SSPARC Workshop

First Workshop on Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications (SSPARC) Technologies

 
08:30 – 10:00: Opening & Keynote Session

SSPARC Program Overview and International/Policy Drivers

10:00 – 10:30: Networking Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00: DARPA SSAPRC Program: Early Perspectives


12:00 – 13:30: Lunch (on your own)
 
13:30 – 15:00: Recent Advances in Radar Spectrum Sharing
 
Database-aided Sensing for Radar Bands    
Francisco Paisana (Trinity College, Ireland)
João Paulo Miranda (CPqD, Brazil)
Nicola Marchetti (CTVR Trinity College, Ireland)
Luiz DaSilva (Trinity College, Ireland)
 
Spectrum Sharing between S-band Radar and LTE Cellular System: A Spatial Approach
Awais Khawar, Ahmed Abdel-Hadi, T. Charles Clancy (Virginia Tech, USA)
 
Towards Simultaneous Radar and Spectrum Sensing          
Michael Fitz, Thomas R. Halford, Iftekhar Hossain (TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., USA)
 
MIMO Radar Waveform Design for Coexistence with Cellular Systems       
Awais Khawar, Ahmed Abdel-Hadi, T. Charles Clancy (Virginia Tech, USA)

15:00 – 15:30: Networking Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00: Poster Session
 
Performance Evaluation of Spectrum Sharing Technologies
Joseph Kennedy, John Carlson (Echo Ridge LLC, USA)
Vasu Devan Chakravarthy (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
 
Resource Allocation with Carrier Aggregation in LTE Advanced Cellular System Sharing Spectrum with S-band Radar 
Haya Shajaiah, Awais Khawar, Ahmed Abdel-Hadi, T. Charles Clancy (Virginia Tech, USA)
 
16:00 – 17:15: Summary Panel
 
Chair: Milind Buddhikot
John Chapin (DARPA)
Ken Carrigan (US NAVY)
Larry Cohen (US NRL)
Max Solondz (Verizon Wireless)
Pierre-Jean Muller (Red Technologies, France)
Paul Kolodzy (Kolodzy Consulting)
Charles Clancy (Virgnia Tech)