren, Peking University - China

Jianjun Wu, Peking University - China

Jiang Chen, Peking University - China

Bin Li, Peking University - China

Dynamic resource allocation for a future satellite system employing an SS-TDMA payload

Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Paul Thompson, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Argyrios Kyrgiazos, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

13:40 - 15:00

Room C

11th BSW: Small Satellites, Big Possibilities

Chair: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

13:40 - 15:00

Room D

ICSSC 5: Next generation L/S/K-band GEO/MEO/LEO mobile satellite systems, services, and technologies

Chair:

Designing Satellites for the Broadband Aero Market

Christopher McLain, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - United State

Janet King, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - United States

Sunil Panthi, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - United States

The eXConnect Broadband Aeronautical Service

Sunil Panthi, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - United States

Christopher McLain, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - United States

Janet King, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - United States

Distributed Ground-based Beamforming

Zhen GAO, Tsinghua University - China

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Wen Pan, Tsinghua University - China

Umehira Masahiro, Ibaraki University - Japan

Ming Zhao, Tsinghua University - China

Jing Wang, Tsinghua University - China

Cognitive Radios in SatComs: Business, Regulatory, Standardisation, and Technological Drivers

Alessandro Guidotti, University of Bologna - Italy

Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, University of Bologna, Dept. of Electric - Italy

Barry Evans, University of Surrey, Centre for Communi - United Kingdom

Daniele Tarchi, University of Bologna, Dept. of Electric - Italy

Dzevdan Kapetanovic, University of Luxembourg, Interdisciplin - Luxembourg

Gerald Schlueter, SES S.A. - Luxembourg

Joel Grotz, Technology Labs, Newtec Cy - Belgium

Konstantinos Liolis, SES S.A. - Luxembourg

Laurent Combelles, Thales Alenia Space - France

Loredana Arienzo, University of Bologna, Dept. of Electric - Italy

Majid Butt, University of Luxembourg, Interdisciplin - Luxembourg

Miguel López-Benítez, University of Surrey, Centre for Communi - United Kingdom

Nicolas Chuberre, Thales Alenia Space - France

Shree Krishna Sharma, University of Luxembourg, Interdisciplin - Luxembourg

Symeon Chatzinotas, University of Luxembourg, Interdisciplin - Luxembourg

Thibault Gallet, Thales Alenia Space - France

Inline Interference Mitigation Techniques for Spectral Coexistence of GEO and NGEO Satellites

Shree Krishna Sharma, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Symeon Chatzinotas, SnT, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Bjorn Ottersten, SnT, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Gerald Schlueter, SES - Luxembourg

13:40 - 15:00

Room E

ICSSC 6: Satellite bus technologies

Chair:

Design of Next-Generation All-Electric Telecommunication Satellites

Atri Dutta, Princeton University - United States

Philippe Fracken, SES - Luxembourg

Paola Libraro, Princeton University - United States

N Jeremy Kasdin, Princeton University - United States

Edgar Choueiri, Princeton University - United States

ALPHASAT, the first In-orbit experience of the new European Large Platform

Simon Weinberg, ESA - Netherlands

The CanX-4&5 Intersatellite Link (ISL): An Enabling Satellite-to-Satellite Transceiver Design for

Intra-Constellation Communications

Grant Bonin, Space Flight Laboratory - Canada

Design of a wireless high data rate bus system based on UWB for intra-vehicle

Li Zhou, Center for Space Science and Applied Res - China

Yifang Xie, Center for Space Science and Applied Res - China

Junshe An, Center for Space Science and Applied Res - China

Hybrid Propulsion System for Satellite

Loredana Sollazzo, Thales Alenia Space Italia SpA - Italy

Anna Notarantonio, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

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Gerardo Spera, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Sergio Pica, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Shila Shojaee, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Silvia Occhigrossi, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

13:40 - 15:00

Room F

Ka 4: Telecom Payloads 1

Chair: Michel Bousquet, ISAE, France

Testing validation of Flexible Payloads: the return of experience

Andrea Santoni, THALESALENIASPACE Italia - Italy

Photonic Technologies in Flexible Telecommunication Payloads

Vono Salvatore, Thales AleniaSpace Italy - Italy

Salvatore Vono, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

PAYLOAD UNITS FLEXIBILITY AND HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRATION: Ka LNA NEW GENERATION

Renato Vinci, Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. - Italy

Renato Vinci, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giampiero Di Paolo, Thales Alenia Space Italia -

Ernesto Pensa, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

A Technology Payload for Broadband High Throughput Satellite Systems Utilizing V and Q-band

Gateways

Anton Weaver-Madsen, Space Systems Loral - United States

James Sowers, Space Systems Loral - United States

A Technology Payload System for Exploration of the W and V-band Spectrum

Anton Weaver-Madsen, Space Systems Loral - United States

15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 - 17:00

Room A

Ka 5: Earth Observation Systems 1

Chair: Massimo Di Lazzaro, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

A NOVEL CONCEPT FOR KA-BAND SINGLE SATELLITE SAR INTERFEROMETER

Chiara Germani, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Chiara Germani, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Roberto , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Andrea Monti Guarnieri, POLIMI - Italy

Davide Giudici, ARESYS - Italy

Daniele Mapelli, ARESYS - Italy

GMES Sentinel-1: Satellite System Design and Performance

Giacomo Taini, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacomo Taini, TAS-I - Italy

Aniceto , TAS-I - Italy

Michelangelo L'Abbate, TAS-I - Italy

Svein Lokas, ESA-ESTEC - The Netherlands

Luisella Giulicchi, ESA-ESTEC - The Netherlands

GMES Sentinel-1: Mission Concept and System Design

Giacomo Taini, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Andrea Pietropaolo, TASI - Italy

Vanessa , TAS-I - Italy

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dirk geudtne, ESA -

paul snoeij, ESA -

COMPACT SAR: AN EO SATELLITE BASED ON X-BAND SAR WITH FOLDABLE REFLECTOR

ANTENNA

Andrea Torre, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Chiara Germani, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

15:40 - 17:30

Room C

11th BSW: (Continued)

Chair: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

15:40 - 17:20

Room D

Ka 6: Propagation 1

Chair: Roberto Acosta, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

Site diversity on two slant path links in Norway

Lars Braten, FFI - Norway

Jostein Sander, FFI - Norway

Terje , FFI - Norway

Terje Tjelta, Telenor - Norway

Monthly rain attenuation statistics in a slant path to Alphasat, at 19.7 and 39.4 GHz, from daily

rainfall in Milan in the years 1858

Emilio Matricciani, Politecnico di Milano - Italy

Carlo Riva, Politecnico di Milano - Italy

Comparison of Radar Derived Rain Attenuation with Tropical Beacon Signal

Jun Xiang Yeo, NTU - Singapore

Yee Hui Lee , NTU - Singapore

Jin Teong , C2N Pte. Ltd. - Singapore

Model for monthly rainfall rate distribution based on monthly rain amount and average

temperature

Nicolas Jeannin, ONERA - France

Nicolas Jeannin, ONERA - France

Laurent , ONERA - France

Frederic Lacoste, CNES -

Efficiency of satellite channels affected by rain attenuation and ideal fade countermeasure

method

Emilio Matricciani, Politecnico di Milano - Italy

Statistics of total and rain attenuation measurements in Toulouse from the 20.2 GHz beacon of

Astra 3B

Xavier Boulanger, ONERA - France

Xavier Boulanger, ONERA - France

Hoang , ONERA - France

Laurent Casadebaig, ONERA - France

Benjamin Gabard, ONERA - France

Laurent Castanet, ONERA - France

Nicolas Jeannin, ONERA - France

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15:40 - 17:20

Room E

ICSSC 7: Novel Space System Design Aspects

Chair:

Stakeholders Analysis of Federated Satellite Systems (FSS): Enhancing Capabilities of Small

Satellite Missions for Commercial and Science Applications

Alessandro Aliakbargolkar, Skolkovo Tech - Russia

Olivier De Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United States

Low-dimensional Beamforming Design in Secure Satellite Communications

Chen Chen, Peking University - China

Xiaoning Zhang, Peking University - China

Zhongjian Liu, Peking University - China

Haige Xiang, Peking University - China

Space Missions Cybersecurity Modelling

Julio Millor, GMV Soluciones Globales Internet S.A.U. - Spain

A New Commercial Acquisition Model

John Lydiard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - United State

Automation of Payload Management Operations

Francisco Javier de Pablos Martín, GMV - Spain

15:40 - 17:20

Room F

Ka 7: Telecommunication Antennas 1

Chair: Domenico Mignolo, ESA, Netherlands

Increasing Capacity of Ku-/Ka-Band Satellite Antennas Using Unfurlable Mesh Reflectors

