5G-PPP

2nd edition of the European Cyberweek 2017: cybersecurity of IoT
2017-11-27 08:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
This hight-level event, will feature a week-long agenda brought to you by French and European key stakeholders. The programme for the whole week is here.
On December 1st, 2017, the cybersecurity of Internet of Things conference will therefore examine the specificities of the Internet of things and propose ways to build a response adapted to justify trust in the future connected objects. You can register online here.
The Internet of things (IoT) uses advanced technologies in systems architectures, communications networks, protocols, data processing and storage. Its economic stakes are considerable and its development interests all sectors of activities: consumer markets, industry, services and utilities (energy, water treatment or transport). However, in all these areas, cybersecurity is a fundamental concern. The IoT, because of its connection to the IP world, its geographical scope and its scalability, presents specific vulnerabilities. By 2016, the attack has progressed faster than defense and new threats have emerged, facilitated by the proliferation and diversity of connected objects. The conference SEE 2017 will therefore examine the specificities of the Internet of things and propose ways to build a response adapted to justify trust in the future connected objects.
Recommendations based on the SEE IoT’18 Survey will be disclosed. The abstract of this Survey (in French only) can be downloaded here.

5G-XCast @Forecast'17
2017-11-23 08:30 - 2017-11-24 16:00
5G-XCast will make many presentations at the Forecast’17 seminar that will take place on 23-24 November in Geneva (Switzerland).
Forecast is an annual EBU event dedicated to distribution of audiovisual media services. IT covers not only technical aspects but also regulatory and operational issues, with a focus on large-scale distribution of Public Service Media (PSM) content and services. Additional information and a preliminary programme are available here.
David Gomez-Barquero (UPV), 5G-XCast Project Manager, will deliver a presentation on the whole phase 2 project. Several other experts that are involved in 5G-XCast will speak at the event, including Steve Appleby (BT, Unified service delivery on fixed and mobile networks 11:45 am session 1, 23 November), Javier Morgade (IRT, Next generation of DTT technologies, where are we going? 9:45 am session 1, 23 November), Roland Beutler (SWR, Business Arrangements for distribution of broadcast content, 10:00 am session 4, 24 November), and Matt Stagg (BT/EE Scaling mobile networks to support the rise in live and linear viewing 11:00 am session 4, 24 November).
If you wish to attend register online here.
If you need more information, please contact Darko Ratkaj, EBU (European Broadcasting Union), ratkaj@ebu.ch

4th Global 5G Event, Seoul, November 22-24, 2017
2017-11-22 08:30 - 2017-11-24 18:00 | Marriot Seoul, 176 Sinbanpo-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of
The 4th Global 5G Event will be held in Seoul, Korea on the 22-23 November 2017. A PyeongChang 5G tour is scheduled for the last day on November 24th, 2017.
The event theme is: “5G accelerating the 4th Industrial Revolution”
The venue is: JW Marriott Seoul Hotel, 5F Grand BallRoom, 176 Sinbanpo-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul
The link to the event site and registration is now available: https://www.4th-g5ge.org.
The program is the following:

The European Big Data Value Forum 2017 (EBDFV 2017)
2017-11-21 09:00 - 2017-11-23 16:30 | The Palais des Congrès,, 10 Rue de la Chancellerie, Versailles, 78000, France
The registration for The European Big Data Value Forum 2017 (EBDFV 2017) is now open!
EBDVF 2017, jointly organised by the European Commission, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and EDF (European Data Forum), will take place in Versailles on 21-23 November and will be a key European event for industry professionals, business developers, researchers, and policy makers to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the European data economy and data-driven innovation in Europe.
The central topic of the event is “Trusted AI in Smart Industry”.
Since it is a great opportunity for engaging and boosting your business around big data and data driven domains, I would like to invite to register for your participation here.
Registration to the European Big Data Value Forum is FREE.
You can find further information on the event website: http://www.european-big-data-value-forum.eu/

SONATA@XXIst Edition of FIC - Cape Verde International Fair
2017-11-15 10:00 - 2017-11-19 19:00
SONATA will participate in the XXIst Edition of FIC – Cape Verde International Fair, this year under the slogan “Cape Verde, the Hub for Western Africa”.
To be held in the City of Mindelo – São Vicente Island, from November 15 to 19, the FIC 2017 is the reference event for all sectors in Cape Verde. During 5 days, the country brings together the Exporters, importers, resellers, distributors and service providers from and to Cape Verde with the purpose of promoting business, knowledge transfer and business partnerships, making of this event the greatest brand, which is to continue to be the business platform par excellence in Cape Verde, and a window of opportunity for West Africa.
In addition to the B2B meetings, the fair will have simultaneously technical presentations, lectures, and debates alluding to the theme, with particular emphasis on the internationalization of companies for our sub-region (ECOWAS), financial instruments to support business initiatives, as well as transport´s logistics, bringing together and around this edition, all the players that can facilitate the affirmation of Cape Verde as a natural Hub for West Africa.
SONATA will be very well represented there by our partner member Altice Labs. The Altice labs team there will make several presentations about SONATA and its results, as well as some live demonstrations.
More information soon!

Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications Conference
2017-11-14 08:30 - 18:30 | London Heathrow Marriott Hotel, Bath Road, Hayes, UB3 5AN, United Kingdom
The purpose of URLLC 2017 is to enable dialogue between vertical industries, mobile network operators, solution providers and the global standards bodies in order to give practical insights into what are essential and also realistic reliability and latency parameters for the various verticals and then explore the means by which these can be delivered across part or all of the wireless network infrastructure and with what cost and engineering premium.

Investing in our Digital Future @DigiWorld Summit'17
2017-11-14 - 2017-11-16 | Le Corum, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, Montpellier, 34000, France
The 39th annual DigiWorld Summit will have as its central theme: Investing in our Digital Future. It will be an opportunity to engage in a meaningful international debate over the strategies of investments that the digital actors should implement to generate return on investment and stimulate economic growth, which have become major sources of concern for all the ecosystem’s stakeholders.
Ultrafast broadband, video content, the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence…: where is the money going?

The big picture: what are the key investment trends around digital technology? Who is investing, in what and based on what beliefs?
Infrastructure-driven revival: how much priority should be given to financing new generation infrastructures (FTTH, 5G)?
A time for major technological and strategic bets: AI, AR/VR, 3D printing, blockchain, batteries… but also telco-media convergence, the self-driving car, the future of banking…
The big societal issues: How to reconcile the impact of digital technology and employment, training and inclusion issues?
Europe as a digital power: Can Europe capitalise on this 4th industrial revolution to get back in the game, and challenge the leadership of the top American and Chinese platforms?

Download the programme or see the 2016 PR.

8th FOKUS-FUSECO Forum 2017 @Berlin 5G Week'17
2017-11-09 09:00 - 2017-11-10 17:00 | Fraunhofer FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, Berlin, 10589, Germany
Fraunhofer FOKUS invites you to the 8th FOKUS FUSECO Forum (FFF 2017) themed: Getting Digital Infrastructures Ready for 5G, – First Experiences and the Way Forward

Join the Tutorials, Workshops and Conference, hands-on live Demonstrations and in-depth technical Discussions with leading operators, manufacturers, integrators as well as various solution providers around the most recent 5G hot topics.
This year we will look at the benefits and risks of this emerging disruptively agile network and service environment driven by the integration of existing and new access network technologies, new software paradigms like edge computing, network virtualization, network slicing, and programmable 5G Core networks. Together with leading operators, manufacturers, integrators as well as various solution providers we want to assess ongoing technologies and business proofs of concept and related 5G testbeds around the globe.
This year’s event will again feature three dedicated tracks consisting of tutorials and interactive workshops on the first day, namely
1. Multi-access Network Technologies in 5G-Ready Networks
2. 5G Edge and Core Software Networks and Emerging 5G Applications
3. Network Virtualization and Network Slicing for 5G-Ready Networks
The second day features a full-day conference uniting these topics under one umbrella “The 5G Reality Check: 5G-Ready Applications and Technological Enablers for 5G Implementation“.
As usual we will show the newest prototypes developed within the 5G Berlin Testbed and also show first applications in the Berlin 5G Testfield Initiative driven by the Senate of Berlin.
Join this two-day event and meet representatives from the leading operators and solution vendors from all over the world to understand the challenges and opportunities of these new enabling technologies for implementing innovative applications in various emerging domains.
This year the FUSECO Forum will be accompanied by 3 additional international events on 5G and Industrial IoT, all of them held during the same week in Berlin – the #Berlin5GWeek: IEEE NFV-SDN Conference, Edge Computing Forum and the Industrial IoT Forum
During the two FOKUS FUSECO Forum days you will gain new insights, have interesting expert talks and make new friends from all over the world. We call this the global “FOKUS family“.

