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10th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference

16th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop

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Contents Welcome Message ........................................................................................................................................ 4

Outline Programme ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Paper “Speed Sessions” .............................................................................................................................. 12

Applications and Demonstrations ........................................................................................................... 12

Non-Orthogonal and Random Access Schemes ...................................................................................... 12

Systems ................................................................................................................................................... 13

Networking.............................................................................................................................................. 14

Payload and Antenna Architectures ....................................................................................................... 15

Spectrum Sharing and Interference Cancelation .................................................................................... 16

Panel Discussions, Keynote Speeches and Tutorials ................................................................................... 17

Panel Discussion: "There is Space for 5G" .............................................................................................. 17

Panel Discussion: "Satellite IoT: Driving the New Space Era" ................................................................. 20

Panel Discussion: "Flat Panel User Terminal Antennas: the Game Changer at the Right Price?" .......... 23

Panel Discussion: "Innovative Architectures for VHTS GEO Satellite Systems" ...................................... 27

Keynote Speech: "Building together the Future of Satellite Broadcasting" ........................................... 31

Keynote Speech: "Current and Future Satellite IOT Services - Eutelsat Perspective" ............................ 31

Keynote Speech: "Laser Communication in use - Status and Applications" ........................................... 32

Keynote Speech: "NG-RAN Architecture and Non-Terrestrial Networks (or ‘Why we all care about

3GPP standards’)" ................................................................................................................................... 33

Keynotes: "CubeSats for Technology Demonstration" ........................................................................... 34

Communications and Earth Observation ............................................................................................ 34

W-band Channel Characterisation ...................................................................................................... 35

High Rate Optical Communications Terminal ..................................................................................... 36

Keynote Speech: "Ground Technologies Enabling Satellite to Support and Add Value to Future

Converged Multimedia Network " .......................................................................................................... 37

Keynote Speech: "Trends & Developments on Aeronautical Satcom Systems in Consumer & Military

Markets" ................................................................................................................................................. 38

Keynote Speech: "Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning applied to Satellite Communication to

predict and mitigate Satellite Interference" ........................................................................................... 39

Tutorial: "There is Space for 5G" ............................................................................................................ 40

Tutorial: "W-band HW for Satellite and Ground Station"....................................................................... 40

Tutorial: "Machine Learning for Satellite Communications" .................................................................. 42

Tutorial: "Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Communication" ............................................................... 43

Tutorial: "Dynamic Beamforming: Impact on Satellite Capacity" ........................................................... 45

Tutorial: "Beam Hopping Satellite Systems Demystified" ...................................................................... 46

Tutorial: "Future Wireless Networks Empowered by NOMA: the Case of Satellite Communications” . 47

Tutorial: "Recent Developments in Cryptography” ................................................................................ 48

Tutorial: "Some Basic Ideas in Quantum Information and Communication Systems" ........................... 49

General Information ................................................................................................................................... 51

Contacts .................................................................................................................................................. 51

Scientific program ................................................................................................................................... 51

Conference Office ................................................................................................................................... 51

Virtual Conference ...................................................................................................................................... 52

Access .......................................................................................................................................................... 52

Terms and conditions .................................................................................................................................. 52

Online behavior during the ASMS/SPSC 2020 online edition ..................................................................... 52

Use of camera, video and photos ............................................................................................................... 52

Content Presented at ASMS/SPSC 2020 ..................................................................................................... 53

Social Media ................................................................................................................................................ 53

Welcome Message

On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the Technical Program Committee, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 2020 edition of 10th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and 16th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC 2020)!

The conference was supposed to take place in Graz in September 2020. Due to the COVID outbreak, we have finally decided to arrange a shorter virtual event and postpone the face-to-face event to next year, hoping by that time the situation will allow travelling and celebrating a large event in safe conditions for all participants.

Reshaping the event and adapting it to the new format was indeed a challenge, especially in a very difficult period like the months ahead of us. We are indeed very satisfied with the result, and hope you will enjoy the virtual event and exploit the opportunities that this new format offers.

We would like to thank all moderators and session chairs, the numerous external reviewers for

their dedication and last not least all paper authors, who have contributed to make this conference

a great success. The support of all our industrial sponsors is as usual greatly appreciated.

We wish you a wonderful and successful virtual conference!

General Co-Chairs

Sandro Scalise DLR German Aerospace Center

Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli University of Bologna

Scientific Co-Chairs

Alberto Ginesi European Space Agency

Domenico Mignolo European Space Agency

Executive Co-Chairs

Michael Schmidt

JOANNEUM RESEARCH

Wilfried Gappamair

Graz University of Technology

TPC and Publication Co-Chairs Stefano Cioni European Space Agency

Tomaso De Cola DLR German Aerospace Center

Alessandro Guidotti University of Bologna

Panel and Tutorial Chairs Niccolò Mazzali European Space Agency

Daniele Tarchi University of Bologna

Francisco Lázaro Blasco DLR German Aerospace Center

Industrial Co-Chairs Gino Masini 3GPP RAN3 Chairman

Nicolas Chuberre Thales Alenia Space

Regional Chair for Americas Gabriel M. Rebeiz UCSD

Munira Jaffar Echostar

Regional Chair for Oceania Kandeepan Sithamparanathan RMIT

Technical Programme Committee (TPC) Stefano Andrenacci SES

Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou European Space Agency

Marco Baldi Università Politecnica delle Marche

Bassel Beidas Hughes Network Systems

Matteo Berioli Zodiac Aerospace

Igor Bisio University of Genoa

Carlo Caini University of Bologna

Nicolas Chuberre Thales Alenia Space

Giulio Colavolpe University of Parma

Emmanuel Dubois CNES

Johannes Ebert JOANNEUM RESEARCH

Barry Evans University of Surrey

Daniele Finocchiaro Eutelsat

Tommaso Foggi CNIT

Wilfried Gappmair Graz University of Technology

Giovanni Giambene University of Siena

Dirk Giggenbach DLR

Frank Heine Tesat Spacecom

Thomas Heyn Fraunhofer IIS

Antonio Iera University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria

Sithamparanathan

Kandeepan

RMIT University

Pansoo Kim ETRI

Andreas Knopp Bundeswehr University Munich

Argyrios

Kyrgiazos

University of Surrey

Eva Lagunas University of Luxembourg

Miguel Angel Lagunas Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalonia

Min Lin Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Konstantinos Liolis SES

Marco Luise University of Pisa

Mario Marchese University of Genoa

P. Takis Mathiopoulos University of Athens

Antonella Molinari University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria

Guido Montorsi Politecnico di Torino

Carlos Mosquera University of Vigo

Bhavani Shankar

Mysore R

Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust

Enrico Paolini University of Bologna

Tommaso Pecorella Università degli Studi di Firenze

Ana Isabel Pérez Neira

CTTC

Emiliano Re European Space Agency

Christian Rohde Fraunhofer IIS

Michael Schmidt JOANNEUM RESEARCH

Daniele Tarchi University of Bologna

Morio Toyoshima NICT

Alessandro Ugolini University of Parma

Miguel Vázquez CTTC

Kanglian Zhao Nanjing University

Outline Programme

Time (CEST)

Day 1 (20/10/2020)

09:30 – 10:00 Conference Opening

10:00 – 11:00 Tutorial There is Space for 5G

Stefano Cioni (ESA)

Tutorial W-Band Hardware for Satellite and Ground

Station

Jussi Säily (VTT)

Luis Cupido (LC Technologies)

Break

11:30 – 12:30 Tutorials Artificial Intelligence and Machine

Learning for Satellite Communications

Miguel Ángel Vázquez and Pol Henarejos (CTTC)

Werner Bailer (JOANNEUM

RESEARCH)

Tutorial Dynamic Beamforming: Impact on Satellite

Capacity

Alberto Mengali (ESA)

12:30 – 13:00 Paper "Speed Session" Applications and Demonstrations

Chair:

Alberto Gotta (ISTI-CNR)

Paper "Speed Session" Non-Orthogonal and random access schemes

Chair:

Giuseppe Cocco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Break

14:00 – 15:30 Panel There is Space for 5G

Panellists:

Helka-Liina Määttänen (Ericsson)

Stéphane Anjuere (Thales Alenia Space)

Munira Jaffar (EchoStar / Hughes Network Systems)

Lorenzo Casaccia (Qualcomm)

