Fifth generation satellites: 5G-satellite integration

• Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 11:00-12:30/16:30-18:00, Room Kleoniki A
• Session Chair: Ádám Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH, Germany)

The Special Session would consist of two parts / sessions, 100 minutes each. The first session would consist of a keynote speech followed by four invited presentations, whilst the second session will have a couple of invited presentations followed by a panel discussion of selected experts involving the audience by inviting them to question the panellists. Invited talks are limited to 15 minutes presentations followed by 5 minutes discussion.

Overview:

• Keynote: Combining the strengths of satellite and terrestrial networks to deploy 5G (Maria Guta, European Space Agency)
• The relevance of satellite for 5G (ESA INSTINCT study, Adam Kapovits, Eurescom)
• The Role of Satellite in Future Communications 2020-2025, The ESA SPECSI study (Omar Iqbal, Avanti Communications)
• Satellite contribution to future telecommunication service deployment (ESA Mendhosa study, Nicolas Chuberre, Thales Alenia Space)
• Eutelsat perspective on the role of satellites in 5G (Stefano Agnelli, Eutelsat)
• Satellite Backhaul for 5G Systems (ESA SATINET study, Marius Iulian Corici, Fraunhofer FOKUS)
• A converged satellite /wireless backhaul architecture for efficient transport of 5G traffic (Georgios Agapiou, OTE)
• Short contributions:
  • Standardisation activities in ITU-T IMT-2020 (Alex Galis, UCL)
  • Relevant 3GPP standardisation activities (Thomas Heyn,Fraunhofer IIS)
  • Panel discussion (in addition to the speakers above Inmarsat,Oneweb and Telenor has been invited to join the panel)