The agenda looks as follows:
Thursday, Nov 9, 2017 – Tutorials & Workshop
Tutorial 1: Machine Learning in 5G Radio Access Networks
Tutorial 2: Software 5G Networks – Understanding the 5G System
Tutorial 3: Understanding the Network Function Virtualization transformation based on practical expériences
Workshop 1: ​Multi-Access Network Technologies in 5G Ready Networks
Workshop 2: Building the 5G Environment​
Workshop 3: Network Virtualization and Network Slicing for 5G Ready Networks
Evening: “We are FOKUS Family Get together“ – Time to make new friends

Friday, Nov 10, 2017 – Conference “The 5G Reality Check: 5G-READY APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL ENABLERS FOR 5G IMPLEMENTATION“
Session 1: “5G-Ready Use Cases from the Verticals Perspective”
Session 2: “Operator 5G Use Case Visions and Global 5G Standardization”
Session 3: “Network Virtualization, Network Slicing, Edge Computing & Open Source”
Session 4: “5G Testbeds, Proofs of Concept & Open Source as Catalyst”

More details can be found on our website: www.fuseco-forum.org.
Register here: https://en.xing-events.com/berlin5gweek_2017.html
See the invitation from Prof. Thomas Magedanz here: https://youtu.be/948Cmul4kAc
More information about the #Berlin5GWeek here: www.berlin5gweek.org
Last year’s edition of the FOKUS FUSECO Forum was attended by more than 220 delegates from over 30 nations and brought together international network operators, manufacturers and researchers to discuss the ICT infrastructures needed for the upcoming 5G network systems as well as the Industrial Internet.
Detailed event minutes and pictures of FFF 2016 can be found here: www.fuseco-forum.org/minutes or you can have a look at the FOKUS FUSECO Forum 2016 Youtube video: https://youtu.be/eAcLcxQs0KU

TU-Automotive Europe 2017
2017-11-06 09:00 - 2017-11-07 17:00 | MOC Veranstaltungscenter München, Lilienthalallee 40, Munich, Bavaria, 80939, Germany
The 15th annual TU-Automotive Europe Conference & Exhibition (6-7 November, Munich) – Europe’s largest event for the connected car – will discuss how to harness advancements in technology like AI & autonomy to deliver personalised, sustainable mobility. Past speakers include BMW, car2go, Renault, PSA and more. New features include round tables and a startup stage.
Click here for further information

IEEE NFV-SDN 2017
2017-11-06 08:00 - 2017-11-07 17:00 | Fraunhofer FORUM Berlin, Anna- Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2 , Berlin, 10178, Germany
The 2017 IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization and Software Defined Networking (IEEE NFV-SDN) will be held in November 6th to 8th, 2017 at the Fraunhofer Forum in Berlin, Germany. In addition to the latest NFV and SDN concepts and mechanisms, the 2017 IEEE NFV-SDN conference will focus on first operational results related to virtualized networks functions (VNFs) as well as describing new applications of VNFs which smarten networks and their usage.
Scope
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) enable rapid network and service innovation for all participants in the ecosystem. NFV enables network capacity and functionality to be decoupled, allowing network functions to be dynamically deployed whenever they are required and wherever they can be hosted. SDN allows programmability of the NFV networking infrastructure to support the deployment of new network functions in a variety of environments including telecommunications networks, campus and enterprise networks, and data centers. The dramatic industry transformation implied by NFV and SDN will not only impact computing platforms and network architectures, but will also open up new avenues of research. Further, these technologies will accelerate the deployment of new capabilities to enable smart cities/homes/cars/businesses and green infrastructures. And we will see new types of user interfaces and physical system realizations. In addition to the latest NFV and SDN concepts and mechanisms, the 2017 IEEE NFV-SDN conference will focus on first operational results related to virtualized networks functions (VNFs) as well as describing new applications of VNFs which smarten networks and their usage.
Topics of Interest
The IEEE NFV-SDN conference brings together researchers from around the world to share ideas that can impact the evolution and operation of NFV and SDN technologies. We encourage submission of innovative work on NFV and SDN. The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics:
-NFV and SDN Architectures
-Advances in Control planes, forwarding abstractions and programmability paradigms
-Analysis of combined control plane architectures
-Emerging improvements including Network Slicing and hierarchical controllers
-NFV and SDN Infrastructure and Elements
-Improvements in design of forwarding elements, e.g. switches/routers, wireless systems
-Optimizing NFV infrastructures including hardware acceleration technologies
-NFV and SDN Operations
-Dynamic service function chaining/orchestration and traffic steering
-Dynamic license management, autonomics, machine learning, monitoring, resiliency, fault management and self-healing
-Security impacts
-Advanced tools for automated design, deployment, validation and management
-Application of machine learning and big data analytics to manage virtualized networks
-Performance Analysis and Optimization
-Data/control plane performance, interoperability and scalability studies
-Resource dimensioning and optimization (e.g. cloud-native design), workload isolation and tradeoffs
-Design guidelines for modularity, scalability, high availability and interoperability (e.g. container and micro services implementations)
-Results and Evaluations in Application Scenarios
-Usage scenarios such as SD-WAN, IoT, Smart Grid, Smart Cities, etc.
-Improvements in future communication infrastructure enabled by SDN and NFV including RAN, evolution to 5G, public, private and hybrid clouds
-Operations experience (e.g. lab. and field trial results)
-New commercial models and ecosystems enabled by NFV and SDN
Call for Submissions
2017 IEEE NFV-SDN will feature technical paper presentations, tutorials and demos. Additionally, topical workshops will be co-located so various call for proposals are issued. Deadlines can be found on the conference website.
Organising Committee
-General Chair: Kurt Tutschku, BTH, SWE
-Technical Program Co-Chairs: Mario Kind, Deutsche Telekom AG, DE; Rudra Dutta, NCSU, USA; Selcuk Uluagac, FIU, USA Tutorial Co-Chairs: Dilip Krishnaswamy, IBM, India; Tetsuya Nakamura, CableLabs, USA Demo / Poster Co-Chairs: Ram Krishnan, Dell, USA (TBC); Wolfgang John, Ericsson, SWE Workshop Chairs: Evangelos Markakis, TEI of Crete, GR; George Xilouris, NCSR Demokritos, GR Local Arrangement Chair: Thomas Magedanz, FOKUS, DE Publicity Co-Chairs: Christian Makaya, IBM, USA; Daniel King, Lancaster Univ., UK; Ying-Dar Lin, NCTU, Taiwan Keynote Chair: Larry Horner, Intel, USA; James Kempf, Ericsson, USA Panel Chairs: Larry Horner, Intel, USA; Don Clarke, CableLabs, USA Patronage Chair: Don Clarke, CableLabs, USA Publication Chairs: Christian Sieber, TU Munich, DE; Walter Cerroni, Univ. Bologna, IT
-Webmaster: Vida Ahmadi Mehri, BTH, SE
-Technical Co-Sponsorships Chair: Steven Wright, AT&T, USA Registration / Budget: Charles Cook, CenturyLink, USA
-Secretary: Qiong Zhang, Fujitsu Labs of America, USA IEEE Staff Contact: Melissa Torres, IEEE Comsoc, USA; Bridget Erlikh, IEEE Comsoc, USA
-Treasurer: Bruce Worthman, IEEE Comsoc, USA
Steering Committee
-Nelson Fonseca, U. Campinas, Brazil
-Steven Wright, AT&T USA
-Dan Pitt, MEF, USA
-Diego Lopez, Telefonica, Spain
-Kurt Tutschku, BTH, Sweden
-Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France

