Newsflash February 2020
Latest 5G top news
The 26 GHz is gaining traction in Europe
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Two new 5G PPP @EuCNC2019 videos released |
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The Full5G project has released two new videos as part of the “5GPPP@EuCNC2019” video series, showing demonstrations from 5G PPP projects. They are available on the 5G PPP YouTube Channel and on the 5G PPP web site. Those two videos show a demonstration of the results of the 5G PPP 5G PICTURE and 5G-Xcast projects, shown at EuCNC 2019. They are accessible directly at 5G PICTURE and 5G-Xcast. For further information on 5G PPP, see https://5g-ppp.eu/. For more details on the projects: 5G PICTURE, 5G-XCast. Stay tuned, the latest videos and demos from the 5G PPP EuCNC series are coming! |
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26 GHz frequencies are gaining traction in Europe |
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| The 24.25-27.5 GHz band (“26 GHz band”) has been harmonised for MFCN in CEPT by ECC Decision (18)06 [1], under the assumption of an individual authorisation framework, and it is recognised to be the 5G pioneer millimetre wave band in Europe. The ECC Decision does not preclude the use of the band by other services to which the band is allocated. Nevertheless, according to this ECC Decision, CEPT administrations shall make available by the end of 2020 at least 1 GHz for MFCN in this band, subject to market demand.
After an initial slow start and 26 GHz frequencies only assigned in Italy at national level as at end December 2019 in the EU, 26 GHz frequencies are gaining traction in Europe. Many actions, consultations, trials and auctions are coming down in numerous countries. The 26 GHz band started to be considered early 2019. These frequencies are being tested and a growing number of countries issued consultations on these frequencies. In July 2019, CEPT developed a ECC report intented to facilitate and provide guidelines to administrations on the development of future national plans concerning fixed links usage in 26 GHz to maximize the introduction of 5G systems in 26 GHz. The guidelines are based on sharing and compatibility studies carried out to evaluate the possibility of coexistence between 5G systems and the Fixed Service and the necessary conditions in the 26 GHz band. The results of all studies for the outdoor 5G network deployment scenarios show that coexistence between both services is possible but requires coordination. However, the amount of spectrum available for 5G systems at individual locations might be reduced by the existing Fixed Service usage. At country level, consultations aim at:
Regarding European trials, the 3.4-3.8 GHz frequencies are still the most tested so far. More than 70% of the trials listed use the mid-frequencies. But the 26 GHz band has been test 5 times in Europe (and the 28 GHz band 12 times) according to the European 5G Observatory latest quarterly report dated December 2019. Six countries issued consultations for 26 GHz frequencies or are investigating auctioning 26 GHz frequencies. Belgium issued a consultation on 5G use of 26 GHz frequencies in May 2019. The Swedish regulator PTS invited stakeholders to arrange phone calls with it on the 26 GHz band in June 2019. The Cyprus government also issued a consultation on its plans to auction several frequency bands including the 26 GHz in September 2019. The Electronic Communications Committee released a draft ECC recommendation (20)01 to pulbic consultation in October 2019 on how to share the lower 26 GHz frequencies between 5G and earth stations. The draft recommendation concerns “guidelines to support the introduction of 5G while ensuring, in a proportionate way, the use of existing and planned FSS transmitting earth stations in the frequency band 24.65-25.25 GHz and the possibility for future deployment of these earth stations”. The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has issued a consultation asking about potential demand fort the 26 GHz band in February 2020. On February 6th 2020, the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) published the Public Consultation on the granting of rights of use for various radio frequencies including 26 GHz frequency bands. At last, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has launched early February 2020 a public consultation on the upper 26 GHz frequencies to be auctioned in summer 2020. |
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EMPOWER consultation on roadmapping activities |
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 The H2020 EMPOWER project (https://www.advancedwireless.eu/) is chartered with technology roadmapping on 5G evolution in the timeframe 2020-2030. The technology roadmapping is targeted at supporting the wireless research community in Europe, the USA, and Globally, with trends and insights pertinent to their research on 5G evolution in the short, medium and long terms. The technology roadmap is also meant to identify the demand regarding the focus of the future advanced test platforms as explored in EMPOWER.
In this context, the H2020 EMPOWER project solicit the participation from the ireless research community in order to enrich the initial roadmap in the first consultation on the initial technology roadmapping activities released by the project. To participate, please click here. The results of the forthcoming up-dates and up-grades will be integrated in the Roadmap Version 2.0 that will be circulated in due course to the wireless research community and presented in a future workshop.
