Kato Kawamoto Laboratory, Tohoku University, Japan

The paper by Takahashi (Doctor), “Two-Way Transmission Technology Using HAPS Relay Station in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks and Future Prospects”, won the Satellite Communications Research Award 2022. The award is given to a lecture paper given in 2022 at the IEICE Satellite Communications Research Group that is recognized as particularly outstanding and has potential for future success.

Kato (M1) made a presentation entitled “A Study on Buffer Data Splitting Method for Reducing Handover Time between Base Station and Satellite”, Matsura (M1) made a presentation entitled “A Study on Improving Throughput with Handover Scheduling for Ground-Satellite Networks with High-Speed eVTOL Device Support”, and Mashiko(B4) made a presentation entitled “A Study on Energy-Efficient Transmission Power Control in Hybrid FSO/RF Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks” at Technical committee on Satellite Communications that was held in Jun. 2023.

Yamazaki(M2) was awarded 1st IEEE JC Student Activities Award 2022, “Best Activities Award” on July. 1st, 2023. This award is given to students who have made particularly outstanding IEEE JC SB activities and volunteer contributions.

Tanaka (M2) made a presentation entitled “Exploiting Reflection Direction Variation for Phase Control in Multiple Simultaneous IRS Links” and received the Student Travel Grant and the Student Paper Award at 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring), that was held in Florence, Italy from June 20th to 23rd, 2023.