Program

Time Room 212/213

Thursday, May 25

09:00 am-10:30 am WT05-S1: Keynote: Simon Watts and Paper Session (Satellite Communications and Technologies for Satcom / 5G Co-existence)
11:00 am-12:30 pm WT05-S2: Networking for 5G / Satcom Services and Integration in the 5G Ecosystem

9:00-9:18: WT05 Invited talk: Satellite integration into 5G networks and standardisation process
Simon Watts, Senior Associate, Avanti Communications, UK
 
9:18-10:30: WT05-S1: Satellite Communications and Technologies for Satcom / 5G co-existence
      Chair : Constantinos B. Papadias (Athens Information Technology, Greece)
 
9:18-9:36: Channel model simulator for multi-antenna terrestrial links
Dimitrios Ntaikos, Bobby Gizas, George Papageorgiou and Constantinos B. Papadias, Athens Information Technology, Greece
 
9:36-9:54: Beamforming with Superposition Coding in Multiple Antenna Satellite Communications
Xiaoyan Shi (Beihang University, China and University of Edinburgh, UK),
John S. Thompson, Majid Safari (University of Edinburgh, UK) and
Rongke Liu (Beihang University, China)
 
9:54-10:12: Variable Rate Multicarrier Schemes over Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial System
Akash Agarwal and Preetam Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
 
10:12-10:30: Carrier Allocation for Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Backhaul Networks
Eva Lagunas, Sina Maleki, Lei Lei, Christos Tsinos, Symeon Chatzinotas and Björn Ottersten, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
 
11:00-12:30: WT05-S2: Networking for 5G / Satcom services and integration in the 5G ecosystem
        Chair: Oriol Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
 
11:00-11:18: Joint Flow Control and Link Scheduling in Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Wireless Backhauling
Musbah Shaat and Ana I. Pérez-Neira, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain
 
11:18-11:36: Satellite-enabled LTE systems in LEO Constellations
A. Guidotti, A. Vanelli-Coralli (University of Bologna, Italy),
M. Causy, J. Bas (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain),
G. Colavolpe, T. Foggi (Univ. of Parma, Parma, Italy),
S. Cionix, A. Modeninix (European Space Agency, ESTEC/ETC, The Netherlands), and
D. Tarchi (University of Bologna, Italy)
 
11:36-11:54: Satellite Gateway Diversity in SDN/NFV-enabled satellite ground segment systems
T. Ahmed (CNRS-LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France),
R. Ferrus (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain),
R. Fedrizzi (Centre for Research and Telecommunication Experimentation for Networked communities, Italy),
O. Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain),
Nicolas Kuhn, Emmanuel Dubois, and Patrick Gelard (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, France)
 
11:54-12:12: Towards SDN/NFV-enabled satellite ground segment systems: End-to-End Traffic Engineering Use Case
R. Ferrus, O. Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain),
T. Ahmed (CNRS-LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France) and
R. Fedrizzi(Centre for Research and Telecommunication Experimentation for Networked communities, Italy)
 
12:12-12:30: Towards SDN/NFV-enabled satellite ground segment systems: Bandwidth on Demand Use Case
T. Ahmed (CNRS-LaBRI, University of Bordeaux, France),
R. Ferrus (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain),
R. Fedrizzi (Centre for Research and Telecommunication Experimentation for Networked communities, Italy) and
O. Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)