Phil Henderson, Harris Corporation - United States

Phil Henderson, Harris Corporation - USA

Marc , Harris Corporation - USA

Steerable Antenna Performance for K/Ka-Band Telecommunication Satellites

Greg Apotsos, Harris Corporation - United States

Charles Kulisan, Harris Corporation - USA

KU/KA BAND SATCOM ANTENNA RADOMES

Alessia Colasante, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi s.r.l. - Italy

Alessia Colasante, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Orlando Russo, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Luca Marcellini, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

F. Maggio, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Rudy Lo Forti, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Giancarlo Bellaveglia, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Luis Rolo, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Rolv Midthassel, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Jean-Christophe Angevain, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Challenges in the Design and Deployment of Large Aperture Antennas in the Ka, V, Q, W-Bands

Joe Duller, General Dynamics Satcom - United States

Raul Stavoli, GD Satcom - USA

Fernando , GD Satcom - USA

ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES IN KA/Q/V BAND FOR TELECOM PAYLOADS AT

THALESALENIASPACE ITALIA

Rodolfo Ravanelli, THALES-ALENIA SPACE ITALY SPA - Italy

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Pierluigi , Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Raffaele Capone, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Maddalena Cova, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Giancarlo Galluccio, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Marco Ivagnes, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Mario Lanuti, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Giuseppe Mascolo, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

Alberto Meschini, Thales Alenia Space Italy SpA - Italy

18:00 - 20:30 Welcom Cocktail Reception

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Wednesday, October 16

08:00 - 17:00

Foyer

Registration:

08:30 - 17:00

Foyer

Poster Session: ICSSC Poster Session

Chair:

Stability coefficients of Satellites in Low Earth Orbits

amirreza kosari, Tehran university - Iran

Mohammadali Amiri Atashgah , Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Mehdi Fakoor, Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Marzieh Dowlatabadi, Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Design of LQG/LTR Controller for Attitude Control of Geostationary Satellite Using Thrusters and

Reaction Wheels

amirreza kosari, Tehran university - Iran

Mehdi Fakoor, Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Mehdi Peyrovani, Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Hossein Nejat Pishkenari, Sharif University of Technology - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Comparison of different Configurations of Thrusters in Design of LQG/LTR Controller for

Geostationary Satellite Attitude Control

amirreza kosari, Tehran university - Iran

Mehdi Fakoor, Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Mehdi Peyrovani, Tehran university - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Hossein Nejat Pishkenari, Sharif University of Technology - Iran, Islamic Republic of

A Simplified Model for Power Amplifiers in LEO Satellite Communication System

He Sun, Tsinghua - China

Zhen Gao, Tsinghua University - China

Wenhua Chen, Tsinghua University - China

Silong Zhang, Tsinghua University - China

Ming Zhao, Tsinghua University - China

GNSS RAIM: Analysis with integrated GPS and Galileo for improved reliability and separability

Rafiul Shihab, MIST - Bangladesh

Asma Tabassum, Military Institute of Science and Techno - Bangladesh

Mahbub Hasan, Military Institute of Science and Techno - Bangladesh

Md Hossam-E Haider, Military Institute of Science and Techno - Bangladesh

A Satellite Access Network Architecture Scheme Adapted to 3GPP System Architecture Evolution

Jiang Tingsong, Peking University - China

Characteristic of Shaped Beam Pattern for Multi-beam Satellites Offset Parabolic Reflector Array

Antenna

Bin Li, Peking University - China

08:30 - 10:10

Room A

Ka 8: Navigation Systems 1

Chair: Marco Lisi, ESA, Netherlands

Galileo Moving Towards Early Services: Status and Challenges

Marco Lisi, European Space Agency - Netherlands

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The Contribution of GALILEO to the Worldwide SAR System

Francesco Paggi, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Monica Gotta, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Claudio Vegni, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Igor Stojkovic, European Space Agency - United Kingdom

Mauro Marinelli, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

SESAR

Pierpaolo Tavernise, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Pierpaolo Tavernise, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Stefano , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Manuel Admella, Indra Sistemas, S.A - Spain

Jes Garc, AENA - Spain

SENECA PROGRAM FOR GNSS INTRODUCTION IN CIVIL AVIATION

Ennio Episcopo, Telespazio - Italy

Ennio Episcopo, Telespazio - Italy

Antonio , Telespazio - Italy

Capacity Dimensioning for Aeronautical Communications in North Atlantic Corridor

Alain PIROVANO, ENAC - France

Alain PIROVANO, ENAC - France

Jos , ISAE - France

Fabien GARCIA, ENAC - France

08:30 - 10:10

Room B

Ka 9: Telecommunication Components 2

Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

ADVANCED HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY CHOICES FOR K, KA AND Q/V-BAND

SYSTEMS

Michael Cascone, Communications & Power Industries - United States

Michael Cascone, CPI - US

K-band 4x4 Multi-Port Amplifier using Auto Port-to-Port Isolation Calibration Method

Seong-Mo Moon, ETRI - Korea, South

Seong-Mo Moon, ETRI - Korea

Dong-Hwan , ETRI - Korea

Man-Seok Uhm, ETRI - Korea

In-Bok Yom, ETRI - Korea

50 TO 20 GHZ ULTRA LOW NOISE RECEIVER/CONVERTER

francesco vitulli, thales alenia space italia - Italy

Daniela Apollonio, ALTRAN spa - Italy

Paolo , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Andrea Suriani, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Ernesto Limiti, University Tor Vergata - Italy

Walter Ciccognani, University Tor Vergata - Italy

Francesco Scappaviva, MEC srl - Italy

Tommaso Cavanna, WAVE srl - Italy

Sergio Arena, WAVE srl - Italy

An in-depth walkthrough for optimized design of a compact architecture down-converter for the

new V band feeder link

Massimiliano Tosti, Space Engineering - Italy

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Michele Albertini, Space Engineering - Italy

Pasquale , Space Engineering - Italy

Ka-Band Dual Multiplexer with A Connected Channel

Gregory Healy, COM DEV - Canada

Ming Yu, COM DEV Ltd. - Canada

Qiang , COM DEV Ltd. - Canada

Jeff Olney, COM DEV Ltd. - Canada

Greg Healy, COM DEV Ltd - Canada

08:30 - 10:10

Room C

ICSSC 8: Advanced fixed satellite systems, services, and technologies

Chair:

Digital Predistortion Feasibility Studies for Multicarrier Satellite Communication Systems

Noel Kelly, University College Dublin - Ireland

Thomas Brazil, University College Dublin - Ireland

Anding Zhu, University College Dublin - Ireland

Improving Decoding Performance of DVB-S2 Transmission on a Nonlinear Channel

Stephen Wilson, University of Virginia - United States

Chenguang Xu, University of Virginia - United States

John Peng, University of Virginia - United States

Tingjun Xie, University of Virginia - United States

Two-way (Same-Frequency) Relaying : Information Rates and DVB-S2 Performance

Stephen Wilson, University of Virginia - United States

Chenguang Xu, University of Virginia - United States

John Peng, University of Virginia - United States

Tingjun Xie, University of Virginia - United States

Design of an hybrid ground-space architecture based on individual on-board antenna power

optimization for the forward link of a multi-beam broadband s

Miguel Angel Vazquez, Centre Tecnologic de les Telecomunicacio - Spain

vahid joroughi, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Spain

Bertrand Devillers, Centre Tecnològic de les Telecomunicacio - Spain

Ana Pérez-Neira, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Spain

Experimental Evaluation of a Poly-Polarization Multiplexing System with Timing/Frequency

Recovery for Satellite Communications

Julian Webber, ATR - Japan

Masanori Yofune, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Kazuto Yano, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Hiroshi Ban, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

08:30 - 09:50

Room D

ICSSC 9: Antenna Technologies

Chair:

Antenna surface estimation of space antennas using multi-kernel linear programming support

vector regression

Zuowei Wang, Xidian University - China

Tuanjie Li, School of Electromechanical Engineering, - China

Experimental verification of high gain ESV employing Distributed Array Antenna technology

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Kouhei Suzaki, NTT Corporation - Japan

Yoshinori Suzuki, NTT Corporation - Japan

Takatoshi Sugiyama, NTT Corporation - Japan

Takashi Hirose, NTT Corporation - Japan

A Study of Large Reflector Antenna mounted on Communication Satellite for Satellite /Terrestrial

