Newsflash January 2020
Latest 5G top news
Happy New Year 2020!
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Last wave of EU Research projects |
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| Research and Innovation towards the development of 5G Communication Networks has been subject of significant support and political commitment from Europe, especially under the Horizon 2020 programme. The European Commission has notably run in cooperation with industry the 5G Public Private Partnership as a research and innovation vehicle to structure and steer European research in this domain and prepare the ground for the 5G deployment agenda in line with the 5G Action Plan for Europe.
The 5G research is funded by the Horizon 2020 EU’s research and innovation programme and is organised in 3 phases: The 5G PPP phase 1, covering the 2015-2017 period, has delivered important results on core 5G technologies. The 5G PPP phase 2, spanning the period 2017 – 2019, expands these results and establishes closer relations between the 5G community and vertical industries. Find Phase 2 key achievements in this newsflash! The first wave of the 5G PPP phase 3 will consolidate the results of the previous phases through integration of an end-to-end 5G experimental network infrastructure. The second wave of phase 3 is supporting pilots over cross border corridors for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM). The third wave will support the implementation of trials and pilots, dedicated to demonstrate the applicability of 5G network for vertical industries use cases (media and entertainment, industry, health, transport and automotive, energy, …) running on top of the 5G end-to-end platforms from the first wave. The last wave, planned to start in 2020, will address the long term evolution of communication systems, investigating technologies not yet, or not fully, addressed under the 5G PPP, and paving the way towards smart connectivity systems beyond 5G. Some calls for proposals are still open:
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Two additional 5G PPP @EuCNC2019 videos released for the New Year |
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Two new videos have been released by the Full5G project 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 on the one hand of the 5G PPP 5Gtango project, and on the other hand a common demo from the blueSPACE and 5GPHOS projects, all shown at EuCNC 2019. They are accessible directly at 5Gtango and blueSPACE/5GPHOS. We are also pleased to inform you of the availability of three videos demonstrating the Use Cases from the 5G-MEDIA project (UC1, UC2, and UC3), and a demo from the 5G Carmen project. Click here to directly access the 5G PPP website for further information. For more details on the projects, please click on the projects’ names: 5Gtango, blueSPACE, 5GPHOS, 5G-MEDIA, 5G Carmen. Stay tuned for more videos and demos from the 5G PPP! |
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EU toolbox for networks security |
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 On 29 January 2020, the Commission endorsed the joint toolbox of mitigating measures agreed by EU Member States to address security risks related to the rollout of 5G, the fifth-generation of mobile networks. This follows the European Council’s call for a concerted approach to the security of 5G and the ensuing Commission Recommendation of March 2019. Member States have since identified risks and vulnerabilities at national level and published a joint EU risk assessment. Through the toolbox, the Member States are committing to move forward in a joint manner based on an objective assessment of identified risks and proportionate mitigating measures. With its Communication adopted today, the Commission is launching relevant actions within its competence and is calling for key measures to be put in place by 30 April 2020.
The Member States, acting through the NIS Cooperation Group, have adopted the toolbox. The toolbox addresses all risks identified in the EU coordinated assessment, including risks related to non-technical factors, such as the risk of interference from non-EU state or state-backed actors through the 5G supply chain. Based on last October’s EU risk assessment report, the toolbox includes strategic and technical measures and corresponding actions to reinforce their effectiveness. These are calibrated based on objective factors. Member States agreed to strengthen security requirements, to assess the risk profiles of suppliers, to apply relevant restrictions for suppliers considered to be high risk including necessary exclusions for key assets considered as critical and sensitive (such as the core network functions), and to have strategies in place to ensure the diversification of vendors. The Commission will support the implementation of an EU approach on 5G cybersecurity and will act, as requested by Member States, using, where appropriate, all the tools at its disposal to ensure the security of the 5G infrastructure and supply chain. The Commission calls on Member States to take steps to implement the set of measures recommended in the toolbox conclusions by 30 April 2020 and to prepare a joint report on the implementation in each Member State by 30 June 2020. Together with the EU Cybersecurity Agency, the Commission will continue to provide its full support including by launching relevant actions in the areas under its competence. The NIS Cooperation Group will continue to work in order to support the implementation of the toolbox. |
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Phase 2 key achievements |
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| Most Phase 2 projects ended in 2019, some are still active in 2020 and will be completed at the end of June or August 2020.
Phase 2 Key Achievements from the 5G PPP include 60 highlighted results from the phase 2 projects categorised under 14 program level achievements:
Find details on each achievement here. |
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5G ESSENCE White Paper on Business Model |
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 5G ESSENCE published its new White Paper at the end of November 2019. The purpose of this White Paper is to provide an overview of the 5G ESSENCE market analysis and potential business model.
