[Sls-ocm] Updates on OCM meeting in Darmstadt

[Nicolas.Perlot at dlr.de]

Dear OCM group,

Four infos about our CCSDS meeting in April:
1) Start is now planned at 10:00 on the 16th (Monday) because of the plenary session at 8:45-9:45 .
2) I asked to extend the meeting to the 17th (to be confirmed).
3) I suggest to hurry up booking your hotel as they will rapidly be full. A hotel list is provided here<http://public.ccsds.org/Lists/Calendar/Attachments/105/CCSDS%20Spring%20Meetings%202012%20Hotel%20info%20from%20ESA.pdf>.
4) Here is an agenda update:
Date: 2012, April 16th (Monday), at 10:00
Location: Darmstadtium Conference Centre (Darmstadt, Germany)
Program (still open to suggestions):
1.      Review of previous action items
2.      Review of OLSG (Optical Link Study Group) intermediate report for IOAG
3.      Review of concept book updates (white paper)
a.      How would optics fit in the IOAG service catalogue.
4.      Discussion on link budget conventions
a.      When can we assume an AWGN channel?
b.      How to define Scintillation loss and Coding gain?
5.      Status update on upcoming missions: OSIRIS, LLCD, EDRS,...
a.      EDRS terminals (TESAT Spacecom, R. Lange)
b.      Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (NASA-GSFC, B. L. Edwards)
c.      Status of JPL lasercom work (NASA-JPL, H. Hemmati)

Regards,

Nicolas Perlot


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