5G PPP @Berlin 5G Week'17
2017-11-06 - 2017-11-10 | Fraunhofer FORUM Berlin, Anna- Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2 , Berlin, 10178, Germany
Based on the big success of the previous edition in 2016 the Berlin 5G Week’17 (6-10 November 2017) will deal with 5G hot topics, such as software-defined networks, network virtualization, network slicing for 5G verticals, Industrial Internet/IoT, 5G multi-access network support, and 5G testbeds and most recent technology PoCs. Three of the most solid events related to software-based networks and 5G technologies are scheduled during the week 3rd IEEE NFV-SDN Conference (6-8 November 2017), Industrial IoT Forum (8 November 2017) and the 8th FOKUS FUSECO FORUM (9-10 November 2017).

5G PPP phase 2 projects MATILDA and 5GTANGO co-organise the 4th Workshop on Network Function Virtualization and Programmable Networks (NFVPN) in conjunction with the 3rd IEEE NFV-SDN conference. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas:

-Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements
-NFV-SDN deployment cases across vertical sectors
-Virtualization of resources, services and functions in SDN and NFV
-Network Slicing
-Efficient deployment of Service Function Chains (SFCs)
-Management of federated SDN/NFV infrastructures
-Dynamic migration of network functions in NFV-based systems
-Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment paradigms
-VNF sandboxing, verification, characterisation
-Virtualization of radio network functions
-SDN/NFV management in 5G scenarios
-Monitoring of SDN/NFV infrastructures
-Efficient deployment of Service Function Chains (SFCs)
-Management of telco cloud computing infrastructures
-Network Edge and it’s role in 5G use Cases
-Emergency Communication in the 5G Scenarios
Workshop Chairs: Ioannis Giannoulakis, NCSRD Greece – Evangelos Markakis, TEIC Greece – Josep Martrat, ATOS Spain – George Xilouris, NCSR Demokritos Greece – Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, UBITECH Greece – Carlos Jesus Bernardos Cano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Spain.
The 4th Workshop on NFVPN takes place at Fraunhofer-Forum, Anna-Louisa Karsch Strasse 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany.

5G PPP phase 1 projects SONATA and 5GEx jointly organise the third IEEE Workshop on Orchestration for Software-Defined Infrastructures (O4SDI) with 5G PPP phase 2 project 5G-T. It addresses the challenges that will facilitate orchestration and programmability of generalized virtual functions in Software Defined Infrastructures (SDI), enabling cloud and network providers to deploy integrated services across different resource domains. Orchestration mechanisms will facilitate the live deployment and lifecycle management of these virtual elements, at the application level, the server level, and the network level within a single domain and across multiple domains. Without such orchestration it will not be possible to enable dynamic establishment of generalized virtual functions chains, according to service requirements. These challenges of orchestration are many-fold, with many open questions that need to be addressed in the areas of:

-Network “softwarization,” which requires unified management of computing, storage, and network resources for the effective deployment, lifecycle management, and run-time configuration of generalized virtual functions
-Abstraction models and open standard interfaces, needed for assuring vendor interoperability
-Adaptation and optimization mechanisms, which must be enforced at global and/or local level for coping with user demand, application requirements, resource unavailability, etc.
Workshop chairs: Stuart Clayman, University College London, UK -Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna, Italy – Barbara Martini, CNIT, Pisa, Italy – Federica Paganelli, CNIT, Firenze, Italy.
The 3rd IEEE Workshop in O4SDI takes place at Fraunhofer-Forum, Anna-Louisa Karsch Strasse 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany.

In addition, 5G-IA was asked to give a talk on 5G testbeds.

5G-IA @Visions for Future Communications Summit (Lisbon, 23-24 October 2017)
2017-10-23 09:00 - 2017-10-24 17:00
The event is organised by Networld2020 with the support of 5G Infrastructure Association, European Commission, IEEE and National Science Foundation. It will bring together thought leaders from research, industry and governments to discuss their visions of the future of communications and to identify what the research priorities should be.
The workshop will have three keynote presentations, and a total of 18 technical sessions, with five speakers each. These sessions will be followed by a final session where the conclusions of these sessions will be summarized, and final presentations by research agencies such as the NSF and the EU R&D organization will share and discuss their visions of future communications research with the participants to identify new, “post 5G” R&D directions as well as gaps and opportunities to be addressed in future R&D programs.
Papers should be submitted before September 25th.

"Ready ‘n’ Go - 5G trials and testbeds" @WWRF'17
2017-10-18 - 2017-10-20 | CTTC, AVENIDA CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS 7, Castelldefels, 08860, Spain
The introduction of digital technologies is giving a major boost to societal and economic transformation. In the future, this will enhance our technical capacity to bring forth new and innovative products and services, in areas such as manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education and entertainment.
5G will be a key enabler of this transformation, coping with the different connectivity, storage and processing needs for each of these industry sectors. Therefore, a close interaction of vertical industries and 5G infrastructure stakeholders will be mutually beneficial. A fundamental point will be the validation of 5G technologies in a system-wide context, including multiple use cases, while supporting the requirements of these key vertical sectors.
WWRF is at the heart of this process, with its Vertical Industry Platforms creating a bridge between the ICT and vertical industries, and providing opportunities in its meetings to promote and discuss new trials and testbeds.
This year theme is around Ready’n’Go – 5G Trials and Testbeds. The meeting will emphasise technical capacities to bring forth new and innovative products and services, in verticals such as manufacturing, transport, energy, health, education and entertainment. 5G PPP Projects will be there (SONATA, 5GTANGO, 5GCAR, 5G-Crosshaul, 5G-Transformer…).
Find the programme here or there to get more details!

5G PPP Phase 3 Stakeholders Infoday Ljubljana
2017-10-17
5G PPP Phase 3 Information day and Stakeholders event. (Fill in the registration form online here at bottom of Page)
The Purpose of this work shop is to share the context of the 5G PPP call 3 with all interested parties. It is important to highlight that the ambition of the 5G PPP is such that each successive phase of the PPP should make iterative progress – based on the achievements of the preceding phase(s). Therefore it is important that potential proposers and participants for phase 3 are aware of phase 1&2 work and the context in which phase 3 will start. The workshop also allows that organisations may present project or technological ideas and seek potential collaborators.
Event Patrons:

Slovenian Ministry of public administration – Information Society Directorate
Jozef Stefan Institute, Department of Communication Systems
University of Ljubljana, Laboratory for Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
The European Commission – DG Connect
The 5G-Infrastructure Association
To-Euro-5G – H2020 5G PPP Support Project.

The Infoday will be hosted in Velika predavalnica (eng. Large hall).
Agenda

Morning Session:

Welcome: Jozef Stefan Institute
Introduction: Slovenian Ministry of public administration – Information Society Directorate
5G PPP Status on-going work, Jean-Pierre Bienaime, 5G-IA
5G PPP Phase 3 Call, explanations and expectations, Pavlos Fournogerakis, European Commission, DG CONNECT .

Coffee

Phase 3 preparatory steps, Discussion on a structured approach Didier Bourse, 5G PPP Technical Board Chair
SME involvement in 5G PPP phase 2, 5G-IA
EuCNC in Ljubljana 2018 Mojca Volk (UL) /Mihael Mohorcic (JSI)

Lunch
Afternoon Session:
Orchestrated by University of Ljubljana, Laboratory for Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

Local 5G Initiatives
Stakeholders presentations and proposals

PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to make a presentation at this event please register early and declare your intention. Presentation slots will be allocated on a first come – first served basis.

