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<div><font color="navy">Dear OCM group,</font></div>
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<div><font color="navy">I confirm that the lasercomm meeting will take place on the 16<font size="1"><span style="font-size:6.65pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font> and 17<font size="1"><span style="font-size:6.65pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font> of April (Monday
& Tuesday). However, the meeting on Monday is the CCSDS meeting (dealing with CCSDS issues and decisions) whereas the meeting on Tuesday is a less formal workshop.</font></div>
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<div><font color="navy">Regards,</font></div>
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<div><font color="navy">Nicolas Perlot</font></div>
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<b>From:</b> Perlot, Nicolas <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Freitag, 20. Januar 2012 13:41<br>
<b>To:</b> 'sls-com@mailman.ccsds.org'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Updates on OCM meeting in Darmstadt</font></div>
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<div>Dear OCM group,</div>
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<div>Four infos about our CCSDS meeting in April:</div>
<div>1) Start is now planned at 10:00 on the 16<font size="1"><span style="font-size:6.65pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font> (Monday) because of the plenary session at 8:45-9:45 .</div>
<div>2) I asked to extend the meeting to the 17<font size="1"><span style="font-size:6.65pt;"><sup>th</sup></span></font> (to be confirmed).</div>
<div>3) I suggest to hurry up booking your hotel as they will rapidly be full. A hotel list is provided <a href="http://public.ccsds.org/Lists/Calendar/Attachments/105/CCSDS%20Spring%20Meetings%202012%20Hotel%20info%20from%20ESA.pdf"><font color="blue"><u>here</u></font></a>.</div>
<div>4) Here is an agenda update:</div>
<div><u>Date</u>: 2012, April 16th (Monday), at 10:00</div>
<div><u>Location</u>: Darmstadtium Conference Centre (Darmstadt, Germany)</div>
<div><u>Program</u> (still open to suggestions):</div>
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<li>Review of previous action items</li><li>Review of OLSG (Optical Link Study Group) intermediate report for IOAG</li><li>Review of concept book updates (white paper)</li></span></font>
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<li>How would optics fit in the IOAG service catalogue.</li></span></font>
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<li>Discussion on link budget conventions</li></span></font>
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<li>When can we assume an AWGN channel?</li><li>How to define Scintillation loss and Coding gain?</li></span></font>
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<li>Status update on upcoming missions: OSIRIS, LLCD, EDRS,…</li></span></font>
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<li>EDRS terminals (TESAT Spacecom, R. Lange)</li><li>Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (NASA-GSFC, B. L. Edwards)</li><li>Status of JPL lasercom work (NASA-JPL, H. Hemmati)</li></span></font>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>Nicolas Perlot</div>
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