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Conference Program

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Program Overview

Monday, 24 September

09:00

Opening Session

09:15

Session 1: Broadband Systems 1

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Session 2 : Satellite-Aided Navigation and Related Applications 1

11:00

Session 3 : Satellite Architectures 1

12:15

Lunch

14:00

Fifth BroadSky Workshop

15:50

Coffee Break

16:10

Fifth BroadSky Workshop

18:00

Private Visit of the Egyptian Museum and
Cocktail Reception at the Mole Antonelliana

Tuesday, 25 September

09:00

Session 4 : Military and Dual Use Systems and Applications 1

09:00

Session 5 : Propagation

10:15

Coffee Break

10:35

Session 6 : Galileo

10:35

Session 7:Satellite Architectures 2

11:50

Session 8 : Communication Protocols 1

11:50

Session 9 Advaces in Components 1

13:05

Lunch

14:30

Session 10 : Mobile Broadband Services

14:45

Session 11 : Antenna Systems

16:15

Coffee Break

16:45

Session 12 : Interplanetary Communications

16:45

Session 13 : Advances in Components 2

20:00

Conference Dinner at "Ciacolon" Restaurant

Wednesday, 26 September

09:00

Session 14 : Military and Dual Use Systems and Applications 2

09:00

Session 15 : Communication Protocols 2

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

Session 16 :Satellite-Aided Navigation and Related Applications 2

10:30

Session 17 : Fade Mitigation

12:00

Session 18 : Broadband Systems 2

12:00

Session 19 : Advances in Components 3

13:15

Closing Session

13:25

Lunch

15:00

Thales Alenia Space Plant Tour


 
Timing of Technical Paper Presentations:
 

As in past conferences, Ka and Broadband Communications Conference technical presentations will be 15 minutes in length.  Session Chairs have been instructed to strictly maintain this schedule.
Speakers and chairs should be in the conference room at least 15 minutes before the start of the session.
 

Technical Program

 

Monday, 24 September

 

09:00 - 09:15 - Room Basilica 1+2                                                                       

Opening Session

 

Opening Remarks

Frank  Gargione, Satellite Systems Consultant, USA

Franco  Marconicchio, ASI, Italy

Enrico Saggese, Finmeccanica, Italy

 

09:15 - 10:30 - Room Basilica 1+2                                                                      

Session 1: Broadband Systems 1

Chaired by: Richard T. GedneyEfficient Channel Coding, USA

 

K000085

Design Aspects for Ka-Band Satellite Missions

Hector Fenech, Emmanuel Lance, Alessia Tomatis, EUTELSAT, France

 

K000024

WAVE-A2: Towards New Frontiers of EHF Satellite Telecommunications

Marco Lucente, Emiliano Re, Tommaso Rossi, Marina Ruggieri, Ernestina Cianca, Ahmed Jebril, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

Lamberto Zuliani, Mirko Albani, ASI, Italy

 

K000006

Adaptive Downlink Power Control Effects in Satellite Communication Networks: Interference Statistical Distribution

Athanasios D. Panagopoulos, Theodor D. Kritikos, John D. Kanellopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

 

K000110

BRASIL: Broadband to Rural America over Satellite Integrated Links

Harald Skinnemoen, AnsuR Technologies, Norway

Maria Angeles Vazquez Castro, Univesitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

Roberto Aroso, Telecom, Brazil

 

K000019

Interference Analysis for Digital Modulation Systems in Ka-Band Multi Beam Satellites

Anil Kumar Sisodia, Arun Kumar Singh, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, India

 


 

11:00 - 12:30- Room Basilica 1                                                                            

Session 2: Satellite-Aided Navigation and Related Applications 1

Chaired by: Cosimo La Rocca, European Satellite Navigation Industries, Italy

 

K000011

Architecture for Aeronautical Communications for the Airport Surface and Vicinity

Robert J. Kerczewski, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

Rafael D. Apaza, Federal Aviation Administration, USA

 

K000022

SESTANTE: Applications Based on New Generation Satellite Technologies

Sandro Bevilacqua, Simone Marri, Vitrociset, Italy

Salvatore Viviano, Mario Caporale, ASI, Italy

K000026

Performance of Assisted Acquisition of the L2CL Code

Ayse Sicramaz Ayaz, Thomas Pany, Felix Kneissl, Bernd Eissfeller, University FAF Munich, Germany

 

K000001

Evaluation of Prioritized Link Access Options for VHF Data Link (VDL) Mode 2 Technology

Rafael D. Apaza, Federal Aviation Administration, USA

Steven C.Bretmersky, Cleveland State University, USA

 

K000027

Satellite-Aided Navigation and Related Applications for Dangerous Transport

Gianfranco Burzio, Sergio Damiani, Fulvio Sommariva, Centro Ricerche FIAT, Italy

Diego Orgiazzi, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy

Andrea Tomatis, Francesco Deflorio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Fabrizio Carrai, Kayser Italia, Italy

Alessandro Murro, Francesco Alesiani, Mizar Automazione, Italy

Barbara Trincone, Luca Ionta LOGICA, Italy

Salvatore Viviano, Mario Caporale, ASI, Italy

K000118

Overview of EGNOS – Galileo Regulated Applications

Mario Musmeci, Antonella Di Fazio, Raniero Pasquali, Telespazio, Italy

 

 11:00 - 12:00 - Room Basilica 2                                                                              

Session 3: Satellite Architectures 1

 

Chaired by: Mario Caron, CRC - Communications Research Centre, Canada

 

