[Sls-ocm] Invitation to workshop on "Optical LEO downlinks and standardization" + agenda

[Nicolas.Perlot at dlr.de]

Dear Lasercom People,

You are invited to the workshop on "Optical LEO downlinks and Standardization" in Berlin on May 17th.
This workshop is embedded in CCSDS technical meetings (see details at http://public.ccsds.org/meetings/2011Spring/default.aspx).
Please let me know...
1)      If you plan to attend the workshop
2)      If you wish to present some slides on a related topic (see the agenda draft blow)

Please forward this invitation to people that you think could contribute to the workshop (national agencies, universities as well as private companies are welcome).

This workshop is an initiative of DLR supported by the DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung). It is believed that optical LEO downlinks have a great application potential but they require international coordination (interoperability, ground station network).

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Agenda draft

Location: Room 0103
i) Introduction
     9:00       Background and goals of workshop
     9:20       User requirements: Data rate, Availability, ...
     10:00      Communication channel of optical LEO downlinks
10:20   Comparison of direct LEO downlinks and GEO-relay scenario
        10:30   Break
ii) Standardization of optical space communications
        ...
12:30   Lunch
iii) Suitable technologies
     Homodyne-BPSK Laser terminal (R. Lange, Tesat)
      (M. Gerken, Zeiss Optronics) to be confirmed
     OSIRIS: Laser-source for microsatellite (N. Perlot, DLR)
     ...
iv) Discussion / Summary
     Discussion, AOB, Summary
     17:00      End of Meeting
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Best regards,

Nicolas Perlot

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Nicolas Perlot, Ph.D.
Digital Networks Section,
Optical Communications Group

German Aerospace Center (DLR)                 phone: ++49/8153/281836
Institute of Communications and Navigation    fax:   ++49/8153/282844
Oberpfaffenhofen, P.O. Box 11 16              email: nicolas.perlot at dlr.de
82234 Wessling, Germany                       http://www.dlr.de/KN/KN-DN/



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