Mobile Communication System

Teruaki Orikasa, NICT - Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuji, NICT - Japan

Yoshiyuki Fujino, NICT - Japan

Amane Miura, NICT - Japan

Development of long deployable dipole antennas for Sounder Radars in ThalesAleniaSpace-Italia

Rocco Raffaele Trento, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Roberto Mizzoni, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Mirco Zaccariotto, CISAS - Italy

Stefano Debei, CISAS - Italy

Paolo Nischese, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Giuseppe Mascolo, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Gianluigi Baldesi, ESA - Netherlands

Davide Scarozza, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Carlo Bettanini, CISAS - Italy

Alberto Meschini, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

08:30 - 10:10

Room E

Ka 10: Telecommunication Payloads 2

Chair: Hector Fenech, Eutelsat, France

Multidimensional Channel Allocation Algorithm to Maximally Utilize Bandwidth and Power of a

Satellite Transponder

Katsuya Nakahira, NTT Access Network Service Systems Labor - Japan

Katsuya Nakahira, NTT - Japan

Jun Mashino, NTT - Japan

Jun-ichi Abe, NTT - Japan

Takatoshi Sugiyama, NTT - Japan

Masanori Yofune, ATR - Japan

A study of on-board processor for terrestrial and satellite integrated communication system

yoichi koishi, NEC manager - Japan

Yoshiaki Fujino, NICT - JAPAN

Maki , NICT - JAPAN

Teruaki Orikasa, NICT - JAPAN

Hiroyuki Tsuji, NICT - JAPAN

Amane Miura, NICT - JAPAN

Takaomi Matsuzaki, NT space - JAPAN

Yoichi Koishi, NEC - JAPAN

Maximizing Throughput in a Broad-band Communication Satellite

Krishnan Raghavan, Orbital Sciences Corporation - United States

Huiwen Yao, Orbital Sciences Corporation - U.S.A.

Jack Yi, Orbital Sciences Corporation -

Design and Performance Optimization of Multibeam Dual-Polarization Flexible Payloads

Piero Gabellini, Space Engineering - Italy

Luciano D'Agristina, Space Engineering - Italy

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Felice Vanin, ESA - Netherlands

N. Metzger-Fragnol , Astrium - France

Signal Pre-Distortion Techniques and Performance for Non-Linear Satellite Channel Impairments

Minimisation

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Gugliemo , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

08:30 - 09:50

Room F

Ka 11: Earth Observation Payloads & Sensors 1

Chair: Franco Marconicchio, Space Systems Consultant, Italy

An overview of

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Claudia , Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

The new COSMO-SkyMed ScanSAR L1B processor

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Fabio , Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Technology Developments for Next Generation SAR Antennae

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Antonio , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italia

The Sentinel-3 Electrical Power Subsystem

Emiliano Scione, Thales Alenia Space spa - Italy

Emiliano Scione, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Daniele , Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Giorgio Daprati, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Agostino Vitale, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Christophe Gouault, Thales Alenia Space Italy - France

Jesus Rancano, European Space Agency - The Netherlands

10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break

10:40 - 12:40

Room A

Ka 12: Navigation Systems 2

Chair: Cosimo La Rocca, Finmeccanica, Italy

Initial Results of the UERE Test Campaigns and Expected Galileo End User Performances

Massimo Eleuteri, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Daniele Cretoni, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Rosaria , Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Andrea Guarnieri, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Gustavo Risueno, ESA - The Nederland

Daniel Blonski, ESA - The Nederland

Stefano Binda, ESA - The Nederland

Michelangelo Albertazzi, ESA - The Nederland

Michael Kirchner, ASTRIUM - Germany

Ka Band Communication for Airline Operations

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Vibha Vibha, International Space University, France - France

Sireesh Pallikonda, International Space University - France

Veronica La Regina, International Space University - France

New satellite-based Communication Standard for Air Traffic Management

Joan Manuel Cebrian, Indra - Spain

Jordi Batlle, Indra - Spain

Ivan Vega, Indra - Spain

Josep Vila, Indra - Spain

David Fernandez, Indra - Spain

Joan Manuel Cebrian, Indra - Spain

Carlo Ciancarelli, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Paolo Burzigotti, European Space Agency / ESTEC - The Netherlands

Marc Ratiney, Thales Alenia Space - France

Satellite Communications for Air Traffic Management

Nicholas Lan, ESA - Netherlands

Catherine Morlet, European Space Agency - The Netherlands

Felice Vanin, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Rafaella Florou, European Space Agency - The Netherlands

The Galileo PRS Scenario Simulator

Carlo Cornacchini, Space Engineering - Italy

Alfredo Ferrarotti, Space Engineering - Italy

Roberto , Space Engineering - Italy

Eugenio Rossini, Space Engineering - Italy

Filippo Rodriguez, Telespazio - Italy

Roberto Salvatorelli, Telespazio - Italy

Search and Rescue Mission in Medium Earth Orbit

Sandra Mingot, MIER COMUNICACIONES, S.A. - Spain

David Gomez, MIER COMUNICACIONES, S.A. - Spain

Roger Vilaseca, MIER COMUNICACIONES, S.A. - Spain

Jose Maria Montero, RYMSA - Spain

Giovanni Boscagli, ESA/ESTEC - The Netherlands

Igor Stojkovic, ESA/ESTEC - The Netherlands

Luca Salghetti Drioli, ESA/ESTEC - The Netherlands

Francesc Dalmases, MIER COMUNICACIONES, S.A. - Spain

Francesco Paggi, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

10:40 - 12:40

Room B

ICSSC 10: Satellite Broadband Systems and Technologies

Chair:

AMERHIS Broadband Highly Efficient Solutions for Advanced Services

Carla Salas, THALES ALENIA SPACE ESPAÑA - Spain

Ana Solano, THALES ALENIA SPACE SPAIN - Spain

Ana Jalón, THALES ALENIA SPACE SPAIN - Spain

Ana Yun Garcia, THALES ALENIA SPACE SPAIN - Spain

Isaac Moreno, THALES ALENIA SPACE SPAIN - Spain

Feasibility Study of a Vega Launched Low Thrust Geostationary Communication Satellite

Gilbert Fanchini, University of Rome "Sapienza" - Italy

Paolo Gaudenzi, University of Rome Sapienza - Italy

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Design of On-board Components for 21GHz-band Broadcasting Satellite using Array-fed Reflector

Antenna

Masashi Kamei, NHK - Japan

Partial Decode-and-Forward of LDPC codes for On-board Processing Satellite Platform

HANG LI, Tsinghua University - China

Zhen GAO, Tsinghua University - China

Wen Pan, Tsinghua University - China

Ming Zhao, Tsinghua University - China

Jing Wang, Tsinghua University - China

Future Opportunities for Next Generation OBP enhanced Satellite Payloads

Juan Manuel Rodriguez Bejarano, Thales Alenia Space Spain - Spain

Ignacio Jimenez, Thales Alenia Space España - Spain

Josep Prat, Thales Alenia Space España - Spain

Ana Yun Garcia, Thales Alenia Space España - Spain

Evaluation of DVB-S2 Performance on an Experimental Ka-band Satellite Link in the UK

Ifiok Otung, University of South Wales - United Kingd

Jon Eastment, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - United Kingdom

Leshan Uggalla, University of South Wales - United Kingdom

10:40 - 12:40

Room C

ICSSC 11: DVB-S2 Evolutions II

Chair:

Hierarchical Modulations for Two-Level Transmission against Rain Fades in Satellite

Broadcasting

Cristina Ciochina-Duchesne, Mitsubishi Electric R&D Center Europe - France

Bandwidth Optimization for Satellite Digital Broadcasting

Stefano Cioni, EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY - Netherlands

Giulio Colavolpe, CNIT - University of Parma - Italy

Christoph Ernst, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Alberto Ginesi, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Parameter estimation in a multibeam satellite communication system adopting multiuser

detection techniques

Loredana Arienzo, university of Bologna - Italy

Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, University of Bologna - DEI - Italy

E. Alberto Candreva, University of Bologna - DEI - Italy

Giovanni Corazza, University of Bologna - DEI - Italy

Stefano Andrenacci, University of Bologna - CIRI - Italy

Realistic Performance Gains by using Pre-Coding Techniques for Bitrate Enhancement in

Multi-Spot Beam Satellite Networks

Holger Stadali, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

bastien hamet, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Christian Rohde, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Reduction of Out-of-Band Power in SC-OFDM Systems