Alyson Edmunds (O2 UK) Moderator: Stefano Cioni (ESA)

Keynote Building together the Future of Satellite

Broadcasting

Antonio Arcidiacono (European Broadcasting Union)

Keynote Current and Future Satellite IoT Services –

Eutelsat Perspective

Daniele Finocchiaro (Eutelsat)

Break

16:00 – 17:30 Keynote Laser Communication in use –

Status and Applications

Matthias Motzigemba (TESAT Spacecom)

Panel Satellite IoT: Driving the New Space Era

Panellists:

Marco Guadalupi (Sateliot)

Stephen Lau (Kepler Communications)

Telemaco Melia (Echostar)

Omar Qaise (OQ Technology)


Moderator: Emiliano Re (ESA)

Keynote NG-RAN Architecture and Non-

Terrestrial Networks (or ‘Why we all care about 3GPP standards’)

Gino Masini (3GPP RAN3 Chairman)

Time (CEST)

Day 2 (21/10/2020)

09:30 – 10:00 Paper "Speed Session" Systems

Chair:

Andreas Knopp (Bundeswehr University Munich)

Paper "Speed Session" Networking

Chair:

Giovanni Giambene (University of Siena)

10:00 – 11:00 Tutorial Beam Hopping Satellite Systems

Demystified

Nader Alagha (ESA)

Keynotes CubeSats for Technology Demonstration

Otto Koudelka (TU Graz)

Michael Schmidt (JOANNEUM RESEARCH)

Christopher Schmidt (DLR)

Break

11:30 – 12:30 Tutorial Future Wireless Networks Empowered

by NOMA: the Case of Satellite Communications

George K. Karagiannidis

(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Tutorial Recent Developments in Cryptography

Knut Eckstein (ESA)

12:30 – 13:00 Paper "Speed Session" Payload and Antenna Architectures

Chair:

Carlos Mosquera (University of Vigo)

Paper "Speed Session" Spectrum Sharing and Interference

Cancellation

Chair: Eva Lagunas (University of Luxembourg)

Break

14:00 – 15:30 Panel Flat Panel User Terminal Antennas: The

Game Changer at the Right Price?

Panellists:

Maria C. Viganò (Viasat)

Leslie Klein (C-comsat)

Ashok Rao (O3b)

Jeremiah Turpin (Isotropics Systems)

Bill Marks (Kymeta)

Moderators: Nelson Fonseca and Nikolaos Toptsidis (ESA)

Keynote Key Space and Ground Technologies

Enabling Satellite Support and Add Value to Future Converged Multimedia Networks

Jean-Pierre Choffray (SES)

Keynote Trends & Developments on Aeronautical Satcom Systems in Consumer & Military

Markets

Kurt Kerschat (Scotty)

Break

16:00 – 17:30 Keynote Artificial Intelligence and Machine

Learning Applied to Satellite Communication to Predict and Mitigate Satellite Interference

Erwin Greilinger (ATOS)

Panel Innovative Architectures for VHTS GEO

Satellite Systems

Panellists:

Glyn Thomas (Airbus Defence & Space)

D. Le Boulc’h OR B. Jacqué (Thales Alenia Space)

Stan Kay (Hughes Network Systems)

Raenaurd Turpin (Boeing)

Moderator: Alberto Ginesi (ESA)

Tutorial Some Basic Ideas in Quantum

Information and Communication Systems

Marco Chiani (University of Bologna)

Paper “Speed Sessions”

Applications and Demonstrations

Session-Chair: Alberto Gotta (ISTI-CNR)

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 12:30 – 13:00

Title Authors with affiliation and country

Channel Interleaver Dimensioning for Optical LEO Direct-to-Earth Systems

Nicolò Mazzali and Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou (European Space Agency, The Netherlands)

Evaluation of Large Scale Propagation Phenomena on the Martian Surface: a 3D Ray Tracing Approach

Stefano Bonafini and Claudio Sacchi (University of Trento, Italy)

Demonstrator for Satellite Constellation Routers Based on Software Defined Networking Concepts

Marvin Gaube and Johannes Seidel (Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG. Backnang, Germany); Matthias Düll (Tesat-Spaceom GmbH & Co. KG. Backnang, Germany); Jens Haala (Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG. Backnang, Germany)

Advanced Secure Cockpit Connectivity Using the Thuraya Satellite Network

Mario Polaschegg, Kurt Kerschat and Sami Sawas (Scottygroup Austria GmbH, Austria)

A SDR SatCom Prototype for Railway Communication

Benjamin Barth (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Marcel Grec (German Aerospace Center, Germany); Stefan Erl and Federico Clazzer (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)

Non-Orthogonal and Random Access Schemes

Session-Chair: Giuseppe Cocco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 12:30 – 13:00


Grant-Free Access: Machine Learning for Detection of Short Packets

Estefania Recayte (German Aerospace Center - DLR, Germany); Andrea Munari and Federico Clazzer (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)

NB-IoT over GEO Satellite: Performance Analysis Romain Barbau (IRIT & Airbus Defence & Space, France); Vincent Deslandes (Airbus Defence & Space, France); Gentian Jakllari (University of Toulouse, France); Jérome Tronc (EADS Astrium, France); Jean-Frederic Chouteau (Airbus Defense & Space, France); André-Luc Beylot (University of Toulouse, France)

On the Random Access Procedure of NB-IoT Non-Terrestrial Networks

Oltjon Kodheli, Nicola Maturo, Symeon Chatzinotas and Stefano Andrenacci (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg); Frank Zimmer (SES S.A., Luxembourg)

A Flexible OFDM-like DFT-s-OFDM Reference Symbol

Arnaud Bouttier (Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe, France)

Study on the Application of NOMA Techniques for Heterogeneous Satellite Terminals

Tomas Ramirez and Carlos Mosquera (University of Vigo, Spain); Nele Noels (Ghent University, Belgium); Màrius Caus and Joan Bas (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Luis Blanco (Centre Tecnològic de les Telecommunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Nader Alagha (European Space Agency, The Netherlands)

Systems

Session-Chair: Andreas Knopp (Bundeswehr University Munich)

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 09:30 – 10:00


Dealing with Non-Uniform Demands in Flexible GEO Satellites: The Carrier Aggregation Perspective

Eva Lagunas, Mirza Golam Kibria, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Nicola Maturo and Symeon Chatzinotas (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

A Method for ACM on Q/V Satellite Links Based on Artificial Intelligence

Johannes Ebert and Werner Bailer (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria); Joel Flávio (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria); Karin Plimon (JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria); Martin Winter (JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria)

Direct Access to 5G New Radio User Equipment from NGSO Satellites in Millimeter Waves

Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou (European Space Agency, The Netherlands); Stefano Cioni (European Space Agency & ESTEC, The Netherlands); Emiliano Re (European Space Agency ESTEC, The Netherlands); Alberto Ginesi (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands)

Supervised Machine Learning for Power and Bandwidth Management in VHTS Systems

Flor G. Ortiz-Gomez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Daniele Tarchi (University of Bologna, Italy); Ramón Martínez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli (University of Bologna, Italy); Miguel Salas-Natera (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain); Salavdor Landeros-Ayala (Agencia Espacial Mexicana, Mexico)

Benefits and Constraints Associated to 5G Satellite Networks

Nicolas Chuberre (Thales Alenia Space, France); Stéphane Anjuere (Thales Alenia Space - France, France); Cyril Michel (Thales Alenia Space, France)

Detection of Variable Length PLH Codes for the DVB-S2X System

Marco Morini, Alessandro Ugolini and Giulio Colavolpe (University of Parma, Italy)

Networking

Session-Chair: Giovanni Giambene (University of Siena)

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 09:30 – 10:00


Moderate Source Routing for DTN Space Networks Carlo Caini, Gian Marco De Cola, Federico Marchetti and Laura Mazzuca (University of Bologna, Italy)

Study on Error Correction in IP Network with LDPC Codes for Satellite Broadcasting and Coding Rate Conversion Method with Padding Bits

Yuki Koizumi (NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan); Yoichi Suzuki (NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories, Japan); Tomoya Kusunoki (NHK, Japan); Kazunori Yokohata (NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan); Hisashi Sujikai (NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, Japan)

Impact of Acknowledgements Using IETF QUIC on Satellite Performance

Ana Custura, Tom Jones and Gorry Fairhurst (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

