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.
Joint Conference Chairs Dinner (by Invitation)
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
14:30 - 16:10

Oakes SouthICSSC 1
Multi-beam Satellite SystemsChair:
Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University, Canada and David Burr, Comtech EF Data, United Kingdom
14:30 - 16:10

Hennepin SouthKa 1
Navigation 1Chair:
Marco Lisi, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands
14:30 - 16:10

Hennepin NorthICSSC 2
Cognitive Communications and Propagation Channel OptimizationChair:
Barry Evans, University of Surrey, United Kingdom and Amane Miura, NICT, Japan
14:30 - 15:50

PeninsulaKa 2
Ground Systems 1Chair:
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
16:30 - 18:30

Oakes SouthICSSC 3
Flexible HTS Systems and Interference Mitigation TechniquesChair:
Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA
16:30 - 18:10

Hennepin SouthKa 3
Q/V Communication Experiments & Technologies IChair:
Giuseppe Codispoti, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy and Juan Rivera Castro, ESA, the Netherlands
16:30 - 18:10

Hennepin NorthICSSC 4
New Satellite System Architectures and ComponentsChair:
Chandra Kudsia, University of Waterloo, Canada and Liping Ai, George Washington University, USA
16:30 - 18:30

PeninsulaKa 4
Ground Systems 2Chair:
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
Joint Conference Welcome Cocktail Reception
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
08:30 - 10:30

Salon A 5th General Assembly Aldo Paraboni Experimenters GroupChair:
Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
11:00 - 12:00

Oakes SouthICSSC 5
High Speed Optical Communications and Feeder LinksChair:
Rajeev Gopal, Hughes Network Systems, USA and Mingchuan Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
11:00 - 12:20

Hennepin SouthKa 5
ProtocolsChair:
Mike Cascone, CPI, USA
11:00 - 12:00

Hennepin NorthICSSC 6
VHF Data Exchange SystemChair:
Nader Alagha, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands
11:00 - 12:20

PeninsulaKa 6
Optical Communications 1Chair:
Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan
11:00 - 12:20

Salon A 5th General Assembly Aldo Paraboni Experimenters GroupChair:
Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
2018 Lunch Break - ICSSC Communications Award to John Baras - Speech by Michael Rack, MDA, Canada
14:00 - 15:40

Oakes SouthICSSC 7
Mobile Satellite Systems and Bandwidth Efficient TechniquesChair:
Farbod Kayan, University of Luxembourg and Daniel Gratton, Canadian Space agency (CSA), Canada
14:00 - 15:40

Hennepin SouthKa 7
HTS Satellite Systems and TechnologiesChair:
Tom Butash, Innovative Aerospace IS, USA
14:00 - 15:20

Hennepin NorthKa 8
Navigation 2Chair:
Flavio Sbardellati, European GNSS Agency, Czech Republic
14:00 - 15:20

PeninsulaKa 9
Special TopicsChair:
Arduino Patacchini, ARPASAT, France
16:10 - 17:10

Oakes SouthKa 10
Small Satellite Systems and TechnologiesChair:
Denise Ponchak, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
16:10 - 17:30

Hennepin SouthICSSC 8
Transmitter and Modem TechnologiesChair:
Nafiz Karabudak, Lockheed Martin, USA and Glyn Thomas, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom
16:10 - 18:10

Hennepin NorthKa 11
HTS Onboard Processing, Payload Architectures and TechnologiesChair:
Peter Garland, MDA Corp., Canada
16:10 - 17:10

PeninsulaKa 12
Q/V PropagationChair:
Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
08:30 - 09:50

Oakes SouthICSSC 9
5G and Satellite Network IntegrationChair:
Jonathan Rodriguez, Institute of Communications of Aveiro (IT), Portugal
08:30 - 09:50

Hennepin SouthKa 13
Antennas 1Chair:
Rob Singh, SSL, USA
08:30 - 09:50

Hennepin NorthKa 14
Propagation IChair:
James Nessel, NASA GRC, USA
08:30 - 09:50

PeninsulaKa 15
Navigation 3Chair:
Sarang Thombre, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland
10:20 - 11:20

Oakes SouthICSSC 10
Satellite Networks Design Challenges and ApplicationsChair:
Denise Ponchak, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA and Tony Stajcer, Honeywell, Canada
10:20 - 12:00

Hennepin SouthKa 16
Antennas 2Chair:
Glyn Thomas, Airbus Defence and Space, United Kingdom
10:20 - 11:40

Hennepin NorthKa 17
Satellites and 5GChair:
Marco Brancati, Telespazio, Italy
10:20 - 11:20

PeninsulaKa 18
LEO SystemsChair:
Mario Caron, Former CRC, Canada
13:30 - 15:00

Oakes SouthICSSC 11
Advances in Tunable Filters and Photonics TutorialChair:
Ifiok Otung, University of South Wales, United Kingdom and George Haddad, NASA, USA
13:30 - 14:30

Hennepin SouthKa 19
Earth ObservationChair:
Richard Reinhart, NASA GRC, UDS
13:30 - 14:50

Hennepin NorthKa 20
Optical Communications 2Chair:
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