NTN Days 2026

Non-Terrestrial Networks
Bridging Space, Air, and Ground

Cnam, Paris 13–14 October 2026 4th edition

Vania Conan · Pengwenlong Gu (Cnam) · Juan A. Fraire (Inria)

Since 2023

Fourth edition

2023Toulouse
IRIT, ENSEEIHT
2024Grenoble
Grenoble INP, Ensimag
2025Toulouse
LAAS-CNRS
2026Paris
Cnam

The meeting point of the French NTN community, academic and industrial, from the physical layer to networking, standardization and regulation.

This edition

In numbers

100registered
2keynotes
21talks
4sessions
4posters
1live demo
1roundtable
0 €registration
Tuesday 13 October

Today

  • 09:00Opening · you are here
  • 09:15Keynote 1 · Hassan Fawaz · Univity
    From Vision to Validation: Univity's 5G NTN Journey
  • 10:00Coffee break
  • 10:30Session 1 · Programmes, access, interference and spectrum · 6 talks
  • 12:00Lunch · posters on display
  • 13:30Session 2 · Waveforms and access for satellite IoT · 5 talks
  • 14:45Coffee break
  • 15:15Student posters and demos · 4 posters and 1 live demo
    Miguel Filipe and Florian Rolland (LAAS-CNRS), Ali Srour (Cnam), Yanis Maatouk (Sorbonne), demo by Stefano Taborelli (Cnam)
  • 16:30Day 1 wrap-up
Wednesday 14 October

Tomorrow

  • 08:30Breakfast
  • 09:00Keynote 2 · François Baccelli · Inria, Télécom Paris, LINCS
    Research on NTN: Design Tools, Regulation, and Cooperation
  • 09:45Coffee break
  • 10:15Session 3 · Constellation dynamics, emulation and orbital computing · 5 talks
  • 11:30Lunch
  • 13:00Session 4 · Small satellites, DTN and the Solar System Internet · 5 talks
  • 14:15Break
  • 14:40Roundtable · NTN: time to move from theory to implementation
    Hassan Fawaz, François Baccelli, Christelle Caillouet and Isabelle Bucaille, moderated by Pengwenlong Gu
  • 15:40Closing · room free at 16:00
Practical

How we run the two days

  • 15 minutes per talk, 12 of presentation and 3 of questions.
  • One laptop for all talks. If we do not have your slides yet, find us during the next break, PDF preferred.
  • Coffee and lunch are served just outside the amphitheatre, where the posters are.
  • Amphithéâtre Jean-Baptiste Say, access Y, lower level. The registration desk is at the door.
  • ntndays.space carries the full program, the abstracts and a calendar file for your phone.
News from the GDR RSD

A working group for NTN

  • The GDR RSD is creating a GT NTN, and these journées become its annual event.
  • The group will be led collectively, across sites. If you want to take part in the coordination, talk to us during the two days.
  • NTN Days 2027 goes to Rennes, carried by Georgios Z. Papadopoulos (IMT Atlantique).

gdr-rsd.cnrs.fr

Thank you

Who makes this possible

Cnam GDR RSD GDR IASIS Inria

And the Cnam staff who opened the building, set up the room and fed a hundred people for two days.

Enjoy the two days

Program, abstracts and calendar file
ntndays.space

Questions, problems, ideas: find Vania, Peng or Juan at the desk.