QUIC: Opportunities and Threats in SATCOM Nicolas Kuhn (CNES, France); François Michel (UCLouvain, Belgium); Ludovic Thomas (EPFL, Switzerland); Emmanuel Dubois (CNES, France); Emmanuel Lochin (ENAC & Université de Toulouse, France)

Traffic Simulator for Multibeam Satellite Communication Systems

Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Eva Lagunas and Symeon Chatzinotas (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Payload and Antenna Architectures

Session-Chair: Carlos Mosquera (University of Vigo)

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 12:30 – 13:00


Benchmark of MEO Multibeam Satellite Adaptive Antenna and Payload Architectures for Broadband Systems

Florian Vidal (Heriot Watt University & Thales Alenia Space, France); Hervé Legay (Thalès Alenia Space, France); George Goussetis (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Thomas Ströber (Univ Rennes 1, IETR, France); Jean-Didier Gayrard (Thales Alenia Space, France)

Linear Distortions in the Communication Satellite Payload: An Analytical Characterization

Tony Colin, Thomas Delamotte, Robert T. Schwarz and Andreas Knopp (Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany)

Semianalytical Estimation of Nonlinear Distortion in Active Antennas

Nicolò Mazzali (European Space Agency, The Netherlands); Alberto Ginesi (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands)

Computer-Aided Payload Architecture Optimization for HTS Satellites

Alberto Mengali (European Space Agency, The Netherlands); Alberto Ginesi (ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands); Salvatore D' Addio (European Space Agency, The Netherlands)

Automatic Cross-Polar Discrimination Optimization System for Ku-band VSAT Antennas

Riccardo Andreotti (MBI Srl, Italy); Marco Andrenacci (MBI, Italy); Claudia Casali (M.B.I., Italy); Alessandro Le Pera, Florian Collard, Orazio Pulvirenti and Daniele V. Finocchiaro (Eutelsat S.A., France)

Spectrum Sharing and Interference Cancelation

Session-Chair: Eva Lagunas (University of Luxembourg)

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 12:30 – 13:00


Implementation of Self-Interference Canceller for Shared Band Satellite Transmission

Sooyeob Jung (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI), Korea (South)); Pansoo Kim (ETRI, Korea (South)); Dae-Ig Chang (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea (South)); JoonGyu Ryu (ETRI, Korea (South))

Coexistence for LTE-Advanced and FSS Services in the 3.5GHz Band in Colombia

German Castellanos (Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Colombia & Ghent University, Belgium); Guillermo Teuta (Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Colombia); Hernan Paz Penagos (Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería JULIO GARAVITO, Colombia); Wout Joseph (Ghent University/IMEC, Belgium)

Advanced Receiver Strategy for Co-Channel Interference in Multibeam Satellite Systems

Bassel F Beidas (Hughes, USA); Rohit Iyer Seshadri (Hughes Network Systems, USA)

Spectrum Sharing Between Non-GSO Constellations and GSO Networks: International Framework and Future Trends

Jesús Arnau and Nandan Patel (Ofcom UK, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Joint Power, Frequency and Precoding Optimisation in a MEO Satellite SDMA Communication System

Florian Vidal (Heriot Watt University & Thales Alenia Space, France); Hervé Legay (Thalès Alenia Space, France); George Goussetis (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Panel Discussions, Keynote Speeches and Tutorials

Panel Discussion: "There is Space for 5G"

The Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) work item has been formally approved in December 2019, and therefore

5G Release 17 will be the first time ever standard including the satellite component. This tutorial will go

over again in the main achievements during the past two years of NTN activities in the 3GPP working groups

(i.e., Release 16). The presentation will cover also the key elements and features that are under investigation

and need for some adaptations to cope with the specificity of satellite communication links.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 14:00 – 15:30

Moderator: Stefano Cioni (European Space Agency)

Stefano Cioni received his Dr.-Ing. degree in telecommunication engineering

and Ph.D. from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998 and 2002, respectively.

Since 2002, he has been a senior researcher at the Advanced Research Center

for Electronic Systems (ARCES) of the University of Bologna. In 2010, he joined

the European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, where he is currently

a telecommunication system engineer within the Radio Frequency Systems,

Payload and Technology Division. His research activities are mainly focused on

the next generation broadcast/broadband satellite systems for fixed and mobile

satellite services. In particular, his interests include efficient digital coding and

modulation techniques, adaptive interference mitigation algorithms in multiple access systems,

synchronization techniques, MIMO and OFDM systems, and iterative decoding techniques joint to channel

parameter estimation. Since September 2016, he has been attending the 3GPP RAN plenary and RAN-WG1

meetings, with the specific interest to support non-terrestrial network (NTN) aspects and to facilitate the

5G terrestrial/satellite networks integration. He has co-authored more than 80 papers and scientific

conference contributions, and he is a co-recipient of the Best Paper Award at IEEE ICT 2001 and at IEEE

ASMS/SPSC 2012. Dr. Cioni has been elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE Society in August 2017. Dr.

Cioni has selected as recipient of the IEEE ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical

Recognition Award 2020.

Panellists:

Helka-Liina Määttänen (Ericsson)

Helka-Liina Määttänen is a master researcher at Ericsson Research, Finland.

She received her Ph.D. degree in communications engineering from Helsinki

University of Technology in 2012. She has been contributing to the 3GPP

standardization over 10 years. Her topics have included MIMO, CoMP,

interference management, LTE-WLAN interworking, FeMBMS, 5G NR mobility,

Aerials (Rel-15 work item rapporteur) and NR connectivity via satellites. She

has been attending 3GPP working group 1 (physical layer) and is currently

attending 3GPP working group 2 (signalling layer) as a standardization

delegate. In recent years she has published in the area of satellites and UAVs,

and is a co-author of the books “5G New Radio: A Beam-based Air Interface”

Wiley, published in April 2020 and “UAV Communications for 5G and Beyond”,

Wiley, to be published 2020. She is a member of IEEE Ad Hoc Committee on Drones and the Satellite and

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Space Communications (SSC) technical committee within ComSoc. She is also guest Editor for IEEE Vehicular

Technology Magazine Special issue on “Navigation and Communication Support for Multi-Drones”

2019/2020.

Stéphane Anjuere (Thales Alenia Space)

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Munira Jaffar (EchoStar / Hughes Network Systems)

Munira Jaffar, as Director of Spectrum and Standards for EchoStar

Corporation, is focused on advancing satellite technology to be part of the

next generation of integrated networks across the 5G ecosystem. In this

capacity, Munira plays an active role at 3GPP and other forums in contributing

and advocating for non-terrestrial-networks (NTN) to be included in the 5G

specifications. Prior to EchoStar, Munira served as a senior advisor developing

business and technical strategy for the design and execution of deployment

plans for FirstNet, the US nationwide public safety LTE broadband network,

incorporating both terrestrial and non-terrestrial solutions. Earlier in her

career Munira held various key positions with telecom and technology

organizations including Sprint Nextel, Lockheed Martin, and LCC International. Her roles and involvement

included managing cellular network planning and participating in numerous wireless deployment and

spectrum management projects. Munira received her MBA from the George Washington University and

holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. She also holds a PMP certification from the Project

Management Institute.

Lorenzo Casaccia (Qualcomm)

Lorenzo Casaccia has been at the forefront of wireless technology and

innovation for 20 years. He joined Qualcomm in 2000 and has been with the

company since then, covering a variety of roles related to wireless

communication, including research and system design, regulatory, product,

and technology standardization. He leads Qualcomm’s 3GPP team including

the recent creation of the 5G standards and its evolution. Lorenzo holds

university degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Turin Polytechnic, in

Telecommunication from the Eurecom Institute, France, and in Philosophy

and Philosophy of Knowledge from the Rome University. He is the author of

over 50 US patents, and he is on the Board of Advisors of the start-up accelerator Luiss Enlabs in Italy.

Alyson Edmuds (Telefónica O2, UK)

Alyson is Head of Digital Innovation in the Enterprise team at O2 and her

role is to identify where and how new technologies translate into business

solutions. This year’s focus is on 5G AI & the start-up community. In 2018

Alyson was awarded “WeAreTheCity TechWomen100 women” and enjoys

inspiring and mentoring STEM. Outside of work Alyson is a board member

for the Young Enterprise charity.

