Newsflash January 2019
Key recent 5G PPP activities
2019 will certainly be the year of 5G
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Phase 3 Part 2.: 5GCroCo, 5G-CARMEN, 5GMOBIX |
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| 5G PPP Phase 3 Part 2. projects started in November 2018. The three automotive projects were selected from the six proposals received by the EC in response to the 5G-PPP ICT-18-2018 call.
Project overview:
Contact: Jesús Alonso Zárate (CTTC) – Project Coordinator
The 5G-CARMEN (5G for Connected and Automated Road Mobility in the European UnioN) addresses key challenges harnessing the concept of “Mobility Corridors”. In 5G-CARMEN important European industries, academics and innovative SMEs commit to achieve world-wide impact by conducting extensive trials across an important corridor (by people/goods traffic volumes), from Bologna to Munich, spanning 600 km of roads, connecting three European regions (Bavaria, Tirol and Trentino/South-Tyrol) across three countries. 5G-CARMEN will realise a 5G-enabled corridor to validate a set of innovative Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) use cases from both business and technical perspectives. 5G-CARMEN will leverage on the most recent 5G technology enablers, including 5G NR, C-V2X interfaces, Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), end-to-end network slicing, highly accurate positioning and timing, and predictive quality of service. The neutral host model will be used in order to enable this vision. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Over-the-Top (OTT) providers, and service providers will have access to a multi-tenant platform that supports the automotive sector transformation towards delivering safer, greener, and more intelligent transportation with the ultimate goal of enabling self-driving cars. Project overview:
Contact: Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) – Project coordinator
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Contact: Francois Fischer
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5G City newsletter#3 |
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 5G City, Developing and deploying a virtualized neutral host platform for interested parties (e.g. municipalities, ITC -infrastructure owners, etc.) to deploy Smart City services, published its Newsletter #3 late in December 2018.
It covers technology news pieces from the last 6 months 2018, highlights publications released in the period and provides a quick feedback on past events where 5G City was present and announces events where 5G City will take part in 2019. On the agenda: Technology news: Past events: Upcoming events: Read more here! |
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5G-TRANSFORMER integration and PoCs plan |
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 After defining and specifying the baseline 5G-TRANSFORMER architecture, the project has implemented the first release of its main components and it is now ready to start demonstrating and validating the technology components designed and developed by the project consortium.
The first months of the project focused on the interconnection of the testbed, which is composed of four different physical sites. The next step has been to define refined implementation, integration and demonstration plans for the tests and Proofs-of-Concept (PoCs) that will be developed showcasing selected use cases. The final list of the demonstrations and PoCs that will be conducted, as well as their implementation and development roadmap is now disclosed: an initial planning of the PoCs per use case, their description, the technologies and functional requirements demanded by these PoCs and an update on the different trial sites that compose the 5G-TRANSFORMER testbed, including updates regarding the end to end integration are now disclosed. The 5G-TRANSFORMER platform components that will be used to deploy the use cases. were made available in November 2018 and described in three deliverables (D2.2, D3.2 and D4.2). Read more here! |
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DCMS UK update on 5G testbeds and trials |
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| The UK Government has been playing a growing part in 5G, alongside industry, through the work of the DCMS 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme (5GTT). Through the 5GTT Programme, Government will coordinate pilots and trial activities to identify potential deployment and technical challenges for 5G, reduce commercial risks associated with investment in 5G by stimulating demand for new services, and help to inform future policy. As part of a Government investment of over 1 billion GBP in digital infrastructure, £200m has been allocated to support 5G Testbeds and Trials, with an additional 35 million GBP allocated to joint rail projects with the Local Full Fibre Networks Programme. 
The 5GTT delivery approach, source: DCMS, 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme update, September 2018
5GUK, the world’s first end-to-end 5G network, was completed in March 2018. The DCMS funded, 16 million GBP network was created through a collaboration between the 5G Innovation Centre at University of Surrey, the University of Bristol and King’s College London. The 5GUK test network is now open for business and is being used to trial further 5G applications and technologies. This includes Phase 1 projects, and over 25 further projects. In March 2018, the Government selected six bids from across the UK as the winners of a 25 million GBP competition for an initial phase of the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. This includes successful applications located across the UK, including the Midlands, the West and North of England, Wales and Scotland. The projects aim to explore innovative radio technologies that will help to explore a number of exciting and interesting use cases. The UK5G Innovation Network was launched in March 2018. DCMS funded, but independent and impartial, UK5G is the new national innovation network dedicated to the promotion of research, collaboration and the commercial application of 5G in the UK. It has been created to facilitate and encourage the engagement and coordination of organisations working on 5G activities across the UK Read more here! |
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5G-Picture deliverables |
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 5G-PICTURE has recently submitted six deliverables* to the European Commission (*still pending the European Commission review).
