Satellite Industry Day Series 2022

Reiner Stuhlfauth is a Technology Manager for wireless communications at Rohde & Schwarz headquarters in Munich, Germany. He focuses on wireless communications technology and T&M aspects in cellular and non-cellular radio technologies. In this role, he promotes test and measurement solutions for e.g. LTE, 5G and WLAN. Reiner is one of a group of authors at Rohde & Schwarz who have published a technology book on 5G NR: “5G New Radio – Fundamentals, procedures, testing aspects”.

Thomas Scott Jensen, CEO at GateHouse Satcom. Thomas has worked more than 15 years at the GateHouse and has a deep knowledge of Satellite Communications, particularly satellite waveforms and test tools. Thomas holds a M.Sc.E.E. from Aalborg University. GateHouse SatCom has a long history with different satellite systems and the latest edition to this portfolio is 5G NTN Narrow-Band IoT.

Mario is a team leader at the Rohde & Schwarz INRADIOS GmbH based in Dresden, Germany. Together with his team he is responsible for satellite applications at INRADIOS. This includes the project lead of the ICARUS project at Rohde & Schwarz.

Mario Beck studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe, Germany. During his studies he focused on communications and high frequency technology. After an excursion to the world of accelerators at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland to obtain his PHD, he joined the Rohde & Schwarz company to focus on the satellite industry.

Florian Völk is a senior researcher at the SPACE Research Center of the Bundeswehr University Munich. He studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in Nuremberg and Melbourne and focused on communications engineering during his studies. His research interests include physical layer techniques, system design and architecture optimization for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks. He has strong interest in prototyping, experimental work and testbeds.

Dr. Ashok Kolar Rao is the Vice President for Product Development at SES Networks where he is involved in developing smart antennas and novel signal processing techniques for user terminals with the help of industrial partners. He is also involved in developing the system architecture for the SES Global Inflight Connectivity offering. Prior to assuming his role at SES, Ashok was responsible for Product Management and Development at O3b Networks which was acquired by SES in 2016.

He holds seven patents in the fields of video processing, satellite networking and IP multicast and has authored or co-authored more than 20 journal and conference publications.

Thomas Wrede is the Founder and Managing Director of Technology Vision Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a company specialized in project studies, standardization and prototype developments in the fields of satellite communications and wireless technologies.

Thomas has over 35 years of professional experience in the communications industry. In his 28 years at satellite operator SES in Luxembourg he has been deeply involved in the development of digital satellite television, in-home signal distribution concepts, digital satellite radio, satellite return channel technology, Internet via satellite and High Definition as well as Ultra High Definition (4K/8K) television.