5G-PPP

5G NORMA & KCL Summer School, 20-22 June 2016
2016-06-20 - 2016-06-23 | King’s College London, Strand, London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
5G NORMA and the King’s College of London are co-organising a 3-day Summer School from 20 to 22 June 2016.
The Summer School is tailored towards engineers and researchers active or interested in virtualized and programmable future mobile networks. The first day is tailored more towards attendees from industry, whereas the last two days are more suitable for Post Doctoral researchers, PhD and Master students. All together, the event is deemed highly suitable for participants from the mobile industry and other organizations (verticals) interested in the area of 5G networks and how this emerging technology can shape their business.
The registration information to the 2016 5G NORMA Summer School is available here. Registration is free of charge.

About 5G NORMA
The 5G NORMA project is one of the 5G PPP projects Under the Horizon 2020 Framework. It aims to develop a novel mobile network architecture that provides the necessary adatability in a resource efficien way able to handle fluctuations in traffic demand resulting from heterogeneous and dynamicall changing service portfolios and to changing local context. The developed “multi-service and context-aware adaptation of network functions” will allow for a resource-efficient support of these varying scenarios and help to increase energy-efficiciency by always selecting the most energy efficient option.
About the King’s College London
The King’s College of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It initiated a programme of cooperation with other universities on 5G and will set up a 5G Internet lab to test the technology. The Centre for Télécommunications Research (CTR) concentrates primarily on radio access, networks and mobile systems and on Intelligent Information Processing.

Joint FANTASTIC-5G, mmMAGIC, Flex5Gware Workshop @EuCNC 2016
2016-06-26 - 2016-06-27 | DIVANI APOLLON PALACE & THALASSO HOTEL, AGIOU NIKOLAOU 10, , Athens , VOULIAGMENI, 166 71, Greece
FANTASTIC-5G, mmMAGIC and Flex5Gware are co-organising a workshop on 5G Physical Layer Design and Hardware Aspects Below and Above 6 GHz at EuCMC 2016 in Athens.
The program is as follows:
-9h00-10h30 Key notes
Taro Eichler (Rohde&Schwarz), Heinz.Westenberger (Rohde&Schwarz), Konstantinos.Chronopoulos (Rohde&Schwarz)
Title: “mm-Wave Channel Sounding for 5G: Fundamentals, Measurement Techniques and Experimental Data Analysis”
Abstract: Successful design and standardization of 5G millimeter-wave communication systems will rely on the profound knowledge of the mobile radio channel. The characterization of the temporal and spatial properties of the radio channel at millimeter-wave frequencies is still very challenging. The aim of channel sounding is to characterize the radio channel by decomposing the radio propagation channel into its individual multipath components. In this talk we will give an overview of advanced measurement and modeling methods and present results from recent measurement campaigns in the 17 GHz and 82 GHz band using state-of-the-art test & measurement instruments. Furthermore, different concepts enabling high-precision time synchronization will be highlighted.
Since 5G communication systems will rely on multi-antenna techniques like beamforming and massive MIMO, the measurement and modeling of spatial channel information is necessary. We will give an outlook on methods to perform spatial channel measurements such as the switched and virtual array method.
Prof. Rahim Tafazolli (University of Surrey)
Title: Latest advances in 5G technologies
Abstract: The talk will cover possible candidate technologies that are being currently developed and trialled in addressing the three challenging use cases defined by 3GPP. These use cases are; Ultra Broadband Mobile, Massive Connectivity and ultra-low latency and reliability. The solutions range; new radio technologies, Radio Access Architectures and Core Network technologies It will also identifies where more research and innovation efforts is required to enable 5G deployment by 2020.

-11h-12h30: FANTASTIC-5G Session
Speaker: Frank Schaich (Nokia), Salaheddine Elayoubi (Orange), Martin Schubert (Huawei)
Title: FANTASTIC-5G – An Overview
Abstract: In this talk we present the project FANTASTIC-5G in an overview manner providing a status update after 1 year of project duration. We quickly highlight the key ideas and main technical components being partly detailed in subsequent talks. The considered scenarios are described and put into relation towards 3GPP and NGMN. The talk also includes the impact of the project towards e.g. 3GPP.
Speaker: Hao Lin (Orange), Malte Schellman (Huawei), Xitao Gong (Huawei)
Title: FANTASTIC-5G Waveforms
Abstract: This talk provides an overview on the waveform candidates proposed for novel air interface for 5G in lower frequency bands, which are motivated by the scenarios envisaged for mobile radio communication systems beyond 2020, addressing a multitude of services being provided simultaneously to users and mobile devices accessing a common spectrum band. As the requirements for those services may substantially differ, air interface design should provide more flexibility to appropriately respond to those while ensuring an efficient usage of available system and spectrum resources. This talk elaborates on OFDM-based waveforms with filtering as a key enabler for a flexible air interface, addressing many of the challenges posed for the 5G radio system. Two promising waveform categories, namely subcarrier-wise filtering and subband-wise filtering, are described with respect to their individual characteristics as well as their potential benefits.
Speaker: Klaus Pedersen (Nokia)
Title: Agile 5G Radio Resource Management Design and Related Enablers
Abstract: In this talk we present proposals for an agile 5G multi-service air interface design for operation below 6GHz as studied in the FANTASTIC-5G project. The main focus is on radio resource management (RRM), as well as related enablers such as network-based interference coordination, advanced receivers, and system level integration of massive MIMO. The proposed user-centric RRM framework include support for service-aware scheduling with different transmission time intervals (TTIs) in coherence with the users radio conditions and QoS requirements, as well as non-scheduled access for enabling massive machine connectivity. Support for various connectivity options are addressed as well.
Speaker: Musbah Shaat (CTTC), Thomas Wirth (Fraunhofer HHI)
FANTASTIC-5G Proof-of-Concept: technical components and planned demonstrations
Abstract: The proof-of-concept (PoC) targets to implement key technical components developed within FANTASTIC-5G. A wide range of developed techniques in the project will be demonstrated and compared with the state of the art to illustrate the unique features of FANTASTIC-5G solutions and to validate the feasibility and the superiority of the different components of the foreseen 5G air interface. Post-OFDM waveforms are foreseen as key enablers to several 5G scenarios as it enhances system robustness to different types of impairments, the post-OFDM prototyping PoC is considered in FANTASTIC-5G to implement the algorithms evolved in FANTASTIC-5G for the different waveforms to tackle the open issues like synchronization, channel estimation, equalization, efficient MIMO support and pulse shape adaptation. To that end, development of several post-OFDM based transceivers is intended from algorithm simplification and optimization to on-board validation and demonstration. Additionally, the different post-OFDM waveforms will be evaluated jointly and compared using hardware-in-the-loop approaches and/or transmissions over wireless channel emulator in different scenarios.
Broadcast and multicast transmissions are expected to have high importance in 5G networks as it reduces drastically the network load by delivering the same content to a group of end users. The developed techniques in the project to enable multicast transmissions to different multicast groups by the use of MIMO techniques but, at the same time, provide a common broadcast layer to all users will be demonstrated using a software defined radio platform.
This talk aims at presenting the planned demonstrations in FANTASTIC-5G and describing the basic technical components of the different PoCs. It is worth mentioning that several FANTASTIC-5G PoCs are presented in the FANTASTIC-5G booth.

-14h00-15h30: mmMagic Session
Speaker: Wilhelm Keusgen (Fraunhofer HHI)
Title: 6–100 GHz Channel Modeling for 5G: Outcomes and Perspective of mmMAGIC
Abstract: Standardization of 5G has been kicked off by the work of channel modeling for the frequency spectrum above 6 GHz. One of the key ambitions of mmMAGIC is to develop a unified statistical channel model for link- and system-level simulations that is valid over the entire frequency range from 6 to 100 GHz. It will build on the outcomes of the 3GPP modeling activities, but aims to go beyond. In this context, extensive radio channel measurement campaigns at several locations in Europe have been performed in multiple frequency bands in order to provide a reliable basis for model extension and parameterization. This talk presents recent measurement results and key aspects of the model development.
Speaker: Ali Zaidi (Ericsson, EAB)
Title: Waveforms, channel codes, and retransmission schemes for above 6 GHz communication
Abstract: mmMAGIC aims to develop radio interface for above 6 GHz communication. Communication above 6 GHz (especially, mm-wave) is characterized by large bandwidths, massive MIMO, harsh propagation conditions, severe RF impairments, and extreme data rate requirements. In this talk, we provide an overview of waveform and channel coding candidates, as well as novel retransmission schemes that are being investigated in mmMAGIC. The candidate waveforms and channel codes are assessed for relevant performance measures and their applications are discussed in different scenarios. To ensure fast and reliable retransmissions, novel HARQ protocols and methods for retransmissions with partial decoding are considered
Speaker: Yinan Qi and Maziar Nekovee (Samsung R&D Institute UK)
Title: Coordinated Initial Access in Millimetre Wave Standalone Networks
Abstract: In this paper, the main challenges and requirements of initial access (IA) in millimetre wave networks are identified and the latest solutions are reviewed. Moreover, a novel coordinated IA scheme for clustered millimeter wave small cells (mmSCs) is proposed for the fifth generation mobile communication networks (5G). This solution is a method for efficient and fast initial access for ultra-dense millimeter wave standalone networks without presence of overlaid legacy networks operating on lower frequency. In contrast to the current full beam sweep scheme, where time consuming exhaustive searching is employed, the mmSCs within one cluster will perform the IA procedure in a coordinated manner based on the power delay profile (PDP) measurement reports shared with each other via the backhaul links and thereby avoiding the full beam sweep. The proposed scheme significantly reduces the initial access time, enhances the access robustness and reduces the cost and complexity of the mobile terminals.
Speaker: Yaning Zou (Dresden University of Technology)
Title: Flexible hybrid beamforming design for communication above 6GHz with large antenna arrays
Abstract: One critical aspect for the envisioned air interface design in mmMagic project is to develop beamforming techniques that can combat unfavourable mmwave channel propagation conditions with reasonable implementation complexity and cost. In this presentation, TU Dresden shows some recent results on developing a flexible hybrid beamforming design architecture that can be applied in various transmission scenarios. The target is then to provide tailored design with given KPIs and meanwhile robust against sudden change in the propagation environment, e.g., signal blockage. As multiple RF chains will be needed in hybrid beamforming, RF impairments should also be taken into account for cost and energy efficient implementations.

