Topics
Papers and presentations will cover different technical and technological elements related to the implementation of future flexible telecom payload/systems including:
- Systems, applications and operators’ needs of flexible/generic payloads
- Flexible Payload and System architectures
- Flexibility for Constellations
- Payload flexibility for dual-use and hosted payloads applications
- Flexibility for interference management
- Flexible RF power generation and output sections (e.g. flex-TWTA, Multiport Amplifiers, etc.)
- Reconfigurable antennas (active and passive)
- Digital on board processors and related technologies
- Tunable frequency converters
- Analogue (including optical) processor equipment and technologies
- Reconfigurable Filters, RF Switches and Switching Matrices
- Payload Photonic Technologies
- Flexible Payload/System analysis, simulation and optimization tools
- AIT approaches for flexible and modular payloads
- Beamforming networks (hybrids, lenses, fully digital, etc.)
- Payload calibration