The Consultation deadline is 20.03.20. The First Version Roadmap Document is directly accessible @ https://www.advancedwireless.eu/index.php/deliverable2-2/ https://www.advancedwireless.eu/wp-content/uploads/Deliverables/EMPOWER_deliverable_D2_2_final.pdf |
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5G network support of vertical industries in the 5G PPP ecosystem |
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 The three research projects 5G EVE, 5GENESIS and 5G-VINNI have just released a flyer with useful information about their activities. In this flyer, you may look up the key capabilities of the trial platforms, the provided services, the corresponding locations per project and the timeline for their planned availability along the years 2020 and 2021. You may also find information about the involved stakeholders (i.e., operators, vendors, vertical industries, universities and research institutes, SMEs and public stakeholders), as well as about which vertical related EU-funded projects they support.
Download it here. |
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5G PPP Software Network WG paper |
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| To highlight the value and challenges of becoming Cloud-Native, the 5G-PPP Software Network WG prepared this publication titled, Cloud Native and 5G Verticals’ services, depicting the three phases to evolve from Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to Cloud-Native Functions (CNFs).
Download it here. |
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5G PPP Architecture White Paper |
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| The consolidated European view on 5G architecture design by the 5G PPP 5G Architecture Working Group, including the inputs from the Public Consultation phase, are now presented in this Final Version 3.0.
Download the White Paper here. |
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Smart IoT 2020 |
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London, UK- March 11-12, 2020
Smart IoT signposts how connecting things drives business value from connecting people, process, data and things. We are on the verge of global digital transformation as billions of unconnected devices become connected, allowing tapping into otherwise unused data, which is leading to a surge in value for the global economy. Hear from over 100 expert speakers covering key topics and meet hundreds of IoT, cloud and data solution providers. Making Smart IoT a place of unmissable networking and idea sharing at the UK’s largest tech event. Whether you’re a visitor, Big Data or AI supplier or channel partner, please look through our website to find what opportunities are available to you for 2020! If you have any queries or problems, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the show organisers who will be happy to assist. Smart IoT takes place on 11-12 March 2020 in London ExCel. Register today here. |
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6G Wireless Summit |
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| Levi, Finland – March 17-20, 2020
The event is hosted by the national 6G Flagship Programme, which Finland started in spring 2018.
This event will bring major opportunities for 5G PPP projects. Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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SliceNet webinars |
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| Webinar series – March 17, March 31, April 7, April 21, May 5, May 19, 2020 – 11:00-12:00 CET
The second seminar is scheduled on 17 March. It discusses Cognitive and Service-Level QoE Management. The third webinar scheduled on 31 March discusses 5G Multi domain Slice Management. The 4th webinar will deal with system architecture on 7 April. The 5th webinar will be focused on Cross-Plane Orchestration and Use Cases Prototyping on 21 April. The 5 and 19 May webinars will discuss respectively System Integration and Demonstration and 5G Integrated Multi Domain Slicing Friendly Infrastructure. Check here to register and get additional information. Details will be made available nearer the date of the webinar. |
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Training webinars for testing and experimentation in 5G-VINNI |
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| Webinar series – March 3, March 11, March 26, April 2, May 19
5G-VINNI announces a series of training webinars for testing and experimentation in the 5G-VINNI infrastructure. In total five webinars will be held between 3. Mar. and 19. May. The webinars will cover aspects ranging from how to design tests and experiments, to the set of testing and automation tools available in the 5G-VINNI “Test as a Service” infrastructure. More information on the content of the webinars and how to register is available on https://www.5g-vinni.eu/2020/02/04/training-session-webinars/ Training session 1 – OpenTAP: introduction to test composition and automation Webinar 1: OpenTAP: introduction to test composition and automation – March 3rd 2020, 14:00-15:00 CET -Overview on OpenTAP -Main concepts for use -A practical example from test to results Webinar 2 – Development of OpenTAPplugins: from principles to code – March 11th, 14:00-15:00 CET -Main concepts in C# -An example of a simple plugin development -Overview of an existing OpenSource plugin Webinar 3 – Test as a Service – March 26th, 14:00-15:00 CET -Introduction to TaaS principles and vision -Testing, Monitoring, Telemetry concepts -Test Cases, Test Campaign, Experiment concepts Webinar 4 – TaaS tools and onboarding in 5G-VINNI – April 2nd, 14:00-15:00 CET -Onboarding process and support tools -Test Case Composer UI -Test Campaign Composer UI -Data management UIs (Dashboard, Grafana) Webinar 5 – Effective design methodologies for Test Cases and Experiment definition and design – May 19th, 14:00-15:00 CET -How to design Experiments and Test Cases -How to execute integrated Experiments (phases) -Where to get the data (TaaS System architecture) Additional information on the content of the webinars and to register is available here. |
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Hannover Messe |
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| Hannover, Germany- April 20-24, 2020
5G PPP projects will participate in the event, which will bring significant opportunities. Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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NGMN Industry Conference and Exhibition 2020 |
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| Paris, France – April 21-23, 2020