Fumihiro Hasegawa, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

Masatsugu Higashinaka, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

Loïc BRUNEL, Mitsubishi Electric R&D Europe - France

Fumio Ishizu, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

David Mottier, Mitsubishi Electric R&D Europe - France

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Damien Castelain, Mitsubishi Electric R&D Europe - France

Akihiro Okazaki, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

Location-adaptive network-coded video transmission for improved Quality-of-Experience

Smrati Gupta, UAB - Spain

Maria Angeles Vazquez Castro, Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona - Spain

10:40 - 12:40

Room D

ICSSC 12: Communications protocols and networks

Chair:

Metro Ethernet for Future Satcom Systems

Fabrice Arnal, Thales Alenia Space - France

Riadh Dhaou, ENSEEIHT / IRIT - France

Patrick Gelard, CNES - France

Emmanuel Dubois, CNES - France

Emmanuel Chaput, ENSEEIHT / IRIT - France

Cedric Baudoin, Thales Alenia Space - France

Beatrice Paillassa, ENSEEIHT / IRIT - France

An Intelligent Satellite Multicast and Caching Overlay for CDNs to Improve Performance in Video

Applications

Christopher Brinton, Princeton University - United States

Stan Russo, SES - United States

Steve Corda, SES - United States

Ramiro Reinoso, SES - United States

Mung Chiang, Princeton University - United States

Ehsan Aryafar, Princeton University - United States

The Study of Uplink Random Access Schemes for Satellite Radio Interface Based on

LTE/LTE-advanced system

Yuxin Cheng, EECS, Peking University, Beijing,China - China

Jianjun Wu, Institution of Advanced Communications, - China

Na Yi, Institution of Advanced Communications, - China

Xiaoning Zhang, Institution of Advanced Communications, - China

Latency Analysis of Real-Time Web protocols over a Satellite Link

Matteo Collina, University of Bologna - Italy

Raffaello Secchi, University of Aberdeen - United Kingdom

Carlo Caini, University of Bologna - Italy

Giovanni Corazza, University of Bologna - Italy

Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli, University of Bologna - Italy

QoE driven adaptive video with Overlapping Network Coding for Best Effort Erasure Satellite

Links

maria pimentel, universitat autonoma de barcelona - Spain

Paresh Saxena, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain

Maria Angeles Vazquez Castro, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona - Spain

Optimization of ATM and TCP QoS Parameter over a Satellite-integrated Network with

Concatenated Coding Scheme

Sahena Begum, Southern University - Bangladesh

Ifiok Otung, University of Glamorgan - United Kingdom

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10:40 - 12:40

Room E

Ka 13: Market Assessment

Chair: Roger Rusch, TelAstra, USA

A CASE FOR KA-BAND SATELLITE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY IN WEST AFRICA

GEORGE ATTOPANY, DATABANK FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD - Ghana

Industry Perspective: A Closer Look at High Throughput Satellites

Alix Hornig, Harris CapRock Communications - United States

Benjamin Pawling, Harris CapRock - USA

Keith , Harris Corporation - USA

David Myers, Harris CapRock - USA

Peter Semenach, Harris CapRock - USA

Alix Hornig, Harris CapRock - USA

Broadband Communication Services: key elements to be considered by a service provider

Domenico Vitale, Telespazio - Italy

Marco Brancati, Telespazio - Italy

Maria Cristina , Telespazio - Italy

Giovanni Verardi, Telespazio - Italy

Utilization of Geographic User Distribution in Ka Band Multibeam Planning

Marco Conti, Telespazio - Italy

Riccardo Carducci, Telespazio - Italy

Marco , Telespazio - Italy

Daniele D'Ambrosio, Telespazio - Italy

Alessandro Righetto, Telespazio - Italy

Telespazio & the Ka-band Communications Market

Laura Anselmi, Telespazio - Italy

Marco Brancati, Telespazio - Italy

Giancarlo , Telespazio - Italy

Marco Ferrari, Telespazio - Italy

DELIVERING ON THE BROADBAND PROMISE: MARKET FIGURES, TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AND

INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE

Fabio Lattanzi, SES Broadband Services - Luxembourg

Antonio Bove, SES Broadband Services - Luxembourg

Luis , SES - Luxembourg

10:40 - 12:40

Room F

Ka 14/ICSSC 13: Propagation 2

Chair:

On the Synthesis of Tropospheric Scintillation Time Series using Stochastic Differential

Equations

Athanasios Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens - Greece

Charilaos Kourogiorgas, NTUA - Greece

On the Modelling of Time Diversity Performance Prediction for Broadband Satellite

Communication Systems

Athanasios Panagopoulos, National Technical University of Athens - Greece

Charilaos Kourogiorgas, NTUA - Greece

Spiros , ASPETE - Greece

George Chatzarakis, ASPETE - Greece

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On the Performance of Diversity and ARQ Techniques for Robust Mitigation of Interference in

Mobile SATCOM Terminals

Mario Blanco, MITRE Corporation - United State

Power Control in Satellite-based WCDMA Uplink Channels

K Sam Shanmugan, University of Kansas - United State

Minimum-Redundancy Link-Layer Code Design for the Railroad Satellite Channel

Lam Pham Sy, ETIS ENSEA/UCP/CNRS UMR 8051 - France

Valentin Savin, CEA-LETI, MINATEC Campus - France

Nghia Pham, EUTELSAT S.A. - France

David Declercq, ETIS ENSEA/UCP/CNRS UMR 8051 - France

Space-time channel model for the analysis of LEO to ground Ka band data download links.

Presentation of the model and applications.

Nicolas Jeannin, ONERA - France

Frédéric Lacoste, CNES - France

Laurent Castanet, ONERA - France

12:40 - 14:30 Lunch & ICSSC Award

14:30 - 15:50

Room A

Ka 15: Telecommunication New Systems 1

Chair: Arduino Patacchini, Eutelsat, France

Achieving a Terabit/s GEO Satellite System

Erich Lutz, DLR - Germany

Erich Lutz, DLR - Germany

Eutelsat's Evolving Ka-band Missions

Hector Fenech, EUTELSAT S.A. - France

Hector Fenech, Eutelsat S.A. - France

Alessia , Eutelsat S.A. - France

Sonya Amos, Eutelsat S.A. - France

Viphakone Soumpholphakdy, Eutelsat S.A. - France

TERASAT : high-throughput satellite system by 2020

Erwan Corbel, Thales Alenia Space France - France

Graham Peters, Avanti Consulting - United Kingdom

Ray , SES - Luxemburg

Ernst Bosch, Thales Electronic devices - Germany

Building the bricks of High Throughput Satellite

Pierre Bosshard, Thales Alenia Space - France

Pierre BOSSHARD, -

Bernard , -

Jean-Michel MEROUR, -

Broadband (TOOWAY) via KaSat

Yusuf Ariak, Eser Telekom/Turkey - Turkey

14:30 - 15:50

Room B

Ka 16: Telecommunication GS 1

Chair: Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering, Italy

High Power Millimeter Wave Communications Uplink Helix TWTs

Chae Chong, L-3 Communications - United States

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Chae Chong, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

David , L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Richard Dawson, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Jeff Forster, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Dennis Layman, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Michael Ramay, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Richard Stolz, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Craig Washington, L-3 Communications, ETI - U.S.A.

Ground Segment Technologies for Ka-Band and Beyond

Gregory Ernst, Hughes Network Systems - United States

Joseph Merchlinsky, Hughes Network Systems - USA

Gregory , Hughes Network Systems - USA

Robert Kepley, Hughes Network Systems - USA

Q/V Band Feeder Links, Ready for Deployment

Ronald Squires, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems - United State

An Enhanced DVB-RCS Receiver with Interference Mitigation Capabilities

Eugenio Rossini, Space Engineering - Italy

Aldo Masci, Space Engineering - Italy

Roberto , Space Engineering - Italy

Simone Luperti, Space Engineering - Italy

Paolo Burzigotti, Space Engineering - Italy

Domenico Giancristofaro, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

14:30 - 16:10

Room C

ICSSC 14: Advances in satellite payload architectures and equipment

Chair:

Overview of payload/system simulation tools at ESA

Felice Vanin, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Salvatore D'addio, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Piero Angeletti, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Juan Lizarraga, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Francesc Coromina, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

New Analog Predistortion Linearizer for Ku-band TWTA allowing 1GHz Instantaneous Wide-Band

