Satellite Industry Days 2022

Satellite Industry Days

Part 2

Taking next steps on non-terrestrial networks and satellite 5G / IOT

The emerging market of Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) for high rate data internet, data links and globally available communication services is viewed by many experts as the next disruptor to both the satellite communication and wireless communication businesses. In our second session of the Satellite Industry Days series, we took a closer look at the promises and opportunities of this new technology and, together with partners and experts, discussed the technical challenges and requirements on the road to successfully implement communication services beyond cellular.

Learn more about:

  • What is done to build up large constellation networks of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to facilitate new satellite 5G/IOT services?
  • How regulatory bodies like 3GPP are developing standards to enable new omnipresent communication services?
  • What business cases will benefit most from the newly available services?
  • What are the deployment strategies and technology choices of the LEO and MEO satellite operators?
  • How chip manufacturers’ technology inventions are driving innovation and standardization?
New Radio non-terrestrial networks (NR-NTN)

White paper: Taking next steps on non-terrestrial networks and satellite 5G/IoT

This white paper aims to provide a concise technology overview of 5G non-terrestrial networks with the author's background based on the wireless ecosystem.

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5G learning to fly? Non-terrestrial networks

5G learning to fly? Non-terrestrial networks

From the beginning of 3GPP, the vision of ubiquitous communications included the usage of satellite or airborne based network components. In the short history we saw a tremendous development in the satellite and aerospace community as well as in worldwide wireless communication requirements. With 3GPP Release 17, the vision of ubiquitous communication networks including satellite and airborne can become a reality. The global radio access technology 5G New Radio enables non-terrestrial network connectivity. This session delves into some technical challenges of NTN, how the spectrum allocation looks like, and how to leverage the deployment of NTN capable devices and networks.

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5G NTN NB IoT - The merge of TN and NTN, -standarisation and impact on the satellite systems

5G NTN NB IoT - The merge of TN and NTN, -standarisation and impact on the satellite systems

Historically satellite systems have been proprietary system and for the few. In the future, satellite systems will be made broadly available to the regular end-user, and this is made possible through standardization as the terrestrial networks will merge with space. This presentation discusses how this will affect NB-IoT and how it will be implemented.

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Designing for Satellite Internet of Things- ICARUS animal tracking

Designing for Satellite Internet of Things- ICARUS animal tracking

The ICARUS system was developed to study animal mitigation behavior. It enables extremely light, low-cost tracking devices which are attached to the animals to communicate with a space-borne transceiver. The ICARUS system is now delivering data on fine-scale animal movement at near-global scale. This offers a completely new look into animal mitigation to scientists all over the world. This video looks at the design and the development of the ICARUS system, which was mainly done at the Rohde & Schwarz INRADIOS GmbH. We discuss the challenges the project faced and how they were solved.

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Open Source Software - A key enabler for non-terrestrial innovation?

Open Source Software - A key enabler for non-terrestrial innovation?

The first New Radio (NR) specification for 5G was published in 2018. Since then, several Open Source Software (OSS) projects have been implemented a 3GPP Release 15 compliant protocol stack. Until the 3GPP Release 17 publication for non-terrestrial networks (NTN) it seems feasible to adapt such an NR OSS protocol stack to support geostationary satellites. This talk provides hints and ideas whether OSS could be one of the starting points for satellite ground segment manufacturers, research institutes and academia to create innovation for NTN towards 6G.

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O3b mPOWER - A new era for satellite communications

O3b mPOWER - A new era for satellite communications

The O3b mPOWER constellation of medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites will provide unprecedented connectivity performance, scale and flexibility and complement the existing O3b fleet of satellites. This presentation details the O3b and mPOWER system architectures, coverage areas and outlines the technology choices made for the air interface of modems and gateways.

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The experts

  • 1Reiner Stuhlfauth
  • 2Thomas Scott Jensen
  • 3Dr. Mario Beck
  • 4Florian Völk
  • 5Dr. Ashok Kolar Rao
Reiner Stuhlfauth

Technology Manager Wireless, Rohde & Schwarz

Reiner Stuhlfauth is a Technology Manager for wireless communications at Rohde & Schwarz headquarters in Munich, Germany. He focuses on wireless communications technology and T&M aspects in cellular and non-cellular radio technologies. In this role, he promotes test and measurement solutions for e.g. LTE, 5G and WLAN. Reiner is one of a group of authors at Rohde & Schwarz who have published a technology book on 5G NR: “5G New Radio – Fundamentals, procedures, testing aspects”.

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