SONATA @SDN-NFV World Congress 2017
2017-10-12 16:00 - 17:00
Last year, SONATA was at the SDN-NFV World Congress ‘Advancing the Carrier vision of NFV+SDN+MANO, Realizing the Potential of Software-Defined Networking’ (9-13 October 2017, with a workshop session to announce SONATA 1.0, the first software release of the project. This year, we will be there again but this time with SONATA 3.0, the latest software release of the project delivered last week. This year, SONATA is giving two presentations on the 12th of October:

SONATA approach towards DevOps in 5G Networks
Josep Martrat | Project Co-ordinator | SONATA
Telecom Market Manager | ATOS

SONATA NS development and deployment workflows
Georgios Xylouris | Research Fellow | NCSR Demokritos

In addition, one of SONATA partners members, British Telecom, will make a presentation on Virtual CDN Implementation, by Eugene Otoakhia | Researcher | BT. This presentation will also include some notions about SONATA and the pilots being developed.
Check out the agenda here. More information coming soon!

Futurecom 2017
2017-10-02 08:00 - 2017-10-05 17:00 | Transamerica Expo Center, Av. Dr. Mário Vilas Boas Rodrigues, 387, Santo Amaro, São Paulo - SP, 4757-020, Brazil
Futurecom is the largest Telecom & IT Event in Latin America, with a special focus in Brazil. Its 19th Edition will be held in São Paulo, from October 2nd to 5th, at the Transamerica Expo Center. A Trade Fair with 22,000sqm receives representatives from 45 countries, and an outstanding International Congress has approximately 300 speakers and panelists and 5 conference rooms in 4 days. The previous Futurecom event counted with more than 300 exhibitors showing their products, solutions and applications for 13,500 unique attendees, in a great environment for business development. Most of Worldwide ICT companies exhibit at Futurecom, as well as Brazilian Fixed and Mobile Operators. Take part!

5G spectrum WS @CrownCom 2017
2017-09-20 09:00 - 2017-09-22 18:00
The 5G Spectrum Workshop is organised in the context of CrownCom2017 that will take place on 20th-22nd September 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Research has shown that the fixed spectrum allocation policy commonly adopted today suffer from the low spectrum utilization problem. Academic and regulatory bodies have focused on dynamic spectrum access to fully utilize the scarce spectrum resource. Cognitive radio, with the capability to flexibly adapt its parameters, has been proposed as the enabling technology for future spectrum management.
The 5G Spectrum Workshop will focus on creating discussion around the problems arisen in spectrum access, utilization, allocation and management, as well as validation and experimental results produced so far.
The 5G Spectrum Workshop will include:
-Keynote speeches
-Paper presentations
-Demonstrations
-Extended networking opportunities.
Key topics of the 5G Spectrum Workshop are (but not limited to):
-Dynamic spectrum access for extremely high frequency spectrum (mmWave)
-Licensed Shared Access
-Spectrum management for Internet of Things
-Energy efficiency in dynamic spectrum access
-Simulation and validation models of dynamic spectrum access systems
-Experimental results of dynamic spectrum access systems
Paper Types
Papers to the 5G Spectrum Workshop can be submitted by the 7th of May 2017.
-For paper submission instructions please press here
-For submissions please press here

5G PPP Global5G.org Health session @IEEE 5G Summit (18 September 2017, Helsinki)
2017-09-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Radisson Blu Helsinki, Ruoholahdenranta 3, Helsinki, 00180 , Finland
Global5G.org is organising its first 5G Health Session during the IEEE 5G Summit on 18 September 2017, as part of the Helsinki5GWeek. An exceptional line-up of experts from the health Industry, Telecom and Standardisation areas will shed light on the challenging theme “The Road to 5G and Standardisation for new Health and Care Services”.
The healthcare industry is the biggest and fastest growing industry in the world with special requirements that are fairly identical all around the globe. Despite the digital revolution being in full blast in almost every aspect of our lives and market segments, the anticipated impact in healthcare is yet to be seen. Outcomes of digital health, such as improved patient engagement, connected care, unobtrusive monitoring and assisted living for people with chronic conditions, independent and active ageing, have not yet gone mainstream.
Can 5G be a disruptive changer? The advent of seamless connectivity, smartphones and mobile apps, cloud services and smart connected devices can enable distributed, patient-centred delivery at multiple points of care, individualised health information and the ability to track patient health metrics powered by data analytics with unprecedented value. All of this will create new avenues in personalised care, early diagnosis and smart hospitalisation logistics. Increased accessibility to data will enable optimisation in intervention planning (for instance in transplant scenarios), lead to greater transparency, and improve overall patient engagement with healthcare providers. This hyper connected scenario, however, introduces a whole set of ethical issues involving security, privacy and safety aspects which must be systematically addressed.
The Global5G.org session brings together a group of sector-specific and standards experts to identify the opportunities 5G can bring to new healthcare models. Experts will zoom-in on the emerging 5G/IoT technologies, with special emphasis on the impact of 5G on IEEE standard protocols and frameworks. They will also discuss the potential for the seamless flow of health, medical and fitness data within health and care services.
The leading international association, Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), will offer insights into their priority actions and drivers. The author of Health 4.0 will give key insights into realising major benefits through the transformation of healthcare. Industry and academia will share their approaches to research and innovation as efforts increase to realise the full potential of health and care services with unprecedented benefits for society.
This Global5G.org event will be a first step towards defining:
-Benefits of emerging 5G/IoT technologies for the healthcare system.
-Global and national Initiatives, Testbeds and Trials.
-Standardisation with a special focus on IEEE: existing frameworks and gap analysis.
-Ethical and regulatory challenges, safety, security, confidentiality and privacy.

Click here for further details. Take a look at the full IEEE 5G Summit agenda.

