Space based Communications, Applications and Technologies in the 5G Era:
Moving forward to the Third Decade of the 21st Century

Oakes Foyer
Registration

Oakes South
Colloquium Satellite for 5G
PROGRAM

09:00 - 09:15 - Room Oakes South
Colloquium Opening
The Co-Chairs will welcome attendees and open the Colloquium.

09:15 - 10:15
Session 1: Satellite & 5G

S1-1 - 5G terrestrial and satellite with Barry Evans and Yogaratnam Rahulan at University of Surrey, 5G Innovation Centre

Barry and Yogaratnam will provide a review of 3GPP 5G release 15 and 16 for terrestrial systems and foreseen adaption for satellites.

S1-2 - Introduction to ESA 5G initiative with Antonio Franchi at European Space Agency

Antonio will give an overview of the ESA Satellite for 5G initiative, which is helping industry in delivering integrated terrestrial/satellite 5G solutions to support the digitalization of business and society.

10:15 - 10:30 - Coffee Break - Oakes Foyer

10:30 - 12:30
Session 2: From Use Cases to Architectures
Session 2 will address the main 5G Services and Use Cases and present views and status of activities from the 5G cellular world and the 5G satellite world, including consideration on hybrid 5G system architectures.

S2-1 - Overview of 5G Use cases with David Wessel at Huawei Canada Research Center.

David will depict 5G use cases addressing enhanced mobile broadband, machine communications and ultra-reliable and secure communication.

S2-2 - Satellite use cases and solutions for 5G with Dr. Konstantinos Liolis from SES

Konstantinos will present the most promising satellite use cases for 5G with focus on eMBB and mMTC usage scenarios. The presentation will also address GEO/MEO satellite solutions for 5G roll-out.

S2-3 - Satellite Constellations and 5G Services from OneWeb with Vikas Grover at OneWeb

The role of satellite constellation in delivering global 5G services.

S2-4 - 5G MNO with Ivo Maljevic from Telus

Ivo will depict 5G network rollout strategies. With an emphasis on how 5G devices can work on networks that are mostly based on the same infrastructure as 4G LTE networks and how the network will be moving toward radios and cores designed for 5G.

S2-5 - 5G in Japan with Naoto Kadowaki from NICT

Naoto will give us insights on the Japanese 5G on going demonstrations as well as International cooperation status.

Morning Q&A
The morning will conclude with a general Q&A open to All.


13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch Break - Oakes North


14:00 - 14:45
Session 3: Operators Panel
Session 3 will be an interactive panel among 5G cellular and satellite (GSO and NGSO) Operators, debating opportunities and challenges of delivering 5G Services.

5G will change the way networks are built and operated and will require new functional elements to manage complexity and scale. Operators will discuss the steps undertaken to prepare for the integration of these changes.

Panelist 1: I. Maljevic - Telus
Panelist 2: Vikas Grover - OneWeb
Panelist 3: O. Iqbal - Avanti
Panelist 4: R. Gopal - Hughes
Panelist 5: Pat McDougal - Inmarsat

14:45 - 15:30
Session 4: Industry Panel
Session 4 will be an interactive panel among 5G cellular and satellite Industry players, including network vendors and satellite prime manufacturers.

5G requires new equipment and technology to accommodate the user requirements and multiple use cases. Panelist will be invited to present their technology road maps in delivering network and user equipment fulfilling the demanding 5G needs in terms of size, flexibility and always lower capex.
Panelist 1: M. Murphy - Nokia
Panelist 2: D. Wessel - Huawei
Panelist 3: G. Shacham - SatixFy
Panelist 4: L. Murat - Ericsson
Panelist 5: G. Quiggle - iDirect
Panelist 6: J. Reed - CGI

15:30 - 16:00 - Coffee Break - Oakes Foyer

16:00 - 17:00
Session 5: Satellite Challenges in 5G and Way Forward
Session 5 will address 5G satellite challenges and opportunities, including standardization, regulation and spectrum, addressed by the following three speakers, followed by an interactive panel drawing concluding remarks.

S5-1 - Jennifer Manner, Senior Vice President Echostar
S5-2 - L. Montgomery, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP
S5-3 - T. Stroup, President, Satellite Industry Association



Afternoon Q&A
The afternoon will conclude with a general Q&A open to All.

