The general objective of the activity is to identify and demonstrate promising services in case wearables can communicate directly with communications satellites.
In more detail the objectives are to:
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Identify services using wearable satcom that could be enabled through the advancement of various technologies, within the next 5 years, while taking into account the market, regulatory, economic, commercial and socially related aspects of such services.
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Demonstrate several short-term Proof-of-Concepts (PoC’s) that shall stimulate the discussions around wearable satcom and – more in general - shall trigger a notion that satcom could be economically an option for the wearable market.
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Draw up a roadmap for further developments and measures to be taken.
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For clarity: Typical transportable, portable, and satcom-on-the-move solutions are not within the scope of this activity.
The first challenge is to find wearable technology use cases and scenarios, where…
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…terrestrial (IoT) communication infrastructure is not available or sufficient
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… satellite connectivity offers added value
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… typical constraints of such satellite connectivity (like SWAP of communication module, message size and rate) match the requirements of the use-cases
Second challenge is to find suitable wearable technologies and satellite-connectivity solutions as PoC´s. These need to be implemented and demonstrated with little effort and within the duration of the project.
The activity shall stimulate the discussions around wearable satcom and – more in general - shall trigger a notion that satcom could be economically an option for the wearable market.
This helps to provide current and future satellite IoT systems with new use-cases.
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The project execution is demonstrated in the figure below.
| Milestone ID | Meeting | Date |
| KO | Kick-Off Meeting | 23-Nov-2022 |
| PCR | Preliminary Concepts Review | Jan 2023 |
| FCR | Final Concepts Review | Mar 2023 |
| PDR1 | PoC Design Review | April 2023 |
| PDR2 | PoC Demonstration Review | June 2023 |
| FR | Final Review | Aug 2023 |
| FP | Final Presentation at Space2Connect Conference | TBD |
Project has recently started in November 2022. We are in the first phase of the project (Task 1-3), the evaluation of use cases and system scenarios.
Currently, we are in the process of organizing initial workshops and are contacting interested satellite communication system operators and wearables manufacturers.
