Third Summer School in Spectrum Management for Radio Astronomy

(NAOJ, Mitaka, Japan -- 31 May - 4 June 2010)

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Program and Presentations

Day1 - Monday, 31 May 2010

09:00 Introductions & Welcomes

NAOJ - Kobayashi (NAOJ)
IUCAF - Ohishi (NAOJ)
RAFCAP - Tzioumis (CSIRO)
Spectrum management: A view from the administration of Japan - Higashi (MIC)

10:00-10:30 Break

10:30 Summer School and Radio Astronomy

The Primary Purpose of the Summer School - Ohishi (NAOJ)
Radio astronomy and radio telescopes - Tzioumis (CSIRO)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00 Earth Sensing & Space RA Observations

EESS - passive and active - Reising (Colorado SU)
Space RA observations Hagiwara (NAOJ)

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00 Spectrum: Allocation, Bands and Uses

ITU-R: its structure, frequency allocations and use in general -Chung (KASI)
The RAS protected bands and use by RA - Tzioumis (CSIRO)
SKA Animation movie

Day 2 - Tuesday, 1 June 2010

09:30 Recommendations, Reports and Notification

ITU-R RA Recommendations and Reports - Ohishi (NAOJ)
ITU Notification mechanism in practice - Gergely (NSF)

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00 Radio Science & Technology - I

Radio science basics including antennas - Ponsonby (Manchester)
Units, dB & stuff: understanding each others' lingo - Clegg (NSF)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00 Radio Science & Technology - II

Propagation: fundamentals and models - Wilson (CSIRO)
Receivers - Noguchi (NAOJ)
Backends - Okumura (NAOJ)

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00 Interference to Radio Astronomy

Interference to RA and RFI mitigation techniques - Baan (ASTRON)

Day 3 - Wednesday, 2 June 2010

09:00 International, National and Regional Regulatory Structure - I

Preparatory process toward World Radio Conferences - Gergely (NSF)
Asia-Pacific Region, APT, RAFCAP - Chung (KASI)
USA, FCC, NTIA, CORF - Clegg (NSF)

10:40-11:00 Break

11:00 International, National and Regional Regulatory Structure - II

Europe, CEPT - Le Devendec (ECO)
CRAF - Thomasson (Jodrell)

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:10 Excursion to the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, with a technical presentation.

Day 4 - Thursday, 3 June 2010

09:00 International, National and Regional Regulatory Structure - III

Radio Astronomy Frequency Committee in Japan - Chikada (NAOJ)
IUCAF's role - Ohishi (NAOJ)

10:30-11:00 Break

10:30 Coordination with Other Services

Coordination in the APT - Chung (KASI)
Coordination with Satellites (CLOUDSAT, LEOs, etc.) - Ruf (DLR)

12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00 RFI from New Technologies and Unlicensed Devices - I

PLT - Ohishi (NAOJ)
Digital TV - Clegg (NSF)
Ultrawideband - Baan (ASTRON)

15:30-16:00 Break

16:00 RFI from New Technologies and Unlicensed Devices - II

RFID - Thomasson (Jodrell)
Software-defined Radio & Cognitive Radio - Clegg (NSF)
Solar Power Satellites - Ohishi (NAOJ)

Day 5 -Friday, 4 June 2010

09:00 New Frontiers in Spectrum Management

The submm/Terahertz regime - Ohishi (NAOJ)
SKA -Millenaar (SKA)
Radio Quiet Zones - Wilson (CSIRO)

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00 Concluding Remarks

Finding RFI - Baan (ASTRON)
The future of regulation of radio astronomy - Gergely (NSF)

Open discussion: How to ensure the protection of the RA - All

12:30-13:30 Lunch

Informal meeting on Rep. F.2107

Saturday, 5 June 2010

09:30 - 12:30 7th RAFCAP meeting

 

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