Satellite Operation

Jean-Francois Villemazet, Thales Alenia Space - France

Philippe Voisin, Thales Alenia Space - France

Jean-Claude Azzara, Thales Alenia Space - France

Jean Maynard, Thales Alenia Space - France

Hissa Yahi, Thales Alenia Space - France

Geoffroy Soubercaze-Pun, CNES - France

Francis Gizard, CNES - France

Eva Maria Gonzalez Esteban, Thales Alenia Space - France

Annaick Carlier, Thales Alenia Space - France

Sparse Arrays for SatCom Applications

Piero Angeletti, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Giovanni Toso, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Multicarrier Passive Inter-Modulation Prediction from 2-Carrier Measurements

Jacques Sombrin, TéSA - France

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Isabelle Albert, CNES - France

Geoffroy Soubercaze-Pun, CNES - France

L-BANDT/R MODULES DESIGN FOR HIGH VOLUMES PRODUCTION

Giovanni Mannocchi, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

14:30 - 16:10

Room D

ICSSC 15: High-capacity broadband satellite systems, services, and technologies

Chair:

Demonstration of a Novel High-Performance Ka-Band Communication System for Micro- and

Nanosatellites

Grant Bonin, Space Flight Laboratory - Canada

Highly efficient broadband transmission system

Masayoshi Tanaka, Nihon University - Japan

Performance Evaluation of Enhanced Poly-polarization Multiplexing Scheme for Satellite

Communications

Masanori Yofune, ATR Wave Engineering Laboratories - Japan

Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Kazuto Yano, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Julian Webber, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Hiroshi Ban, Advanced Telecommunications Research Ins - Japan

Code Design for Frame-Headers in Adaptive Coding and Modulation systems

Farbod Kayhan, Politecnico di Torino - Italy

Guido Montorsi, Politecnico di Torino - Italy

On Distributed Resource Allocation in Fully Meshed Satellite Networks

Andreas Wolf, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Germany

Stefan Lipp, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Institute for I - Germany

Rainer Hildinger, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Institute for I - Germany

Hartmut Brandt, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute - Germany

14:30 - 16:10

Room E

Ka 17: Earth Observation Test & Verifications

Chair: Giuseppe Angino, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

GMES Sentinel-1: Satellite System Development and Qualification

Giacomo Taini, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacomo Taini, TASI - Italy

Aniceto , TAS-I - Italy

Marco Cotogni, TAS-I - Italy

Michelangelo L'Abbate, TAS-I - Italy

Roberto Silvestri, TASI - Italy

Maurizio Di Serio, TASI - Italy

Svein Lokas, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Luisella Giulicchi, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

The COSMO-SkyMed Seconda Generazione Electrical Verification Approach

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

E. Scione, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italia

CSG Mission Simulator: A Feasibility and Sustainability Tool for COSMO Seconda Generazione

Mission

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

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Alessandro Cricenti, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italia

EXOMARS Ka Radar Doppler: Outdoor Test philosophy

ornella bombaci, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

marco iorio, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

andrea olanda, Thales Alenia Space Italia -

pasquale pepe, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

elisa pietropaoli, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

francesca temussi, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

luciano zuccal, Thales Alenia Space Italia -

maurizio capuano, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

The COSMO-SkyMed Seconda Generazione Electrical Verification Approach

Emiliano Scione, Thales Alenia Space spa - Italy

Emiliano Scione, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Daniele , Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Giorgio Daprati, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Gerardo Spera, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Isabella Citrea, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Edmondo Scorzafava, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

14:30 - 16:10 Room F

Ka Panel: Galileo towards Services Exploitation

Chair: Marco Lisi, GNSS Services Engineering Manager, ESA, Netherlands, and Special Advisor of the European Commission

Panelits: - Philippe Bertrand, GNSS Manager, French Ministry of Defence, France- Gian Gherardo Calini, Head of Market Development, GSA, Belgium- Christoph Günther, Director of Institute of Communication and Navigation, DLR, Germany - Guenter Hein, Head of Galileo Operations and Evolution, ESA, Netherlands- Cosimo La Rocca, ASI-Italian Space Agency, Italy

16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:50

Room A

Ka 18: Telecommunication New Systems 2

Chair: Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA

An Overview of satellite broadband project for Russia

Serguey Makhmudbedov, RSCC - Russia

Ka Sat, an outperforming broadband communication platform paving the way for a new era in the

satellite services

Jean-Francois Fenech, Skylogic - Italy

Broadband and Ka-Band

Bob Wilson, ViaSat Inc. - United State

NIGERIAN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE (NIGCOMSAT-1R) KA-BAND SYSTEM

Lasisi Lawal, NIGCOMSAT Ltd/ UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX - Nigeria

Chris Chatwin, University of Sussex - United Kingdom

16:30 - 17:50

Room B

Ka 19: Telecommunication Antennas 2

Chair: Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

On-board Transmit Direct Radiating Array in Ka-Band using constrained sparse array

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configuration

Alfredo Catalani, Space Engineering - Italy

Michele Albertini, Space Engineering - Italy

Lino , Space Engineering - Italy

Giovanni Toso, ESA - The Netherlands

Piero Angeletti, ESA - The Netherlands

Optimal Shape Design for Offset-Feed Deployable Mesh Reflectors with High Operating

Frequencies

Bingen Yang, University of Southern California - United States

Hang Shi, U of Southern California - USA

Bingen , U of Southern California - USA

Houfei Fang, Shanghai YS Info Tech Co - China

V-Band Uplink Digital Beam Forming

Jaafar Cherkaoui, MDA Corporation - Canada

Jaafar Cherkaoui, MDA - Canada

Enabling Technology for Ka-band Phased Array Mobile Terminals: SiGe Multinode MMIC

Mario Albertini, Space Engineering - Italy

Vincenzo Guaiani, Space Engineering - Italy

Marzia , Space Engineering - Italy

Francesc Coromina, ESA/ESTEC - Italy

16:30 - 17:50

Room C

ICSSC 16: Flexible satellite resource allocation architectures, design tools, and technologies

Chair:

Bandpass Filter With In-Orbit Reconfigurable Bandwidth

Nikolas Sidiropoulos, Space Engineering S.p.A. - Italy

Petronilo Martin Iglesias, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Lorenzo Scialino, Space Engineering S.p.A. - Italy

Giuseppe Venanzoni, NOW S.r.l. - Italy

Christoph Ernst, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Antonio Morini, NOW S.r.l. - Italy

Wideband Ku-band MPA Demonstrator

Eva Maria Gonzalez Esteban, Thales Alenia Space - France

Philippe Voisin, Thales Alenia Space - France

Bertrand Onillon, Thales Alenia Space - France

Aline Briand, Thales Alenia Space - France

Prospection of Reconfiguration Capabilities using Space Qualified SRAM-based FPGAs for a

Satellite Communications Application

Filip Veljkovic, Technical University of Madrid - Spain

Teresa Riesgo, Technical University of Madrid - Spain

Raúl Regada Sánchez, Thales Alenia Space España - Spain

Luis Berrojo Valero, Thales Alenia Space España - Spain

Javier Mora, Technical University of Madrid - Spain

Eduardo de la Torre, Technical University of Madrid - Spain

Ángel Álvaro Sánchez, Thales Alenia Space España - Spain

Ka band communication receiver banks with centralized LO and power supply

Andrea Suriani, thales alenia space - Italy

Roberto Guerrucci, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

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Paolo Ranieri, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Paolo Colucci, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Giulio Massimo Perusini, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Giovanni King Pace, Altran Italia - Italy

Francesco Barletta, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

16:30 - 17:30

Room D

ICSSC 17: Optical communications techniques and technologies

Chair:

The Future of High Data Rate Downlinks for Earth Observation: RF or Optical?

Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Massimo Bertinelli, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Alberto Ginesi, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Concept of Terrestrial Free-Space Laser Communications Facilities Aiming for Future Airborne-

and Satellite-Based Projects

Morio Toyoshima, NICT - Japan

Yoshisada Koyama, NICT - Japan

Yoshihisa Takayama, NICT - Japan

Toshihiro Kubooka, NICT - Japan

Shinich Yamamoto, NICT - Japan

Shinich Taira, NICT - Japan

Maki Akioka, NICT - Japan

Isao Nakazawa, NICT - Japan

Kenji Suzuki, NICT - Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuji, NICT - Japan

Hiroo Kunimori, NICT - Japan

Hideki Takenaka, NICT - Japan

Comparison of BB84 and S09 Quantum Key Distribution Protocols in Space-Space Links

Mate Galambos, BME - Hungary

Laszlo Bacsardi, Budapest University of Technology and Ec - Hungary

Sandor Imre, Budapest University of Technology and Ec - Hungary

16:30 - 18:10

Room E

Ka 20: Navigation Space & GS

Chair: Allen Katz, Linearizer Technology, USA

Performance analysis of Code-Shift-Keying (CSK) with FEC coding on the satellite multipath

channel for GNSS applications

Andrea Emmanuele, University of Pisa - Italy

Andrea Emmanuele, University of Pisa - Italy

Marco Luise, University of Pisa - Italy

Francesca Zanier, ESA - Netherlands

Massimo Crisci, ESA - Netherlands

Ionospheric Monitoring for GNSS Aviation Applications

Roberto Ronchini, Telespazio - Italy

Roberto Ronchini, Telespazio - Italy

Stefano Di Rollo, Telespazio - Italy

Pier Domenico Tromboni, ENAV - Italy

Salvatore Viviano, ASI - Italy

An Effective Solution for Multipath and Interference Mitigation in the GNSS Station

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Andrea Dessantis, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Luciano Dicecca, Space Engineering - Italy

Luciano , Space Engineering - Italy

Vincenzo Crin, Space Engineering - Italy

Francisco Fernandez, ESA - The Netherlands

Piero Gabellini, Space Engineering - Italy

Pasquale Russo, Space Engineering - Italy

Accurate Synchronization of a GNSS constellation generator to GPS time

Carlo Cornacchini, Space Engineering - Italy

T. Botticchio, Space Engineering - Italy

T. , Space Engineering - Italy

P. Cangini, Space Engineering - Italy

F. Meta, Space Technology - Italy

P. Tabacco, Space Technology - Italy

Low tracking error Galileo Antenna for Global Navigation Satellite System

Anna d'Ippolito, Space Engineering - Italy

Andrea Dessantis, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Luciano Dicecca, Space Engineering - Italy

N. Sidiropoulos, Space Engineering - Italy

Pasquale Russo, Space Engineering - Italy

16:30 - 17:50

Room F

Ka 21: Earth Observation Payloads & Sensors 2

Chair: Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Meteosat Third Generation: Data Collection System and Geosar Payload

Arturo Sorrentino, Thales Alenia Space - Italy - Italy

Mario Cossu, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Paolo Noschese, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Roberto Sigismondi, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Fabio Ippoliti, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Alfonso Camacho, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Bernard Robert, Thales Alenia Space - France

Behrang Tavaddode, KDA Norspace - Norway

David Gomez, Mier Comunicaciones - Spain

Ka-Band SAR Instrument with Joint XTI-ATI Mode Capability

Paco Lopez-Dekker, German Aerospace Center - Germany

Lopez-Dekker Paco, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Germany

Schaefer , Astrium - Germany

Carolina Tienda, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Germany

Marwan Younis, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Germany

Michael Ludwig, ESA - The Netherlands

High Data Rate Transmission for Earth Observation Missions using Next Generation Downlink

Subsystems

Philipp Wertz, Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG - Germany

Simon Mauch, Tesat Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG - Germany

Bernd , Tesat Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG - Germany

KaRIn RFU (Radio Frequency Unit) on-going development for the SWOT Mission

Alain Mallet, CNES - France

Alain MALLET, CNES - France

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Laurent , CNES - France

Francis GIZARD, CNES - France

C CHEYMOL, CNES - France

Thierry LAFON, CNES - France

20:30 - 23:00 Conference Dinner

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Thursday, October 17

08:30 - 10:10

Room A

Ka 22: Telecommunication Antennas 3

Chair: Hampton Chan, LORAL Space Systems, USA

Reconfigurable Imaging Antenna fed by Active Sparse Arrays for Tx/Rx Multibeam Satcom

Applications in Ka-band

Nicola Gatti, Space Engineering - Italy

Alfredo Catalani, Space Engineering - Italy

Lino , Space Engineering - Italy

Giovanni Toso, ESA - The Netherlands

Peter Rinous, ESA - The Netherlands

Reconfigurable High Power Broadcast Confocal Antenna in Ku-band

Nicola Gatti, Space Engineering - Italy

Lino Russo, Space Engineering - Italy

Peter , ESA - The Netherlands

Adaptive Antenna System for interference suppression in Satcom Applications

Alfredo Catalani, Space Engineering - Italy

F. Maggio, Space Engineering - Italy

Lino , Space Engineering - Italy

Peter Rinous, ESA - The Netherlands

Ku-Band fully electronically Tx/Rx conformal array for mobile application

Alfredo Catalani, Space Engineering - Italy

Marzia Migliorelli, Space Engineering - Italy

Lino , Space Engineering - Italy

Mario Albertini, Space Engineering - Italy

Giovanni Toso, ESA - Italy

Piero Angeletti, ESA - Italy

RF Control Strategy for Mesh-based Large Deployable Reflector

Marzia Migliorelli, Space engineering - Italy

Lorenzo Sciallino, Space Engineering - Italy

M. , University of Pavia - Italy

M. Bozzi, University of Pavia - Italy

L. Pellegrini, University of Pavia - Italy

Kees van , ESA/ESTEC - The Netherlands

08:30 - 10:30

Room B

ICSSC 18: Advances in Earth terminals and stations architectures and equipment

Chair:

Achieving Wideband Aeronautical Satellite Connectivity on Boeing Aircraft

Michael de La Chapelle, Boeing - United States

A Multiband Military Communication Antenna

Mario Caron, CRC - Canada

Reza Chaharmir, CRC - Canada

Jafar Shaker, CRC - Canada

Aldo Petosa, CRC - Canada

SOTM Terminal Testing under Real-World Conditions

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Gregor Siegert, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Markus Landmann, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Giovanni Del Galdo, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Gerold Jaeger-Waldau, ND SatCom - Germany

Florian Raschke, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Enhancements for the broadband satellite network architecture

Hans Peter Lexow, STM Norway - Norway

Ratna Winduratna, STM Norway - Norway

Helge Fanebust, STM Norway - Norway

Christophe Coutand, STM Norway - Norway

Sensitivity Analysis of Multicarrier Digital Pre-distortion/ Equalization Techniques for Non-linear

Satellite Channels

Roberto Piazza, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Stefano Cioni, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Michael Grasslin, Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Space - Germany

Konstantinos Liolis, SES - Luxembourg

Frank Zimmer, SES - Luxembourg

Efrain Zenteno, University of Gävle - Sweden

Daniel Rönnow, University of Gävle - Sweden

Bhavani Shankar, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Performance comparison of antenna de-pointing estimation methods for SOTM terminal testing

Mostafa Alazab, Ilmenau University of Technology - Germany

Markus Landmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circ - Germany

Gregor Siegert, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circ - Germany

Giovanni Del Galdo, Ilmenau University of Technology - Germany

Florian Raschke, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circ - Germany

08:30 - 10:30

Room C

ICSSC 19: Advances in satellite payload architectures and equipment

Chair:

Challenges in the Design of Next Generation Ka-Band OMUX for Space Applications

Fabrizio De Paolis, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Christoph Ernst, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Design of High Power Coaxial Filters for Satellite Antennas and Payloads

Davide Maiarelli, Thales Alenia Space Italy S.p.A. - Italy

Roberto Mizzoni, Thales Alenia Space Italy - Italy

Dual-Polarization Directional Couplers for Beamforming Applications

Piero Angeletti, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Nikolas Sidiropoulos, Space Engineering SpA - Italy

Marco Baldelli, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Italy

Giuseppe Venanzoni, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Italy

Daniele Petrolati, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Antonio Morini, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Italy

Alfredo Catalani, Space Engineering SpA - Italy

Development of a Liquid Crystal Polymer Receiver Module at Ka-band for Space Applications

Anh-Vu Pham, UC Davis - United States

Manish Mamidanna, University of California, Davis - United States

Characterisation of nonlinearity and intermodulation distortion in C- & Ku-band satellite

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trasponders

Ifiok Otung, University of South Wales - United Kingd

Compact Bandpass Filters for Space Applications Based On TM Mode Dielectric Resonators

Fabrizio De Paolis, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

08:30 - 10:30

Room D

ICSSC 20: Hybrid satellite/terrestrial mobile systems and technologies

Chair:

R&D status of satellite/terrestrial integrated mobile communication system

Amane Miura, NICT - Japan

Yoshiyuki Fujino, NICT - Japan

Teruaki Orikasa, NICT - Japan

Morio Toyoshima, NICT - Japan

Maki Akioka, NICT - Japan

Kazunori Okada, NICT - Japan

Hiroyuki Tsuji, NICT - Japan

Beam Performance Assessment of a Multi-Beam MSS Space Based Network (SBN) with Drive