5G PPP @ Helsinki 5G week, 18-21 September
2017-09-18 07:00 - 2017-09-21 16:00 | Radisson Blu Helsinki, Ruoholahdenranta 3, Helsinki, 00180 , Finland
5G PPP projects will be at the Helsinki 5G week!
The 2017 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications & Networking (CSCN’17), going to be held in Helsinki. The dates of CSCN’17 were deliberately chosen to have the conference right after the Q3 Broadband Forum meeting that will take place in Helsinki, Finland (11– 14 Sep. 2017). IEEE CSCN 2017 will be collocated with the IEEE 5G-IoT Summit Helsinki, together forming the Helsinki5GWeek.
CSCN’17 will deliver a rich technical program discussing the future of mobile communications systems, offering distinguished keynotes, panels and technical sessions. The technical sessions will consist of technical papers reviewed and selected by an international technical program committee representing both academia and industry, with a strong standardization background.
The track on 5G Radio and Wireless Communications co-chaired by METIS-II solicits new and previously unpublished papers on (but not limited to) the following topics:
-Physical layer and MAC layer design for cellular and other wireless networks
-Dynamic scheduling, power control, interference management, and QoS management in 5G wireless networks
-Resource Management and Control in 5G RAN (e.g. RAN Moderation, Traffic Steering, Mobility Control)
-Service-oriented user-plane design concepts (novel functions, functional placements, RAN/CN interface)
-Topology, deployment, and optimization of wireless networks, including heterogeneous, ultra dense, and mesh networks, device to device (D2D) communication, relays and wireless backhaul
-Dynamic radio access and backhaul topologies based on moving and unplanned small cells
-mmWave access, backhaul and self-backhauling
-Application of SDN, NFV, and cloud computing to 5G (and legacy) RAN and core network architectures and implementations, such as network slicing
-C-RAN and flexible fronthaul / backhaul
-R&D and standardization activities towards 5G and IMT-2020
-Green and energy efficient wireless networks
-Massive and FD-MIMO communications, hybrid and coordinated beamforming technology
-New control signaling for heterogeneous networks
-Next-Generation Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11ax/ay)
-LTE/Wi-Fi/Wi-Gig interworking and aggregation
-5G operation and coexistence in unlicensed and shared spectrum bands
-Massive MTC (mMTC), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and long distance communications
-Automotive/V2X and ultra-reliable communications
-Next-generation non-RF communications systems (Visible light, molecular, acoustic systems)
-Spectrum regulation above 24GHz
-Results from simulation, prototyping, and experiments
This track on IoT, massice MTC and V2X invites original articles on the following topics, but are not limited to:
-IoT architecture design and optimizations
-IoT security and privacy of IoT devices and services
-System optimization to support Ultra-Low complexity devices
-Standardised semantic data description framework and technologies
-IoT communication procedure enhancements
-Experience and lessons learnt for standards based IoT large scale pilots
-IoT standards platforms interworking
-IoT interoperability methodologies
-IoT standards gap analysis
-5G Networks and IoT
-Software Defined Network (SDN) and IoT
-Industrial Internet of Things
-Factory of Things
-Edge Computing, Fog Computing and IoT
-IPv6-based IoT Networks
-IoT protocols such as IPv6, 6LoWPAN, RPL, 6TiSCH, WoT
-IoT security in the sense of massive IoT deployments, e.g., embedded SIM management
-URLLC for mission critical IoT
-V2X standards and architectures
The track on Softwarisation and Virtualisation co-chaired by Flex5Gware is looking to discuss standards-related topics on Softwarization and Network Slicing. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Programmable Architecture for 5G services and verticals.
-Cross-slice management
-Central Cloud Computing vs Edge-Fog Computing.
-5G Functional Decomposition and Deployment.
-Secure Operations in Future Virtualized Networks.
-Resource Management for Network Slicing.
-Dedicated core network functions and shared network slices.
-Network slicing issues with multi-RATs devices.
-Cross-slice management for End-to- end QoS.
-Elastic Resource sharing in Virtualized Networks.
-Joint storage, computational, and communication resource optimization.
-Fundamental trade-offs in Network Softwarization.
-Experimentation experience in Softwarization and Network Slicing.
-SDN and NFV frameworks and architectures
-SDN northbound, southbound and east-west interfaces.
-SDN programming languages and data models.
-Progress and future challenges in ETSI NFV.
-Progress and future challenges in IETF/IRTF related WGs/RGs.
-SDN and NFV in wireless and mobile networks.
-Orchestration and Management in SDN and NFV.
-Multi-domain considerations in SDN and NFV.
-SDN and NFV in multi-tenancy environment.
-Open Source efforts (e.g., ETSI NFV, OPNFV, OpenStack, OpenMANO).
-QoS/QoE aspects related to SDN and NFV based network services.
-Inter/Intra Data Center considerations for hosting SDN and NFV based network services.
-Performance, Fault and Lifecycle management of virtualized network functions and network services.
-Infrastructure resource/capacity management.
-Carrier-grade performance considerations in SDN and NFV based infrastructures.
The track on 5G Fixed Carrier and Converged Networks invites contributions of unpublished papers in there of 5G Fixed Carrier andConverged Networks, addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
-Architectural approaches addressing convergence of fixed and mobile heterogeneous network solution
-Analysis and considerations for common VNFs across fixed and mobile networks
-SDN solutions and control/data plane separation in converged fixed-mobile networks
-Network slicing for converged fixed-mobile networks
-Multi-tenancy and control of heterogeneous infrastructures
-Transporting 5G mobile services over optical access networks
-SDN solutions for mobile networks and fixed IP cross layer transport and routing
-Convergence of access and metro networks for cost effective support of 5G services
-Convergence of multiple and diverse services over a shared, multi-tenant network architecture
-5G architectures supporting Cloud-RAN and functional split options
-5G architectures supporting fronthaul/backhaul integration
-End-to- end resource optimization for 5G mobile services: from radio head to data centre
-Backhauk/fronthaul considerations for dynamic capacity and mobility management
-Delivering services over ICN in 5G within a framework enabling network slicing
-Enhancing 5G backhauk/fronthaul with ICN
-Mechanisms and protocol enhancements for Hybrid Access networks
The track on Verticals, Services and Applications co-chaired by Flex5Gware addresses the following issues. The following topic are of interest, but are not limited to:
-Specific applications/services for automotive and cooperative vehicles
-Specific applications/services for robotics and factories of the future
-Specific applications/services for eHealth and mHealth
-Specific applications/services for media and entertainment vertical
-Specific applications/services for the energy industry
-Introduction of ETSI MEC technology and applications on vertical market segments
-New introduction of end-user applications at the edge of the communication network
-Standardization under W3C and standards for future web interoperability
-Web standardization for interactivity and human interactions with web platforms
-Specific applications/services for eEducation
-Interoperability for end-to- end mobile services
-Standard architectures for service enablers including integrated networks such as mobile, fixed,satellite and optical
-Open interfaces and open source platforms
-IETF standardization for CPS
-Development of mobile service enablers specifications & Standards
-Standard architectures for delivery of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and/or Object-Based-Broadcasting by next generation communication systems
Important dates for CSCN’17:
-Submission Deadline: 01 April 2017
-Acceptance Notification: 01 July 2017
-Camera Ready: 01 August 2017
Information on the 5G-IoT Summit will come soon!
Contacts for the 5G IoT summit:
ieee5gsummit@gmail.com
ashutosh.dutta@ieee.org