Oakes Foyer
Registration

Oakes South
Opening Session Welcome
- Richard T. Gedney, ACT Co., USA (24th Ka and Broadband Communications Conference Co-Chair)

- Nader Alagha, European Space Agency (ESA), the Netherlands and Daniel Gratton, Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canada (36th ICSSC Co-Chairs)

Oakes South
Keynote Canada on Space by Iain Christie, Executive Vice President, Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

Oakes South
Round Table Commercial Space Applications: Can Private Enterprise Accommodate a New Deep space Network
The Panel will discuss the rapid technology revolution in satellite communications and how private enterprise may complement a role normally undertaken by government agencies, that of providing communications to manned and unmanned exploration and science missions. The continuation of the International Space Station (ISS) and the move to go back to the moon and beyond to Mars calls for a much enhanced near earth and deep space network, possibly as an extension of the terrestrial network. More and more space communications networks will be integrated with the terrestrial network, which calls into question what the government and private sector roles will be. This panel will discuss many aspects of space exploration communications, including the concept of the Deep Space Gateway as a communications node within an extensive laser and RF network, providing both long distance point to point and local Wi-Fi connectivity.

Moderator: Badri Younes, NASA HQ, USA

Panelists:

- Les Deutsch, Deputy Director, Interplanetary Directorate, JPL, USA
- Nader Alagha, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands
- Daniel Gratton, Manager, Microwave & Communication, Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canada
- Matt Cosby, Director of Space Engineering, Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd., UK
- Jim Schier, Chief Architect, SCaN/NASA, USA

Oakes South
Plenary Panel 1 Optical Technology and Systems

To build on the 24th Ka-band and 36th ICSSC Conference Plenary Session on Optical Technology and Systems, we are going to further explore the movement of optical communications technology from civil space technology infusion and demonstrations to commercial sitcom systems. Numerous companies are developing architectures and building spacecraft that will include optical communications in inter-satellite links and space to ground gateway services. This year’s panel will include current operational systems, new systems that will be launched, traditional global service providers, large and small optical systems developers.

Moderator: Pete Vrotsos, ZIN Technologies, USA

Panelists:
Guy Baister, Thales Alenia Space, Switzerland
Chien Chen, Facebook, USA
Matthias Motzigemba, Tesat, Germany
Thomas Wood, LGS Innovations, USA
Tony Stajcer, Honeywell, Canada

Oakes South
ICSSC 1 Multi-beam Satellite Systems
Chair: Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University, Canada and David Burr, Comtech EF Data, United Kingdom

Hennepin South
Ka 1 Navigation 1
Chair: Marco Lisi, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Hennepin North
ICSSC 2 Cognitive Communications and Propagation Channel Optimization
Chair: Barry Evans, University of Surrey, United Kingdom and Amane Miura, NICT, Japan

Peninsula
Ka 2 Ground Systems 1
Chair: Richard T. Gedney, ACT Co., USA

Salon A
16th BroadSky Workshop: 5G Covering Our Planet
PROGRAM

14:30- 14:35
Opening Remarks
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

14:35- 15:00
The Prospect of Satellite Communications and 5G Integration
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

15:00- 15:40
Overview of SESs Innovation Activities on Satellite Integration into 5G
Konstantinos LIOLIS, SES, Luxembourg

15:40- 16:20
Research of how to leverage 5G in satellite applications
Christopher McLain, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, USA

Oakes South
ICSSC 3 Flexible HTS Systems and Interference Mitigation Techniques
Chair: Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA

Hennepin South
Ka 3 Q/V Communication Experiments & Technologies I
Chair: Giuseppe Codispoti, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy and Juan Rivera Castro, ESA, the Netherlands

Hennepin North
ICSSC 4 New Satellite System Architectures and Components
Chair: Chandra Kudsia, University of Waterloo, Canada and Liping Ai, George Washington University, USA

Peninsula
Ka 4 Ground Systems 2
Chair: Avi Freedman, SatixFy, Israel

Salon A
16th BroadSky Workshop: One More Asset for the 5th Generation5G Covering Our Planet (contd)
PROGRAM (contd)

16:40- 17:15
Beam-steerable flat panel antenna for conformal Ka-band satellite terminal
Yifan (Ivan) Wang, EM Solutions, Australia

17:15- 18:10
AESA for Ka band Satellite Communication
Hiroyuki Joba, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan

18:10- 18:20
Closing Remarks
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

Oakes Foyer
Registration

Oakes South
Plenary Panel 2 Emerging New Markets in Aviation, Mobility and Autonomy
Rapid new uses of airspace coupled with recent advances in autonomy will change the nature
of how people live and work. The growth of the civilian drone services (Unmanned or Remotely
Piloted Aircraft Systems, UAS, RPAS) took market analysts totally by surprise. Coupled with
the tremendous research taking place in autonomy and its applications to self-driving cars and
drone operations could cause an exciting new opportunity for satellites. Come hear what is happening in these growth fields.

