Microwave and Antenna Engineering Group Satellite Communications Workshop

What: a half day workshop aiming at an overview of research related to satellite communications that is being undertaken within the group and the institute

How: Presentation by researchers (PhD, PDRA, faculty) – posters are also welcome to facilitate further discussions

Programme
1.00-1.20pm Welcome and introduction (Prof. George Goussetis)
1.20-1.35pm DVB-S2x standard and simulation testbed (Mr. Andrea Segneri)
1.35-1.50pm Propagation in mm-wave frequencies (Mr. Alex Costouris)
1.50-2.05pm High power amplifier non-linearities (Ms. Maria Canavate)
2.05-2.20pm Precoding in multibeam satellite systems (Dr. Mengwei Sun)
2.20-2.35pm Experimental testbed (Dr. Haijun Fan)

2.35-2.50pm Break

2.50-3.05pm Reflector antenna analysis and polarisers (Mr. Salvador Pellicer)
3.05-3.20pm Reflectarray (Dr. Daniel Prado)
3.20-3.35pm Modelling the feed (Mr. Fransesco Rigobello)
3.35-3.50pm High power filters (Mr. Giuseppe Salza)
3.50-4.05pm Compact antennas for small platforms (Prof. Symon Podilchak)
4.05-4.20pm Compact IF lossy filters (Dr. Jia Ni)
4.20-4.35pm Power amplifier design (Dr. Wenxing Tang)

4.35-4.45pm Wrap-up