CHARISMA Workshop on Mobile Edge Communications (MECOMM) @ACM SIGCOMM
2017-08-21 17:00 - 2017-08-26 02:00 | UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles , CA, 90095, United States
CHARISMA project is co-organizing the first workshop on Mobile Edge Communications (MECOMM), to be held in conjunction with the ACM SIGCOMM Conference on UCLA campus in Los Angeles, CA, USA on August 21-25, 2017.
The workshop focuses on mobile edge communications and in particular the challenges and opportunities arising by the introduction of virtualization at the edge of the network, in accordance to the emerging Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) paradigms.
The workshop is organized in collaboration with the H2020 POINT Project.
For more info use the link.
Call For Papers
Future mobile networks aim to support low latency, context-related service offering, personalised service delivery and highly flexible and efficient resource management. One attractive approach to these goals introduces virtualized storage and compute resources at the edge of the network, having closer proximity to mobile subscribers as a way of reducing end-to-end latency and time-to-response, while increasing the flexibility and agility of allocating resources. The Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) paradigm takes this approach facilitating computation and storage capabilities at the edge, with a particular focus on their interaction with applications and services. In a similar fashion, Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) brings advantages related to the flexible instantiation and management of network functionality on top of virtualized compute, storage and network resources.
The workshop focuses on the interplay between NFV and MEC domains; stimulating research efforts that marry the requirements of virtual computing with the requirements of virtual networking in a number of aspects, including: enabling application- and/or service-awareness in network functions (e.g., service-aware routing), distributing and networking compute resources, high-speed data planes, programmable control and management planes, resiliency and security of mobile edge clouds and networks. The outcomes of the workshop should levitate communication frameworks that have the ability to accommodate the expanding range of business models, applications and services, within future mobile networks.
The workshop solicits papers that address aspects of the above areas; particularly, encouraging papers that address cross-layer research issues in any combination of these areas, bridging the gaps between network softwarization, virtualization and cloud/edge computing.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
-Inter-network resource management in future mobile networks
-Function and service allocation in mobile edge networks
-Compute and process distribution models in mobile edge networks
-Content Distribution Models in Mobile Edge Computing
-Application- and service-aware cloud models for mobile edge networks
-Algorithms and protocols to support the allocation of virtual resources
-Security challenges in Mobile Edge Computing
-Service abstraction and orchestration
-QoS and Traffic Engineering in Mobile Edge Networks networks
-Prototype platforms and trial deployment experience
-Data storage and networking in application- and/or service-aware cloud
-Network Function Virtualization in Mobile Edge Networks
-Management and orchestration across compute, storage and network resources in future mobile edge networks
-Service function chaining in mobile edge computing
-Content, function and result caching and replication in mobile edge networks
-Edge Analytics
-QoE in Mobile Edge Networks
-Access models for mobile edge networks
-Theoretical and experimental evaluations of mobile edge computing
-Self-organisation in mobile edge networks
-Edge computing for constrained mobile networks
-Slicing and multi-tenancy of Mobile Edge Networks
-Inter-service communications in mobile edge networks
-Switching designs for the mobile network core to support new mobile edge architectures
Submission Instructions
Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to attend the workshop and present the paper. Accepted papers will be included in the ACM SIGCOMM conference proceedings. Workshop organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the workshop if the paper is not presented at the conference. Submitted papers should contain original material that have not be previously published, nor currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. All submissions should be written in English, with a maximum length limit of 6 printed pages, including all the figures, references and appendices. The ACM SIGCOMM LaTeX and Microsoft Word templates, as well as related information, can be found at the ACM SIG Proceedings website.
For formatting and submission instructions, please refer to the workshop’s website.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: March 23, 2017
Acceptance notification: April 29, 2017
Camera ready deadline: May 29, 2017
Authors Take Note
The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to TWO WEEKS prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.
Committees
Workshop Co-Chairs
Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge, UK
George Pavlou, University College London, UK
George Polyzos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Joe Mambretti, Northwestern University, US
Organizing Committee
Mays AL-Naday, University of Essex, UK
Konstantinos V. Katsaros, Intracom S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece
Martin J Reed, University of Essex, UK
TPC Chairs
Ioannis Psaras, University College London, UK
Kun Yang, University of Essex, UK
Technical Program Committee
Mohammed AL-Khalidi, University of Essex, UK
Mays AL-Naday, University of Essex, UK
Carolina Canales, Ericsson Espana S.A., ES
Eduard Escalona, Fundacio Privada I2CAT, Internet Innovacio Digital A Catalunya, ES
Hamed Haddadi, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Toru Hasegawa, Osaka University, Japan
Konstantinos V. Katsaros, Intracom S.A. Telecom Solutions, Greece
Jiangchuan Liu, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Chathura Magurawalage, University of Essex, UK
Christos Papadopoulos, Colorado State University, US
Andrea Pasarella, IIT – CNR, Italy
Ioannis Psaras, University College London, UK
K.K. Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside, US
Janne Riihijarvi, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Martin Reed, University of Essex, UK
Sakir Sezer, Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland
Stefan Schmid, Aalborg University, Denmark
Nikos Thomos, University of Essex, UK
Dirk Trossen, InterDigital Europe
Gareth Tyson, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Ning Wang, University of Surrey, UK
Ke XU, Tsinghua University, China
George Xylomenos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

SONATA @ NetSoft'17
2017-07-03 09:00 - 2017-07-07 18:30 | University of Bologna, the School of Engineering and Architecture, Viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna, 40136, Italy
The 3rd IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (IEEE NetSoft 2017) will be held on 3-7 July 2017 at the School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Bologna, Italy.
SONATA will be giving two demos, one on the vCDN pilot and another one on the SDK.
-“DevOps based service orchestration in 5G virtualized Networks”. SONATA defines three pilots for demonstration and validation.
These pilots are: i)Content Delivery Network (CDN) – targeted to Service Providers that want to deploy a vCDN (virtual CDN) for their end-users ii)Personal Security Application (PSA) – targeted to end users that would like a personalised security service. iii)Hierarchical Service Providers (HSP) – targeted to highlight recursive operation between two instances of SONATA platform. The proposed demo will be based on the vCDN Pilot, that will be deployed over the SONATA demonstration infrastructure that spans across two testbeds, one located in Athens and the other in Aveiro. The testbeds are interconnected via VPN links over the internet.
To know more about this demo, check the Demo proposal or visit the conference website.
-For the last demos, have a look at the poster: A Flexible Multi-PoP Infrastructure Emulator for Carrier-grade MANO Systems.

5G-ENSURE & CHARISMA @2nd International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SNS 2017)
2017-07-03 09:00 - 17:00 | University of Bologna, the School of Engineering and Architecture, Viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna, 40136, Italy
The 2nd edition of the International Workshop on Security in NFV-SDN (SNS2017) takes place on 3 July in conjunction with the 3rd IEEE Conference on Network Softwarisation (IEEE NetSoft 2017), 3-7 July at the School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Bologna, Italy.
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) and Software Defined Network (SDN) technologies are radically changing telecommunication networks. NFV virtualises network services to reduce the dependency on underlying hardware which aids resource management, provides faster service enablement and lowers OPEX and CAPEX. SDN separates the control functions from the underlying physical network by decoupling the control and data planes thereby offering improved programmability, ease of deployment, management, reduced costs, better scalability, availability, flexibility and fine‐grain control of traffic. But how does this widespread adoption of NVF‐SDN impact on network security, especially with an increased attack surface implied by virtualisation?

This workshop invites high‐quality submissions in the areas of NFV and SDN security and related areas. Submitted papers should highlight methods and approaches that can be used to analyse the security risks, requirements and techniques related to NFV and SDN and to provide methods and approaches to assure security and mitigate threats in NFV and SDN.
The workshop is co-chaired by 5G-ENSURE and CHARISMA projects.

Topics of interest (not limited to)
-Security threats and vulnerabilities introduced by NFV and SDN technologies
-Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security
-Security, reliability and privacy through SDN and NFV in 5G networks
-Threat detection and mitigation through SDN and NFV
-Security policy specification and management in SDN and NFV systems
-Security related monitoring and analytics in SDN and NFV solutions
-5G security architecture, trust and confidence
-Authentication, Authorization and Accounting in SDN
-Security of applying SDN to wireless and mobile network
-Security of applying NFV and SDN to IoT
-Security of applying NFV and SDN to cloud computing
-Risk and compliance issues in SDN
-Security architectures for SDN
-Security standards for SDN
-Security of SDN data plane
-Security of SDN control plane
-Security of SDN application plane
-Security of routing in SDN
-Security as a service for SDN

Workshop Co-Chairs
-Dr. Shao Ying Zhu, University of Derby, UK
-Linas Maknavicius, Nokia Bell Labs, France
-Eleni Trouva, NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Dr. Colin Allison, University of St Andrews, UK
-Dr. George Gardikis, Space Hellas, Greece

Technical Program Committee
-Michail-Alexandros Kourtis – NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Gergely Biczók – Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary
-Roberto Bifulco – NEC Labs Europe, Germany
-Carolina Canales – Ericsson, Spain
-Walter Cerroni, University of Bologna
-Augusto Ciuffoletti – University of Pisa, Italy
-Miguel Angel Garcia – Ericsson, Spain
-Ludovic Jacquin – Hewlett Packard Labs, UK
-Harilaos Koumaras – NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Jianxin Li-Beihang University, China
-Antonios Litke – Infili Information Intelligence Ltd, Greece
-Diego Lopez, Telefonica, Spain
-Alan Miller – University of St Andrews, UK
-Nikolaos Papadakis – Infili Information Intelligence Ltd, Greece
-Yacine Rebahi, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS, Germany
-Sandra Scott-Hayward – Queen’s University Belfast, UK
-Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui – i2CAT, Spain
-George Xilouris – NCSR Demokritos, Greece
-Yacine Rebahi, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS, Germany
Call for Papers for SNS2017 and important dates
The Call for Papers is for topics of interest, including but not limited to:
-Security threats and vulnerabilities introduced by NFV and SDN technologies
-Management and orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security
-Security, reliability and privacy through SDN and NFV in 5G networks
-5G security architecture, trust and confidence
-Security related monitoring and analytics in SDN and NFV solutions
Deadline for paper submission: 27 March 2017
Notification of acceptance: 18 April 2017
Early Bird Registration: 30 May 2017
Contacts
Shao Ying Zhu s.y.zhu@derby.ac.uk
Eleni Trouva trouva@iit.demokritos.gr

