Newsflash January 2021
Latest 5G top news
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5G PPP Phase 3, Part 6 projects started in January 2021 |
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 Most of the “5G PPP Phase 3, Part 6: 5G innovations for verticals with third party services & Smart Connectivity beyond 5G” projects started in January 2021 and will run for three years.
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H2020-ICT-41-2020: 5G innovations for verticals with third party services
H2020-ICT-52-2020: 5G-PPP Smart Connectivity beyond 5G
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5G PPP ICT-42, ICT-41 and ICT-52 Projects Webinars |
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| On February 16, 2021 a webinar organized by the projects selected for funding under the “5G PPP ICT-42-2020 call: 5G-PPP 5G Core Technologies innovation” will take place. It aims at presenting the eight new 5G Core Technologies projects joining the 5G PPP to accelerate innovation in the development and take up of 5G.
These projects started in the second half of 2020 and are already developing exciting advances in 5G. Go and check the agenda and register online here. Additional webinars organized by ICT-41 “5G innovations for verticals with third party services”and ICT-52 projects 5G PPP Smart Connectivity beyond 5G”will follow in the coming months. |
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COREnect finalised and submitted the first series of public deliverables |
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 COREnect announced on January 20, 2021, it finalised and submitted the first series of its public deliverables. More specifically, the following deliverables have been successfully completed:
All those deliverables are available for download on the COREnect web site at https://www.corenect.eu/publications. Professor Gerhard Fettweis, Project Manager of COREnect, declared that “this milestone is a major move for COREnect on its mission to identify the missing building elements and create a coherent and realistic roadmap of hardware enabling technologies for Europe to achieve digital autonomy and sovereignty in Beyond-5G and 6G networks”. “The work has clearly identified main challenges for European industry related to the role of microelectronics in ICT. These include the value chain composition, capabilities in complex SOC design, as well as necessary research and education. We now have a good foundation to detail a strategy and actions to address these” says Fredrik Tillman, leader of deliverable 2.1. Deliverable 3.1 is the first outcome of the work involving 3 pan-European Expert Groups, in the areas of Computing, Communications and Peripheral Technologies, with more than 80 leading experts coming from both the microelectronics and telecommunications communities. They provide their insights and vision on how to identify core components that will strengthen and preserve Europe’s leading position in the telecommunications’ sector in the next 10 years. Leader of deliverable 3.1, Yaning Zou states “As captured in D3.1, the 3 Expert Groups have made very good progress in its first 3 months of operation, which includes the definition of working scopes and the initial identification of research areas and design considerations. These initial results will serve as an important milestone for the development of initial COREnect industry roadmap be published in June-July 2021.” Both deliverables D2.1 and D3.1 took into account the outcomes of the 1st COREnect workshop, that was organised on November 26, 2020, in co-location with the EFECS conference (https://www.corenect.eu/news/efecs-2020-corenect-workhop). That workshop gathered over 130 participants and touched on some significant topics such as: Should Europe develop its own CMOS manufacturing capability? How should it position itself with regards to open network architectures? How to seize opportunities in low power authentication, security, and performance? Beyond microelectronics, can Europe build on its optical capabilities for data transport? To tackle such an important and complex topic, the COREnect project is planning on ways to reach out to a wider audience and receive feedback. More specifically, a public consultation will be launched on the results and conclusions of D2.1. COREnect will welcome feedback from technical experts and strategists. Moreover, COREnect will also activate a process for recruiting additional experts to participate in its three Expert Groups. Participation from female experts and representatives from SMEs will be particularly looked upon. These actions will be communicated in early February, so stay tuned to our news (https://www.corenect.eu/news) To learn more about COREnect and our recently published results and activities click here and subscribe to receive the latest news. You may also follow us on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
Read the full communication here. |
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“Beyond 5G Evolution” event – Presentation Slides and Results |
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On November 19th 2020, MDPI and Electronics organized the second webinar on Electronics, entitled: “Beyond 5G Evolution”. The second presentation “On the path to 6G: Target Capabilities and Technology Trends” was held by Dr. Alain Mourad. He is currently a director of engineering R&D at InterDigital, Inc. Labs in London and leading research and innovation for 5G and beyond radio access networks. Link to his presentation is here. Then Dr. Josep Mangues, senior researcher and the head of the communication networks division of the Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalunya (CTTC) presented slides on “Network architectures for 5G and beyond”. The whole session was recorded. The video is available on Youtube. You can access it by clicking on this link. It is also available in our video gallery.