The document presents a SWOT analysis for the entire project, while the market analysis and the business model has been customized for each use case. In each specific use case (UC1: stadium scenario – UC2: Public Safety scenario, UC3: IFEC scenario), there is the presentation of the product or service description, a macro- and a micro-economic business environment analysis, as well as the value creation and business strategy adoption to be considered for successful market launch, from which we can define the respective business model. Following to this analysis, the document also provides a summary of the investment evaluation that was conducted to assess the financial viability of each of the products-services on real-world scenarios, through deducing a cost estimation plan of the CAPEX and the OPEX versus the sales forecasts on the basis of EU market specific criteria, taking into consideration the Net Present Value, the Internal Rate of Return and the Pay Back period. Ckick here and read more. |
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Updated SME Webpage and updated SME Brochure |
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 The NetWorld2020 SME Working Group and the Full5G project are pleased to inform you that the SME web page as well as the SME brochure (cover page adjacent image) have been updated.
You will find in the web page and in the brochure information on many SMEs working in various areas related to 5G and other domains. 15+ new SMEs appear in the update. At a moment when new 5G PPP calls are upcoming, and especially the ICT-41 call where 50% participation of SMEs is expected, it is time to look at the expertise and skills from SMEs and find the ones you have always dreamed of cooperating with! |
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Release 5.1 of SONATA NFV platform |
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 5GTANGO project announces the release 5.1 of SONATA NFV platform, which provides novel and disruptive features to support the DevOps model in NFV. The release is used in three exemplary 5G pilots in the sectors of smart manufacturing, immersive media and real-time communications, showing the benefit of SDN/NFV. This release 5.1 will be the latest one produced by 5GPPP 5GTANGO project.
5GTANGO is proud to announce the launch of a new incremental release of its integrated platform. SONATA powered by 5GTANGO release 5.1, which provides compelling new features (apart from significant improvements and bug fixes), such as:
5GTANGO embraced an agile development philosophy with continuous improvements since the project started in June 2017. SONATA 5.1 is the final software release of the 5GTANGO project. Three pilots across three important sectors for 5G (namely, smart manufacturing, immersive media and real-time communications) have been demonstrated by the project in order to illustrate the benefit of the service programmability, the service qualification and the orchestration capabilities offered by the SONATA NFV platform. SONATA is used in the smart manufacturing pilot to optimize the factory processes and, in particular, to show how new CNF functions can be orchestrated even at the edge of the factory networks. In the immersive media scenario, SONATA highlights its ability to manage multiple advanced functions leveraging virtual reality and social network data together at the network edge. In the real-time communications pilot, SONATA illustrates how essential an end-to-end platform is in order to monitor, measure and reduce latency to improve the overall user experience. For more information, please visit: www.sonata-nfv.eu and https://www.5gtango.eu/software/documentation.html |
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Global5G smallcell webinar |
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 On 17 December 2019, Global5G.org hosted a webinar on small cell deployments for 5G with the Small Cells Forum. With 5G being a catalyst for densification, Europe needs to take steps to enable the deployment of very high-capacity networks that enhance the mobile broadband experience and support high device densities. Webinar panellists zoomed in on how Europe can accelerate network densification through the deployment of next-generation small cells that help deliver the necessary micro capacity and coverage. This is key to improving coverage especially indoors, improving energy efficiency, reducing radiation, and bringing greater capacity to rural areas. Discussion points covered a bigger market with a broader set of stakeholders, drivers for small cell deployments, barriers and challenges, deployment success factors and critical actions for stakeholders. Complex and challenging 5G rollouts are likely to come from highly regulated market sectors. Hence the dialogue on small cells needs to extend to vertical industries to find practical ways of tackling the challenges, including very sensitive security and privacy issues.
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Link to article, presentations and recording: https://www.global5g.org/takeaways-webinar-small-cells |
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5G-TRANSFORMER full MANO stack |
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One of its main outcomes is a full MANO stack featuring multiple advanced functionalities, such as vertical and network slice management and NFV network service composition and federation. Overall, this allows deploying vertical-tailored slices deployed in multiple administrative domains, each having multiple datacenters interconnected by means of a heterogeneity of transport technologies (incl. mmwave, packet, optical). And more importantly, the system allows an E2E control of resources to comply with SLA requirements no matter where the service components are deployed (at the datacenter or administrative domain levels). Furthermore, different domains may run different core MANO platforms (e.g., OpenSourceMANO, Cloudify), since the 5GT service orchestrator is capable of integrating any such platform through wrappers. In this way, the 5GT advanced functionality can be retained and make it work over new releases of such projects by just adapting the wrapper, hence guaranteeing its survivability. If you want to see the 5G-TRANSFORMER code and functionality in action, you can watch multiple demos on the youtube channel (https://goo.gl/uB5TlL ), including advanced vertical-oriented and networking-oriented demos (e.g., automotive service scaling, NFV network service composition, NFV network service federation). All code available at: https://github.com/5g-transformer |
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The 5G PPP Phase 2 5G-TRANSFORMER projects just finished. |
MWC Barcelona 2020 |
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Barcelona, Spain – February 24-27, 2020
The next MWC Barcelona is scheduled from February 24 to 27, 2020. The 3 ICT-17 infrastructure projects 5G EVE, 5G-VINNI, 5GENESIS, and the 5G IA will be at the stand 7K39 in Hall 7. The 3 projects will showcase amazing demos. Information and publications on other 5G PPP projects, the overall 5G PPP programme and on the 5G IA will be available at the stand. |
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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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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.
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.