NGMN will be hosting its eighth Industry Conference & Exhibition, taking place on 21st to 23rd April 2020 in Paris, France. Registration for this event focusing on “The Unique Journey to 5G Commercial Success” is now open. Please visit the website for more information: https://ice2020.ngmn.org |
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5G Forum |
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| Malaga, Spain- May 6-7, 2020
The 5G Forum is the main Spanish meeting on 5G, where leaders meet. It is a “boutique” event, combining keynotes and demos with important networking, where BDMs and top managers of the main companies in the industry meet around 5G. The 5GFORUM will once again bring together experts in the main event on 5G technology on the 6th and 7th of May 2020 at the National Digital Content Hub in Malaga, to put on stage the advances in this technology, providing an opportunity to exchange knowledge of its practical applications. The event has the collaboration of large national and multinational companies such as Samsung, Nokia, Cisco, Huawei, Cellnex, Hispasat, Rohde&Schwarz, Axión, RTVE, Reintel, Lyntia, Keysight, Intracom Telecom,… the main operators in Spain: Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange, Más Móvil and important European projects as well as institutions such as the European Commission, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Enterprise and EBU. |
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IEEE ICC 5G LTE-IC 2020 CfP |
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| Dublin, June 7-11, 2020
5G-DRIVE is organising a workshop on 5G Long Term Evolution and Intelligent Communication in conjunction with IEEE ICC 2020 and has published a CfP. (http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/CCSR/IWSDN/) Workshop Scope: The next generation wireless networks, i.e., 5G and beyond, autonomous vehicle networks, will be extremely dynamic and complex due to the ultra-densely deployed wireless networks. These introduce many critical challenges for signal processing, network planning and operation, network management etc. Meanwhile, generation and consumption of wireless data are becoming increasingly distributed with ongoing paradigm shift from people-centric to machine-oriented communications, making the operation of future wireless networks even more complex. To mitigate the complexity of future wireless network operation, new approaches of intelligently utilizing distributed computational resources with improved context-awareness becomes extremely important. In this regard, the edge computing architecture aiming to distribute computing, storage, control, communication, and networking functions closer to end uses, have a great potential for enabling efficient operation of future wireless networks. Such promising architectures make the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) principles, which incorporate learning, reasoning and decision-making mechanism, as natural choices for designing a tightly integrated network. |
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5G PPP CfP @CLEEN 2020 |
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| Dublin, Ireland – June 11, 2020
This new edition CLEEN2020 workshop will be organized with a more creative format, conceived with the particular aim to generate lively interactions and foster new ideas. In particular, current shape of the programme agenda is including the Open Forum “Distributed Computing beyond 5G”, that will provide an interactive discussion platform for all stakeholders (from practitioners to experienced researchers and industry leaders), with the aim to encourage collaboration and stimulate a lively interaction, to identify open challenges and research gaps toward new systems (even beyond 5G). The workshop is planned to be a full-day event and has the following programme agenda:
Do not hesitate to visit us regularly. The detailed CfP can be downloaded here. The workshop programme will be updated here. |
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5G PPP @EuCNC 2020 |
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| Dubrovnik, Croatia – June 15-18, 2020
5G PPP projects will take the opportunity of this event to share key results and outputs. Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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8th Global 5G Event |
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| Shanghai, China – July 2-3, 2020
The 2-day event will include a one day and a half conference and one half-day technical tour. Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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The second edition of the 6G Wireless Summit will be held in Levi, Finland on March 17-20, 2020.
SliceNet are providing an interesting and stimulating series of webinars based around the work carried out in the project over the past few years in 5G network slicing, innovations, industry applications and project achievements and outcomes.
The next Hannover Messe is scheduled from April 20 to 24, 2020. The 2020 lead theme is “Industrial Transformation”.
ICC WS-04: 5G LTE-IC 2020 
CLEEN 2020 calls for papers!
This edition is the 29th edition of a successful series of a conference in the field of telecommunications, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and the European Association for Signal Processing, and supported by the European Commission. The conference focuses on various aspects of 5G communications systems and networks, including cloud and virtualisation solutions, management technologies, and vertical application areas. It targets to bring together researchers from all over the world to present the latest research results, and it is one of the main venues for demonstrating the results of research projects, especially from successive European R&D programmes co-financed by the European Commission.
The Global 5G Event is a unique series of summits organized by the world’s leading 5G organizations committed to bringing 5G technology successfully to their country or region. It has been developed in the framework of a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding in the interest of building global consensus on 5G and achieving efficiencies in the roll-out of 5G technology between 5G IA (EU), 5G Americas, 5G Forum (Korea), 5G MF (Japan), 5G Brasil and IMT-2020 (China). Here comes the 8th edition.The editor of the 5G PPP newsflash on behalf of the Full5G Project is Carole Manero, IDATE DigiWorld, CS94167 – 34092 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. This document reflects only the views of its authors.