Moderator: Marco Lisi, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Panelists:
- Nader Alagha, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands
- Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy
- Flavio Sbardellati, European GNSS Agency, Czech Republic
- James Kimery, Director of Marketing, National Instruments, USA
- Peter Mabson, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Exact Earth, Canada

Salon A
5th General Assembly Aldo Paraboni Experimenters Group
Chair: Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

Oakes South
ICSSC 5 High Speed Optical Communications and Feeder Links
Chair: Rajeev Gopal, Hughes Network Systems, USA and Mingchuan Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Hennepin South
Ka 5 Protocols
Chair: Mike Cascone, CPI, USA

Hennepin North
ICSSC 6 VHF Data Exchange System
Chair: Nader Alagha, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Peninsula
Ka 6 Optical Communications 1
Chair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

Salon A
5th General Assembly Aldo Paraboni Experimenters Group
Chair: Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

Oakes South
ICSSC 7 Mobile Satellite Systems and Bandwidth Efficient Techniques
Chair: Farbod Kayan, University of Luxembourg and Daniel Gratton, Canadian Space agency (CSA), Canada

Hennepin South
Ka 7 HTS Satellite Systems and Technologies
Chair: Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA

Hennepin North
Ka 8 Navigation 2
Chair: Flavio Sbardellati, European GNSS Agency, Czech Republic

Peninsula
Ka 9 Special Topics
Chair: Arduino Patacchini, ARPASAT, France

Oakes South
Ka 10 Small Satellite Systems and Technologies
Chair: Denise Ponchak, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

Hennepin South
ICSSC 8 Transmitter and Modem Technologies
Chair: Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin, USA and Glyn Thomas, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom

Hennepin North
Ka 11 HTS Onboard Processing, Payload Architectures and Technologies
Chair: Peter Garland, MDA Corp., Canada

Peninsula
Ka 12 Q/V Propagation
Chair: Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy

Oakes South
ICSSC 9 5G and Satellite Network Integration
Chair: Jonathan Rodriguez, Institute of Communications of Aveiro (IT), Portugal

Hennepin South
Ka 13 Antennas 1
Chair: Rob Singh, SSL, USA

Hennepin North
Ka 14 Propagation I
Chair: James Nessel, NASA GRC, USA

Peninsula
Ka 15 Navigation 3
Chair: Sarang Thombre, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland

Oakes South
ICSSC 10 Satellite Networks Design Challenges and Applications
Chair: Denise Ponchak, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA and Tony Stajcer, Honeywell, Canada

Hennepin South
Ka 16 Antennas 2
Chair: Glyn Thomas, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom

Hennepin North
Ka 17 Satellites and 5G
Chair: Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy

Peninsula
Ka 18 LEO Systems
Chair: Mario Caron, Former CRC, Canada

Oakes South
ICSSC 11 Advances in Tunable Filters and Photonics Tutorial
Chair: Ifiok Otung, University of South Wales, United Kingdom and George Haddad, NASA, USA

Hennepin South
Ka 19 Earth Observation
Chair: Richard Reinhart, NASA GRC, UDS

Hennepin North
Ka 20 Optical Communications 2
Chair: Pete Vrotsos, ZIN Technologies, USA

Oakes South
Plenary Panel 3 Disruptive Change
For the third straight year, we will examine the disruptive forces that are reshaping the space communications ecosystem. First came the HTS spacecraft, which disrupted the satellite bandwidth pricing models, and created (temporary?) excess capacity. Then came the LEO systems, which disrupted the satellite procurement and manufacturing models. In the past year, SpaceX and Telesat launched prototype spacecraft; OneWeb constellation manufacturing moved forward, and the Telesat constellation procurement is underway. On top of these seismic changes, last year’s panel identified the rollout of Wireless 5G as something that the industry ignores at its own peril, and predicted that to survive, new manufacturing/service alignments would come into being. So as not to be left behind, manufacturers will have to create a new future, rather than wait for RFPs. Have we made progress in the past year?

Moderator: Chris Hoeber, CFH Engineering, USA

Panelists:
- Mark Dankberg, Chairman & CEO, ViaSat, USA
- Greg Edlund, VP RF Payload Center of Excellence, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, USA
- Barry Evans, Professor, University of Surrey, UK
- Rajeev Gopal, Senior Technical Director, Advanced Systems, Defense & Intelligence Systems, Hughes Network Systems, USA
- Michel Forest, Director of Engineering,Telesat, Canada
- Alessandro Le Pera, R&D Nanager and Advanced Payload Manager, Eutelsat, France
- Rob Singh, Vice President Business Development, Solutions Architect, SSL, US
- Glyn Thomas, Payload Lead Engineer, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom

Oakes South
Closing