APRSAF-17

1. The scope /objectives of CSA WG activities

The CSA WG has been discussing many topics on satellite communication matters and has been providing good opportunities to exchange each country's status report on, in particular, digital divide issues as well as the broadband service in the Asia-Pacific region. The CSA WG should share the experiences for realizing cooperation among countries in the region, regarding applications of satellite communication for tele-education, tele-medicine and disaster management, taking into account the needs to resolve the digital divide in the region.
Based on the previous APRSAF-16 discussion, the outline of the CSA WG in the APRSAF-17 is as follows:

1) New applications or concepts of the satellite communication for tele-education, tele-medicine and disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region

Until the previous meetings, many discussions concerning the digital divide issues have been made and useful information has been exchanged. Some applications were planed, demonstrated and organized to demonstrate in each country. The WINDS satellite communications experiments, which were proposed in the APRSAF, are conducting. The CSA WG should continue these activities under the regional cooperation and aim to promote new applications or concepts of the satellite communication for tele-education, tele-medicine and disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region with an active participation of satellite operators

2) Promotion for the activities on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the Asia-Pacific region

The Satellite Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) is one of the important satellite applications and becomes widely used in the Asia-Pacific countries. According to the recommendation of the APRSAF-15, successful completion of the first Asia Oceania regional workshop on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) was confirmed. The Multi GNSS demonstration campaign, which was expected to be launched in the recommendation of the APRSAF-16, is planed to be established in the second Asia Oceania regional workshop. The CSA WG should encourage these campaign activities, which is also supported by International Committee on GNSS (ICG).

2. The result of CSA WG activities in APRSAF 16

See APRSAF-16 adopted recommendations at the following URL:
http://www.aprsaf.org/annual_meetings/aprsaf16/recommendation.php

3. The Draft of Agenda

1) Opening of the session

2) Adoption of the agenda

3) General introduction and guidance of CSAWG

4) Presentations of communications satellite systems and applications

a. Communications Satellite Systems
b. Current Status in Asia Pacific Region

5) Activity reports in the field of tele-education, tele-medicine and disaster management

a. Study report
b. Country report
c. General Discussion

6) Report on the Multi GNSS Workshop

7) Other matters

8) Closing of the session

Appendix : Indicative schedule of work of the Communication Satellite Application Working Group
(23-24 November 2010, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Co-Chairs:
Prof. Andrew Parfitt, Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice President, University of South Australia (UniSA)
Mr. Hiroki Kohata, Senior Engineer, Satellite Applications and Promotion Center (SAPC), JAXA

Day1: 23 November, Tuesday

Time	Title	Presenter
Opening of the session
09:00-09:05	Remarks by the Co-Chair	Prof. Andrew Parfitt University of South Australia (UniSA), Australia
09:05-09:10	Remarks by the Co-Chair	Mr. Hiroki Kohata Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
09:10-09:15	Adopotation of the Agenda	Co-chairs
09:15-09:30	Self Introduction	(ALL)
09:30-09:45	Review of the last CSAWG at Bangkok	Co-chairs
Communications Satellite System and Applications
09:45-10:15	(Satellite System 1) JAXA's Satellite Programs	Mr. Hiroki Kohata Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
10:15-10:45	(Satellite System 2) Communication Satellite Plans	Mr. Peter Williams Optus Australia
(Coffee Break)
11:00-11:30	(Satellite System 3) Evolution of DS2000 Platfor in Communication Satellite	Dr. Hiroshi Koyama Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
11:30-12:00	(Satellite System 4) Communication Satellite Plans	Mr. David Ball Intelsat Asia, Australia
12:00-12:30	(Satellite System 5) Satellite communication is tool for disaster mitigation management	Mr. Yoshinari Joe Maeda SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Japan
(Lunch Break)
Activity reports on the Communications Satellite Application
13:30-13:50	(WINDS Experiment 1) Summary of WINDS Basic Experiment in JAXA	Mr. Hiroki Kohata Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
13:50-14:20	(WINDS Experiment 2) WINDS Application Experiments and NEC's related activities	Mr. Yoshiaki Suzuki NEC Corporation, Japan
14:20-14:35	(WINDS Experiment 3) Hi-Vision Video VPN Transmission Experiments using WINDS	Dr. Koji Wakamori Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS), Japan
Activity reports on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
14:35-15:00	(GNSS 1) Successful Launch of the First Quasi-Zenith Satellite 'MICHIBIKI'”	Dr. Noriyasu Inaba Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
(Coffee Break)
15:15-15:40	(GNSS 2) International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)	Ms. Sharafat Gadimova United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
15:40-16:05	(GNSS 3) Australia’s Requirements and Contributions in the Multi-GNSS Era	Mr. Matt Higgins Dept of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland, Australia
16:05-16:30	(GNSS 4) 3-dimension ionospheric tomogrpahy based GNSS observations	Dr. Debao Wen Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), Australia
GNSS Workshop Report
16:30-17:00	(GNSS 5) Result of 2nd Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS	Mr. Hiroaki Tateshita Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Day2: 24 November, Wednesday

Time	Title	Presenter
Opening of the session
09:00-09:05	Report of the Day 1 discussion	Co-chairs
09:05-09:15	Self introduction for new participants	(ALL)
Activity reports on the Communications Satellite Application (Cont'd)
09:15-09:45	(WINDS Experiment 4) WINDS basic experiments of NICT	Mr. Takashi Takahashi National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
09:45-10:15	(WINDS Experiment 5) Overview of Ongoing WINDS Application Experiments	Mr. Mitsuyoshi Iida Association of Radio Industories and Businesses, Japan
10:15-10:45	(WINDS Experiment 6) On Reliable and Continuous Availability of Communication for the Regional Server/ Client Terminal at LAPAN’s Sentinel-Asia VSAT	Prof. Utoro Sastrokusumo Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia
(Coffee Break)
11:00-11:30	(WINDS Experiment 7) Experiment on satellite training on statistics at SIAP	Mr. Shuichi Watanabe United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)
11:30-12:00	(Country Report 1) Remote Data Network Needs (tentative)	Mr. Bryan Hodge Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)
12:00-12:30	(Country Report 2) Development of LAPAN Micro Satellites and Their Operations	Mr. Toto Marnanto Kadri National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia
(Lunch Break)
13:30-14:00	(Country Report 3) A small satellite communications payload project	Prof Alex Grant University of South Australia, Australia
14:00-14:30	(Country Report 4) Satellite Communications to solve the Connectivity and the Emergency Communications in front of Natural Disasters	Dr. Ivan Ramirez A. Chilean Space Agency, Chile
(Coffee Break)
Concluding Session
14:45-15:30	Overall discussions and way forward	(ALL)
15:30-16:00	Adoption of the conclusions and recommendations of the CSAWG	(ALL)
16:00-17:00	Wrap-up	(ALL)