SatNEx - D05b - Satellite Network of Excellence II D05b

This document contains the ja2330 Technical Report for the IST Network of Excellence SatNEx II (IST NoE n° 027393). This Technical Report describes the joint activities defined by the involved partners and also contains an initial description of research activities. The JA2330 working group is lead by Giovanni Giambene of CNIT (Research Unit of Siena) and is supported by the following 13 SatNEx partners (either as participants or observers): 1. AUTh - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2. BRU - University of Bradford, United Kingdom 3. CNES - Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France 4. CNIT - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Italy 5. DLR - Deutsches Zentrum fu?r Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany 6. ESA - European Space Agency, European Space Reseacrh and Technology Centre ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands 7. FhI - Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Germany 8. GET - Groupe des Ecoles des Te?le?communications, France 9. ISTI - Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche / National Research Council (CNR), ISTI Institute, Italy 10. ISAE/SUPAERO, (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Ae?rospatiales) Toulouse, France 11. Te?SA - Te?le?comunications Spatiales & Ae?ronatiques, France 12. UAB - Universidad Auto?noma de Barcelona, Spain 13. UniS - The University of Surrey, United Kingdom