CONFERENCE PROGRAM

1 15 Monday, October 1208:30 - 10:30 CONFERENCE PROGRAM08:00 - 08:30 - Foyer - Registration and Material Pick-up08:30 - 10:30 - Imperiale 2 Welcome & Introductory Remarks:Frank Gargione and Franco Marconicchio, Co-Chairs of the 21st Ka and Broadband Communications ConferenceOpening Session:From Marconi to the Smart PhoneModerator: Frank Gargione, Space Systems Consultant, USA, and Chair of the ConferenceMarconi: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Visionary ScientistGabriele Falciasecca, University of Bologna and Chairman of the Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi, ItalyMarconi: Bridging the Atlantic & Connecting an EmpirePeter Garland, Vice President Advanced programs of MDA, CanadaThe Operations and Technology in the Marconi Short Wave Beam SystemPaul Hawkins, MIET, United Kingdom5G: Flexible Networks for Humans and ThingsGiovanni Emanuele Corazza, Full Professor and Member of the Board of Directors at Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna,ItalyThe Rescue of Marconi s Yacht Elettra, Sunk during WWIIG iuliano Berretta, President of DBW Communication, ItalyKeynote Address: Marconi, my FatherPrincipessa Elettra Marconi, Italy10:30 - 11:00 - Coffee Break16 Monday, October 1211:00 - 13:2011:00 - 13:10 - Saturno ASession Ka 1: Q/V CommunicationExperimentsChair.

2 Marina Ruggieri, University ofRome Tor Vergata, Italy and Juan RiveraCastro, ESA, The NetherlandsIntroductory Remarks by ESA and ASI Alphasat Mission and Aldo ParaboniPayload: 2 Years of in-flight OperationsEdoardo Benzi, Philippe Sivac, JuanRivera Castro, ESA/ESTEC - The NetherlandsDaniel O Hara, Mark James, Inmarsat -United KingdomNicola Policella, ESA/ESOC - GermanyExperimental Results on PropagationImpairments Mitigation TechniquesOptimization overQ/V-band Satellite Channel withAlphasat Aldo Paraboni P/LTommaso Rossi, Mauro De Sanctis,Luca Rizzo, Marina Ruggieri, Universityof Roma Tor Vergata - ItalyGiuseppe Codispoti, Enrico Russo,Giorgia Parca, Italian Space Agency -ItalyAlphasat Aldo Paraboni PayloadStatus after the First Year ofOperationFabrizio Di Cola, Alberto Pandolfi,Giampiero Di Paolo, Thales AleniaSpace Italia - ItalyStefano Falzini, Paolo Salaris, SpaceEngineering - ItalyJuan Rivera Castro.

3 Edoardo Benzi,Antonio Martellucci,European SpaceAgency - The NetherlandsGiuseppe Codispoti, Enrico Russo,Giorgia Parca, Italian Space Agency -ItalyUp-Link Power Control Strategies forQ/V Band Ground StationMichael Schmidt, Johannes Ebert,Sabine Kastner-Puschl, JoanneumResearch - AustriaJuan Rivera Castro, ESA/ ESTEC - The NetherlandsMoving to High FrequenciesHector Fenech, Sonya Amos, Jose LuisSerrano Merino, ViphakoneSoumpholphadky, Eutelsat - FranceSystem Tests of the 40/50 GHzGround Infrastructure Supporting theItalian Q/V-band ExperimentalCampaigns via the Aldo Paraboni PayloadGiorgia Parca, Enrico Russo, GiuseppeCodispoti, ASI - ItalyCarlo Cornacchini, Alfredo Ferrarotti,Space Engineering - Italy11:00 - 13:00 - Giove A13th BroadSky Workshop: Primetimein the AirChair: Yoshihisa Takayama, TokaiUniversity, JapanOpening RemarksHiroyuki Yano, NICT, JapanGSO Communications SatelliteArchitecture for In-Flight BroadbandConnectivityHampton C.