Testing

Ramesh Gupta, LightSquared - United States

Jeff Snyder, LightSquared - United States

Frequency Sharing between Satellite and Terrestrial in the 2GHz MSS Band

Barry Evans, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

Hee Wook Kim, Electronics and Telecommunications Resea - Korea, Republic of

Adegbenga Awoseyila, University of Surrey - United Kingdom

OFDM-Based Cognitive Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Mobile Communication Systems

Wang Han, Harbin Institute of Technology - China

Jia Min, Harbin Institute of Technology - China

Guo Qing, Harbin Institute of Technology - China

Chen Liming, Harbin Institute of Technology - China

A Delay Deviation Measurement Method for Initial Random Access in S-LTE System

Li Mei, Peking University - China

Uplink Timing Adjustment Period Adaptation in GEO Mobile S-LTE System

Jiajia Wang, Peking University - China

08:30 - 10:10

Room E

Ka 23: Telecommunication Systems 2

Chair: Richard T. Gedney, ViaSat, USA

Novel Multi-band SATCOM Planning

Taj Sturman, Astrium Ltd - United Kingdom

Andrew Hide, Astrium Ltd - United Kingdom

Andrew Anderson, Astrium Ltd - United Kingdom

Martin Moseley, Astrium Ltd - United Kingdom

ANTARES Operational System and Validation Strategy

Paolo Conforto, Thales Alenia Space - Italia - Italy

Paolo Conforto, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Gaetano , Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Stefano La Barbera, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Giuseppe Grelli, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

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New Generation TLC Anti Interference Satellite Systems: Technical Solutions for Commercial

Satellites

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacinto , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Francesco Spognetta, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Vincenzo Pascale, Universit - Italy

The ATHENA-FIDUS Ka band Italian Civilian and Institutional Mission: insights on space and

ground components

Enrico Russo, ASI - Italy

Giancarlo Varacalli, ASI - Italy

Alessia Miglietta, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

G. Marasca, Telespazio - Italy

End-to-End Anti-Interference SATCOM System Architecture: a Simulation Approach

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacinto , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Jacopo Capolicchio, Universit - Italy

Vincenzo Pascale, Universit - Italy

Multicarrier Satellite HPA Operation for DBS Services

John Walker, SSL - United State

Fulvio Bonecchi, SSL - USA

08:30 - 10:10

Room F

Ka 24: Telecommunication Payloads 3

Chair:

An On-Board Resource Management Scheme for Advanced Meshed DVB-RCS Networks

Giuseppe Tomasicchio, THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA - Italy

Fabrizio Ceprani, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Francesco , University of Rome "Sapienza" - Italy

Andrea Fiaschetti, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Antonio Pietrabissa, University of Rome "Sapienza" - Italy

Gabriele Tamea, University of Rome "Sapienza" - Italy

Completion of the small optical transponder for satellite-ground laser communication

demonstrations

Yoshisada Koyama, NICT - Japan

Yoshihisa Koyama, NICT - Japan

Maki , NICT - Japan

Hideki Takenaka, NICT - Japan

Morio Toyoshima, NICT - Japan

THE EDRS-A and EDRS-C DATA RELAY PAYLOADS

Nicolas Le Gallou, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Nicolas Le Gallou, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Wolfram , TESAT Spacecom - Germany

Alberto Camuso, TESAT Spacecom - Germany

Benjamin Wittwer, TESAT Spacecom - Germany

Marc Leadstone, ASTRIUM Services - Germany

Herbert Schuff, OHB Systems AG - Germany

Jean-Pierre Cousty, ASTRIUM Satellites - France

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Benedicte-Marie Folio, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Andrew Murrell, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

Flexible Payload Technologies for Optimising Ka-band Payloads to Meet Future Business Needs

Nicola Porecki, Astrium - United Kingd

Glyn Thomas, Astrium Ltd - UK

Andy , Astrium Ltd - UK

Nigel Wheatley, Astrium Ltd - UK

Nathalie Metzger, Astrium SAS - FR

A Ka Reverse Band Payload for Direct Broadcast Satellite Services: Payload and Link Availability

for New Ultra-HDTV Market

John Walker, SSL - United State

Fulvio Bonecchi, SSL - USA

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:20

Room A

Ka 25: Earth Observation Systems 2

Chair: Fausto Perri, e-GEOS, Italy

GMES Sentinel-1: Satellite System Architecture and Operations

Giacomo Taini, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacomo Taini, TASI - Italy

Aniceto Panetti, TASI - Italy

Sergio Barrasso, TASI - Italy

Marco Cotogni, TASI - Italy

Michele L'Abbate, TASI - Italy

Svein Lokas, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Luisella Giulicchi, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Ian Shurmer, ESA-ESOC - Germany

Application of Common Criteria security standards in Dual-Use complex Space Systems: the case

of COSMO-SkyMed di Seconda Generazione

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

Daniele Frasca, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italia

Manfredi , Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Improvements in satellite control techniques and gyro-less operational capability

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Fabio , Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

COSMO-SKYMED SECOND GENERATION A VERSATILE MISSION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO

IMPROVE QUALITY OF SERVICE AND READINESS FOR USE

Manfredi Porfilio, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italy

Francesco Caltagirone, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

Giuseppe , Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - Italia

11:00 - 12:45

Room B

ICSSC 21: Next generation L/S/K-band GEO/MEO/LEO mobile satellite systems, services, and technologi

Chair:

Open Loop Adaptive Coding and Modulation for Mobile Satellite Return Links

Jesus Arnau, University of Vigo - Spain

Carlos Mosquera, University of Vigo - Spain

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Low Data Rate and High Data Rate Technologies for Next Generation BGAN

Ammar Khan, Inmarsat PLC - United Kingdom

Paul Febvre, Inmarsat PLC - United Kingdom

Panos Fines, Wireless Intelligent Systems Ltd. - United Kingdom

Helicopter propagation effects and countermeasures for reliable bandwidth efficient

communications via satellite

Ammar Khan, Inmarsat PLC - United Kingdom

Paul Febvre, Inmarsat PLC - United Kingdom

Panos Fines, Wireless Intelligent Systems Ltd. - United Kingdom

Katerina Christofylaki, Wireless Intelligent Systems Ltd. - United Kingdom

Timing and Frequency Synchronisation for Multiuser Detection on the Return Link of Interactive

Mobile Satellite Networks

Zohair ABU SHABAN, SnT-University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Dimitrios Christopoulos, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Bhavani Shankar, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

An UEP-based Compensation Scheme for CQI Deviation in GEO Mobile Satellite Communications

Yadan Zheng, Peking University - China

Ye Jin, Peking University - China

Mingke Dong, Peking University - China

Jianjun Wu, Peking University - China

11:00 - 12:45

Room C

ICSSC 22: Digital payload architecture, technologies, and equipment

Chair:

A Digital Revisitation of Analog Beam-forming Techniques for Satellite Multibeam Antennas

Piero Angeletti, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Marco Lisi, European Space Agency - Italy

Efficient Coefficient Store in Decomposed DFT/FFT Architectures for On-Board Processors

Adem Coskun, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Stephen Brown, Astrium Ltd. - United Kingdom

Sevket Cetinsel, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Robert Hughes, Astrium Ltd. - United Kingdom

Richard Morling, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Piero Angeletti, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Izzet Kale, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Halfband IIR Filter Alternatives for On-Board Digital Channelisation

Adem Coskun, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Stephen Brown, Astrium Ltd. - United Kingdom

Robert Hughes, Astrium Ltd. - United Kingdom

Piero Angeletti, European Space Agency - Netherlands

Richard Morling, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Izzet Kale, University of Westminster - United Kingdom

Data Processing for Broadband Relay Satellite Networks – Digital Architecture and Performance

Evaluation

Bernd Friedrichs, Tesat-Spacecom - Germany

A Novel DEMUX/MUX Method for Flexible Digital Channelizers using Half Band Filters

Fujimura Akinori, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

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Futaba Ejima, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

Shigenori Tani, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Japan

11:00 - 12:45

Room D

ICSSC 23: High-capacity broadband satellite systems, services, and technologies

Chair:

Broadcast Capacity – An Almost Forgotten but Exploitable Capacity

Holger Stadali, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Christian Rohde, Fraunhofer IIS - Germany

Linear precoding techniques in Broadband High Throughput Satellites systems.

