5GASP

Website:   http://5gasp.eu          Social media: @5gasp      Contact:   5GASP-Contact@5g-ppp.eu

Abstract:

As 5G approaches a very high maturity level, the testing and validation of the innovations achieved in 5G by integrators and verticals service providers has become of utmost importance. Verticals have very different needs, such as the case of the Automotive industry and Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR). This will therefore require different levels of support in taking their applications and services from concepts, to prototypes and finally to products. However, it is also more and more frequent that services in different verticals need to exchange data, particularly mobility services such as those found in connected automobiles and PPDR.

5GASP aims at shortening the idea-to-market process through the creation of a European testbed for SMEs that is fully automated and self-service, in order to foster rapid development and testing of new and innovative Network Applications built using the 5G NFV based reference architecture. Building on top of existing physical infrastructures, 5GASP intends to focus on innovations related to the operation of experiments and tests across several domains, providing software support tools for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) of VNFs in a secure & trusted environment for European SMEs capitalizing in the 5G market. 5GASP targets the creation of an Open Source Software (OSS) repository and of a VNF marketplace targeting SMEs with OSS examples and building blocks, as well as the incubation of a community of Network Application developers assisted with tools and services that can enable an early validation and/or certification of products and services for 5G. We focus on inter-domain use-cases, development of operational tools and procedures (supporting day-to-day testing and validation activities) and security/trust of 3rd party IPR running in our testbeds.

Main Objectives:

The main technical objective of 5GASP is to build and operate an Open, and Inter-Domain 5G NFV-based Reference (Open5G-NFV) ecosystem of Experimental Facilities. This ecosystem will not only integrate existing facilities already proven in previous ICT projects but will also lay down the foundations for instantiating fully softwarised architectures of vertical industries. Furthermore, it will provide facilities to test and validate Network Applications taking into consideration vertical-specific requirements. 5GASP will demonstrate its Open5G-NFV ecosystem for two very distinct verticals deployed across state-of-the-art 5G infrastructures: Automotive and Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR); however, it will also be as generic as possible in order to deploy, validate and certify Network Applications stemming from other verticals.

• • Acceleration of the development, testing and certification of Network Applications through the creation of a common platform, DevOps tools and a certification roadmap.
  • Provide state-of-the-art testbeds where applications for relevant verticals can be tested and validated in a cost-effective way.
  • Innovate technically by addressing inter-domain use-cases, security and trust aspects associated with Network Application deployment and Operation.
  • Provide all the community with state-of-the-art tools for test deployment, test automation, continuous integration and monitoring of testbeds, mainly through Open Source Software tools.
  • Create a practice community, where developers can share knowledge about 5G Network Applications
  • Create a business model around a marketplace of Network Applications, by which all stakeholders can share revenue.

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