Industry Track Panelist – Opportunities and Challenges in Drones, HAPS and Non-terrestrial Networks

Biography:

Nicolas Cuberre graduated from “Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieur en Electronique et Electrotechnique” in Paris in 1988. Previously with Nokia & Alcatel Mobile phones to design signal processing algorithms, Medium Access Control protocols and integration test tools for 2G cellular handsets & systems, he joined Thales Alenia Space to manage the development of satellite payload equipment and the design of advanced Satellite Communication Systems (Geo stationary and constellation). Currently he is managing a project developing a Satellite Solution for 5G. He has successfully initiated and led several European projects in F6, FP7 and H2020 context. He has been chairing the SatCom Working Group of ISI and Networld2020 technology platforms (https://www.networld2020.eu/) during 9 years and as such was member of the partnership board of the 5G Infrastructure Association (http://5g-ppp.eu/). Nicolas has published several papers on innovative Satellite System concepts. Since 2006, he chairs Satellite Communication and Navigation working group at ETSI (www.etsi.org). He is the lead representative of Thales in 3GPP TSG RAN where he leads the standardisation effort on satellite in 5G.