5GEx workshop on MPVNS @ MPVNS' 17 and NetSoft 2017
2017-07-03 08:00 - 2017-07-07 17:00
The IEEE International Workshop on Multi-Provider Network Slicing and Virtualization (MPNSV’17) will be held on July 3-7, 2017 in Bologna, Italy along with the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft 2017). Network Service Providers today are limited in maximizing usage efficiency of their resources and limited in revenue generation capability from rigid service offerings which often take up to 90 days to provision. Market fragmentation has resulted in a multitude of network operators each focused on different countries and regions. This makes it difficult to create infrastructure services spanning multiple countries, such as virtual connectivity or compute resources, as no single operator has a footprint everywhere.
The Network “Softwarization” through Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) aims at providing a framework for contracting, invoking and settling for the wholesale consumption of resources and virtual network services which can be provisioned in less than 90 minutes and rapidly invoked. This will enable network operators, applications providers and other stakeholders in the 5G supply chain to deliver new service value for 5G customers and at the same creating and enhancing revenue-generating potential for 5G providers, third party verticals and others in the supply chain while extending their footprint through cooperation and co-competition with other providers. This will allow end-to-end network and service elements to be jointly orchestrated in multi-vendor, heterogeneous technology and resource environments.

Workshop Information on “Multi-Provider Network Slicing and Virtualization”
-Call for Papers (PDF)
-Website here
-Submission here
Important dates
-Paper Submission:March 10, 2017
-Notification of Acceptance:April 18, 2017
-Camera Ready Papers:May 3, 2017

NetFutures 2017
2017-06-28 - 2017-06-29 | The Egg, 175 Rue Bara, Brussels, Belgium
We are going through a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, work, and relate to one another. This transformation led by Internet, its scale, scope, and complexity, will be unlike anything humans have experienced before. We do not know where exactly this ‘internetisation’ will lead us to: What will our society look like in 2027?
However one thing we know: People simply expect a lot more from the Internet, in terms of quality and reach, in terms of security and privacy, an Internet that is inclusive and supports openness, diversity and responds to the needs of the individuals.
We feel that not all European policy actors share this sense of urgency for action. However it is imperative to address these challenges or Europe’s voice on the future of the Internet will disappear.
The NET FUTURES edition in 2017 will serve as a wake-up call for policy makers and technologist alike, for civil society and the young whose future we will influence. It will be the place for deep-dive conversations and learnings right at a time when Europe is at the brink of entering the next industrial revolution: The Net.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Internet, the economy and society in 2027” and it will focus on future policies to address emerging issues and trends, from the perspective of citizens, users and businesses.
With the mid-term review of the Digital Single Market strategy due to be published shortly, it is an excellent opportunity to reflect upon and sharpen the goals to be addressed by Europe.
The conference will offer diverse topics for debate and insight, and the occasion to reflect on current issues such as:

the industrial internet
the need for a free flow of data within Europe
legal ethical and social issues emerging within a software-defined world
the requirements of a Next Generation Internet
data protection issues in a world with huge amounts of data
mobile connectivity

Net Futures 2017 is a dynamic forum for cutting edge conversation. Registration will open soon.
The discussion at Net Futures 2017 on Next Generation Internet will follow shortly after the Next Generation Internet Summit to be held in the European Parliament on 6–7 July. More details will follow on this event, for which a public consultation will be launched on 18 April (see http://www.eismd.eu/reisearch/initiative-on-next-generation-internet/ ).
Stay tuned by following us on @netfuturesEU #netfutures17

3rd EU-Taiwan 5G Workshop
2017-06-27 09:00 - 17:30
EU and Taiwan hold their 3rd seminar on 5G. The 1st EU-Taiwan joint 5G Workshop was held at European Commission (EC) on October 24, 2014 and the 2nd joint workshop took place in Taiwan on June 3, 2016.
The event follows previous contacts between EU and Taiwanese administration. It takes place in the context of preparing the execution of the current phase and preparatory consultation of the next phase of implementation of the H2020 (Horizon 2020) program. .
The objectives of this workshop are consequently:

To exchange information on state of global 5G development including key technologies, standards setting, and innovative applications in vertical industries, especially in IoT.
To share results of the existing H2020 projects in which Taiwan participate and discuss execution of the projects for EU-TW Targeted Opening Call (TOC) in the 2nd phase of H2020 5G program.

In the mid-term, to prepare for the Targeted Opening Call in the 3rd phase of H2020 5G program as well as promote EU and Taiwan collaboration beyond Targeted Opening Calls and contributions to international standards organizations.
The ceremony will jointly be opened by Mr. Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, DG GROW for the EU and by Mr. Chih-Kung Lee, Minister of Economic Affairs for Taiwan. On the 5G-IA/5G PPP side, Jean-Pierre Bienaimé will present the “State of global 5G development”.
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Agenda:
9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Joint Opening Ceremony – EC & Taiwan

EU: Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director-General, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, DG GROW
TW Mr. Chih-Kung Lee, Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs

10:00 – 11:30 5G Collaboration – EC & Taiwan —Section 1
Co-Moderator: DG CONNECT Bernard Barani, Future Connectivity Systems, DG CNECT
Co-Moderator: Dr. Li-Fung Chang, Chief Architect, 5G Program Office, MOEA
EU Speakers:
[1] “State of global 5G development”, Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, 5G-PPP
[2] “Technology development in EU”, Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Smart Devices & Telecommunications Strategy Program Director, CEA-LETI
Taiwan Speakers:
[1] “Update of Taiwan’s 5G Program”, Dr. Li-Fung Chang, Chief Architect, 5G Program, MOEA
[2] “Small cell development in Taiwan – From Perspective of TAICS”, Pang-An Ting, Vice Chairman, Advanced Mobile Communication Technical Committee, TAICS
11:30 – 13:00 5G Core Network & Testbed —Section 2
Co-Moderator: DG CONNECT Pertti Jauhiainen, Future Connectivity Systems, DG CNECT
Co-Moderator: Dr. Jason Yi-Bing Lin, Vice Chancellor &Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University
EU Speakers:
[1] “mmW trials”, Thomas Haustein, Fraunhofer HHI
[2] “5G Crosshaul architecture”, Antonio de la Oliva, Assistant Professor, Telematics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Taiwan Speakers:
[1] “EPC towards 5G core networks”, Chih-Hsin Lin, Section Manager, III
[2] “5G Trial System”, Howard Tsao, Technical Director, ITRI

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch, Networking

14:00 – 15:00 5G Radio Access Network –Section 3
Co-Moderator: DG CONNECT Pertti Jauhiainen, Future Connectivity Systems, DG CNECT
Co-Moderator: Sheng-Lin Chou, Secretary General, Taiwan Association of Information and Communication Standards (TAICS)
EU Speakers:
[1] “New Air Interfaces and Network Evolution”, Klaus Moessner, EU 5GIC, University of Surrey
[2] “Future distribution systems”, Darko Ratkaj, Research Manager, EBU
Taiwan Speakers:
[1] “5G Network MIMO Technology”, Steven Hsu, Manager, ITRI.
[2] “Highly Coordinated Ultra Dense Network”, Shawkang Wu, Technical Director, ITRI