4 Chan, SSL, United StatesFuture Broadband AeronauticalCommunication: Opportunities andChallenges for SatComOliver L cke, Zodiac InflightInnovations/TriaGnoSys, Germany;Kai-Daniel Buchter, Andreas Sizmann,Bauhaus Luftfahrt, Germany;Florian Moll, DLR, Germany11:00 - 13:20 - Giove BSession Ka 2: Earth ObservationChair: Robert Bauer, NASA GSFC,United StatesDaily Monitoring of the MediterraneanSea by Geosynchronous SARHans Braun, University of Stuttgart,GermanyHolger Baessler, Carsten Jonas, RSTR adar Systemtechnik AG - SwitzerlandUsing Open-Source Software toGenerate Interferometric COSMO-SkyMed Spotlight DEMN unzia Lombardi, Rino Lorusso,Giovanni Milillo, ASI/GCS - ItalyBridging the Technology Readiness Valley of Death Utilizing Nanosats Robert Bauer, Pamela S.

5 Millar, NASAGSFC - United States Charles Norton, Jet Propulsion Lab -United StatesTheseus: Vertical Take-Off andLanding Medium Endurance UAV forFast Response Remote Sensing Enrico Saggese, Jacopo Ricci, On-AirConsulting & Solutions Srl - ItalyGuido De Matteis, University of Rome LaSapienza - ItalyThe Role of Geomatics for Civil andEnvironmental MonitoringDonatella Dominici, Maria Alicandro,Vincenzo Massimi, University of L Aquila- ItalyElisa Rosciano, ASI-CSG - ItalyA W-band Modular Sensor Web forCompact Wireless SensingMario Albertini, Gianluigi D Orazio,Luciano Dicecca, Emma Matarazzo,Massimiliano Tosti, Space Engineering -ItalyAntonio Sposito, ASI - ItalyNetworked Optical Constellations forPrompt Earth Imagery Acquisition andCrisis Management.

6 A TradeoffAnalysisGianluca Palermo, Paolo Gaudenzi, LaSapienza University of Rome - Italy13:20 - 14:30 - Lunch Break1714:30 - 16:10 - Saturno ASession Ka 3: New Systems 1 Chair: Arduino Patacchini, Eutelsat,FranceMessaging / Conversational,Localization and DisseminatedSensors Data Acquisition Services:LEO Satellite System Solutions UsingUHF Spectrum and Based on an On-Board Digital Signal Processing StageAlessandro Pisano, Carlo Ciancarelli,Paolo Conforto, Stefano Palumbo,Alessia Sabatini, Thales Alenia Space -ItalyOpportunities and Threats forBroadband SatellitesRoger Rusch, TelAstra, Inc. - UnitedStatesPATRON: High Altitude Solar PoweredUnmanned Aerial Vehicle forBroadband CommunicationEnrico Saggese, Jacopo Ricci, On-AirConsulting & Solutions Srl - ItalyGuido De Matteis, University of Rome LaSapienza - Italy A Responsive Satellite Industry forResponsive and Timely DeliveredSatellite SystemsMarco Lisi, European Space Agency -The NetherlandsIdeas for Aldo Paraboni s Q/VExperiment Follow on: Prototype of aQ/V Ultra Wide Band Feed LinkOperated with Gateway Site Diversityand Comparison with Solutions UsingKa Band as Well as IF photonicTechnology sAlessandro Pisano, Paolo Conforto,Giampiero Di Paolo, Mauro Piccinni,Salvatore Vono, Thales Alenia Space -Italy14:30 - 16:30 Giove A13th BroadSky Workshop.

7 Primetimein the Air(continued)Development of UAV WirelessCommunication Systems in NICTH iroyuki Tsuji, NICT, JapanDevelopment of Airborne Antennasfor Satellite CommunicationKoichi Natsume, Mitsubishi ElectricCorp., JapanClosing RemarksNaoto Kadowaki, NICT, JapanMonday, October 1214:30 - 16:3016:30 - 20:00 - Visit of the Lamborghini Museum and Factory. Welcome Cocktail :30 - 09:50 - Saturno ASession Ka 4: Dual Use Systems &ApplicationsChair: Marina Ruggieri, University ofRome Tor Vergata, ItalyA Software Defined Payload for DualUse Satellite SystemsGaetano Pastore, Giacinto Losquadro,Giuseppe Tomasicchio, Thales AleniaSpace Italia - ItalyG. Belvedere, L. Mauro, Ministry ofDefense - ItalyVLSNR Implementation for MobileBroadband ApplicationDoron Rainish, Avraham Freedman,SatixFy Ltd.