-16h00-17h30: Flex5Gware Session
Speaker: Miquel Payaró (CTTC)
Title: Flex5Gware’s initial results on 5G hardware platforms
Abstract: In very broad and generic terms, the Flex5Gware vision for 5G HW platforms is that they will undergo a process towards i) improving their energy and spectrum efficiency (the latter includes the increase of the operated radio frequency bandwidth via mmWave-band usage and aggregation of spectrum at frequencies below 6 GHz) and ii) improving their modularity and flexibility (which implies increased reconfigurability and scalability). In this talk, we present an overview of the different results that have been obtained in the Flex5Gware project towards achieving this vision. In particular, the following technology areas will be considered: RF front-ends and antennas, mixed-signal technologies, digital front-ends and HW/SW function split. To endow this workshop with more detailed technical insight, four in-depth presentations will follow on the progress achieved in each one of these areas.
Speaker: Dieter Ferling (Nokia)
Title: Multiband base station transceivers up to 6 GHz
Abstract: The request for more powerful mobile systems, enabling high mobile data rate and throughput in areas of different size and user density, is addressed by concepts for base station transceivers promoting concurrent multiband operation in radio bands below 6 GHz. Solutions to reduce the hardware complexity are elaborated for broadband or multiband capability by including data and frequency conversion, amplification and filtering. Digital to analogue converters providing RF sampling will allow soon for direct RF signal generation of multiple signal carriers up to 6 GHz and obviate the need for additional frequency conversion. Analogue to digital converters show a more restricted performance, currently up to around 4 GHz. A multiband power amplifier is a further essential component in a multiband RF chain. Supporting radio bands around 2.6, 2.8 and 3.5 GHz, it allows for a three band transmitter design. Filters showing two resonator frequencies per cavity enable components with reduced number of cavities, leading to significant volume reduction for dual band filters. These components allow for multiband transceiver design operating between 2.5 and 3.6 GHz.
Speaker: Sylvie Mayrargue (CEA)
Title: Flexible In-band Full-Duplex transceivers based on a modified MIMO RF architecture
Abstract: In-band full-duplex transceivers are considered for future generations of cellular network systems. We propose to evaluate the performance of in-band full-duplex transceivers using a modified architecture based on hardware available for multiple-input multiple-output transceivers. A hybrid self-interference cancellation technique using an auxiliary transmitter is therefore introduced. Performance is evaluated using simulation models and is confirmed by hardware experimentation. The main limiting factors of the proposed architecture are analyzed and improvements to the architecture are then suggested.
Speaker: Vassilis Foteinos (Wings ICT Solutions)
Title: Dynamic reconfiguration of future 5G HW/SW systems
Abstract: The advanced 5G network infrastructure needs to be highly flexible in order to meet identified but dynamic, as well as unforeseen diverse requirements imposed by new cutting-edge applications (augmented reality, connected cars, tactile Internet, etc.). Dynamic reconfiguration of future 5G HW/SW systems could be an answer to this challenge, as it allows system’s adaptation to the very demanding and changing contexts of operation, guaranteeing Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE). This presentation deals with this issue and describes a solution that is based on a context-aware, cognitive and dynamic HW/SW partitioning mechanism for 5G network elements and devices. The mechanism exploits knowledge (e.g. prediction of a hotspot) derived by network and sensor measurements and decides upon the HW or SW execution of functions (e.g. LTE, 3GPP based PHY/MAC functions) in order to fulfill and maintain the application goals. This solution leads to high flexibility, configurability, performance and energy efficiency.
Speaker: Nikolaos Bartzoudis (CTTC)
Title: Partitioning and distributing communication stack functions of 5G wireless hotspots
Abstract: Following the topic of the previous talk, in this case we present a flexible 5G networking architecture, where the HW accelerated (HWA) and SW communication stack functions can be reconfigured to optimize a certain utility function relevant in wireless hotspots like, e.g., reducing its energy footprint. Observe that a similar partitioning of the eNB protocol stack, either at stack-level or algorithm-level has also been proposed by the small cell forum. The network flexibility is achieved i) by switching from a given network configuration to another featuring a different partitioning of its underlying SW and HWA communication stack functions and ii) by modifying specific wireless communication parameters or a functional set of physical-layer blocks.

5G PPP project METIS-II @EuCNC 2016
2016-06-26 - 2016-06-29 | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
5G PPP METIS-II project actively contributes to EuCNC 2016.
–METIS-II organises the special session 6 on “METIS-II views on 5G RAN design and architecture” on 29 June at 16:30. The session is chaired by Olav Queseth (Ericsson, Sweden).
Abstract: The main content of the session will be presentations of research papers highlighting some of the most recent results of the work in METIS-II. In addition there will be a short (~10 minutes) introduction to the papers explaining how they fit into and support the project objectives, which is to develop the 5G RAN design. The authors are selected participants of the METIS II project, each dealing with clearly defined topics in order to get a clear picture and offer a clear understanding of the main drivers in the activity performed after one year of work.
–METIS-II participates in workshop 1 on “International workshop on 5G architecture” on 27 June at 9:00. The workshop is chaired by Simone Redana (Nokia, Germany) and Alexandros Kaloxylos (Huawei, Germany).
Abstract: The current exponentially growing demand on wireless data rates, the new requirements imposed by future services and the required level of flexibility and heterogeneity call for an investigation of novel aspects of the 5G network architecture (incl. RAN, Core Network, converged wireline and wireless network with both core and access network aspects, networked cloud, Transport Network and Services). In this context, it is not surprising that there are several research initiatives dealing with integration and unification of functional and non-functional requirements, deployable elements, wired and wireless interworking, control, management and operational architecture aspects or that are looking at fundamental pieces that have an impact on the overall 5G architecture or vice versa. Furthermore, in the standardization bodies like 3GPPP, ETSI, ITU-R, IETF and ONF the work on the definition of the architecture for the 5G era has been already started. As part of the 5GPPP Initiative large number of projects attempt to either completely redesign the 5G network architecture or some of its components. Those projects have joint the forces and launched a Working Group on 5G Architecture to serve as a common platform to facilitate the discussion between projects developing architectural concepts and components and foster the discussions on the basis of the KPI’s described in the 5GPPP contract. The WG is proposing this workshop to involve also external research activities into the consensus building on the 5G Architecture.
–METIS-II is also participating in panel 2 on 5G Architecture on 29 June at 14:30. The panel is composed of:
Chair: Simone Redana (Head of Mobile Network Architecture & Systems Research, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany)
Alexandros Kaloxylos (Head of Radio Access Network Department, Huawei, Germany
Icaro Leonardo Da Silva (Senior Researcher, Ericsson, Sweden
Konstantinos Chalkiotis (Vice President, Mobile Access Group Technology, Deutsche Telekom, Germany
Akihiro Nakao (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Abstract: The current exponentially growing demand on wireless data rates, the new requirements imposed by future services and the required level of flexibility and heterogeneity call for an investigation of novel aspects of the 5G network architecture (incl. RAN, Core Network, converged wireline and wireless network with both core and access network aspects, networked cloud, Transport Network and Services). In this context, it is not surprising that there are several research initiatives dealing with integration and unification of functional and non-functional requirements, deployable elements, wired and wireless interworking, control, management and operational architecture aspects or that are looking at fundamental pieces that have an impact on the overall 5G architecture or vice versa. Furthermore, in the standardization bodies like 3GPPP, ETSI, ITU-R, IETF and ONF the work on the definition of the architecture for the 5G era has been already started. As part of the 5GPPP Initiative large number of projects attempt to either completely redesign the 5G network architecture or some of its components. Those projects have joint the forces and launched a Working Group on 5G Architecture to serve as a common platform to facilitate the discussion between projects developing architectural concepts and components and foster the discussions on the basis of the KPI’s described in the 5GPPP contract. The WG has issued a White Paper end of May/beginning of June on 5G Architecture and would like to discuss it with panellists who has contributed to it and with panellists who can bring a different perspective.
-Papers from METIS-II experts will be released:
C. Herranz, D. Martin-Sacristan, S. Inca, J. F. Monserrat, N.Cardona, “On the Use of Serious Game Engineering for 5G System Performance Evaluation”
Emmanouil Pateromichelakis, Haris Celik, Roberto Fantini, Ömer Bulakci, Luis M. Campoy, Ahmed M. Ibrahim, Javier Lorca, Mehrdad Shariat, Milos Tesanovic, Yang Yang “Agile Interference Management Framework for 5G”.

5G PPP projects actively contribute to EuCNC 2016
2016-06-26 - 2016-06-30 | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
EuCNC 2016 (European Conference on Networks and Communications) is the 25th edition of a successful series of technical/scientific conferences, open to the world research community, sponsored also by the European Commission, with a focus that ranges from the physical layer to all types of supported applications. Particular focus in this edition will be on 5G technologies. The 2016 edition will be co-organized by the University of Piraeus and the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS).
Aspects of interest include but are not limited to:
Air interfaces (PHY, MAC, RRM, respective developments towards 5G).
Optical communications/networks (access/core technologies, signal processing, components, etc.).
Software defined infrastructures (SDN, NFV, orchestration, etc.).
Management technologies (physical/virtualized resource management, predictive technologies, resilience and security, learning and self-optimization, cognition, architectures and standards).
Converging concepts (IoT/M2M, CPS, embedded and nanoscale systems, cloud/edge/fog computing, OTT, etc.).
Business aspects, vertical sectors, applications/services.
Testbeds and experiments.
The conference will include:
Regular sessions with papers (to appear in IEEEXplore).
One of the largest, for scientific conferences, technology and demonstration exhibition, mainly centered around 5G technologies.
Workshops, special sessions, panels covering technology and business aspects.
Keynote talks from world renowned leaders.
Extended networking opportunities.
A number of 5G PPP projects will contribute to the success of the Conference through:
1.Dedicated workshops
–Joint FANTASTIC-5G, mmMAGIC, Flex5Gware Workshop @EuCNC 2016
–Next Generation fronthaul/backhaul integrated transport networks @EuCNC 2016
–Network Management, QoS and Security Workshop @EuCNC 2016
-METIS-II workshop : International workshop on 5G architecture
2.Oral sessions
-“Exploring the Use of RPAs as 5G Points of Presence”
-“Fronthaul requirements of 5G mobile networks”, by Thomas Deiss (Nokia), at the workshop “Towards Converged X-Haul for 5G Networks”.
-“Bit-Rate Bound Derivation for compressed time-domain fronthaul”, by Chenguan Lu (Ericsson), at the workshop “Towards Converged X-Haul for 5G Networks”
-“Ethernet OAM and SDN: a matching opportunity”, by Luca Cominardi (InterDigital), at the workshop “Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Programmable Software Networks”
-“Ultra-Reliable and Mission Critical Communication” (SS5 organised by Fantastic-5G and chaired by Frank Schaich) by Nuno Patras (Aalborg University), Petar Popovski, Berna Sayrac (Orange), Salaheddine Elayoubi (Orange)
3.Paper presentations in the main conference
-“Fronthaul Performance Demonstration in a WDM-PON-Based Convergent Network”, by Z. Tayq (Orange)
-“Packet Forwarding for Heterogeneous Technologies for Integrated Fronthaul/Backhaul”, by T. Deiss (Nokia)
-“Orchestration of Crosshaul Slices from Federated Administrative Domains”, by LM. Contreras (Telefonica)
-“5G-Crosshaul: Towards a Unified Data-Plane for 5G Transport Networks”, by L. Cominardi (InterDigital)
-“Innovations Through 5G-Crosshaul Applications”, by X. Li (NEC)
-“Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency 5G Communication”, by Osman Yilmaz (Ericsson)
-“Code Design for Short Blocks: A Survey”, by Gianlugi Liva (DLR)
-“Achieving low-latency communication in future wireless networks: the 5G NORMA approach”, by Alessandro Colazzo (AZCOM)
-C.Herranz, D. Martin-Sacristan, S. Inca, J. F. Monserrat, N.Cardona, “On the Use of Serious Game Engineering for 5G System Performance Evaluation” from the METIS-II point of view
-Emmanouil Pateromichelakis, Haris Celik, Roberto Fantini, Ömer Bulakci, Luis M. Campoy, Ahmed M. Ibrahim, Javier Lorca, Mehrdad Shariat, Milos Tesanovic, Yang Yang “Agile Interference Management Framework for 5G” from the METIS-II point of view
4. Panels & Demos
METIS-II participates in panel 2 on 5G architecture.

