The European Space Agency and the industrial project team »ESA_1-5800« herewith invites you to a

Workshop



»On the Status and Perspectives of Software Defined Radios and Cognitive Radio Systems and their impact on future Radio Regulations«

On Thursday, September 10, 2009
10:00 – 17:00h

at
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
Am Wolfsmantel 33
91058 Erlangen, Germany

followed by a cocktail reception.

Participation is free of charge. The language of the workshop will be English.

Location / Approach

The total volume of services that depend on radio spectrum availability is estimated to be worth at least €200 billion annually in Europe.
Radio spectrum is an essential resource underpinning one of Europe’s most dynamic sectors: wireless communications. As well as telecommunications, wireless technologies support services in areas as diverse as transport, security, and environmental protection. But the spectrum is a finite resource so its allocation requires effective and efficient coordination at European (and global) level.

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Workshop Objectives and Program

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) in Geneva invited to study under Agenda Item 1.19 of the next WRC-12 “to consider regulatory measures and their relevance, in order to enable the introduction of software-defined radio and cognitive radio systems, based on the results of ITU R studies, in accordance with Resolution 956 (WRC 07)”.
Resolution 956 resolves

1. to study whether there is a need for regulatory measures related to the application of cognitive radio system technologies (CRS);

2. to study whether there is a need for regulatory measures related to the application of software-defined radio (SDR).

With this workshop, ESA and a team of satellite operators, research institutes, and space industry invites administrations, national frequency authorities, network operators and service provider to discuss SDR and CRS applications in support of the on-going study process in CEPT PT A and ITU-R working parties 1B and 5A. The workshop will provide state-of-the-art information on present SDR and CRS architectures and technology developments as well as their future perspectives. Of special interest will be to consider the impact of SDR and CRS on future regulation of satellite based radio communication services MSS, FSS, and BSS.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), home of the worldwide recognised MP3 standard, hosts the workshop in Erlangen, Germany.

Looking forward to welcome you in Erlangen.

The workshop is arranged in four Sessions:

• Session 1 introduces the background on the ITU-R Radio Regulations and the European context (CEPT) related to options introduced by SDR and CRS architectures and technologies
• Session 2 provides an introduction to the anticipated challenges and opportunities for satellite service provisioning resulting from SDR and CRS technologies assuming ideal SDRs and limitations resulting from practical implementations.
• Session 3 provides an overview on the state-of-the-art regarding SDR technologies. Using selected examples on the flexibility and challenges of SDR based implementations will be highlighted. Two examples will be addressed in particular
  • SDR concepts targeting mass market applications (including handheld). This part will compare SDR concepts with other implementations of configurable systems.
  • Systems targeting high level of flexibility (e.g. SDR is mainly used to increase the flexibility
• Session 4 on the discussion and planning of further work towards WRC-12