Have a look at them by clicking directly on the report:
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India EU Stakeholders’ workshop |
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| New Delhi, India- February 5th-6th
Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI), The 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA), and Broadband India Forum (BIF) with support from the Delegation of the European Union to India and India-EU Cooperation Project on ICT-Related Standardisation, Policy and Legislation are jointly organising an “India EU Stakeholders’ Workshop on 5G Technology Landscape” on 5-6 February 2019 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi to bring together technology experts from the EU and India geographies to share their experiences and explore areas of mutual collaboration. IoRL, 5GX-Cast, Sat5G, 5GMoNarch and NGPaaS will be present. The workshop will cover topics from following areas:
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5G Vertical User Workshop |
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| Brussels, Belgium – February 12th-13th
This 5G Vertical Users Workshop aims to establish a collaborative event for strategic dialogue between industries and 3GPP by exchanging on future needs and upcoming standard developments. The workshop as a result, aims to produce a report shared directly to 3GPP Project Coordination Group (PCG) as a mean to stimulate and facilitate greater involvement of the 5G Vertical Users in the 3GPP process. The workshop will be held in Brussels on 12th and 13th February, 2019 from 2pm to 4pm.
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MWC’19 |
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| Barcelona, Spain- February 25-28
MWC19 carries “Intelligent Connectivity” as this year flagship topic. The 5G IA, together with selected 5G PPP projects, will be at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Results achieved by the projects and supporting the European efforts towards a successful deployment of 5G will be brought on stage. Please visit the 5G IA booth 7K17 in Hall 7. |
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CfP Workshop @IEEE ICC 2019 5G trials -From 5G experiments to Business Validation |
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| Shanghai, China – May 20-24, 2019
5G-DRIVE organises a workshop at IEEE ICC 2019 (Shanghai, China) on May 20-24, 2019. This workshop aims at providing a venue for industry, operators, verticals and academics to disseminate new findings regarding 5G trials and new business developments. The targeted topics of the workshop are listed on the CfP page at https://icc-trial.5g-drive.eu/call-for-papers/. Read more here! +++ Important dates +++ |
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CfP Workshops @IEEE WCNC – CLEEN 2019 |
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| Marrakech, Morocco – April 15-18, 2019
WS on How cloudy and green will mobile network and services be? 5G-Transformer and 5G-Coral jointly organise the 7th workshop on Cloud Technologies and Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communication Networks@ CLEEN 2019 and call for papers.
This workshop explores novel concepts to allow for flexibly centralised radio access networks using cloud-processing based on open IT platforms, exploiting network virtualization and multi-access edge computing technologies that are recognized as key enablers for the definition of future 5G systems. This workshop will cover technologies across PHY, MAC, and network layers, technologies that extrapolate the cloud-paradigm to the radio access and backhaul network, and will analyse the network evolution from an energy efficiency perspective. It will study the requirements, constraints, and implications for mobile communication networks, and also potential relationship with the offered service, both from an academic and industrial point of view. For more information on the Workshop read more here. WS on Cloud Design
5G is expected to introduce disruptive use-cases thanks to its ultra-reliable, low-latency, high-speed connectivity such as remote healthcare, autonomous cars, advanced robotics, AR/VR, IoT… But this “golden digital age” will not become a reality with today’s bulky mobile networks Infrastructure-As-A-Service model and a more agile and powerful model directly inspired by web scale players “cloud-native” approach is required. This model leverages Micro-Services Architecture (MSA) and is called the Platform-As-A-Service:
An ideal 5G PaaS should not only facilitate building, shipping and running virtual network functions (VNF) with “telco-grade” quality, it should also combine those VNF with all sorts of third-party applications (from start-ups, FOSS, Verticals…) for creating new more versatile and powerful cloud objects breaking silos between connectivity and computing. More information here. WS on advanced 5G radio access network features and performance
5G-XCast and ONE 5G are co-organising a workshop on Advanced 5G radio access network features and performance at IEEE WCNC in Marrakech, Morocco (15-19 April 2019) and call for papers. WS on “Satellite-terrestrial interworking: a pillar of forthcoming 5G systems”
This workshop aims at discussing recent technology developments, at highlighting still open issues, and at identifying related business opportunities and the market perspectives of a smooth satellite-terrestrial networks integration. Recent theoretical and experimental results, coming out mainly but not only from a few key international research projects, as well as standardization efforts and regulatory bodies matters in the direction of satellite-terrestrial interworking will be discussed and clarified. More information here. |
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7th Global 5G Event/EuCNC 2019 |
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Valencia, Spain – 17-18 June 2019
The 7th Global 5G Event “Creating the digital Future” will take place in Valencia, Spain in June 2019. The event will be co-located with EuCNC 2019 (18-20 June 2019). Contents will be added as the organization of the event progresses.
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SaT5G and 5GENESIS are co-organising the Workshop “Satellite-terrestrial interworking: a pillar of forthcoming 5G systems”, with 5GALLSTAR to be held at the IEEE WCNC conference on April the 15th 2019, in Marrakech, Morocco. They now call for papers.The editor of the 5G PPP newsletter on behalf of the To-Euro-5G Project is: Carole Manero, IDATE DigiWorld, CS94167 – 34092 Montpellier cedex 5, France. The IDATE DigiWorld team is led by Frédéric Pujol. This document reflects only the views of its authors.