Panel Discussion: "Satellite IoT: Driving the New Space Era"

With an estimated two digits growth rates for the coming decade and some 50 billion terminals by 2025,

the IoT market is certainly one of the most exciting market in the coming years. Satellite systems are very

well positioned to offer such services, thanks to their ability to offer global coverage at a reasonable cost

where terrestrial systems struggle to do so due to the lack of financial sustainability where the demand

density is low. Today Satellite IoT systems are entering a crucial phase, moving from projects on paper to

operational systems. And even more interestingly, the number of initiatives is exploding, with more than 20

satellite systems being under development. These systems are extremely heterogeneous in terms of target

customers, as well as technologies. Orbits varying from LEO to GEO, operators coming from well-established

satellite markets or new players pursuing the NewSpace approach, waveforms ranging from proprietary

waveforms used in terrestrial systems, 5G-compatible waveforms, or satellite-specific ones, the choice is

limitless. The panel speakers, representing 5 key players in the Satellite IoT landscape, will introduce their

technical solution sharing with the audience their plans and expectations.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 16:00 – 17:30

Moderator: Emiliano Re (European Space Agency)

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Emiliano Re graduated in Telecommunications engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He

obtained a PhD at the same university with a Thesis on Advanced Mobile Satellite Services layer and

integration with 4G networks. He worked then in "Carlo Gavazzi Space" (today OHB Italy) focusing on

reception of Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals from space. Since 2009 he works at the ESA


European Space Research and Technology Centre as a telecom system engineer, mainly on Fixed and Mobile

satellite broadband systems as well as Search and Rescue. Since 2015 Emiliano is involved in an ESA internal

task force aimed at analysing the potential of large satellite constellations. He has been developing the

LEOSIM simulator, able to estimate throughput of NGSO systems as well as interference between GSO and

NGSO and among NGSO systems.

Panellists:

Marco Guadalupi (Sateliot)

Marco Guadalupi is Chief Technology Officer at SATELIOT. Telecommunications

Engineer by the University of Bologna, Master in IOT Technology, Postgraduate

in Computer Security, entrepreneur and co-founder of SATELIOT, the first

wholesale satellite telecom operator that will enable IoT connectivity merging

satellite constellation and Mobile Network Operators under 5G ecosystem. More

than 20 years of experience in the sector. Account to the credit of the

deployment of the first fix broadband access network in Spain in 3.5 GHz Band

(5G band, WiMAX and then LTE). Implementation, management and control of the largest network of

residential satellite terminals in Europe, first network deployment in Spain based on Hispasat Ku/Ka band

and Avanti Ka band. Deployment and operation of a High Throughput Satellite Hub in Arganda del Rey,

Spain and Goonhilly Downs, UK offering rural internet access to Iberian Peninsula, north of Africa, Balearia

Island, Canaria Island and maritime services on routes between the peninsula and the islands.

Stephen Lau (Kepler Communications)

Stephen Lau is currently the system architect for Kepler’s IoT service. After

becoming convinced at the potential for small satellites in satcom, he dropped out

of school to make that happen. Since then, he has been responsible for the design

and development of various communication systems on nanosatellites ranging

from low speed telemetry links to high speed backhaul style systems including the

first commercial Ku band LEO payload that made it on orbit.

Telemaco Melia (Echostar)

Telemaco Melia, Senior Director at EchoStar Mobile, has the responsibility to

coordinate commercial operations for the European market and define strategic

corporate development. Mr. Melia has previously led IoT security product

development at Kudelski Group and has covered various technology roles in tier

one telecom manufacturers (Nokia, Cisco, NEC).. He holds an MSC in Informatics, a

Ph.D. in Telecommunications and MBA from ESSEC Business School.

Omar Qaise (OQ Technology)

Omar Qaise is the founder and CEO of OQ TECHNOLOGY, a NewSpace customer

focused startup in Luxembourg which is building a global NB-IoT LEO satellite

constellation dedicated for "Internet-of-Things" communication that can provide

connectivity anywhere, especially in remote and rural areas. Mr Qaise brings

tremendous experience and heritage to his venture as he worked many years in

different organizations and enterprises in the satellite and telecommunication

industry (European Space Agency (ESA), German Aerospace Centre (DLR), O3b, OHB

SYSTEMS, EUMETSAT) by working on missions ranging from Low-Earth Orbit

observation and telecommunication satellites and GEO giant satellites to far deep

space missions such as the spacecrafts Herschel and Planck. Most recently was with SES Satellites, the

world’s largest GEO broadcast satellite operator, where he had responsibility for Satcom sales and business

development in regions such as the Middle East and Africa especially in M2M and Oil and Gas. He became

fascinated with the possibilities of the IoT technology as a low cost product filling a market gap. Mr Qaise

brings extensive customer connections and knowledge of competing Satcom systems, as well as being the

chief architecture of the concept.


Dr. Daniele Finocchiaro is responsible of R&D and IOT within the Technical Department at Eutelsat. He has

a long experience in the development of new satellite services. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from

Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, and works at Eutelsat since 1999. Over the

years, he contributed to innovative projects such as: in-flight connectivity;

video distribution over IP; broadcasting towards smartphones; new low-cost

communication systems; quantum communication systems. He is author of

conference and journal papers, and co-inventor in a dozen patents. He is

currently working on satellite technologies for IoT applications, and quantum

cryptography.

Panel Discussion: "Flat Panel User Terminal Antennas: the

Game Changer at the Right Price?"

Launched at the end of 2010, KA-SAT was the first satellite to provide fixed broadband satellite services over

Europe. With a total capacity of 70 Gbps, it was considered a breakthrough in comparison to previous Ka-

band satellites. ViaSat-3 is expected to extend that capacity to 1 Tbps by the end of 2021. This drastic

increase of the in-orbit capacity goes hand in hand with significant progress in user terminal technology, as

the resulting extension of the addressable market makes it more appealing for private investors. The wide

range of applications, from low data rate IoT to broadband internet access on-the-move, and from fixed

terrestrial to maritime and in-flight services, calls for an equally wide range of technological solutions. With

the advent of broadband constellations (e.g. O3b, OneWeb, starlink), electronic steering and hybrid

electronic/mechanical solutions have received a great deal of attention, with various key players working

on innovative technologies to enable affordable broadband flat panel user terminals. In such environment,

tracking of conventional reflector-based solutions becomes a challenge, bringing an opportunity for flat

panel solutions. In addition, with their capacity to produce multiple beams, facilitating handover, their

smaller form factor and easier installation, flat panels can address new applications requiring higher

integration and seamless operation. Besides cost, other factors such as reliability and power consumption

are critical to secure market acceptance. This panel, involving leading companies in the field of flat panel

user terminal antennas and technology end-users, will address current criticalities and assess the following

steps required to make flat panels the long-awaited game changer.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 14:00 – 15:30

Moderators: Nelson J. G. Fonseca and Nikolaos Toptsidis (European Space Agency)

Nelson J. G. Fonseca received the M.Eng. degree from Ecole Nationale

Supérieure d’Electrotechnique, Electronique, Informatique, Hydraulique et

Télécommunications (ENSEEIHT), Toulouse, France, in 2003, the M.Sc. degree

from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Quebec, Canada, also in 2003, and

the PhD degree from Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – Université

de Toulouse, France, in 2010, all in electrical engineering. He worked as an

Antenna Engineer successively with the Department of Antenna Studies,

Alcatel Alénia Space, Toulouse, France (now Thalès Alénia Space), and with the

Antennas Section, French Space Agency (CNES), Toulouse, France. In 2009, he

joined the Antenna and Sub-Millimetre Wave Section, European Space Agency

(ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands. His current research interests include multiple beam antennas for space

missions, beam-former theory and design, ground terminal antennas and novel manufacturing techniques.

He is involved in internal ESA working groups on user terminal technology and is responsible as Technical

Officer for various ESA-funded activities, addressing mechanically steered, electronically steered and hybrid

steering solutions for multiple applications ranging from low data rate IoT to consumer broadband terminals

on-the-move. He is also serving as Vice Chair of the Technical Committee 29 (TC-29) of the IEEE MTT Society

on Microwave Aerospace Systems and is actively involved both as lecturer and as coordinator in courses

related to space and ground antennas, including a short course on User Terminals presented yearly at EuCAP

since 2017.

