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: Marina Ruggieri, University ofRome Tor Vergata, Italy and Juan RiveraCastro, ESA, The NetherlandsIntroductory Remarks by ESA and ASI Alphasat Mission and Aldo ParaboniPayload.

2 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, 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.

3 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. 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: 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.

4 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: Primetimein the Air(continued)Development of UAV WirelessCommunication Systems in NICTH iroyuki Tsuji, NICT, JapanDevelopment of Airborne Antennasfor Satellite CommunicationKoichi Natsume, Mitsubishi ElectricCorp.

5 , 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. - 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.

6 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: 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.

7 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. 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.

8 Chan, SSL, UnitedStatesA Digital Beam-Forming Network withReduced Complexity and Low PowerConsumption forArray AntennasPiero Angeletti, Marco Lisi, ESA - The NetherlandsA Systemic Approach to theIntegration of Microwave Filters inActive Array Antennas for SpaceApplicationsMarco Lisi, Piero Angeletti, ESA - The NetherlandsKa-band Fixed Mesh ReflectorShapingVictoria S. Richmond, Michael Nolan,Harris Corp. - United StatesCompact Ka-Band Multilayer BFN forMultibeam AntennasLorenzo Giambuzzi, AlessandroEsposito, Mario Albertini, AlfredoCatalani, John Robert Linkowski, SpaceEngineering - ItalyGiovanni Toso, ESA/ESTEC - The Netherlands10:40 - 12:40 - Giove BSession Ka 9: TelecommunicationSystemsChair: James Stegeman, NASA, UnitedStatesSatellite Communications from KaBand to Q Band and V Band Issuesand Trade offsHoward Hausman, L3-narda-MITEQ -United StatesSoftware Defined Networking andHigh Throughput Satellite: the BestMatching for Space-basedCommunications InfrastructuresTommaso Rossi, Mauro De Sanctis,Marina Ruggieri, Ernestina Cianca,University of Roma Tor Vergata - ItalyCarlo Fragale, EMC Computer SystemsItalia Spa - ItalyHector Fenech, Eutelsat - FranceNext Generation HTS System UsingHybrid Satellite and Terrestrial BBDelivery- BATS Javier Perez-Trufero, Simon Watts,Avanti Communications - UnitedKingdomBarry Evans, University of Surrey -United KingdomOriol Vidal, Airbus Defence & Space -FranceMathieu Dervin, Thales Alenia Space -FranceErhan Ekmekcioglu, Mulsys - UnitedKingdomSystem Performance of an AdvancedMulti-User Detection Technique forHigh Throughput Satellite SystemsMartina Angelone, Alberto Ginesi, ESA -The NetherlandsMarius Caus, Ana Isabel Perez-Neira,Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya -SpainJohannes Ebert, Joanneum Research -AustriaFrom High Throughput Satellite toHigh Goodput SatelliteDidier Delmas, Sandra Vime, BernardCharrat, Bertrand Onillon, PhilippeVoisin.

9 Olivier Maillet, Thales AleniaSpace - FranceTraffic Management in Smart GatewayNetworksAndra Pastrav, Tudor Palade, EmanuelPuschita, Technical Univ. of Cluj-Napoca- RomaniaRoberto Nebuloni, Consiglio Nazionaledelle Ricerche - ItalyCarlo Capsoni, Guido Maier, LorenzoLuini, Carlo Riva, Polytechnic of Milan -ItalyTuesday, October 1310:40 - 12:4012:40 - 14:30 - Lunch Break2014:30 - 16:10 - Saturno ASession Ka 10: ProtocolsChair: Mario Blanco, The Mitre, UnitedStatesSet Partitioning 16 QAM Multi-LevelCoded Modulation with LDPC CodesYoichi Suzuki, Masaaki Kojima, MasashiKamei, Shoji Tanaka, Kyoichi Saito, YukiKoizumi, NHK - JapanOptimization of Voice Services onHybrid LTE and Satellite NetworksJoan Ventura Jaume, Franck Cibaud,Airbus Defense and Space - FranceLaurent Franck, Telecom Bretagne -FranceMulticast Security Framework forMulti-spot Beam Satellite NetworkJani Puttonen, Sami Rantanen, FransLaakso, Budiarto Herman, JanneKurjenniemi, Magister Solutions Ltd -FinlandJani Suomalainen, Mikko Majanen,Janne Vehkapera, Jukka Makela, MikaRautila, Kari Seppanen, VTT - FinlandOlivier Smeyers, ESA/ESTEC - The NetherlandsA New Air-Interface for AffordableSCADA/M2M Services over Satellite inKu and Ka-BandSandro Scalise, DLR - GermanyRosalba Suffritti, Mavigex - ItalyRiccardo De Gaudenzi, Stefano Cioni,ESA-ESTEC - The NetherlandsClaudio Campa, Space Engineering -ItalyMarco Andrenacci.

10 MBI - ItalyDaniele Finocchiaro, Eutelsat - FranceA Novel Cross Layer CodingTechnique for the Mitigation ofSATCOM Channel DegradationsMario Blanco, Nicholas Burkhardt,MITRE Corporation - United States14:30 - 16:30 - Giove ASession Ka 11: TelecommunicationPayloadsChair: Tom Butash, InnovativeAerospace IS, United StatesHybrid Beam Steering Approach forNomadic and Mobile SatcomApplications in Ka-BandIsmael Nistal Gonz lez, Simon Otto,Roman Gieron, Oliver Litschke, MartaArias-Campo, Andreas Bettray, LutzWunderlich, Michael Wleklinski, IMSTGmbH - GermanyPreliminary Experiment andTechnology Development toward theWideband Flexible PayloadMinoru Akita, Futaba Ejima, AkinoriFujimura, Yu Okaue, Terumi Sunaga,Eiichi Sakai, Ryuji Ishii, MitsubishiElectric Corporation - JapanInnovative On-board DigitalBeamforming and Routing ConceptAlvaro Gonzalez Font, Holger Pawlak,Dominik Lang, OHB System AG - GermanyOn-Board Processing Deep Sub-Micron Microelectronics: Applicationfor future MissionsVincenzo Schena, Giacinto Losquadro,Giuseppe Tomasicchio, Thales AleniaSpace - ItalyPhilippe Ginestet, Emanuel Liegeon,Eduardo Rodriguez Perez, Thales AleniaSpace - FranceAna Maria Jalon Valero, Luis RafaelBerrojo Valero, Thales Alenia Space -SpainPiero Angeletti, ESA - The NetherlandsRequired Communication TechnicalPerformance, the Application LayerQos Metric ForAeronautical Data CommunicationsDirk Gomez Depoorter, Oliver Luecke,TriaGnoSys (Zodiac Inflight Innovations)- GermanyDesign Considerat