Key dates:
-Paper submission deadline: 5 February 2016. Papers are due here.
-Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2016
-Final paper submission: 22 April 2016
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Next Generation fronthaul/backhaul integrated transport networks @EuCNC 2016
2016-06-27 08:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
5G-Crosshaul is organising a Workshop on “Next Generation fronthaul/backhaul integrated transport networks” on 27 June at EuCNC (detailed programme here).
In addition to this workshop, the 5G-Crosshaul project is contributing to three invited talks to other workshops on 27 June and releases five papers in the main conference:
Talks
-“Fronthaul requirements of 5G mobile networks”, by Thomas Deiss (Nokia), at the workshop “Towards Converged X-Haul for 5G Networks”
-“Bit-Rate Bound Derivation for compressed time-domain fronthaul”, by Chenguan Lu (Ericsson), at the workshop “Towards Converged X-Haul for 5G Networks”
-“Ethernet OAM and SDN: a matching opportunity”, by Luca Cominardi (InterDigital), at the workshop “Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Programmable Software Networks”
Papers
-“Fronthaul Performance Demonstration in a WDM-PON-Based Convergent Network”, by Z. Tayq (Orange)
-“Packet Forwarding for Heterogeneous Technologies for Integrated Fronthaul/Backhaul”, by T. Deiss (Nokia)
-“Orchestration of Crosshaul Slices from Federated Administrative Domains”, by LM. Contreras (Telefonica)
-“5G-Crosshaul: Towards a Unified Data-Plane for 5G Transport Networks, by L. Cominardi (InterDigital)
-“Innovations Through 5G-Crosshaul Applications”, by X. Li (NEC)

About 5G-Crosshaul
The 5G-Crosshaul project aims at developing a 5G integrated backhaul and fronthaul transport network enabling a flexible and software-defined reconfiguration of all networking elements in a multi-tenant and service-oriented unified management environment. The 5G-Crosshaul transport network envisioned will consist of high-capacity switches and heterogeneous transmission links (e.g., fibre or wireless optics, high-capacity copper, mmWave) interconnecting Remote Radio Heads, 5GPoAs (e.g., macro and small cells), cloud-processing units (mini data centres), and points-of-presence of the core networks of one or multiple service providers. This transport network will flexibly interconnect distributed 5G radio access and core network functions, hosted on in-network cloud nodes, through the implementation of: (i) a control infrastructure using a unified, abstract network model for control plane integration (Crosshaul Control Infrastructure, XCI); (ii) a unified data plane encompassing innovative high-capacity transmission technologies and novel deterministic-latency switch architectures (Crosshaul Packet Forwarding Element, XFE).
5g-crosshaul.eu

Network Management, QoS and Security Workshop @EuCNC 2016
2016-06-27 08:00 - 12:00 | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
CogNet is organising a workshop on Network Management, QoS and Security on June 27 at EuCNC2016. The projects CogNet, SelfNet, SONATA, 5G-ENSURE and 5G-NORMA all present papers at this workshop.
The tentative agenda is given below:
9.00 Introduction to the Network Management, QoS and Security Working Groups – Robert Mullins, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
9.05 Keynote : “Network and cloud optimization: it’s all about the model” – Professor Danny Raz, Technion University, Israel
9.45 Paper Presentation : An Energy Efficient Architecture for 5G Network Management – Kieran Sullivan, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
10.05 Paper Presentation : The SELFNET approach to Self Protection through Autonomic Network Management – Jose Alcaraz Calero, University of the West of Scotland
10.25 Coffee
10.35 Paper Presentation : NFV Reliability with Machine Learning – Marius Corici, Fraunhofer Fokus, Berlin
10.50 Paper Presentation : A New Radio Access Stratum Security Architecture Supporting Dynamic 5G Radio Access Networks – Peter Schneider, Nokia Bell Labs
11.10 Paper Presentation : Using Machine Learning to Detect Noisy Neighbours in 5G Networks – Bruno Ordozgoiti, Universitat Politècnica de Madrid
11.30 Paper Presentation : Towards Micro Segmentation in 5G Network Security – Olli Mammela, VTT Finland
11.50 Paper Presentation : Cooperative Caching in C-RAN using Bayesian Classification and Greedy Placement – Benat Azpiazu, VicomTech
12.05 Paper Presentation : A Monitoring Framework for Heterogeneous NFV/SDN Coud Environments – Theodore Zahariadis, Synelixis
12.25 Panel Discussion (20 minutes)
About CogNet
COGNET is targeting the 5G Network Management research area and particularly:
-Cognitive Network Management

-5G network Security and Integrity

-Virtual Network Platform and Software Networks
www.cognet.5g-ppp.eu

About SelfNet
The SELFNET project will design and implement an autonomic network management framework to achieve self-organizing capabilities in managing network infrastructures by automatically detecting and mitigating a range of common network problems that are currently still being manually addressed by network operators, thereby significantly reducing operational costs and improving user experience. SELFNET explores a smart integration of state-of-the-art technologies in Software-Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Self-Organizing Networks (SON), Cloud computing, Artificial intelligence, Quality of Experience (QoE) and Next-generation networking to provide a novel intelligent network management framework that is capable of assisting network operators in key management tasks: automated network monitoring by the automatic deployment of NFV applications to facilitate system-wide awareness of Health of Network metrics to have more direct and precise knowledge about the real status of the network; autonomic network maintenance by defining high-level tactical measures and enabling autonomic corrective and preventive actions against existing or potential network problems. SELFNET is driven by use cases designed to address major network management problems including Self-protection capabilities against distributed cyber-attacks, Self-healing capabilities against network failures, and Self-optimization to dynamically improve the performance of the network and the QoE of the users.
www.selfnet-5g.eu
About SONATA
Virtualisation and software networks are a major disruptive technology for communications networks, enabling services to be deployed as software functions running directly in the network on commodity hardware. However, deploying the more complex user-facing applications and services envisioned for 5G networks presents significant technological challenges for development and deployment. SONATA addresses both issues.
For service development, SONATA provides service patterns and description techniques for composed services. A customised SDK is developed to boost the efficiency of developers of network functions and composed services, by integrating catalogue access, editing, debugging, and monitoring analysis tools with service packaging for shipment to an operator.
For deployment, SONATA provides a novel service platform to manage service execution. The platform complements the SDK with functionality to validate service packages. Moreover, it improves on existing platforms by providing a flexible and extensible orchestration framework based on a plugin architecture. Thanks to SONATA’s platform service developers can provide custom algorithms to steer the orchestration of their services: for continuous placement, scaling, life-cycle management and contextualization of services. These algorithms are overseen by executives in the service platform, ensuring trust and resolving any conflict between services.
www.sonata-nfv.eu
About 5G-ENSURE
The 5G-ENSURE will:
-Deliver strategic impact across technology, business enablement & standardisation.
-Develop a set of non-intrusive security enablers (AAA, Privacy, Trust, Monitoring, Network Management and Virtualization Isolation) for the core of the 5G Reference Architecture.
-Define a 5G Security Architecture needed to expand the mobile ecosystem giving operators a platform for entirely new business opportunities.
-Initiate a 5G Security test bed vision and initial set-up in which the security enablers will be made available and demonstrated.
-5G-ENSURE will define a shared and agreed 5G Security Roadmap with various 5G stakeholders. The outcome will be a trustworthy 5G system offering reliable security services to customers with a “zero perceived” downtime for service provision.
www.5gensure.eu
About 5G-NORMA
5G NORMA aims to develop a novel mobile network architecture that provides the necessary adaptability in a resource efficient way able to handle fluctuations in traffic demand resulting from heterogeneous and dynamically changing service portfolios and to changing local context. The developed “multi-service and context-aware adaptation of network functions” will allow for a resource-efficient support of these varying scenarios and help to increase energy-efficiency by always selecting the most energy efficient option.
https://5gnorma.5g-ppp.eu/