Nikolaos Toptsidis received in 2004 the M.Eng. diploma in Electrical and

Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH),

Greece, and in 2007 the M.Sc. diploma in Satellite Telecommunications from the

Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece. In 2009 he was trained in the

Netherlands in the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) of

the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Telecommunications – TT&C Systems and

Techniques Section. In 2011 he joined Avanti Communications plc. in London, UK

as a Satellite Telecommunications Engineer. He then joined back ESTEC-ESA, The

Netherlands in 2012 as a Telecommunications Systems and Technologies

Engineer in the Telecommunication Systems and Techniques Section where he

remains until today. His current research interests include the theory, design and validation of novel

adaptive system techniques and ground technologies, telecommunications security, and novel algorithms

of the physical, link and MAC layers of the OSI stack. He is involved in internal ESA working groups on satellite

telecommunication techniques and end-to-end systems validation and is responsible as Technical Officer

for various ESA-funded activities, for the design, simulation, laboratory validation and field trials of satellite-

based techniques and satellite end-to-end systems for multiple satellite services ranging from low data rate

IoT to consumer broadband, and from fixed to mobile terminals (e.g. railway, aeronautical, maritime). He is

also actively involved in proposing and evaluating new ideas for future ESA-funded activities and he

participates both as a lecturer and as laboratory support in courses related to satellite systems and ground

segment.

Panellists:

Maria C. Viganò (Viasat)

Maria Carolina Viganò received the Laurea (summa cum laude) degree in

telecommunication engineering from the University of Florence, Italy, in 2006.

She was then Intern, YGT and Contractor at the European Space Agency in

Noordwijk.She was co-recipient of the 2010 Young Antenna Engineer Prize at

the 32th European Space Agency Antenna Workshop. In January 2011 she

completed her Ph.D. degree cosponsored by Delft University of Technology,

Thales Alenia Space Toulouse, and ESA-ESTEC. After years as R&D antenna

engineer and product manager at ViaSat Antennas System SA she is now the

director of terminals and RF, leading the Viasat development and product

group in Lausanne. Her research interest includes phased array, ground

terminals and satellite communication antennas. She is also currently on the industry board for SATNEX V

and part of the MTT-TC29.

Leslie Klein (C-Comsat)

Leslie Klein is the founder of C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., which was

established in 1997 with the intent of designing and developing a system

capable of delivering high speed Internet over satellite into vehicles and

transportable structures. With the rapidly growing demand for Internet services

worldwide, and with no technology available to make it transportable, C-COM

designs, develops, manufactures and sells its proprietary iNetVu® Mobile

Satellite Antenna Systems which make it possible to deliver high speed Internet

services, voice over IP and video over satellite into locations where no terrestrial

infrastructure exists. The company has over 8500 of its antenna products

deployed in more than 100 countries around the world. Leslie Klein is an

Electrical (Professional) Engineer (BASc, MBA, Ph.D.). Dr. Klein was employed by such notable corporations

as Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM (NYSE: IBM), Control Data Corporation,

and Bell Northern Research (part of Nortel Networks). He has been involved in the high-technology business

over the past 40 years and has been a founder of several successful technology companies.

Ashok Rao (O3b)

Dr. Ashok Rao is the Vice President for Product Development at SES where he

has been involved in fostering the development of new smart antennas and

modem technologies by industry. Dr. Rao has worked in the satellite industry

for more than 30 years with stints at companies such as Hughes Network

Systems, Lightsquared, Stratos Global (acquired by Inmarsat), and Comsat Labs

(acquired by Viasat). He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University

of Notre Dame with specialization in adaptive filtering, and a Bachelors of

Technology (Electrical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, New

Delhi India. He holds seven patents in the fields of video processing, satellite

networking and IP multicast and has authored or co-authored more than 20 journal and conference

publications.

Jeremy Turpin (Isotropic Systems)

Jeremiah P. Turpin received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from

Grove City College, Grove City, PA, USA, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in

electrical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State),

University Park, PA, USA. While at Penn State, he focused on cutting-edge

topics in electromagnetics, including transformation optics, metamaterials,

and their application to high-efficiency, manufacturable antennas with

capabilities not achievable using conventional methods. He was a co-founder

and president at E x H, Inc., an electromagnetics software development firm,

based on technology developed during his doctoral studies. Now the lead of

technology development and innovation as the CTO and Co-Founder of

Isotropic Systems, Ltd., Jeremiah Turpin is leading the technical development

of a new class of phased array antennas for use in SATCOM communications and beyond.

Bill Marks (Kymeta)

Bill, a founder and senior executive in the satellite and cable TV industries

for over 25 years, he is also an active investor in mobile platform

technology and software as a service company. Prior to that, he was the

CEO and Chairman of the Board of Maritime Telecommunications Network

(MTN), which provides satellite connectivity and content to remote

locations around the world. MTN’s customer segments include cruise lines,

yachts, oil and gas, news agencies, aviation and the government and

military. In 2007, Bill won the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of

the Year Award for his role there. Earlier in his career, he was involved with

DIRECTV by founding a national sales and installation company that helped DIRECTV to become the fastest

growing consumer electronic company in the US at that time. Before getting involved with satellite, he held

several executive roles in cable TV, including as a multiple system owner and operator.

Panel Discussion: "Innovative Architectures for VHTS GEO Satellite Systems"

High Throughput Satellite (HTS) systems are recently experiencing and unprecedented technology evolution

thanks mainly to the push from satellite operators who are asking for increased performance and for

reduced development costs. In particular, the requirement of flexibility of resources is shifting the payload

architectures to solutions where bandwidth, power and coverage can be geographically tuned in order to

follow the time varying user demands within the target coverage. At the same time, the need for cost

reduction is pushing towards more modular/standardised architectures exploiting components which are

more predisposed to serial production. Therefore, the shift towards SSPA-based active antennas with On-

Board Processors (OBP) supporting the required flexibility. Both GSO (Geo-Synchronous) and NGSO (Non

GSO) systems are moving towards these architectures. In this panel will hear from the major industrial

players what is their vision on the system architectures of next generation GEO VHTS systems. A particular

emphasis on advanced long-term solutions will be exercised during the panel. Economics and financial

aspects will also be tackled.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 16:00 – 17:30

Moderator: Alberto Ginesi (European Space Agency)

Alberto Ginesi was born in Parma, Italy, in November 1967. He received the

Dr. Ing. cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from

University of Pisa, Italy, in 1993 and 1998, respectively. In 1996-1997 he

spent one year at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, performing research

on digital transmissions for wireless applications. In 1997, he joined Nortel

Networks and in 2000 Catena Networks, both in Ottawa, Canada, where he

worked on Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL) technologies and contributed to

the definition of the second-generation ADSL standards within the ITU-R

standardization body. In 2002 he joined the ESA Research and Technology

Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, where he is currently covering

the position of the Head of the Telecommunication-TT&C Systems & Techniques Section of the Technical

and Quality Management Directorate and is responsible for the R&D of satellite telecommunication and

TT&C systems. His main research interests lie in the area of advanced digital communication systems and

techniques from theory to HW implementation.

Panellists:

Glyn Thomas (Airbus Defence & Space)

Glyn has the role of lead engineer for the key Airbus programme : Enchanced Mobile

Broadband and Very High throughput Satelltes. This programme includes the

development of new generation of digital processors, active antennas, preparation

for future MILSATCOM missions and the extension of our E3000 NEO platform to

higher power. Glyn is a Senior Expert in flexible, processed and HTS payloads, and is

using this capacility to co-ordinate an end to end approach to the design

development and specfiction of end to end future flexible high throughut payloads.

Glyn was deputy chief engineer for Airbus Defence and Space payload equipment’s

division during the period 2010 to 2014. Glyn previously managed research and

development where he generated a number of key patents in the fields of flexible communications

payloads. Prior to this Glyn worked in both systems engineering and microwave design roles on the

RADARSAT 2 Synthetic Aperture RADAR system. Glyn graduated from St. Andrews University with a degree

in theoretical Physics and also holds a Master’s degree in Microwave Solid State Physics.

Didier Le Boulc’h (Thales Alenia Space)

Didier Le Boulc’h is VP of Strategy, R&D and advanced solution in Thales Alenia

Space Telecom Business Line. His engineering background is mainly in the field

of telecom. He started his career in 1989 in French MOD and joined CNES in 99,

as head of telecom R&D programs. He is known in ESA as he used to represent

France in Joint Communication Board for France. His professional motivation is

to find the best economical and innovative way to bridge the “market pull” needs

from customers and “techno push” capabilities of space industry. He joined

Thales Alenia Space (formerly Alcatel Alenia) in 2005, first as head of telecom

R&D, then as director for Telecom engineering (from 2008 to 2010), then as JV

R&D Director until end 2015.

