Date/Time: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 / 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

Location: CRC Auditorium, Bldg 2A, Communications Research Centre Canada, 3701 Carling Ave., Box 11490, Station H, Ottawa, Ontario K2H 8S2, Canada

Parking: Free.

Registration: Free but required. To ensure a seat, please contact Qingsheng Zeng (qingsheng.zeng@crc.gc.ca)

Organizer: Dr. Qingsheng Zeng

Organizer e-mail: qingsheng.zeng@crc.gc.ca

Organized by: The IEEE Ottawa Antennas and Propagation Society and Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (AP/MTT) Joint Chapter, Vehicular Technology (VT) Chapter, Aerospace and Electronic System (AES) Chapter, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Chapter, Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Chapter, Communications Society, Broadcast Technology Society, and Consumer Electronics Society (ComSoc/BTS/CES) Joint Chapter, and IEEE Ottawa Section (OS).

Program:

8:30 – 8:35 Opening Speech

8:35 – 8:55 Man-Made Noise Measurements and Electromagnetic Environment, Dr.Qingsheng Zeng, CRC

8:55 – 9:25 Satellite Communications at Frequencies to 100 GHz, Dr. David Rogers, CRC

9:25 – 9:55 Conformal MIMO Effects on Multipath Propagation in Underground Mines, Dr. Mhammad Ghaddar, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)

9:55 – 10:10 Break, Refreshments and Networking

10:10 – 11:10 Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Atmospheric Attenuation on Earth-Space Links at Ka- (20/30 GHz) and Q/V- (40/50 GHz) bands, Dr. César Amaya, CRC

11:10 – 12:10 Experiments on Propagation in Geospace in the CASSIOPE Small Satellite Mission, Dr. Gordon James, CRC

12:10 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecture: Theory, Analysis, Measurements, and Modeling of Temporal and Spatial Variability in the Wideband Characteristics of Urban Mobile Radio Channels, Dr. Robert Bultitude, CRC

14:00 – 14:30 Comparative Evaluation of Macrocellular and In-Building Coverage Performance at 700 and 2500 MHz, Dr. Yvo de Jong, CRC

14:30 – 14:45 Break, Refreshments and Networking

14:45 – 15:45 Improve RF System Throughput by Using the Latest Processor, FPGA and Bus Technologies, Mr. Tejinder Gill, National Instruments (NI) in Ottawa

15:45 – 16:45 Tight Synchronization in Multi-Frequency RF Record and Playback: Validation and Test Results, Mr. Iurie Ilie, Averna Technologies, Ottawa

16:45 – 16:50 Closing Speech