FANTASTIC-5G: Ultra-Reliable and Mission Critical Communication @EuCNC 2016
2016-06-29 15:30 - 17:00 | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
The 5G PPP project FANTASTIC-5G is holding the special session 5 on Ultra-Reliable and Mission Critical Communication @ EUCNC 2016 at 16:30 on 29 June (Room Aphrodite C). This special session chaired by Frank Schaich (Alcatel-Lucent Germany) has the purpose to present some of the important use cases, as well as the central technical challenges towards achieving mission critical communications in 5G.
5G wireless connectivity will be applied to new use cases that require extremely reliable connections (typically 99.999% availability) and mission-critical communications (short MCC), such as vehicle-to-vehicle coordination, critical control of the power grid, etc [1]. MCC changes the paradigms of communications towards flexible allocation of resources, giving a higher level of protection to the MCC services, multi-mode connectivity (eg. both small and macro-cell), underlay operation (cognitive radio techniques). MCC can involve transmission of very short data packets, where the control data becomes comparable in size to the actual data. MCC needs rethinking of the packet structure and the associated exchange of signaling messages therеby putting requirements on MAC-layer protocols (reservation, random access, scheduled access) and link-layer protocols (HARQ, link initialization, sending ACKs to multiple devices, etc.).
The program is as follows:
-Invited presentation: Gerhard Wunder, FU Berlin
Title: “Security on a 5G setting”
Abstract: MCC requirements such as high reliability, low latency etc. affect also security (and safety) procedures. In this talk we highlight some challenges of MCC from a 5G security perspective and discuss physical layer security (PHYSEC) as a potential remedy. To counter both passive eavesdropper and active radio hacking systems, that operate at the radio interface of wireless networks, to enable efficient, scalable key pre-distribution and authentication, and to enable much faster key establishment / authentication / attack detection procedures, PHYSEC has emerged as a promising approach, in complement of classical ciphering. PHYSEC strengthens the security of wireless communications by catching and exploiting the intrinsic randomness of the radio propagation, which avoids the use of pre-shared keys and guarantees full secrecy independently of the adverse computing capabilities. In this context we discuss several interesting new “fast” security procedures on radio level such as secret key generation “on the fly”, secrecy coding, secure pairing, etc.
-Paper1: Osman Yilmaz, Ericsson
Title: “Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency 5G Communication”
Abstract: Machine-to-machine communication, M2M, will make up a large portion of the new types of services and use cases that the fifth generation (5G) systems will address. On the one hand, 5G will connect a large number of low-cost and low-energy devices in the context of the Internet of things; on the other hand it will enable critical machine type communication use cases, such as smart factory, automotive, energy, and e-health – which require communication with very high reliability and availability, as well as very low end-to-end latency. In this paper, we will discuss the requirements, enablers and challenges to support these emerging mission-critical 5G use cases.
-Paper2: Gianluigi Liva, DLR
Title: “Code Design for Short Blocks: A Survey”
Abstract: The design of block codes for short information blocks (e.g., a thousand or less information bits) is an open research problem which is gaining relevance thanks to emerging applications in wireless communication networks. In this work, we review some of the most recent code constructions targeting the short block regime, and we compare then with both finite length performance bounds and classical error correction coding schemes. We will see how it is possible to effectively approach the theoretical bounds, with different performance vs. decoding complexity trade-offs.
-Paper3: Alessandro Colazzo, AZCOM
Title: “Achieving low-latency communication in future wireless networks: the 5G NORMA approach”
Abstract: The end-to-end network latency is generally considered by the 5G community a key requirement for future wireless networks, enabling new applications by means of end-to-end figures up to a few ms, which is a target that cannot be achieved by the current 4G technology. 5G Novel Radio Multiservice adaptive network Architecture (5G NORMA) project aims at providing a new network architecture design able to cope with the diverse and stringent 5G KPIs, including network latency. This paper describes the low latency issue from a network architecture perspective, starting from the 3GPP state-of-the-art and then describing the 5G NORMA novelties.

Key challenges for 5G Networks @CHARISMA & SESAME Summer School 2016
2016-06-29 - 2016-07-01 | NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, PANEPISTIMIOPOLIS, ILISIA, ATHENS, 157 84 , Greece
5G PPP CHARISMA project is co-organizing with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a summer school ”Key Challenges for 5G Networks”, that will be held on 30 June to 1 July 2016, at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the NKUA, Panepistimiopolis, Ilisia, Greece. The school is also supported by the 5G PPP SESAME project.
5G is foreseen as the key enabling technology that will provide high data rate communication services with low latency and will boost the development for new applications for all vertical industries. By supporting virtualization and multi-tenancy, 5G will enable the creation of new business models leading to a new ecosystem that will extend beyond the traditional telecommunication actors and stakeholders. In order for 5G to meet these ambitions a number of challenges must be resolved.
The event will gather official representatives from ENISA, National Authorities, academia as well as industry stakeholders, in order to present the challenges and new trends of 5G networking.
Topics include:
-Technologies and architectures for 5G
-Security, reliability and privacy in 5G network
-Design of NFV and SDN solutions
-Regulatory aspects of 5G
-New business challenges and opportunities related to 5G
-Socio economic drivers for 5G
Participants will have the opportunity to interact with researchers and academics from several European Universities, Research Institutes and Industry.
Information and registration form can be found here. Participation is free but registration is mandatory. A certificate of attendance will be given to all registered participants.

4th 5G PPP Phase 2 Information Day, Athens,
2016-06-30 14:00 - 17:30 | DIVANI APOLLON PALACE & THALASSO HOTEL, AGIOU NIKOLAOU 10, , Athens , VOULIAGMENI, 166 71, Greece
The 4th 5G-PPP information day will be held alongside the EUCNC conference in Athens.
The Purpose of this work shop is to share the context of the 5G-PPP call 2 with all interested parties. It is important highlight that the ambition of the 5G-PPP is: 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 2 are aware of phase 1 work and the context in which phase 2 will start. The workshop also allows that organisations may present project or technological ideas and seek potential collaborators.
Draft Agenda and registration here: 4th 5G-PPP Information Day Athens

CHARISMA @ IEEE PIMRC in Valencia (Spain) on September 4th, 2016
2016-09-04 | Valencia Congress Centre, Av. de les Corts Valencianes 60, Valencia, 46015, Spain
The CHARISMA project is organizing the “5G strengthening business and social development: barriers and drivers” workshop on September 4th, 2016. The workshop is co-located with IEEE PIMRC 2016 (Personal Indoor Mobile Radio Communications) in Valencia, Spain.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Security, reliability and privacy in 5G network
-Management and Orchestration of NFV and SDN elements for security
-Secure design of NFV and SDN solution
-Intrusion detection and mitigation for emerging network
-Regulatory aspects
-New business challenges and opportunities related to 5G
-Socio economic drivers
The workshop also hopes to bring together other 5G projects as well as other interested parties which have a common interest in the development and progression of the identified topics.The CHARISMA project will showcase its work and discuss business and regulatory issues of 5G networking. The workshop has been endorsed by the IEEE 5G Mobile Wireless Internet Emerging Technologies Subcommittee (IEEE 5G TsC).
Authors are invited to submit their papers. The online platform is open to submit papers here.
Important dates
Paper submission deadline: 29 April 2016
Notification: 10 June 2016
Final Paper submission deadline: 1 July 2016
About CHARISMA
CHARISMA proposes an intelligent hierarchical routing and paravirtualised architecture that unites two important concepts: devolved offload with shortest path nearest to end-users and an end-to-end security service chain via virtualized open access physical layer security (PLS). The CHARISMA architecture meets the goals of low-latency (<1ms) and security required for future converged wireless/wireline advanced 5G networking. This provides a cloud infrastructure platform with increased spectral and energy efficiency and enhanced performance targeting the identified needs for 1000-fold increased mobile data volume, 10-100 times higher data rates, 10-100 times more connected devices and 5x reduced latency. The CHARISMA approach will benefit user experiences with ground-breaking low-latency services, high-bandwidth, and mobile cloud resilient network security.
About PIMRC
PIMRC is one of the premier conferences in the wireless research arena and has a long history of bringing together academia, industry and regulatory bodies. Today, it has become one of IEEE Communication Society’s flagship conferences in telecommunications. PIMRC’16 will include technical sessions, tutorials, workshops, and technology and business panels. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE’s highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities.

5G PPP projects @IEEE PIMRC 2016 (4-7 September - Valencia, Spain)
2016-09-04 - 2016-09-07 | Valencia Congress Centre, Valencia, Spain
The 27th IEEE PIMRC will be held in Valencia (Spain) from 4th to 7th September 2016. It will cover wide range of topics in wireless communications, networks, services, and applications by hosting 3 Keynote Speakers and Main Technical sessions under 4 Tracks, 6 Tutorials and 8 Workshops. Details on the conference can be found there.
5G PPP projects will present first outputs. METIS-II is organising the panel 1 “What is relevant research for 5G Advanced?”. CHARISMA is organising the “5G strengthening business and social development: barriers and drivers” workshop on September 4th, 2016. mmMAGIC will present papers.
Panel 1 organiser: Dr. Olav Queseth (METIS-II/Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden)
Abstract: At the time of PIMRC the standardisation of 5G has been running for some time and the first deployments are only one and a half year into the future. What is clear though is that this first wave will be followed by a number of innovations and improvements. At this time it is important to start thinking about initiating research on topics that will be important in the future but at the moment may have taken a back seat to the standardisation efforts. The panel will provide the view of a number of industry and academic leaders on the topics that will shape the development of 5G advanced and make a guess at important emerging fields.
CHARISMA Workshop organiser: Ioannis Neokosmidis
Abstract: The CHARISMA project will showcase its work and discuss business and regulatory issues of 5G networking. The workshop has been endorsed by the IEEE 5G Mobile Wireless Internet Emerging Technologies Subcommittee (IEEE 5G TsC).
mmMAGIC will present two papers: “E-band Millimiter Wave Indoor Channel Characterization” and “On the Performance of Millimeter Wave-based RF-FSO Links with HARQ Feedback”.

About CHARISMA
CHARISMA proposes an intelligent hierarchical routing and paravirtualised architecture that unites two important concepts: devolved offload with shortest path nearest to end-users and an end-to-end security service chain via virtualized open access physical layer security (PLS). The CHARISMA architecture meets the goals of low-latency (<1ms) and security required for future converged wireless/wireline advanced 5G networking. This provides a cloud infrastructure platform with increased spectral and energy efficiency and enhanced performance targeting the identified needs for 1000-fold increased mobile data volume, 10-100 times higher data rates, 10-100 times more connected devices and 5x reduced latency. The CHARISMA approach will benefit user experiences with ground-breaking low-latency services, high-bandwidth, and mobile cloud resilient network security.
About METIS-II
Key objectives of METIS-II are to develop the overall 5G radio access network design and to provide the technical enablers needed for an efficient integration and use of the various 5G technologies and components currently developed. The innovation pillars that will allow METIS-II to achieve this goal are

a holistic spectrum management architecture addressing the spectrum crunch,
an air interface harmonisation framework enabling an efficient integration of new and legacy air interfaces,
an agile Resource Management (RM) framework providing the dynamics required to efficiently adapt the integrated 5G air interfaces and radio concepts to the varying traffic demand and service requirements,
a cross-layer and cross-air-interface system access and mobility framework ensuring an ubiquitous access continuum,
and a common control and user plane framework providing the means for an efficient support of the broad versatility of services expected for 5G as well as a future-proof and cost-efficient implementation of the 5G integration.

About mmMAGIC
The mmMAGIC (Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications) project will develop and design new concepts for mobile radio access technology (RAT) for mm-wave band deployment. This is envisaged as a key component in the 5G multi-RAT ecosystem and will be used as a foundation for global standardization. The project will thus enable ultrafast mobile broadband services for mobile users, supporting UHD/3D streaming, immersive applications and ultra-responsive cloud services.