Bernard Jacqué (Thales Alenia Space)

During the past 25 years, Bernard Jacqué has been deeply involved in several

key development programs on both geostationary satellites and on

constellation ones. In 2009, Bernard Jacqué overtakes commercial

responsibilities within the system business development team, mainly acting on

export markets over specific governmental or dual systems solutions. In

particular, he leads the team up to contract award in charge of the Brazilian

Governmental Satellite (SGDC). Then, Bernard Jacqué joined the commercial

directorate as Key Account Manager of several major international satcom

operators in Northern America. In beginning 2016, he has been appointed to

lead a senior tiger team in charge of implementing innovative space solutions to face a very fast-moving

telecommunication market. He was in charge in particular to manage the move towards Very High

Throughput Satellite, enabling the company to grant from Eutelsat the Konnect VHTS program, in summer

2018. Bernard Jacqué is an engineer graduated in 1993 from the French Aeronautical and Space Engineering

High School, I.S.A.E. Sup’Aero located in Toulouse.

Stan Kay (Hughes Network Systems)

Mr. Kay has over 50 years in the satellite communications industry. Mr. Kay

started his career as digital designer on the data processing system for the

first GOES weather satellite launched in 1975. After joining Hughes Mr. Kay

held key system design and analysis roles on numerous satellite and

terrestrial microwave and cellular communications systems. The satellite

communications work includes designing the synchronization system for the

GTE SpaceNet wideband TDMA, contributing to the system architecture of

the FedEx VSAT network, and creating the distributed TDMA control for the

Hughes’ inTELEconferencingTM, and Telephony Earth Station products. More

recently Mr. Kay held a lead system engineering role for the ground system

on the fully processing Spaceway HTS and Jupiter 1, 2, and 3 VHTS programs

specializing in the areas of synchronization, multiple access and capacity optimization. Mr. Kay holds over

40 patents and has published numerous technical papers.

Raenaurd Turpin (Boeing)

Raenaurd has over 19 years with The Boeing Company working on various

complex programs within Satellite Systems. Raenaurd began his career at

Boeing as a phased array antenna analyst and digital signal processing (DSP)

subsystem engineer. Over the years Raenaurd has held key roles in

Integration/Test, Product Support and Major Supplier Management. Raenaurd

has held lead roles on both commercial and government programs, most notably

leading a team to develop the Next Generation of Wideband Global Satcom

(WGS) Satellites and implement Ground-Based Anti-Jam Enhancements for the

existing WGS constellation. Raenaurd was born in Tallulah, Louisiana where he

was raised by his parents Dorothy Turpin (Aerospace Computer Science

Engineer) and Garry Turpin (Army). Raenaurd attended Arizona State University (ASU), where he completed

undergraduate and graduate studies by June of 1999 in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Microwave

Circuit Design and Device Modeling and completing. During his time at Arizona State University, he was also

a member of the 1996 PAC-10 Championship Rose Bowl, playing strong safety and special teams.

Raenaurd's favorite pastimes include spending time with his family, teaching robotics through FIRST

Robotics, volunteering at school/community activities, woodworking, and participating in sports (running,

basketball, football and volleyball).

Keynote Speech: "Building together the Future of Satellite Broadcasting"

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 14:00 – 14:45

Speaker: Antonio Arcidiacono (European Broadcasting Union)

Antonio is Director of Technology & Innovation

at the European Broadcasting Union. He has

extensive experience in conceiving, developing

and taking new products and services to market.

Antonio has launched several initiatives designed

to leverage the collective expertise and

momentum of the EBU Membership for

technology innovation; to deliver key building

blocks that enable the digital transformation of

public service media; and to strengthen

collaboration of public service media with European policy initiatives, start-ups and academic institutions.

Two of Antonio’s most recent initiatives are the 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) and Eurovox. 5G-MAG is

an industry association designed to ensure future 5G standards are fit for purpose in media production and

distribution; Eurovox aims to deliver language services for media, and is spearheaded by a speech-to-speech

translation tool for producers. Antonio previously worked as Director of Innovation and a Member of the

Management Committee at Eutelsat; the European Space Agency; Telespazio, and Selenia Spazio.

Keynote Speech: "Current and Future Satellite IOT Services - Eutelsat

Perspective"

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Tuesday 20/10/2020, 14:45 – 15:30

Speaker: Daniele Finocchiaro (Eutelsat)

Dr. Daniele Finocchiaro is responsible of R&D and IOT within the Technical

Department at Eutelsat. He has a long experience in the development of

new satellite services. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Scuola

Normale Superiore in Pise, and works at Eutelsat since 1999. Over the

years, he contributed to innovative projects such as: in-flight connectivity;

video distribution over IP; broadcasting towards smartphones; new low-

cost communication systems; quantum communication systems. He is

author of conference and journal papers, and co-inventor in a dozen

patents. He is currently working on satellite technologies for IoT

applications, and quantum cryptography.

Keynote Speech: "Laser Communication in use - Status and Applications"

Laser Communication have left the status of R&D programs and are now applied in commercial satellite

communication systems. The European Data Relay System (EDRS) is relying on optical inter satellite links at

a data rate of 1.8 Gbps for its commercial data relay service since 2016. Each day app. 50 optical Inter

Satellite Links between surveillance Satellites in low earth orbits and geostationary Data Relay Satellites are

successfully performed. The actual number has reached over 45,000 optical links, each day growing. Beside

the high data rate, the use of Laser Communication in Space provides low probability of detection (LPD) and

low probability of interference (LPI). Such features are extremely important for sensitive information

(GOVSATCOM) and for beyond line of sight Airborne Connectivity, looking for robust and in combination

with GEO relays near real time transmission. As core of the presentation the actual in orbit results of

Copernicus and EDRS will be shown. An overview of the running LCT production and LCT portfolio will be

presented as well. The concept of modular LCT design with different subsystems ensures, that the heritage

derived from the EDRS LCTs can be transferred to other applications and reduce the time to market and

NRE costs. Here new applications like Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology based on existing Laser

Communication Terminals will take benefit.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 16:00 – 16:45

Speaker: Matthias Motzigemba (TESAT Spacecom)

He is a graduated engineer in Telecommunication and focused his study

to optical communication networks. In 1988 he started his career as Head

of Programs at ANT Nachrichtentechnik /Bosch Telecom GmbH, Germany,

for the Global Defense Markets with key account for the German Air

Force. Later on Matthias hold leading job positions at the telecom industry

in Germany, like GAH Communications, where he was the Sales Director

for Telecom Markets with key account Deutsche Telecom, Siemens and

Nortel Networks. In 2004 he took the position of Managing Director for

SELEX Communications GmbH in Germany, a todays Leonardo Company.

He is a member of AFCEA and American Chamber of Commerce in Germany. He holds several patents.

Matthias Motzigemba is working at Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co.KG in Backnang/Germany since 2011. He

took the director position in the product line of Laser Communication for Space from 2012 to 2018. Today

he is responsible for Sales of Satellite Communication Systems in general in the role of a Director.

Keynote Speech: "NG-RAN Architecture and Non-Terrestrial Networks

(or ‘Why we all care about 3GPP standards’)"

3GPP has studied 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) in Rel-16 and is in the process of specifying 5G NTN in

Rel-17 with the contribution of the satellite community. Starting with a brief introduction of 3GPP, we will

discuss NG-RAN architecture (one of the pillars of 5G) and explain how NTN maps to it, recalling some of

the architectural choices that were made during the study phase for NTN.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 16:45 – 17:30

Speaker: Gino Masini (3GPP RAN3 Chairman)

Gino Masini, MBA/ Principal Researcher, Ericsson AB – Stockholm,

Sweden/ 3GPP RAN3 Chairman. Gino has worked in Ericsson on radio

network architecture, microwave radio links, and MMIC design. His

previous research work at Politecnico di Milano for ESA on microwave

propagation was part of the foundation for the Ka-band propagation

experiment on board the Alphasat satellite. He has a long experience

in standardization, having participated in 3GPP, ITU, ETSI and CEPT,

and he is currently in his second term as 3GPP RAN3 Chairman. Author

of more than 50 patents and of several scientific publications, he also holds a “Six Sigma” certification. He

received a Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from SDA

Bocconi School of Management in Milano.