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:30 Vertical 5G IoT General –Section 4
Co-Moderator: Prof. Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)
Co-Moderator: Alliance for IoT Innovation (AIOTI)
EU speakers:
[1] “IPv6-based 5G & IoT”, Dr. Latif Ladid, President of the IPv6 Forum, Chair of the IEEE ComSocIoT and Chair of the IEEE ComSoc 5G Committee, Ericsson
[2] “IoT Economy Opportunities and their impact in EU”, Kees van der Klauw, Philips
[3] “5G!Pagoda and its study on 5G-IoT integrated business challenges and opportunities”, Dr. Eunsook Eunah Kim, Device Gateway
Taiwan speakers:
[1] “IoT Economy Opportunities and their impact on Taiwan’s Smart City Development”, Dr. Ming-Whei Feng, SNSI, III
15:30 – 16:30 Vertical 5G IoT General –Section 4
Co-Moderator: Prof. Yu-Chee Tseng, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)
Co-Moderator: Alliance for IoT Innovation (AIOTI)
EU speakers:
[1] “IPv6-based 5G & IoT”, Dr. Latif Ladid, President of the IPv6 Forum, Chair of the IEEE ComSocIoT and Chair of the IEEE ComSoc 5G Committee, Ericsson
[2] “IoT Economy Opportunities and their impact in EU”, Kees van der Klauw, Philips
[3] “5G!Pagoda and its study on 5G-IoT integrated business challenges and opportunities”, Dr. Eunsook Eunah Kim, Device Gateway
Taiwan speakers:
[1] “IoT Economy Opportunities and their impact on Taiwan’s Smart City Development”, Dr. Ming-Whei Feng, SNSI, III

Flex5Gware @CLEEN 2017
2017-06-22 08:00 - 17:00
Flex5Gware is organising the fifth International Workshop on Cloud technologies and Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communications Networks “How cloudy and green will mobile network and services be?” @CLEEN 2017 on 22 June 2017 in Turin, Italy.
This workshop explores novel concepts to allow for flexibly centralised radio access networks using cloud-processing based on open IT platforms, in coordination with network functions virtualization technologies and Mobile Edge Computing, that are recognized as key enablers for the definition of future 5G systems. The aim is to allow for a guaranteed high quality of experience for mobile access to cloud-processing resources and services, and to allow a future network evolution focused on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. In fact, all future innovative network solutions will be conceived and deployed with a long term perspective of sustainability, both in terms of energy consumption of mobile network (and related interoperability with terminals) and cost efficiency of the different deployment and management options. This requires new concepts for the design, operation, and optimization of radio access networks, backhaul networks, operation and management algorithms, and architectural elements, tightly integrating mobile networks and cloud-processing. This workshop will cover technologies across PHY, MAC, and network layers, technologies which translate the cloud-paradigm to the radio access and backhaul network, and will analyse the network evolution from the energy efficiency perspective. It will study the requirements, constraints, and implications for mobile communication networks, and also potential relationship with the offered service, both from the academic and the industrial point of view.
Flex5Gware solicits original submissions in the following areas:

Centralized / decentralized PHY and MAC processing
Flexible assignment of functionality in mobile networks
Joint operation and optimization of radio access and backhaul networks for cloud-based mobile networks
Integration of cloud-services into green heterogeneous wireless networks
Management of cloud-based/cloud-operated heterogeneous networks providing access to cloud-services
Energy efficiency vs. QoS vs cost-efficiency trade-offs
Architectural evolution of mobile networks
Mobile Edge Computing and related enablers (e.g. new interfaces, protocols, node-to-node communication, D2D communication, …)
Cost effective deployment strategies for evolved heterogeneous wireless network
Service and energy management aspects of cloud-based mobile networks
Storage and computation capability of small cells
Resource allocation techniques; interference analysis, avoidance, and mitigation for heterogeneous networks
Testbeds and performance evaluation for cloud-based mobile communication networks

Important dates

Paper Submission: April 14th, 2017
Acceptance Notification: May 12, 2017
Camera-Ready: June 1, 2017
Workshop: June 22, 2017

General chairs
Dario Sabella (TIM, Telecom Italia group, Italy)
Emilio Calvanese Strinati (CEA LETI, France)
TPC co-chairs
Miquel Payaró (CTTC, Spain)
Sergio Barbarossa (Univ. La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
Publicity chair
Valerio Palestini (TIM, Telecom Italia group, Italy)
Steering Committee
Michael Faerber (Intel Deutschland, Germany)
Maurizio Mayer (AICT, Italy)
Chuan Heng Foh (University of Surrey, IEEE ComSoc TCGCC, UK)
Antonio Manzalini (TIM, Telecom Italia group, Italy, IEEE SDN chair)
Jinsong Wu (Universidad de Chile, IEEE ComSoc TCGCC, Chile)
Technical Program Committee
Fredrik Tillman (Ericsson)
Dieter Ferling (Nokia)
Sylvie Mayrargue (CEA)
Tapio Rautio (VTT)
Pablo Serrano (UC3M)
Adlen Ksentini (Eurecom)
Fabio Giust (NEC Eurolabs)
Giovanni Stea (University of Pisa)
Konstantinos Samdanis (Huawei)
Carla Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino)
Lynda Mokdad (Uiversity of Paris)
Hacene Fouchal (Université de Reims)
Ranga Rao Venkatesha Prasad (EWI, TU Delft)
Zdenek Becvar (CTU)
Franco Vatalaro (AICT, Univ. Roma Tor Vergata)
Navid Nikaein (Eurecom)
Loreto Pescosolido (La Sapienza University)
Matthieu De Mari (Singapore University of Technology and Design – SUTD)
Submission Guidelines
Accepted papers will be submitted for publication. A full version of each paper has to be submitted through the EDAS system under the workshop track. Guidelines for submission can be found in the CLEEN2017 website: www.flex5gware.eu/cleen2017/submission

Flex5Gware final event in Turin in June 2017 @ CLEEN 2017
2017-06-21 - 2017-06-22 | Turin, Italy
Flex5Gware will organise its final event in June 2017 in Turin (Italy). There will also be two public events:

June 21st, 2017:

A full day event, with FREE registration, with key note speeches, few presentations from all organizing projects and EU representatives, and final panel discussion; demos will be available all the 2 days (especially during the breaks and the networking lunch)

June 22nd, 2017:

Half-day workshop, with research papers, key note presentations and final panel discussion. Presented papers will be published in IEEExplore thanks to technical co-sponsorship of IEEE ComSoc and collaboration with AEIT.

During all the 2-days, TIM is hosting a 5G POC ZONE, with all the demonstrations and some posters presentations from CLEEN2017 workshop.
Last but not the least, we organized also an official Banquet/Gala dinner in a prestigious location!!
Read more information at http://www.flex5gware.eu/finalevent/social-event and register online here by 5th June.
In case of attending only the first day (FREE registration), interested people can simply send an email to cleen2017@aeit.it.
Please consider that the number of places in TIM premises is limited, so registrations will be acquired on a first-come first-served basis!
Please feel free as well to forward this invitation to your contacts!

Introduction of 5G PPP Phase 2 @ EuCNC 2017, Session 2
2017-06-15 08:00 - 09:30 | Radisson Blu Oulu, Hallituskatu 1, , Oulu, 90100, Finland
Information on new 5G PPP Phase 2 projects ran over two separate sessions.
Session 2 was on June 15th at 9:00 am in Room Ainola in the Radisson Blu Hotel.
Please find the agenda and all presentations.

Introduction of 5G PPP Phase 2 @EuCNC 2017, Session 1
2017-06-14 15:00 - 16:30 | Radisson Blu Oulu, Hallituskatu 1, , Oulu, 90100, Finland
Information on new 5G PPP Phase 2 projects ran over two separate sessions.
Session 1 was on June 14th at 4:00 pm (4:00-5:30, room Ainola in the Radisson Blu Hotel).
Please find the agenda and all presentations.

5G World Summit 2017 "Inspiring the Connected World through Next-Gen Networks"
2017-06-13 11:50 - 2017-06-15 17:45 | Excel London Convention Center, London, United Kingdom
5G World is part of London Tech week’s new festival of technology, TechXLR8.
Join in June for a unique event focused on shaping and defining the future of mobile networks. Hear from over 150 thought-provoking speakers on hot topics including: 5G in practice, 5G ready networks, Network slicing, Next-gen services and IoT. Enjoy the new enhanced demo zone, networking hub and network security focus day.
Find out more here!
If you are a 5G IA member, 5G World offers a 15% discount on tickets. Please get in touch with 5G IA Head of Office.