5G-PPP Phase 3: Preparation Workshop on 5G for Healthcare
2016-09-15 13:30 - 15:50 | BMW World, Am Olympiapark 1, Munich , 80809, Germany
in the Double Cone conference room in BMW World, Munich, as part of ieeehealthcom2016.com

The calls for 5G PPP Phase 3 projects will be announced in 2017. Between now and then stakeholder discussions can influence the call text with regards to highlighted topics, impacts required, aims and objectives.
This workshop will offer an opportunity to contribute to the content of this important future call. The workshop will focus on the 5G requirements of the health domain and the nature of projects and experimental activities that are needed to get Health established as one of the key vertical sectors to be supported by the new 5G infrastructure. The views collected at this workshop will be considered by 5G-PPP Vision Working Group by the end of September and key points will be included in future 5G-PPP vision documents
Invited Speakers:

Bernard Barrani, European Commission
David Soldani, Nokia
Halid Hrasnica, Eurescom
Sajida Zouarhi, Orange
Astrid Grottland, Norwegian Centre of eHealth Research
Altaf Sadique, GaneData, Leeds
Christoph Thuemmler, Edinburgh Napier University

Agenda:

13.30
Halid Hrasnica
Eurescom GmbH
Preparing 5G PPP Phase 3

13.40
David Soldani
Head of 5G Global, Nokia
5G Readiness

13.50
Christoph Thuemmler
Edinburgh Napier Univ.
Health 4.0

14.00
Sajida Zouarhi
Orange Labs
QoS approach for Critical Services

14.10
Bernard Barrani,
European Commission
5G PPP Overview and Phase 3 requirements

14.40
Break

15.00
Astrid Grottland
Chief Advisor, Norwegian Centre for eHealth Research
Use case requirements

15.15
Altaf Sadique
CEO GaneData, Leeds
Enterprise mobility and supply chain management

15.30
Halid Hrasnica
Christoph Thuemmler
(Chairs)
Eurescom GmbH
Edinburgh Napier University
Discussion / Wrap up

15.50
End

Workshop Chairpersons:
Dr. Ing. Halid Hrasnica, Eurescom GmbH
Prof. Christoph Thuemmler, Edinburgh Napier University
Jean-Sébastien Bedo , Orange

Workshop on Virtualised Coordinated Spectrum Access for 5G Communications Systems @13th ISWCS 2016
2016-09-20 - 2016-09-23 | Building of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Poznań University of Technology, 3 Polanka Str., Poznań, Poland
5GNORMA and COHERENT 5G PPP projects jointly organise a workshop on Virtualised Coordinated Spectrum Access for 5G Communications Systems at ISWCS 2016 (September 20-23, 2016, Poznan, Poland).
In its 5G White Paper, NGMN demands 5G to provide efficient support of new business models and partnership models across industries. This implies increasingly heterogeneous demands on spectrum resources, their availability and utilization. Greater flexibility is a common requirement to all network components, including spectrum management.
Network virtualization technology is playing a central role in 5G, as it promises to create customer-specific logical networks on a shared infrastructure and thereby increases the flexibility in network utilization and management.
This workshop aims to bring the concepts of dynamic allocation of spectrum to network services and virtualization together and explore if and how novel architectures and technologies based on virtualization can increase the efficiency in spectrum utilization.
CfP and additional information on the workshop here.
Important dates:
Submission deadline: June 17, 2016
Notification of acceptance of papers: July 8, 2016
Submission guidelines:
Papers should be written in English with a maximum length of 5 pages (two-column A4, 10-point font) following the standard IEEE manuscript template. The submission has to be performed electronically via EDAS.The accepted papers will be published on IEEE Xplore.
General Chairs:
Markus Breitbach (Deutsche Telekom, Germany)
Olav Tirkkonen (Aalto University, Aalto, Finland)
Tao Chen (VTT, Finland)
Peter Rost (Nokia, Germany)

The Digital Week 2016 is heading to Bratislava (26-29 September)
2016-09-26 - 2016-09-29
Two events will be organised by DG CNECT taking place during the Digital Week in Bratislava (Slovakia), during the Slovakian Presidency. The Digital Week includes ICT Proposer’s Day 2016 (on 26-27 September) and the Digital Assembly “Putting the Digital Single Market at the heart of Europe” (on 28-29 September).
5G-related topics will be presented, mainly the topic ICT-07-2017 that aims at research and innovation in the field of 5G by building up on the results of Phase 1 of the 5G PPP initiative as well as the topic ICT-08-2017 that aims at innovating in new optical access network solutions based on integrated optical device prototypes and developing flexible virtual network functions useful for operators, service providers and third parties. The Digital Assembly will also have a strong 5G component, especially on 28 September when the session on ‘Connectivity and Privacy Issues in the Electronic Communications Sector’ will be taking place.
The ICT Proposers’ Day is organised in the frame of the Digital Week and offers:

Presentations of the ICT-related topics by the EC for 2017
The very popular Face2Face match making meetings

It is definitely an excellent networking opportunity for your researchers, institutes and companies.

The agendas for both events are under preparation. More info is coming soon. Please follow @ICTproposerEU and @DigitalAgendaEU/#DigitalWeek for updates.

5th 5G PPP information day: Bratislava
2016-09-26 16:30 - 18:30 | Incheba Conference Centre, Viedenská cesta 3-7, 851 01 Bratislava, 851 01 , Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Information Session on 5G PPP
Date: 26/09/2016 (16:30-18:30)
5G PPP Research and validation of critical technologies and systems
This topic aims at research and innovation in the field of the fifth-generation (5G) of mobile telecommunications technologies by leveraging on the results of Phase 1 of the 5G PPP (Public Private Partnership) initiative. The goal is to validate research results in proof of concepts and demonstrators having use cases from sectors such as eHealth, automotive, video/TV broadcast, and energy. The topic covers wireless access and radio network architecture and technologies; high-capacity elastic optical networks; and software networks. The projects will be implemented as a programme and be expected to contribute with horizontal results to the programme integration process.
5G PPP Convergent Technologies
Innovating in new optical access network solutions based on integrated optical device prototypes; and developing flexible virtual network functions useful for operators, service providers, and third parties. These projects will be implemented as a programme and be expected to contribute with horizontal results to the programme integration process. Another objective is to research and innovate in access convergence using experimentation facilities from Taiwanese partners.
Agenda

• Introduction to the call by the CommissionCommission speaker20 min.

• Overview presentation on 5G PPP5G IA speaker15-20 min.

• Networking presentations by interested partiesabout 80 min.

Sonata@SDN &OpenFlow World Congress
2016-10-12 | World Forum, Churchillplein 10, The Hague, 2517 JW, Netherlands
SONATA’s contribution to SDN & OpenFlow Congress is two-fold: it organises a workshop session and présents a paper on “Understand Your Chains: Towards Performance Profile-based Network Service Management”.
The workshop session at the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress is scheduled on the October 12th at 3:35 pm pm (2 hours)
Objective is two-fold:

Introducing SONATA NFV-based development toolkit and service platform and announce the release of its first version.
Discussing with experts the tools and processes required to drive the software development in a DevOps approach, something that is at the very core of the SONATA development cycle.In addition, the “Understand Your Chains: Towards Performance Profile-based Network Service Management” paper was accepted for EWSDN’16 which was co-located with the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress 2016. The paper is presented on October 10th. It analyses and discusses the components needed to generate such performance behavior information within the NFV DevOps workflow. It also outlines research questions that identify open issues and missing pieces for a fully integrated NFV profiling solution. Further, it introduces a novel profiling mechanism that is able to profile virtualized network functions and entire network service chains under different resource constraints before they are deployed on production infrastructure. Indeed, allocating resources to virtualized network functions and services to meet service level agreements is a challenging task for NFV management and orchestration systems. This becomes even more challenging when agile development method- ologies, like DevOps, are applied. In such scenarios, management and orchestration systems are continuously facing new versions of functions and services which makes it hard to decide how much resources have to be allocated to them to provide the expected service performance. One solution for this problem is to support resource allocation decisions with performance behavior information obtained by profiling techniques applied to such network functions and services.About SONATA@sonataNFVSONATA is developing a NFV framework that provides a programming model and development toolchain for virtualized services, fully integrated with a DevOps-enabled service platform and orchestration system. SONATA initial results include:
Agile Service Development and Orchestration in 5G Virtualized Networks
http://www.sonata-nfv.eu/

The detailed agenda for the workshop is available here.

SONATA’s Network Service SDK: Facilitates network service development for third-party developers
SONATA’s Service platform: Thanks to the modular design of its MANO framework offers , the platform offers high customization opportunities for both, Communication Service Providers and Service Developers.
SONATA NFV DevOps Workflow: The SONATA system is designed for agile development and operation of network services. It enables a DevOps workflow between the SDK tools and the service platform, which allows developers and operators to closely collaborate. Launched in the spring of 2012, the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress showcases for the rapidly growing and massively influential, Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualisation industries.
Read more on SDN & OpenFlow World Congress website here.
About the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress (10-14 October, The Hague, Netherlands)
Contacts: Sonia Castro Carillo & Josep Martrat (Atos)

NGMN Industry Conference and Exhibition 2016
2016-10-12 12:00 - 2016-10-13 18:00 | Steigenberger Airport Hotel, Unterschweinstiege 16, Frankfurt, 60549, Germany
Don’t miss the 6th NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition, taking place on 12th & 13th October 2016 in Frankfurt/Germany!
The event features the announcement of leading, international operators’ and vendors’ requirements for the future 5G technology platform. This will be complemented by an in-depth presentation of new 5G enabled business opportunities and use-cases introduced by executives and subject-matter experts.
The Industry Conference & Exhibition will bring together key players from the entire mobile ecosystem and offer a unique networking platform throughout the 2 days. With an impressive line-up of top-level speakers talking about high priority topics of our industry, you will be part of a global audience of operators, vendors, innovators, media and analysts.
On top of the NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition, NGMN will celebrate with you its 10th Anniversary. You can expect an evening filled with entertainment, great food, excellent networking opportunities and special surprises.
For registration or further information on sponsoring, exhibition opportunities, hotel accommodation, pricing etc. please visit the event website (ice2016.ngmn.org) or contact office@ngmn.org directly.

SONATA @SDN & OpenFlow World Congress
2016-10-12 15:35 - 17:00 | World Forum, Churchillplein 10, The Hague, 2517 JW, Netherlands
SONATA’s contribution to SDN & OpenFlow Congress is two-fold: it organises a workshop session and présents a paper on “Understand Your Chains: Towards Performance Profile-based Network Service Management”.
The workshop session at the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress is scheduled on October the 12th at 3:35 pm (2 hours)
Objective is two-fold:

Introducing SONATA NFV-based development toolkit and service platform and announce the release of its first version.
Discussing with experts the tools and processes required to drive the software development in a DevOps approach, something that is at the very core of the SONATA development cycle.