Keynotes: "CubeSats for Technology Demonstration"

Communications and Earth Observation

The institute of Communication Networks and Satellite Communications started its small satellite

activities in 2004. The first satellite has been TUGSAT-1/BRITE-Austria for the astroseismology mission

BRITE Constellation which is still operational. In December 2019 OPS-SAT, an innovative triple CubeSat

and ESA’s first fully owned nanosatellite mission was successfully launched. The Institute has the technical

lead of the industrial team. The main objective of the mission is to stimulate innovation in the area of

mission operations and to carry out on-board hardware and software experiments in the areas of radio

and optical communications, software-defined radio, attitude control, remote sensing and on-board

autonomy. The institute together with partners is responsible for a radio signal monitoring experiment

from Space using the software-defined radio payload and an optical uplink experiment to transfer

cryptographic keys from the Laser station in Graz to the spacecraft. The PRETTY (Passive REflecTometry

and dosimeTrY) satellite, from the satellite bus very similar to OPS-SAT, is currently developed by RUAG

Space, TU Graz and Seibersdorf Laboratories under an ESA contract. PRETTY includes two payloads: a

passive GNSS-based reflectometer and dosimeter. The main scientific goal of the reflectometer payload

is the precise altimetric determination of water and sea ice surfaces using the interferometric phase-delay

altimetry approach. The presentation will outline the system design of the two nanosatellites, present the

mission goals and planned experiments. It provides details of the software-defined radio and an

innovative versatile payload processor developed by the Institute.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 10:00 – 10:20

Speaker: Otto Koudelka (Graz University of Technology)

Otto Koudelka is Full Professor in telecommunications and Head of the Institute of

Communication Networks and Satellite Communications at Graz University of

Technology. His research and teaching activities are in the fields of

satellite/terrestrial broadband wireless communications, Space experiments and

nanosatellite technology. He is Principal Investigator for the BRITE-Austria

asteroseismology mission, leader of the industrial team for ESA’s OPS-SAT

nanosatellite project and TU Graz project manager for the PRETTY reflectometry and

dosimetry mission. He is full member of the International Academy of Astronautics,

Chairman of the IAF Space Universities Advisory Committee, former chair and now

member of the Space Communications and Navigation Committee and the IAF International Program

Committee. He was IAF Vice President for Technical Activities. He is Director of the SpaceTech Master course

“Space Systems and Business Engineering” offered by TU Graz. He is author or co-author of more than 150

publications.

W-band Channel Characterisation

The W-band is foreseen, as one of the feeder frequencies for High Throughput Satellites (HTS). The

atmospheric channel-propagation-models available beyond V-band are not recommended to be used for

the calculation of the link budget. Therefore, new measurement campaigns are needed to characterize

the atmospheric channel propagation at W-band. In this tutorial, the CubeSat will be described, which

hosts the beacons transmitting in Q- and W-bands in order to perform channel propagation

measurements. The LEO orbit of the CubeSat, although different from the geostationary orbit of future

operational satellites exploiting W-band, will allow characterising the major satellite channel

impairments. The tutorial will present the architecture of the complete system including the spacecraft,

RF beacon payload and the ground station for the reception of the beacon signal.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 10:20 – 10:30

Speaker: Michael Schmidt (JOANNEUM RESEARCH)

Michael Schmidt, received his master in electrical engineering

from Graz, University of Technology in 1993. From 1993 to 1995

he worked in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (UK) and the

Buckingham University (UK) on the design of ATM switches. Since

1996 he is employed at JOANNEUM RESAERCH, Graz/ Austria

working in the fields of satellite communication with the focus on

hardware and system design and the project management for

ESA and EU projects. He is co-principal investigator (PI) in the

Alphasat Q/V band communication experiments and the project manager for W-band Cubesat project of

ESA next to many other projects. Mr Schmidt is member of the IEEE.

High Rate Optical Communications Terminal

CubeSat missions show an increased need for higher data rates over the past years. Traditional

communication systems start limiting the mission by a bottleneck in data rate for mission data

transmission. Together with Tesat Spacecom, DLR started to develop an optical communication terminal

for CubeSat platforms. End of 2020, the technology demonstration mission PIXL-1 will launch and

demonstrate 100 Mbps via an optical link from a CubeSat to DLR’s optical ground station. Based on this

development, DLR continues the developments towards higher data rates up to 1 Gbps as well as towards

optical inter-satellite links for CubeSat-Constellations in the next missions, while the developments

towards quantum experiments are already under development and planned for a launch in 2021. This talk

will give an overview of CubeSats as technology demonstrators with a quick and flexible access to space,

based on the example of optical communication, as well as a look towards the next steps in the technology

demonstration.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 10:30 – 11:00

Speaker: Christopher Schmidt (DLR German Aerospace Center)

Christopher Schmidt obtained a Diploma in Information and

Communications Technology from the University Erlangen-

Nuremberg. He joined the Satellite Networks department at

DLR’s Institute of Communications and Navigation in 2010 and is

leading the Optical Terminal Development group since 2020. Mr.

Schmidt is the project manager for all current development

programs for optical communications on satellites in LEO orbit.

Keynote Speech: "Ground Technologies Enabling Satellite to Support and Add

Value to Future Converged Multimedia Network "

In the last decades, video broadcasting has imposed itself as one of the most successful satellite

applications for satellite operators worldwide. The main reason for that is the capability of satellite

systems to reach very large audiences with minimum investment (one small 3 kW satellite like Astra 1 A,

launched in 1988, can efficiently deliver DTH broadcast video over Europe). In the recent times, mass

consumed video saw linear TV consumption being complemented by non-linear consumptions schemes

fostered by Internet technologies enabling unicast distribution of content. Despite the deployment of HTS

satellites, more and more optimized for datacom, satellite systems struggle to compete on cost with

terrestrial systems in densely populated areas for unicast services and to deliver non-linear HD and UHD

video as proposed by OTT platforms in an economically sustainable way. Although very important for

satellite operators, video is thus doubly challenged with a consumption moving away from the linear

broadcasting domain supported by DTH satellites and its transfer to non-linear modes which are

economically challenging even with the most aggressive HTS satellites. The presentation will describe

some key technologies which are currently in development and might be deployed in the coming years to

support a meaningful evolution of the satellite role for integration in the new global networks. New wired

and wireless networks are used for all applications, including any sort of media distribution and in

particular video distribution for which the satellite shall remain relevant. To get a significant role in these

new networks, satellite systems shall embrace new technologies coming from the dominant terrestrial

world so that they get the associated benefits and so that they are integrated in a seamless way in the

new networks. At the same time, specific technologies have to be developed to bring adequate

foundations to this model. This includes flexible satellites, dynamic resource allocation, automatic service

orchestration, satellite friendly applicative frameworks, service platforms, client devices, …

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 14:00 – 14:45

Speaker: Jean-Pierre Choffray (SES)

Jean-Pierre Choffray is currently Vice President, Systems Engineering within SES and is leading the

development of innovative satellite systems. He received his MS degree from the Université Catholique de

Louvain in 1986 and has been teaching assistant and researcher in Digital

TV coding at UCL until 1988. He has been Project Manager at Gillam in

Liege until 1998, working to the development of various products and

equipment for telecommunication applications. He has been Project

Manager at ETCA in Charleroi until 2001, mainly working on the

SkyBridge constellation definition and demonstration activities. He

joined SES in Betzdorf in 2001 in the Systems Engineering team. He has

represented SES in the DVB-S2 working group. He initiated the Satmode

technology development activities having led to the Astra2Connect

Broadband system for which he was system architect. In the recent times

he has been in charge of the initiatives having let to the procurement of SES-12, 14, 16 and 17. In his current

role, he’s in charge of the SES Next initiative aiming at accelerating the innovation pace in the space industry

by changing the way GEO/MEO satellites are designed and produced.

