Non-Terrestrial Networks and Terrestrial Networks unification – from Vision to Reality
Monday, 3 June 2024, 14:00-17:30, Room Toucan 1
Organisers:
- Adam Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH, )
- Maria Guta (ESA, )
Motivation and Background
The workshop is very much motivated by the fact that through various funding channels (ESA and national) space assets suitable for 5G/6G experimentation, advanced 5G PoC validation and demonstrations are gradually becoming available and should be exploited by market stakeholders and R&D NTN/TN community to consolidate solutions, demonstrate cases and build confidence. Another major motivation is that one can witness a number of announcements about providing direct to device connectivity from space from major players. The workshop is expected to serve a range of objectives, not necessarily of the same degree:
- Facilitate interaction and discussions between the parallel running SNS JU projects with a focus on NTN
- Facilitate interaction and discussions between NTN focused R&D activities in Europe receiving support through different funding channels (EC, ESA, national and Eureka)
- Create an awareness about 6G experimentation and demonstration opportunities that space assets scheduled to be launched in the near future offer
- Support PoC validations in situ (in-orbit) and standardisation
Structure
Block 1
Opening – Maria Guta (ESA) and Adam Kapovits (Eurescom GmbH)
Space Network Systems: The Way to Conceive and Extend Connectivity in the Space through 5G NTN/6G, Vincenzo Schena, ESA MIXELS project, Thales Alenia Space Italy – 20 min
The German SERANIS mission – Florian Völk, University of the Bundeswehr Munich – 20 min
The ESA 6G precursor mission – Maria Guta, ESA – 20 min
Native support to NTN in 6G: Use cases and architectures, a joint contribution by SNS JU 5G-STARDUST, 6G-NTN and ETHER. Prof Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli Uni Bologna / CNIT – 15 min
Enabling Technologies towards NTN-6G systems: Tools and Demonstrators, a joint contribution by SNS JU projects 5G-STARDUST, 6G-NTN, ETHER and 6G-SANDBOX. Tomaso de Cola, DLR – 15 min
Block 2
German Research Activities on 3D Networks – Markus Breitbach, Deutsche Telekom and prof. Armin Dekorsy, University of Bremen – 15 min
The IPCEI Air!5G project from France by Airbus – Jean-Christophe Schiel, Airbus– 15 min
5G Multicast based efficient content distribution over satellite – Cyril Valadon, MediaTek and Joel Grotz, SES– 15 min
HydRON: A 100 Gbps optical space backbone network – Guray Acar, ESA – 15 min
6G for Connected Sky (6G-SKY) – Combined Airspace and Non-Terrestrial Networks – Dominic Schupke, Airbus, Germany and Prof. Cicek Cavdar, KTH, Sweden – 15 min
Mini panel – ad-hoc intervention slot – 15 min