The detailed agenda for the workshop is available here. Videos from the SONATA workshop can be accessed online, on twitter or on LinkedIn.
In addition, the “Understand Your Chains: Towards Performance Profile-based Network Service Management” paper was accepted for EWSDN’16 which was co-located with the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress 2016. The paper is presented on October 10th. It analyses and discusses the components needed to generate such performance behavior information within the NFV DevOps workflow. It also outlines research questions that identify open issues and missing pieces for a fully integrated NFV profiling solution. Further, it introduces a novel profiling mechanism that is able to profile virtualized network functions and entire network service chains under different resource constraints before they are deployed on production infrastructure. Indeed, allocating resources to virtualized network functions and services to meet service level agreements is a challenging task for NFV management and orchestration systems. This becomes even more challenging when agile development method- ologies, like DevOps, are applied. In such scenarios, management and orchestration systems are continuously facing new versions of functions and services which makes it hard to decide how much resources have to be allocated to them to provide the expected service performance. One solution for this problem is to support resource allocation decisions with performance behavior information obtained by profiling techniques applied to such network functions and services.

About SONATA
http://www.sonata-nfv.eu/
@sonataNFV
Agile Service Development and Orchestration in 5G Virtualized Networks
SONATA is developing a NFV framework that provides a programming model and development toolchain for virtualized services, fully integrated with a DevOps-enabled service platform and orchestration system. SONATA initial results include:

SONATA’s Network Service SDK: Facilitates network service development for third-party developers
SONATA’s Service platform: Thanks to the modular design of its MANO framework offers , the platform offers high customization opportunities for both, Communication Service Providers and Service Developers.
SONATA NFV DevOps Workflow: The SONATA system is designed for agile development and operation of network services. It enables a DevOps workflow between the SDK tools and the service platform, which allows developers and operators to closely collaborate.

Contacts: Sonia Castro Carillo & Josep Martrat (Atos)

About the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress (10-14 October, The Hague, Netherlands)
Launched in the spring of 2012, the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress showcases for the rapidly growing and massively influential, Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualisation industries.
Read more on SDN & OpenFlow World Congress website here.

Superfluidity's Taiwan tour (October 31st-November 2nd, 2016)
2016-10-31 01:00 - 2016-11-02 10:00 | Institute of Information Science/National Chiao Tung University/National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Superfluidity 5G PPP project is holding its Taiwan tour between October 31st and November 2nd, 2016. Various events are organised: on October 31th, 2016, a distinguished lecture speech is organised at Institute of Information Science – Academia Sinica. On November 1st, 2016, a talk is scheduled at National Chiao Tung University. Another talk will take place at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology on November 2nd.
Prof. Giuseppe Bianchi (CNIT) will give talks about the following topic “Revisiting control/data plane separation in Software Defined Networking”. A short abstract can be found here: http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/page/events/FILE/161031.pdf.
About Superfluidity
The Superfluidity project aims at achieving superfluidity in the Internet: the ability to instantiate services on-the-fly, run them anywhere in the network (core, aggregation, edge) and shift them transparently to different locations.
The Superfluidity project tackles crucial shortcomings in today’s networks: long provisioning times, with wasteful over-provisioning used to meet variable demand; reliance on rigid and cost-ineffective hardware devices; daunting complexity emerging from three forms of heterogeneity: heterogeneous traffic and sources; heterogeneous services and needs; and heterogeneous access technologies, with multi-vendor network components.
Superfluidity will provide a converged cloud-based 5G concept that will enable innovative use cases in the mobile edge, empower new business models, and reduce investment and operational costs.
The Superfluidity consortium gathers a blend of Telco and IT players that can make its vision a reality.

BERLIN 5G Week
2016-10-31 09:00 - 2016-11-04 17:00 | Fraunhofer FORUM Berlin
The #Berlin5GWeek is the week where three of the biggest conferences in the context of the upcoming 5G:

the IEEE CSCN’16,
the IEEE 5G Summit and
the FOKUS FUSECO FORUM,

will take place in the Fraunhofer-Forum in Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Strasse 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany.

#berlin5Gweek

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IEEE CSCN 2016: IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking from October the 31st to November the 2nd.

CSCN’16 will deliver a rich technical program discussing the future of mobile communications systems, offering four distinguished keynotes, two panels and a dozen of technical sessions. The sessions consist of technical papers reviewed and selected by an international technical program committee representing both academia and industry, with a strong standardization background.

Find out more about this event here !!

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IEEE 5G Summit 2016: IEEE 5G Summit on November 2nd.
5G Prototyping – Emerging Testbeds, First Trials, and Relevant Standards
Learn more about this event here !!

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FOKUS FUSECO FORUM 2016: From November the 3rd to November the 4th.
Understanding 5G Application Drivers and Technology Evolution towards Softwarized 5G Networks
Learn more about this event !!

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Join more than 250 colleagues and experts from all over the world, including operators, global analysts, standard bodies and manufacturers to learn, share, network and experience everything you need to know about the new trends, developments and impacts of 5G and related technologies.
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Benefit from the Fraunhofer FOKUS FUSECO Forum tradition of established tutorial and workshop streams, interactive afternoon workshops, international conferences and demonstrations!
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@ Fraunhofer FOKUS

Second Global 5G Event on 9-10 November 2016, Rome (Italy)
2016-11-09 - 2016-11-10 | Rome Marriott Park Hotel, Via Colonnello Tommaso Masala, 54, Roma, 00148, Italy
The Second Global 5G Event: “Enabling the 5G EcoSphere”
The event will offer participants both Lively debates around spectrum, standards and deployment of 5G as well as exciting showcases of the latest 5G developments from industrial players such as Datang, Huawei, Nokia, Qualcomm and ZTE, And the latest results and demos from 17 5G PPP projects: 5G-CROSSHAUL, 5GEx, 5G ENSURE, 5G-NORMA, 5G-XHAUL, CHARISMA, COGNET, COHERENT, FANTASTIC-5G, FLEX5GWARE, METIS II, mmMagic, SELFNET, SESAME, SPEED-5G, SUPERFLUIDITY and VIRTUWIND. The exhibition of the demonstrations will be open in parallel to the conference for the two days and participants will be encouraged to visit the stands during the breaks or at whatever opportunity they have. The event will in particular cover the main results of European 5G-PPP projects.
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Agenda:
Day 1 – November 9
Registration desk opens at 07:30

09.00-09.15
Welcome address
Representing the Italian Government:
Antonello Giacomelli, Under-secretary of the Minister of Economic Development, with the mandate for Communications

09.15-10.45
Opening 1: 5G policy perspectives

Moderator: Dr. Werner Mohr, 5G Infrastructure Association Chair
Mr. Roberto Viola, Director General, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, European Commission
Mr. Qian Hang, Director of the Division of High-Tech of Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China – presentation
Mr. Yuji Nakamura, Director of the New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan – presentation
Mr. Julius Knapp, Chief Office of Engineering & Technology, Federal Communications Commission, United States – presentation
Mr. Heo WonSeok, Director, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea

10.45-11.15
Coffee Break

11.15-11.20
Welcome address
Giuseppe Recchi, Executive Chairman, TIM

11.20-12.50
Opening 2: Industry perspectives from the 5G fora

Moderator: Mr. Bernard Barani, Acting Head of Unit Network Technologies, European Commission
Dr. Werner Mohr, 5G Infrastructure Association Chair – presentation
Ms. Wang Zhiqin, Vice Chair of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group – presentation
Dr. Kohei Satoh, Secretary General of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation
Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas
Prof. Han Youngnam, 5G Forum Executive Committee Chair – presentation

12.50-13.50
Lunch

13.50-15.40
Session 1: Designing the flexible 5G system architecture

Moderator: Dr. Giovanni Corazza, 5G Infrastructure Association
Dr. Frank Mademann, 3GPP Architecture Working Group Chair – presentation
Dr.-Ing. Volker Ziegler, Head of 5G Leadership, Chief Architect, Nokia Mobile Networks – presentation
Dr. Chih-Lin I, Chief Scientist, China Mobile Research Institute – presentation
Mr. Akira Matsunaga, KDDI, Acting Chair of Technical Committee in 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation
Prof. Luciano Leonel Mendes, Research Coordinator of the Communications Reference Center at Inatel – presentation
Mr. Kim Younglak, Director, SKT – presentation

15.40-16.10
Coffee break

16.10-18.00
Session 2: Towards globally harmonized spectrum for 5G

Moderator: Mr. Takehiro Nakamura, Acting Chairman of Strategy & Planning Committee of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation
Mr. Colin Langtry, Chief of the Radiocommunication Study Groups Department, ITU – presentation
Mr. Jonas Wessel, Director of Spectrum, Swedish Post and Telecom Authority – presentation
Mr. Chang RuoTing, Director of the Division of Frequency Planning of Bureau of Radio Regulation, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China – presentation
Mr. Yuji Nakamura, Director of the New-Generation Mobile Communications Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan – presentation
Mr. Julius Knapp, Chief Office of Engineering & Technology, Federal Communications Commission, United States – presentation
Dr. Kim KyungMee, Director National Radio Research Agency, South Korea – presentation

18.00-18.30
Address from the European Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society
Commissioner Günther H. Oettinger, European Union Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society

18:30-18:45

18.45
Horizon 2020 Spectrum and Optical Prizes award

Welcome cocktail

Day 2 – November 10

09.00-10.50
Session 3: 5G air interface and radio resource management

Moderator: Dr. Chung HyunKyu, Vice President, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea
Mr. Dino Flore, 3GPP Radio Area Network Chair – presentation
Mr. Jan Färjh, Vice-President, Head of Standardization & Industry, Ericsson – presentation
Dr. Wen Tong, CTO of Huawei Wireless Networks & Huawei Fellow – presentation
Mr. Takaharu Nakamura, Fujitsu, Acting Chair of Technical Committee in 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation
Mr. Lorenzo Casaccia, Vice President, Technical Standards, Qualcomm – presentation
Dr. Lee JunHwan, Director, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea – presentation

10.50-11.10
Coffee break

11.10-13.00
Session 4: 5G network management & software networks

Moderator: Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas
Dr. Diego R. Lopez, Chair of ETSI NFV – presentation
Mr. Philippe Lucas, Senior Vice President Strategy, Architecture & Standardisation, Orange – presentation
Dr. Fang Min, Director of 5G Research and Collaboration, ZTE – presentation
Dr. Takashi Shimizu, NTT, representative of Network Architecture Committee in 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – presentation
Mr. Michele Zarri, Technical Director, GSMA – presentation
Dr. Kim TaeYeon, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, South Korea – presentation

13.00-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.50
Session 5: 5G for verticals in the new economy
Moderator: Dr. Wang Yingmin, Expert of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group; CTO & Chief Scientist, Datang
Mr. Mikio Iwamura, Director, NTT Docomo, NGMN 5G Initiative Workstream Lead “Technology and Architecture” – presentation
Mr. Andreas Müller, Senior Expert and Project Manager, Bosch – presentation
Mr. Yang Fengyi, Vice President, China Telecom Technology Innovation Center – presentation
Dr. Rao Yallapragada, Director, Intel – presentation
Prof. Park YongWan, Yeungnam University – presentation

15.50-16.20
Coffee break

16.20-17.20
Wrap up panel: 5G roadmap for mobile broadband and beyond
Moderator: Mr. Bernard Barani, Acting Head of Unit Network Technologies, European Commission – panel questions
Mr. Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Secretary General, 5G Infrastructure Association – presentation
Ms. Wang Zhiqin, Vice Chair of IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group
Mr. Takehiro Nakamura, Acting Chairman of Strategy & Planning Committee of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum
Mr. Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas
Prof. Han Youngnam, 5G Forum Executive Committee Chair

17.20-17.30
Closing remarks
Dr. Kohei Satoh, Secretary General of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum – 3rd Global Event in Tokyo, Japan

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The 2nd Global 5G event was held in the Rome Marriott Park Hotel on via Colonnello Tommaso Masala, 54, in Rome, 00148 Italy.