Keynote Speech: "Trends & Developments on Aeronautical Satcom Systems in

Consumer & Military Markets"

The developments in the aeronautical satcom business over the last decade was very much driven by the

need/market potential for high data rate connectivity for passengers in commercial aviation with the

outcome of new High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and aeronautical terminals for Ku and Ka-Band. At the

same time the need for secure and reliable new L-Band satcom solutions offering a maximum of systems

redundancy and the ability to support "ACARS over IP" for future cockpit & aircraft safety services for ATM

(Air traffic Management) triggered a number of satcom systems developments in the industry supported by

the ESA IRIS program. At the same time various satcom system developments were also introduced for the

typical military customer in connection with new data security requirements and IP based encryption

technologies. Finally, the Corona Virus pandemic recently caused a severe negative impact on the

commercial aeronautical satcom market with the need for major adaptations, whereas the military satcom

market has seen only schedule delays but no downturn.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 14:45 – 15:30

Speaker: Kurt Kerschat (Scotty)


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Keynote Speech: "Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning applied to

Satellite Communication to predict and mitigate Satellite Interference"

Artificial Intelligence is set to take up position at the heart of contemporary business technologies. It

becomes even central to digital transformation and it is set to become a clear driver of business

differentiation. The introduction of artificial intelligence and cognitive computing is fostering a new

generation of applications capable of understanding like the human mind, to develop more and more

expertise with a non-stop self-learning capability. These new applications can understand the underlying

contexts and based on that provide hypothesis, recommendations and automatically launch operations.

Satellite service quality degradation or even service outages caused by satellite interferences are an

increasing problem and this is expected to become even worse due to the planned mega constellations with

thousands of new LEO satellites. New applications using artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning

(ML) algorithms will be essential to improve existing satellite interference mitigation techniques and

possibly predict satellite interferences before they even occur.

Tuesday 21/10/2020, 16:00 – 16:45

Speaker: Erwin Greilinger (ATOS)

Erwin is Sales and Product Line Manager for the Atos Satellite Monitoring and

Geolocation Solutions. Thus, he is responsible for the definition of products for

monitoring and troubleshooting the quality of satellite communication

systems, product marketing as well as technical and commercial sales activities.

Prior to joining the Atos Space Business, Erwin was section head for Broadband

Management Systems and Fast Internet Solutions. This business sector handled

projects in the area of Cross Domain Management Systems especially for

Broadband IP and ATM networks. Erwin holds a degree in Electrical Engineering

from the Federal Secondary College of Engineering in Vienna, Austria. He is also named as Co-Author of

several patents and has published whitepapers dealing with Satellite interference mitigation solutions.

Tutorial: "There is Space for 5G"

The Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) work item has been formally approved in December 2019, and

therefore 5G Release 17 will be the first time ever standard including the satellite component. This tutorial

will go over again in the main achievements during the past two years of NTN activities in the 3GPP

working groups (i.e., Release 16). The presentation will cover also the key elements and features that are

under investigation and need for some adaptations to cope with the specificity of satellite communication

links.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 10:00 – 11:00

Speaker: Stefano Cioni (European Space Agency)

Stefano Cioni received his Dr.-Ing. degree in telecommunication engineering

and Ph.D. from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998 and 2002, respectively.

Since 2002, he has been a senior researcher at the Advanced Research Center

for Electronic Systems (ARCES) of the University of Bologna. In 2010, he joined

the European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, where he is currently

a telecommunication systems engineer within the Radio Frequency Systems,

Payload and Technology Division. His research activities are mainly focused on

the next generation broadcast/broadband satellite systems for fixed and mobile

satellite services. In particular, his interests include efficient digital coding and

modulation techniques, adaptive interference mitigation algorithms in multiple access systems,

synchronization techniques, MIMO and OFDM systems, and iterative decoding techniques joint to channel

parameter estimation. Since September 2016, he has been attending the 3GPP RAN plenary and RAN-WG1

meetings, with the specific interest to support non-terrestrial network (NTN) aspects and to facilitate the

5G terrestrial/satellite networks integration. He has co-authored more than 80 papers and scientific

conference contributions, and he is a co-recipient of the Best Paper Award at IEEE ICT 2001 and at IEEE

ASMS/SPSC 2012. Dr. Cioni has been elevated to Senior Member of the IEEE Society in August 2017. Dr.

Cioni has selected as recipient of the IEEE ComSoc Satellite and Space Communications Technical

Recognition Award 2020.

Tutorial: "W-band HW for Satellite and Ground Station"


The use of W-band (75-110 GHz) is being studied for future high-throughput satellite systems with wide

bandwidths. The ESA ARTES funded W-CUBE project is building a CubeSat satellite for characterizing

ionospheric propagation Q- and W-bands. The satellite is expected to launch in Q1 / 2021. Millimeter

wave instruments in space are difficult to operate due to spacecraft platform limitations in size, weight

and DC power budget. Efficiency of power amplifiers is well below 20% at W-band and they generate a

lot of heat. In space, heat must be conducted to the outer spacecraft shell and radiated into space. Power

production of civil satellites is only possible by using solar panels. Careful mission planning is needed in

order to maintain power production / dissipation and heat generation / radiation balance. Low Earth Orbit

(LEO) satellites typically require a wide radiation pattern such as the isoflux type pattern to increase

contact time to Earth stations. These are inherently low gain antennas and thus closing the link budget

requires more transmit power or the use of larger ground station receiving antennas. On the ground

segment the necessary antenna gains at millimeter wavelengths result in very narrow beam-widths

therefore requiring very high tracking accuracy that places a challenge on the mount mechanics and

control. Auxiliary tracking aid systems that rely on signals coming from the satellite being tracked may

constitute a useful tracking refinement. Such systems may be interferometric receivers that determine

the wavefront orientation. Measurement receivers for propagation studies are usually required to have

multiple channels to cover orthogonal polarities and different beacon frequencies simultaneously. This

poses design challenges for the antenna/feed design specially at millimeter wave frequencies. As an

example, use case, this presentation will introduce the developed Q- and W-band beacon transmitter

systems and antennas for the W-CUBE satellite along with the developed measurement ground station

for the tracking and reception of the W-CUBE satellite.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 10:00 – 11:00

Speakers: Jussi Säily (VTT) and Luis Cupido (LC Technologies)

Jussi Säily received the M.Sc., Lic.Tech., and D.Sc.(Tech.) degrees in electrical

engineering from Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Espoo, Finland, in

1997, 2000, and 2003, respectively. From 1997 to 2003, he was a Research

Engineer with the Radio Laboratory, TKK. Since 2004, he has been with VTT

where he is a Senior Scientist in the Antennas and RF Technology research

group. His research interests include beam steerable mm-wave antenna arrays

for communications, mm-wave lens antennas, mm-wave radar, phased arrays,

smart base-station antenna arrays, satellite antennas and electronics, RFID

antennas, RF electronics, and phase-locked low-noise signal sources for

instrumentation. Dr. Säily holds several patents on communications antennas

and measurement techniques, and has over 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings. He

serves regularly as a reviewer for technical journals, including IEEE Transactions on Antennas and

Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Electronics Letters, and funding agencies like

the European Science Foundation. He’s also a member of the COST IC0603 (ASSIST) and COST IC1102 (VISTA)

management committees.

Luis Cupido, has a PhD on “Engenharia Física Tecnológica” by the Technical

University of Lisbon (UTL), IST, 1997 and a Msc degree on Electronics and

Telecommunications by the “Universidade de Aveiro” 1988. He currently owns

LC-Technologies a company dedicated to the custom design of research

instrumentation where he doubles as CEO and Senior researcher. His main

research interests are on microwaves and millimeter-wave instrumentation for

radio propagation, radiometry, radio astronomy, plus radiometry

reflectometry and interferometry instrumentation for plasma-physics

research.

Tutorial: "Machine Learning for Satellite Communications"

Satellite communication industry is immersed in a digitalization process as many other sectors. For instance,

current satellite operators teleport has a strong human intervention, leading to a high OPEX and a reduced

client quality of service. At the same, other aspects in the value chain are driven by human insights and

learnt heuristics such as traffic congestion prediction, flexible payload optimization, rate allocation, … In this

talk, we analyze the potential of machine learning in tackling some of the mentioned problems. With the

aim of considering a ‘data-driven’ paradigm, we briefly summarize the main machine learning tools capable

of addressing satellite communication problems. Posteriorly, we introduce different use cases where

machine learning can offer a substantial advantage compared to current approaches based on traditional

signal processing tools. The access to real data is debated and the problematic of rolling out machine

learning algorithms in current systems is described.

Tuesday 20/10/2020, 11:30 – 12:00

Speakers: Miguel Ángel Vázquez (CTTC) and Pol Henarejos (CTTC)

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