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Integral Satcom Initiative

Integral Satcom Initiative is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Integral Satcom Initiative rather than just read about it. In short: The Integral SatCom Initiative (ISI) was an Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) European Technology Platform (ETP) led by the European SatCom industry and supported by the European Commission to address Satellite Communications (SatCom) strategic research and innovation challenges. It gathered approximately 200 member organisations representing all the stakeholders of the European SatCom sector from 29…

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Integral SatCom Initiative (ISI) was an Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) European Technology Platform (ETP) led by the European SatCom industry and supported by the European Commission to address Satellite Communications (SatCom) strategic research and innovation challenges. It gathered approximately 200 member organisations representing all the stakeholders of the European SatCom sector from 29 different countries. It included members from manufacturing industry, network operations and service provision, SMEs, research centres and academia, European and National Institutions. Some international (non European) research entities do also participate. In 2013, after a public call by the European Commission to re-structure ETPs to better fit Horizon 2020 interests, ISI formally merged with Net!Works ETP to form NetWorld ETP, bringing together almost 1,000 partner organisations. NetWorld would become the partner ETP in the contractual public-private innovation partnership on 5G Infrastructures with the EU in December 2013. The ISI European Technology Platform activities addressed in a unified way, all research, technology and innovation aspects related to satellite communications, including mobile, broadband, and broadcasting applications.

Objectives ISI objectives are:

to define and harmonize the enabling research priorities for emerging SatCom solutions across the European SatCom industry sector in order to contribute to make the European SatCom industry more competitive, thus joining to the overall European ICT pillar; to provide network and end-user applications and services capable to target European societal challenges; to foster the development of innovative technologies, products and services up to in-orbit validation and large scale pre-operational experimentations that will enable the development/deployment of future satellite network infrastructures.

Activities Activities within ISI are internally organized into the following Working Groups:

Regulatory & Standards Working Group aims at identifying the regulatory and standardization issues that may affect the deployment of future SatCom systems, services and applications. Market & SatCom Solutions Working Group aims at identifying the positioning of future SatCom solutions in three domains: Security, Broadband for All, and Future Internet. It provides recommendations for relevant missions and users’ needs, which serve as guidelines to define the relevant R&D themes. R&D Working Group aims at maintaining and updating the ISI Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and ensuring its implementation for the development of the SatCom sector in Europe. Policy and Promotion Working Group aims at demonstrating how the planned ISI research and innovation activities will support the European policies. It also promotes the need for institutional financial support to the European SatCom industry's research and innovation activities. ISICOM Task Force is an “ad hoc” Working Group set up to define the specific research & technology roadmap for satellite networks supporting institutional related missions, including security. The ISI reference and working documents are publicly available on the ISI Website. These include among others the

ISI Vision document ISI Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda Executive ISICOM summary Position Paper on Future Internet

See also European Technology Platform Satellite Communications

References

External links FP7 Official Web Site (Cordis) European Space Agency FISI The European Commission FP7-ICT Supporting Action to ISI

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Integral Satcom Initiative

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Integral Satcom Initiative claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Integral Satcom Initiative before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Integral Satcom Initiative ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Integral Satcom Initiative

In research: Integral Satcom Initiative appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Integral Satcom Initiative in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Integral Satcom Initiative is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Telecommunications in Europe, Telecommunications organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Integral Satcom Initiative outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Integral Satcom Initiative in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Integral Satcom Initiative means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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