The Digital Trust Economy @ DigiWorld Summit, 15-17 November 2016, Montpellier (France)
2016-11-16 - 2016-11-17 | Le Corum, Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, Montpellier, 34000, France
The 38th annual DigiWorld Summit will run from 15 – 17 November 2016, and have as its central theme: The Internet of Trust. It will be an opportunity to engage in a meaningful international debate over digital trust issues – starting with security and privacy – which have become major sources of concern for all of the ecosystem’s stakeholders.
As the number of reported cyber-attacks worldwide is growing by close to 40% a year, we expect that upcoming stages in digital technologies’ evolution will only amplify the phenomenon. And this to such an extent that any future scenario is possible: from a continuation of the current chaos to a breakdown in trust that would lead to the construction of a new digital economy, which will no doubt differ in many respects from the one we know today.
• Are we reaching a tolerance threshold for online trust?
• How can veteran digital industry players (equipment suppliers, telcos, IT companies) capitalise on the current climate?
• Are verticals threatened by the situation or, on the contrary, on the winning side of trust and security issues?
• Do we need a new regulatory framework to govern, or reassure, market players and consumers?
The need for a profound reassessment of security and trust issues seems inevitable: massive increases in spending on security solutions, rise in protectionist behaviour (use of ad-blockers, battle against botnets, etc.), avoidance tactics (piracy and circumvention), clarification of the terms governing access to private data and the management of digital identities and online reputation… There is no shortage of issues and threats affecting the rate of adoption of digital technologies, but which could also prove to be opportunities for all market players.
Use and misuse of trust
Will trust be a key parameter in tomorrow’s Internet?
• The privacy paradox: Usage is high, trust is low: Are we reaching a tolerance threshold for online trust?
• Digital trust at the heart of customer relations? How do Internet companies and verticals gain their customers’ trust?
• Can we trust digital world players? Can the Internet giants continue to be both the arbiters and targets of their users’ trust issues?
• Can the digital world trust us? Focus on piracy: Can businesses trust their customers?
Trust technologies
A broad field of innovation for market leaders and start-ups
• Innovative security solutions: biometrics, etc.: What can we expect from the next wave of innovations in the arena of cyber security and data control?
• Blockchains and decentralized trust: Will today’s trusted third parties be cut out of the loop?
Trust altering the digital value chain
Will trust be a game-changer?
• Trusted third parties & digital coaches: Will we see new trusted third parties emerge (banking, post, health…)?
• Do we need more secure enablers? New growth enablers for telecom and IT industry leaders?
• What role for telcos? Monetise data or become trusted third parties?
Business model crash test
Will the current and future business models for trust-sensitive advertising and IoT markets be suited to the new climate?
• Real time biding and programmatic ad buying: Can online advertising survive and adapt to the loss of trust?
• Big Data and the Internet of Things: Will successful trust management be key to the future of IoT and monetisation initiatives?
Regulation of trust, and trust in regulation
How can regulation stimulate usage and innovation while also safeguarding against threats and transgressions in the digital economy?
• Trust and anti-trust: what about platforms? Can and must online platforms be regulated?
• Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield – the new deal: Can a balance be struck between conflicting European and US positions?
• Cybersecurity and terrorism: Are the future credibility of and trust in the digital economy bound up with the fight against global threats?
Additional details can be found here.
About IDATE DigiWorld
Since 1977, IDATE’s teams of specialists have earned a global reputation for independent, high quality analysis of digital industry markets, through three closely linked areas of activity:
• DigiWorld Institute: a European think-tank for members, policy-makers and players of the digital transformation
• DigiWorld Research: a global observatory of digital markets and innovation
• IDATE Consulting: bespoke market research and consulting solutions
Contacts
François Kulczak, f.kulczak@idate.org
Jean-Dominique Seval, jd.seval@idate.org

METIS-II, FANTATIC-5G, mmMAGIC, 5G-Crosshaul, Flex5Gware @ 2nd International Workshop on 5G RAN design, 8 December, Washington DC
2016-12-08 - 2016-12-09 | Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut AVE., NW, Washington, DC, 20009, DC, United States
METIS-II, FANTASTIC-5G, mmMAGIC, 5G-Crosshaul, Flex5Gware 5G PPP projects are jointly organising along with IEEE Globecom 2016 the 2nd International Workshop on 5G RAN design on 8 December, 2016 in Washington DC, USA.
While 5G research has already started some years ago, with large collaboration projects such as METIS initially paving the ground by aligning views on key use cases and requirements, and by identifying and researching key technology components for 5G, there is still a long way to go before the successful roll-out of commercial 5G deployments. In particular, there is still the need to find consensus on key design aspects in 5G, as for instance how tightly novel air interfaces variants in 5G will be integrated with each other and with legacy technology, and to which extent functionality on different protocol stack layers can be harmonized for all bands, services and cell types.
The 5G PPP projects METIS-II, FANTASTIC-5G, mmMAGIC, 5G-CROSSHAUL and Flex5Gware all have the aim to take the 5G design one step further in level of detail, find consensus on key design aspects such as mentioned above, and prepare a smooth start of 5G standardization in 2016.
The workshop will focus on the 5G RAN design and provide the opportunity to share and discuss results from the mentioned projects or other 5G research activities. The workshop organizers solicit original, unpublished technical papers in particular in the following fields:
-Physical layer and hardware implementation concepts related to 5G
-MAC, RLC, PDCP and RRC concepts
-Backhaul/fronthaul design
-RAN Architecture concepts
-Energy efficiency
-Business models
Additional information is available here.
In addition, the 3rd International Workshop on 5G RAN design has been accepted at ICC’17, organised by the same projects.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: 1st July, 2016
Author notification: 1st September 2016
Camera-ready: 1st October, 2016
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS:
Dr. Patrick Marsch, Nokia Bell Labs
Dr. Olav Queseth, Ericsson
Dr. Frank Schaich, Nokia Bell Labs
Dr. Gerhard Wunder, Heinrich Hertz Institute
TkL. Miurel Tercero, Ericsson‎
Mr. Krystian Safjan, Nokia Bell Labs
Dr. Xavier Costa Perez, NEC Labs Europe
Dr. Fabio Cavaliere, Ericsson
Michael Färber, Intel Deutschland
Dr. Miquel Payaró, CTTC

5G-ENSURE partner B-Com @9th International Cyber Security Forum
2017-01-24 08:00 - 2017-01-25 17:00 | Lille Grand Palais, 1 United Cities Boulevard, Lille - Euralille, 59777 , France
The international cybersecurity forum (FIC) is a platform promoting a pan-European vision on cyber security as well as to strengthen the fight against cybercrime:

The trade show, to share knowledge and ideas, recruit new employees and maintain contacts.
The forum, to discuss and debate with experts, to gather ideas and to share professional lessons.
The Observatory, to continue exchanging views and information after the FIC, to explore topics in greater depth and to consolidate our network of experts and like minded throughout the year.

FIC 2017 covers mainly the French market and also the “neighbouring” countries like South of Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and also North Africa. It has around 5,500 visitors. 30% of decision makers are Cyber Security, 10% of visitors are Board Level.

b<>Com will be at FIC2017 in Lille (January 24-25, 2017 – France) promoting 5G-ENSURE and its work on security and privacy.
Through 2 exclusive demos, the b<>com team will present significant results from on future 5G security: Firewall application based on an SDN framework, SIM-based authentication on heterogeneous networks, Radio low power signal detection and the Security 5G test-bed specifically created within the European consortium of the EG-ENSURE project. Designed and set-up to satisfy the needs & requirements of the security enablers developed within the project, the test-bed envisions what a 5G network could be at a small scale.
b-com is a French SME with expertise in networks and security, particularly ultra-high-speed and upcoming generations.
A call for papers has been issued on the FIC 2017.
Twitter Handles: @FIC_en, @5GEnsure, @5GPPP, @IRT_BCom
Hashtags: #FIC2017, #cybersecurity, #privacy, #5G

5G Cross-Project workshop @ February 6-7, 2017, Athens
2017-02-05 - 2017-02-07 | Metropolitan Hotel, Leof. Andrea Siggrou 385, Paleo Faliro, 175 64, Greece
A cross-project workshop was held in Athens on February 6-7, 2017.
The workshop, jointly organized by a set of 5G PPP Phase 1 projects after the initiative of METIS-II, was the third in the series, after those in Kista in 2015 and in Valencia in 2016. The workshop was a significant effort of the project METIS-II, which aims to bring the European research activities on 5G together, to enable collaboration among the ongoing projects to create a unified European view, and to ensure a successful start of standardisation of 5G system in the next months.

METIS-II, mmMAGIC, and Fantastic-5G organised, Superfluidity, 5G-Norma, 5G-Xhaul, 5G-Crosshaul, Charisma, 5G-Ensure, Flex5Gware, and Coherent contributed.
METIS-II on behalf of all 5G PPP projects involved has just published a summary of the workshop.
Have a look at it!