8 - IsraelDefending Critical Infrastructuresfrom GNSS InterferenceSamuele Fantinato, Stefano Montagner,Giovanni Gamba, Oscar Pozzobon,Andrea Dalla Chiara, QASCOM - ItalyFilippo Rodriguez, Telespazio - ItalyAnti-Interference/Anti-Jamming forCommercial Applications: EmulatorImplementations andpreliminary ResultsVincenzo Schena, Giacinto Losquadro,Gugliemo Lulli, Thales Alenia Space -Italy08:30 - 09:30 - Giove ASession Ka 5: Antennas 1 Chair: Giacinto Losquadro, Thales AleniaSpace, Italy5m Ka-Band Unfurlable ReflectorGregory Apotsos, Harris Corporation -United StatesAn Efficient Ka-Band ReflectorAntenna for HTS ApplicationsChristy D. Saintsing, Michael Nolan,Harris Corporation - United StatesJANUS Aero: Dual Ku/Ka-BandSwitchable Airborne Antenna Systemfor SatCom ApplicationsGiancarlo Bellaveglia, Luca Marcellini,Fabio Maggio, Alessia Colasante,Raimondo Lo Forti, TeS Teleinformaticae Sistemi - Italy08:30 - 10:10 - Giove BSession Ka 6: New Systems 2 Chair: Marco Brancati, Telespazio, ItalyeXConnect.

9 Global Ku-bandBroadband Connectivity Beyond AeroJanet King, Chris McLain, PanasonicAvionics Corporation - United StatesAlix Wright, ITC Global - United StatesLive Events via Ka Band - HighThroughput Satellite with HighAvailabilityGiuliano Berretta, DBW Communication -ItalyModeling and Analysis of Solar PowerRelays for Space-TerrestrialHeterogeneous NetworksJihwan Choi, DGIST - South Korea Changhee Joo, UNIST - South KoreaThe S4I Ka Band and Q/V BandSystem to Solve the Italian DigitalDividePaolo Conforto, Aldo Sbardellati,Alessandro Pisano, FrancescaFinocchiaro, Thales Alenia Space Italia -ItalyConcept of Operations for ARCTICS ervice ScenarioPaolo Conforto, Thales Alenia SpaceItalia - ItalyTommaso de Zan, Istituto AffariInternationali - ItalyGeraint Cooksley, Telespazio VEGA -United KingdomRobin Berglund, VTT - FinlandEric Girard, European Defence Agency -Luxembourg10:10 - 10:40 - Coffee BreakTuesday, October 1308:30 - 10:1008:00 - 08:30 - Foyer - Registration and Material Pick-up1910:40 - 12:40 - Saturno ASession Ka 7: OpticalCommunicationsChair: Naoto Kadowaki, NICT, JapanJoint Statistics of Cloud Attenuationinduced on Multiple Optical SatelliteLinksNikolaos K.

10 Lyras, Charilaos , Athanasios , National TechnicalUniversity of Athens - GreeceOptical Feeder Links for Very HighThroughput Satellites - SystemPerspectivesRamon Mata-Calvo, Dirk Giggenbach,Juraj Poliak, Ricardo Barrios, SvilenDimitrov, DLR - GermanyAlessandro Le Pera, Eutelsat - FranceRadio Frequency/Optical GroundStation Network PerformanceAssessment and OptimizationNicolas Jeannin, Laurent Castanet,ONERA/DEMR - FranceOptical Inter-Satellite Link:Transmitting via Laser from LEO toGEOE doardo Benzi, Philippe Sivac, ESA -The NetherlandsI. Shurmer, ESOC - GermanyDaniel Troendle, TESAT Spacecom -GermanyMark James, Inmarsat - United KingdomNext Generation High ThroughputSatellite System Based on OpticalFeeder LinkOriol Vidal, Bernard Roy, Airbus Defense& Space - FranceSvilen Dimitrov, Ricardo Barrios, DirkGiggenbach, DLR - GermanyArnaud Le-Kernec, Thales Alenia Space- FranceRoad Map for Future Payload UsingPhotonic TechnologySalvatore Vono, Marziale Feudale,Alessandro Pisano, Giampiero Di Paolo,Thales Alenia Space - ItalyMichel Sotom, Muriel Aveline, ThalesAlenia Space - France10:40 - 12:00 - Giove ASession Ka 8: Antennas 2 Chair: Hampton C.