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The aim of WP4 is the validation and demonstration of the CoRaSat concept through testbed implementation of the selected scenarios. This first document produced in the context of WP4 reports the output of Task 4.1, which aims at providing storyboard test-cases representative of the developed scenarios, use cases, and technologies, as well as at describing the test procedure. In particular, this document aims at defining the main goals of the demonstration platform versus the preceding work of scenarios selection, FSS end-to-end system definition, and technology evaluation and selection, which has been performed in the context of WP2 and WP3. It is worthwhile highlighting that the main goal of WP4 is the laboratory demonstration of a two-way FSS Ka-band link that reuses the non-exclusive frequency bands as defined in previous studies, and that aims at implementing those technologies that are appropriate and mature enough for the implementation of a system that reuses the non-exclusive frequencies in the FSS Ka-band.

We focus on mature techniques that can be implemented in a system context in the near future. The aim of the demonstration platform is to verify that end-to-end service requirements can be met and that the expected system level gain can be reached. In addition, it is verified that the interference into incumbent systems is kept under control and is limited to an acceptable level, where applicable.