K000010

High Throughput Fully Processed Payload for Broadband Access Networks

Robert Hughes, Rosalind Warren, Alijah Ahmed, Alan Couchman, Astrium, United Kingdom

Giuseppe Chiassarini, Eugenio Rossini, Space Engineering SpA, Italy

Piero Angeletti, ESA, The Netherlands

 

K000012

An Update of the Italian Q/V-band Experimental Missions

Victor Speziale, Antonio Vernucci, Space Engineering, Italy

Giuseppe Codispoti, Lamberto Zuliani, ASI, Italy

Alessandro Pisano, Thales Alenia Space, Italy 

 

K000029

Improving Network Performance in Hybrid Wireless Networks Using a Satellite Overlay

Ayan Roy-Chowdhury, John S. Baras, University of Maryland, USA

 

K000018

Analysis and Simulation of a Parallel Packet Switch for Satellite On-board Switching

Guido Albertengo, Diego Borsetti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

 

 

14:00 - 15:30 - Room Basilica 1+2                                                                       

BroadSky Workshop

Chaired by: Hajime Fukuchi,Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

 

14:00    Opening Remarks

            Hiroyo Ogawa, NICT, Japan

 

14:05    Workshop Chair's Speech:
Mobilization of millimeter wave and/or optical wave for future enormous capacity space communication infrastructure

Hajime Fukuchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

 

14:20    Status of laser communication in Europe

            Zoran Sodnik, ESA/ESTEC

 

14:50    Status and plan  of  Space communication program in Japan

            Eiichi Tomita, JAXA, Japan

15:20    Prospects for improvement of deep-space optical communication links by 30-dB

               Hamid Hemmati, JPL, USA

 

16:10 - 17:50 - Room Basilica 1+2                                                                      

BroadSky Workshop

 

16:10    Mobile Optical Communication projects at DLR and prospects on future developments

            Dirk Giggenbach, DLR, Germany

 

16:40    Lesson learned and results from Gnd-OICETS experiment and follow-on activities on optical communications in space

              Hiroo Kunimori, NICT, Japan

 

17:10    Free Discussions

            Moderator: Zoran Sodnik, ESA/ESTEC

 

17:40    Closing Remarks

            Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, Japan

 

17:45    Adjourn

 

 

Tuesday, 25 September

 


09:00 - 10:15 - Room Basilica 1                                                                              

Session 4: Military and Dual Use Systems and Applications 1

Chaired by: Pietro Finocchio, TELEDIFE, Italy


K000005

European Milsatcom Perspectives

Silvio De Vita, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy

Paolo Ricci, SITAB Consortium, Italy

Marcello Spagnulo, Finmeccanica, Italy

 

K000093

Italian Military and Dual use SATCOM system: an overview of SICRAL and ATHENA - FIDUS missions

Giovanni Battista Durando, Italian Ministry of Defence,TELEDIFE, Italy

Mario Cosmo, Enrico Russo, Antonio Sposito, ASI, Italy

 

K000048

Design Methodology for High Capacity SATCOM Systems

Mario A. Blanco, The MITRE Corporation, USA

 

K000088

Broadband Dual Application: The Italian EHF/K Payload on FIDUS Program

Francesca Finocchiaro, Alessando Le Pera, Alessandro Pisano, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

 

K000090

Athena Fidus a Ka/EHF band Satellite System for advanced Military and Civil applications

Marco Brancati, Lorenzo Ronzitti, Telespazio, Italy

G. Matarazzo, F. Zagami, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

 

 

09:00 - 10:15 - Room Basilica 2                                                                           

Session 5: Propagation

 

Chaired by: Aldo Paraboni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

 

K000043

Goldstone Site Test Interferometer

Roberto J. Acosta, James A. Nessel, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

Brian D. Frantz, Verizon Federal Network System, USA

David D. Morabito, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

K000049

Overview of 3 Year Results of a Ka-band Earth-Satellite Propagation Campaign

Armando Carlos Rocha, Rui Filipe Teixeira, IT/DETI, University of Aveiro, Portugal

 

K000098

Project of a Large Data Collection of Multisite Real Time Attenuations in Ka Band Based on Skyplex Technology

Mauro Buti, Stefano Bertorelli, Aldo Paraboni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Luca Simone Ronga, Rosalba Suffritti, CNIT - Università di Firenze, Italy

 

K000014

Dual Polarization Digital Satellite Beacon Detector for Propagation Experiments

Armando Carlos Rocha, André Pires, Ricardo Sousa, DETI/IT, University of Aveiro,, Portugal

Rui Martins, DETI/IEETA,  University of Aveiro, Portugal

K000042

Goldstone Site Test Interferometer Phase Stability Analysis

James A. Nessel, Roberto J. Acosta, NASA Glenn Research Center, USA

David D. Morabito, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

 

10:35 - 11:50 - Room Basilica 1                                                                          

Session 6: Galileo

Chaired by: Enrico Saggese, Finmeccanica, Italy

 

K000114

The New Roadmap of Galileo

Tiziano Sassorossi, Cosimo La Rocca, European Satellite Navigation Industries Spa, Italy

 

K000111

Galileo: Design and Development of a Complex Navigation Satellite System

Mauro Marinelli, Steven Bouchired, European Satellite Navigation Industries, Italy

Veit Oehler, Ian Walters, European Satellite Navigation Industries, Germany

 

K000113

Galileo Signal-in-Space: Present Status and Future Evolutions

Monica Gotta, Salvatore Corvo, Giuseppe Esposito, Franco Gottifredi, Rosaria Barca, Sergio Piazza, Francesco Martinino, Thales Alenia Space, Italy

 

K000115

Galileo System Verification Proce