5G-Crosshaul - the fusion of Fronthaul and Backhaul in 5G! @MWC 2017
2017-02-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Fira Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 64 08908, Spain
5G-Crosshaul is organising a panel at MWC 2017 on Tuesday 28 February, 2017 from 11:00 to 12:00 Hall 7 Stand 7C61.
Looking at various research and standardisation forums leading the development of 5G, such as 5G PPP, NGMN, 3GPPP, IEEE, ITU, IETF, ETSI, etc., all seem to align on the vision that the fronthaul and backhaul will converge or fuse in 5G into what is now popularly refreed to as Crosshaul or Xhaul. So what requirements are driving quch a fusion in 5G? Which enabling technologies could make it happen? Where are ther remaining gaps and what is the industry doing to make ot happen? And when are we going to see it?
Featuring leading experts in the industry, this panel aims at discussing the Crosshaul (Xhaul) topic from the various angles of requirements, architecture, enabling tehcnologies, standardization, and market development.
The panel will be moderated by Alan Carlton, Vice-President of International Labs at InterDigital (UK). Panelists include: Antonella Sanguineti (Ericsson), Arturo Azcorra (5TONIC), Diego Lopez (Telefonica), Li Fung Chang (Taiwan’s 5G-Office), and Theodore Sizer (Nokia).
Read more here or there.
Feel free to attend!

If you want to know more about Crosshaul, there are additional opportunities:
-5G-Crosshaul will also demonstrate its solution over InterDigital’s EDGELINKTM platform, featuring demanding low-latency traffic from a remote surgery application at the InterDigital stand (Hall 7 Stand 7C61) from Monday 27 Feb. to Thursday 2 March.
-CTTC will show a SDN- based management of a heterogeneous wireless Crosshaul, featuring automated technology and link selection over 802.11ac/ad links at CTTC stand (Hall 8.1 stand 8.1A63) from Monday 27 Feb. to Thursday 2 March.
-Alan Carlton (InterDigital) and Diego LOpez (Telefonica) will be keynote speakers at the “NFV: A Re-examination” session, hall 4 Auditorium 3 on Tuesday 28 Feb. 2017 from 15:30 to 16:40 featuring 5G-Crosshaul project as an exemplary use case.
-Bob Gazda (InterDigital) will be keynote speaker at the “5G Impact” session, hall 4 Auditorium 5 on Thursday 2 March 2017, from 11:30 to 13:00 featuring video demonstration of 5G-Crosshaul solution with a remote surgery application.

Contact: Alain Mourad, InterDigital, Alain.Mourad@InterDigital.com.

5G-PPP @ Mobile World Congress 2017
2017-02-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Fira Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 64 08908
5G-Infrastructure Association (5G-IA)
Media & Analyst Event @ Mobile World Congress 2017, Barcelona:
“5G Action Plan: from Research to Trials”

The members of the 5G Infrastructure Association have the pleasure to invite media and ICT industry analysts to a briefing on the evolution of European 5G initiatives from Research to Trials at Mobile World Congress 2017. The event will be held on the 28th of Feb from 14:00 to 15:30 in the Press Conference Room 1, in the Media Village at the MWC in Barcelona.
Click here to go to the Event Page

EU-China conference on IoT and 5G Research @EXCITING Project
2017-03-09 00:30 - 11:00
The H2020 project EXCITING (EU-China Study on IoT and 5G) is organizing its first conference that will be held on March 9th, 2017 in Beijing, China with support from Huawei, one of the partners of the project consortium.

The one-day event aims to present and showcase some of the latest developments of 5G and IoT in both the EU and China, from perspectives of policy-making, research and industry and identify potential ways forward towards better cooperation between both sides in these two fields.
Registration is free. Click here to register online.
Sessions

Policy Perspectives
Technology Perspectives
Application
Final Panel on Joint Future Actions

Expected Outcomes
The conference will serve as the first key project event where the project partners and its Advisory Board members interact directly with and get the first-hand information on IoT and 5G development in both the EU and China from its target stakeholder groups (research community, industry, policy makers, media, general audience, etc.). It will raise awareness of the importance of joint actions and collaboration, collect useful inputs for project activities in terms of standardisation, testbeds and LSP specifications and best practices, as well as valuable opinions on how the project can move forwards to best support and facilitate concrete collaboration in the near future.
The conference will be followed immediately on the next day with a non-public, intensive Round Tablediscussion between the invited speakers/experts and the project partners on concrete ideas to move forward on bilateral cooperation in the fields of IoT and 5G.
Details of the venue will be announced shortly.
Contact
Kai Zhang, kai.zhang@martel-innovate.com

SONATA @The Cloud Expo Europe London 2017
2017-03-15 10:30 - 2017-03-16 18:00 | Excel London Convention Center, London, United Kingdom
Come and listen to Diego’s talk at Cloud Expo Europe London at ExceL on 15th and 16th March 2017!
Mr. Diego R. López, Telefónica I+D’s Head of Technology Exploration & Standards (GCTO Unit), outlines his forthcoming talk at Cloud Expo Europe London to John Bensalhia…
Agile (and secure) network service prototyping and DevOps will be on the menu for the talk given by Diego R. López, Telefónica I+D’s Head of Technology Exploration & Standards (GCTO Unit).
“The talk will introduce some of our activities regarding network virtualisation at Telefónica I+D ” says Diego. “Our research is providing a new environment and new functions. We are bridging the gap between cloud applications and networking environments. The use of cloud-native applications can boost performance and reliability.”
To provide a picture of these principles, Diego will be using the SONATA project which is a network service management framework designed to address the needs of 5G future services, and discussing its contribution to the OSM (Open Source MANO, http://osm.etsi.org/) project, hosted by ETSI with the participation of more than 60 key players in the networking industry. “The introduction to the SONATA project will highlight the elements developed within the project and the use cases considered.”
More about Diego:
Diego (also an Iberian ham, wine and cheese fan and comic book aficionado) will introduce the key architectural and functional elements needed for applying the DevOps principles to network service management. He will explore what’s needed in relation to supporting collaboration, achieving agility, and addressing security.
Having joined Telefonica I+D (the R&D branch of Telefonica) in 2011 as a Senior Technology Expert on network middleware and services, Diego is now in charge of the company’s Technology Exploration activities. “Telefonica is a global communication services provider that offers services in 23 countries including the UK and Germany (our headquarters base is in Spain),” says Diego. “We also have presence in many other countries such as the US and China.”
He currently concentrates on identifying and evaluating the latest opportunities in technologies applicable to network infrastructures, and the co-ordination of national and international collaboration activities. Prior to this, Diego was involved in academic research on network service abstractions and the development of APIs based on them. He was also made a member of the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data Infrastructures by the European Commission.
More about SONATA:
The SONATA project has three principle aims. The first of these is the reduction of time-to-market of networked services. What SONATA does is to streamline development by using abstract programming models, a Software Development Kit (SDK) and a DevOps model that brings together operators, manufacturers and third-party developers. The next aim is to optimise resources and lower the costs of operation and service deployment. What SONATA does is to orchestrate complex services to connectivity, computing and storage resources, while automatically re-configuring running services. Finally, SONATA aims to hasten industry adoption of software networks. It supports the complete service life-cycle including development, testing, orchestration, deployment, management and operations.

mmMAGIC @2nd International Workshop on mmW5G (March 19, 2017)
2017-03-19 16:00 - 2017-03-20 01:00 | Hyatt Regency, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
mmMAGIC is organising the 2nd International Workshop on Millimeter Wave-Based Integrated Moible Communications for 5G Networks (mmW5G) on March 19, 2017 in San Francisco (USA). The workshop is co-located with IEEE WCNC 2017 (19-22 March 2017).
Millimeter wave communication has generally been acknowledged as one of the enablers to meet the requirements of future communication systems, in particular to provide the high bandwidth necessary to achieve the expected high data rates for extreme broadband. However, to overcome the adverse propagation conditions at higher frequencies, high gain beamforming at transmitter and receiver ends on multi-node co-ordination solutions are actively pursued now. This kind of directional, coordinated communication leads to a new design paradigm for future systems which is much more complex than their counterparts operating at lower frequencies. There are multiple challenges in properly understanding the mm-wave radio channel, designing radio systems with multiple RF chains at these higher frequencies, channel estimation and beam tracking under mobility, co-ordination and interference management in ultra-dense networks etc. However there have been significant advancements in the mm-wave technologies over the past few years, leading to prototype systems now being developed.
This workshop will bring together the leading names in industry, academia and research institutes to discuss and debate the latest developments in this area. It offers a unique opportunity for researchers in this field to disseminate their results in all areas of mm-wave communications to a diverse audience. The workshop invites authors to submit original and previously un-published research papers in the following and related topics:

Mm-wave channel sounding and modeling
Antenna design and characterization
Advanced multiple antenna systems (including massive MIMO)
Mm-wave beamforming techniques (Hybrid, Analog and Digital)
Efficient transceiver architectures and design
Advanced transceiver schemes for access, backhaul and self-backhaul
Novel channel estimation techniques considering the channel sparsity
Robust transceiver design taking into account hardware impairments and CSI imperfections
Multi-node/multi-beam coordination and cooperation at mm-wave frequencies
Coverage analysis of ultra-dense mm-wave networks
Mobility handling schemes in mm-wave networks
Mm-wave channel modelling and measurements
Mm-wave air interface and waveform candidates
Mm-wave prototyping efforts
Network architecture aspects (stand-alone, non-stand-alone) for mm-wave systems

Important dates
Paper submission: 7 November 2016 (to be submitted to this link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22926&track=82119)
Notification of Acceptance: 15 December 2016
Camera-Ready Submission: 12 January 2017
Organizing Committee
General Chairs
Mythri Hunukumbure (Samsung Electronics UK), mythri.h@samsung.com
Maziar Nekovee (Samsung Electronics UK), m.nekovee@samsung.com
Miurel Tercero (Ericsson), miurel.i.tercero@ericsson.com
TPC Chairs
Raffaele D’Errico (CEA-LETI), raffaele.derrico@cea.fr
Mario Castaneda (Huawei), Mario.Castaneda@huawei.com
Tommy Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology), tommy.svensson@chalmers.se
Publicity Chairs
Tommy Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology, for Europe), tommy.svensson@chalmers.se
Mehrdad Shariat (Samsung Electronics UK, from mmMAGIC), m.shariat@samsung.com
Megumi Kaneko (National Inst. of Informatics, Japan, for APAC), megkaneko@nii.ac.jp
Ismail Guvenc (North Carolina State University, for US), iguvenc@ncsu.edu
About mmMAGIC
The main objective of this 5G PPP project is to develop and design new concepts for mobile radio access technology (RAT) for deployment in the 6-100 GHz range. This is envisaged as a key component in the 5G multi-RAT ecosystem and will be used as a foundation for global standardization.
About IEEE WCNC
IEEE WCNC is focused exclusively on wireless research, technology, and applications. The conference program includes workshops, tutorials, and panel discussions on today’s state-of-the-art as well as what the wireless future will look like. An expanded industry program, including a large exhibition hall showcasing the latest wireless technology, will provide opportunities for industry professionals to share and learn about the latest ideas, trends, and product innovations in the wireless industry.