Oriol VIDAL , ASTRIUM SAS - France

Eric Alberty, ASTRIUM SAS - France

Jérôme Lacan, ISAE - France

Jose Radzik, ISAE - France

Patricia Inigo, ASTRIUM SAS - France

Linear Precoding in Multibeam SatComs: Practical Constraints

DIMITRIOS CHRISTOPOULOS, uni.lu - Luxembourg

Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou, ESA - Netherlands

Symeon Chatzinotas, University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg

ON GROUND BEAM FORMING AND MULTI USER DETECTION PROOF OF CONCEPT

Claudio Campa, Space Engineering SpA - Italy

Stefano Cioni, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Rosalba Suffritti, Mavigex S.r.l. - Italy

Stefano Andrenacci, CIRIICT - Italy

Piero Angeletti, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Paolo Altamura, Space Engineering S.p.A. - Italy

Jerome Tronc, EADS Astrium SAS - France

Eugenio Rossini, Space Engineering S.p.A. - Italy

Aldo Masci, Space Engineering S.p.A. - Italy

Elisabetta Primo, Mavigex S.r.l. - Italy

Network-Coding-Based Handover Scheme for Terabit Satellite Networks

Muhammad Muhammad, DLR - KN / SAN - Germany

Tomaso de Cola, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Germany

Nader Alagha, ESA Technical Centre (ESTEC) - Netherlands

Matteo Berioli, German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Germany

Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena - Italy

11:00 - 12:45

Room E

ICSSC 24: Advanced data relay and backbone systems, services, and technologies

Chair:

Hybrid Optical/RF Payloads for current and future Datalink Applications

Wolfram Luetke, Tesat Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG - Germany

Net-centric Information Architecture for Satellite-based Sensing

Rajeev Gopal, Hughes Network Systems, LLC - United States

Charles Cynamon, Hughes Network Systems, LLC - United States

Cooperative Inertial Stabilization Control Algorithm of the Fine/Coarse Tracking System for

40Gbps Free-Space Optical Communication

Motoaki Shimizu, NEC - Japan

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Yoshihisa Takayama, NICT - Japan

Toshiaki Yamashita, NEC - Japan

Morio Toyoshima, NICT - Japan

Kohei Mizutani, NICT - Japan

Commercially Hosted Ka-band AISR Relay Communications System

Douglas McKinnon, Lockheed Martin - United States

Marc Bjorkman, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company - United States

Low Cost Telemetry - Access from Space

William Sims, NASA - United State

11:00 - 12:45 Room F

ICSSC Panel 2: Satellite R&D status, the trend and perspective

Chair:

Panelits:

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:20

Room A

Ka 26: Earth Observation Applications

Chair: Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant, USA

Ka-Band Instrument for Ground Moving Target Indication with Low PRF

Christoph Schaefer, Astrium GmbH - Germany

Stefan Baumgartner, DLR-HR - Germany

New Multi-Frequency SAR Satellite for Commercial Farming Support Service

Hans Braun, RST Radar Systemtechnik AG - Switzerland

C-SAR Instrument and CAL VAL Approach

Giacomo Taini, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Andrea Pietropaolo, TASI - Italy

Vanessa Mastroddi, TAS-I -

Renato Croci, TAS-I - Italy

Antonio Bauleo, TASI - Italy

friedhelm rostan, astrium - Germany

dirk geudtne, ESA -

marco schwerdt, dlr - Germany

Cosmo-SkyMed Potentiality in Detection of Archeological Sites

Rocchina Guarini, Italian Space Agency - Italy

Marilena Amoroso, Italian Space Agency - Italy

Rocchina , Italian Space Agency - Italy

Pietro Milillo, Universit - Italy

14:00 - 15:20

Room B

ICSSC 25: Payload and ground segment technologies for Ka, Q/V, and W-band

Chair:

A Technology Payload for Broadband High Throughput Satellite Systems Utilizing V and Q-band

Gateways

Anton Weaver-Madsen, Space Systems Loral - United States

EHF LNAs and receivers for present Q band dual use communications and future V band

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commercial missions

Andrea Suriani, thales alenia space - Italy

Roberto Guerrucci, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Paolo Ranieri, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Mauro Seghettini, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Jean-Christophe Cayrou, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Francesco Vitulli, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Alberto Pandolfi, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

A Technology Payload System for Exploration of the W and V-band Spectrum

Anton Weaver-Madsen, Space Systems Loral - United States

Resource Allocation and User Scheduling for a Multibeam Satellite with Signal Path Diversity

Jihwan Choi, DGIST - Korea, South

Changhee Joo, Ulsan National Institute of Science and - Korea, Republic of

14:00 - 15:00

Room C

ICSSC 26: Next generation L/S/K-band GEO/MEO/LEO mobile satellite systems, services, and technologi

Chair:

Design of an hybrid ground/space architecture based on individual on-board antenna power

optimization for the forward link of a multi-beam broadband s

Vahid Joroughi, Ph.D student - Spain

Miguel Ángel Vázquez, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) - Spain

Ana Isabel Perez Neira, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) - Spain

Link Budget for VoIP in LTE-based GEO Satellite Mobile Communication Systems

Zhen GAO, Tsinghua University - China

Wen Pan, Tsinghua University - China

Ming Zhao, Tsinghua University - China

Masahiro Umehira, Ibaraki University - Japan

Jing Wang, Tsinghua University - China

Forward Link Interference Mitigation in Mobile Interactive Satellite Systems

Miguel Angel Vazquez, Centre Tecnologic de les Telecomunicacio - Spain

Pol Henarejos, Centre Tecnològic de les Telecomunicacio - Spain

Giuseppe Cocco, Centre Tecnològic de les Telecomunicacio - Spain

Ana Pérez-Neira, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Spain

14:00 - 15:20

Room D

Ka 27: Telecommunication GS 2

Chair: Fabio Lattanzi, SES Broadband Services, Luxembourg

A 25 GHz High Power Extended Interaction Klystron for Reverse Band Broadcast Satellite Service

Richard Dobbs, CPI Canada - Canada

Mark Hyttinen, CPI Canada - Canada

Henry , CPI Canada - Canada

Brian Steer, CPI Canada - Canada

DVB-S2/RCS Mobile Broadband Verification Test-Bed Relevant Results

Giuseppe D'Angelo, Space Engineering - Italy

Giuseppe Chiassarini, Space Engineering - Italy

Fabio , Space Engineering - Italy

Davide Silvi, Space Engineering - Italy

Gianmarco Fiabane, Space Engineering - Italy

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Paolo Burzigotti, ESA/ESTEC - Netherlands

B. Ceretti, Thales Alenia Space - Italy

Deployment and Validation of the Mission Segment for the Italian Telecommunications &

Propagation Experimental Campaign via the Alphasat Q/V-band Expe

Carlo Cornacchini, Space Engineering - Italy

Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering - Italy

Giuseppe , ASI - Italy

Enrico Russo, ASI - Italy

Laser and Ka Satellite Communication, with Co-Site Ground Diversity

Paul Christopher, PFC Associates - United States

14:00 - 15:20

Room E

Ka 28: Telecommunication Components 3

Chair:

Software Radio for OBP Systems Implementations: Architecture and Technology for a

Reconfigurable Platform

Vincenzo Schena, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Gugliemo Lulli, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Francesco , Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giacinto Losquadro, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

Giuseppe Tomasicchio, Thales Alenia Space Italia - Italy

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR KA-BAND PAYLOADS

Petronilo Martin-Iglesias, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Petronilo Martin-Iglesias, ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

Cesar , ESA-ESTEC - Netherlands

A Study of Compensation for Frequency Characteristics on Broadband Satellite Communication

using CMA Blind Equalizer

Mitsugu Ohkawa, NICT/Space Communication Systems Lab. - Japan

Mitsugu Ohkawa, NICT - Japan

Akira Akaishi, NICT - Japan

Toshio Asai, NICT - Japan

Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, NICT - Japan

Takashi Takahashi, NICT - Japan

Tunable high Q Microwave photonics filter in Ka Band for channeling

Andrea Dessantis, TeS Teleinformatica e Sistemi - Italy

Mario Albertini, Space Engineering - Italy

Annamaria , Selex ES - Italy

L. Pierno, Selex ES - Italy

M. Dispensa, Selex ES - Italy

A. Secchi, Selex ES - Italy

15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 - 16:20

Room ABCD

Ka 29: Special Session

Chair:

Space Weather and Space Exploitation: Their hazards for the modern Society

Benito Pagnanelli, Pagnanelli Risk Solutions Ltd - United Kingdom

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100 Gigabits and Beyond, the New Economics of Broadband

Roger Rusch, TelAstra, Inc. - United States

16:40 - 17:00

Room ABCD

Closing Session

Chair: Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant, USA, and Riccardo De Gaudenzi, ESA, Netherlands

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