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The Interview

How is ETSI currently involved Nicolas CHUBERRE graduated in He has chaired the SatCom Working
in standardization for NTN? 1988 from the Ecole Supérieure Group of Networld2020 technology
d’Ingénieur en Electronique et platforms for nine years, and was a
ETSI’s Technical Committee on Electrotechnique in Paris. After member of the partnership board
Satellite Earth Stations and Systems working at Nokia and Alcatel to of the 5G Infrastructure Association.
has recently approved a new Work design signal processing algorithms, Nicolas has published several papers
Item looking at standards for free Medium Access Control protocols on innovative Satellite System
space optical (FSO) inter-satellite links. and test tools for 2G cellular concepts. Currently he is defining
handsets and systems assembly, and developing Satellite Solutions
A second priority is the development he joined Thales Alenia Space for 5G and 6G systems. In addition,
of harmonized standards for to manage the development of he is the lead representative of
terminals operating with NTN, satellite payload equipment and Thales in 3GPP TSG RAN, where he
where we’re working jointly with the the design of advanced Satellite is the rapporteur on standardization
responsible sub-group within ETSI Communication Systems. for the integration of satellite in
TC MSG (Mobile Standards Group). 5G. He also chairs ETSI’s Satellite
And thirdly, ETSI may explore He has successfully led several Communication and Navigation
techniques that are not within 3GPP European collaborative research Working Group. He is technical
scope, for example routing within projects in FP6, FP7, H2020 as well manager of the Horizon Europe
multi-orbit constellations. as ESA ARTES context. research project 6G-NTN.

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