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A new video in 5G PPP webinar series |
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 The Full5G project is glad to announce that a new video is available in the 5G PPP webinar series. The video focuses on the fourth webinar in a series co-organised by the Full5G project with 3GPP and their market partners (5G IA, 5GAA, 5G-ACIA and PSCE). It is entitled “3GPP Release 18 – Opportunity for Industry Verticals”, and was held on 30 November 2020.
The video is available on the 5G PPP Video Channel, on the 5G PPP YouTube channel, and is directly accessible here. |
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New 5G/B5G SME Web Page and Brochure available! |
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 The NetWorld2020 SME Working Group is pleased to inform you that a new update of the “Find the SME you need” web page is available. This new update shows the skills and expertise of 65 SMEs. It may be sorted by technological expertise or by vertical sectors. Four new SME success stories are also released at the same time, adding to the previous ones.
The brochure entitled “European SME Expertise in 5G and Beyond” has also been updated. Do not hesitate to have a look and download it for further use. Together, the web page and the brochure represent a great way to find SMEs that correspond to the needs of your organisation and/or your project, in terms of R&I partnerships and collaborations, hopefully leading to business cooperation as well. The web page and the brochure have been updated and released with the support from the Full5G project. |
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5G!Drones presentations |
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| 5G!Drones presentation at 5G-PPP TB e-Workshop
On December 10, 2020, Dr. Harilaos Koumaras (NCSRD), 5G!Drones partner, presented “Field Trials of UAVs on top of 5GENESIS platform: Advances and Lessons Learned” at the 5G PPP Technology Board e-Workshop. During this session focusing on work performed on verticals, he highlighted the great collaboration among the two projects. The presentation provided several insights from 5G!Drones trials performed over the 5GENESIS Athens 5G experimental platform in October 2020.
5G!Drones presentation at Xchanging Ideas – Global 5G Evolution Dr. Harilaos Koumaras (NCSRD), 5GDrones partner, participated in the online event “Xchanging Ideas – Global 5G Evolution” on December 8, 2020 and presented field trial results of 5G-enabled UAVs. The trial was performed in the framework of 5G!Drones project on top of 5GENESIS Project experimental 5G infrastructure. The event was broadcasted through Xchanging Ideas – Global 5G Evolution YouTube channel. Go and watch it here.
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5G PPP Webinar – 3GPP Release 18 – Opportunity for Industry Verticals |
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| A broad variety of features for industry verticals are included in 3GPP Releases 16, and 17, enabling businesses and public-sector organisations to cherry pick from a toolbox and build new 5G-enabled services meeting their specific needs.
This webinar in November 2020 looked beyond these releases to define new requirements for Release 18 across automotive, broadcasting and media, energy, manufacturing and healthcare. Georg Mayer 3GPP TSG Chair for Service and System Aspects (SA) and Balazs Bertenyi 3GPP TSG Chair for Radio Access Network (RAN) gave practical insights on how industry verticals can contribute to 5G standardisation over the next few years through a member, consensus-building approach. Next up were representatives from several industry vertical associations. Potential inputs from the 5G Automotive Association were shared by Maxime Flament, CTO, Markus Mueck and Antonio Consoli. Julian Stafford, EUTC and Erik Guttman, Samsung, talked participants through the on-going work on smart-grid standardisation. Michael Bahr from Siemens, 5G-ACIA and 3GPP Rapporteur presented new enhancements that build on innovations for 5G and IoT while Jordi Gimenez from 5G-MAG highlighted plans for enhancing broadcasting services. Finally, Dr Med. Christoph Thuemmler, Helios Park Klinikum, gave insights into how 5G and future standardisation work could drive innovations in healthcare. The webinar was the fourth in a series co-organised by the Full5G project with 3GPP and four of their market partners: 5G-IA, 5GAA, 5G-ACIA and PSCE. The webinar recording is available here.
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5G IA: new Members and new possibilities in the framework of Horizon Europe |
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 The 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA) is glad to announce that, since 1st January 2021, two new Full Members joined the Association: AUSTRALO – https://www.australo.org as ‘Full SME Member’ and Technische Universität Dresden – https://tu-dresden.de/?set_language=en as ‘Full Research Member’.
The 5G IA is committed to foster 5G research, development and deployment in Europe. At the same time, the Association is preparing for the next chapter in the mobile communications story with the new ‘Smart Networks and Services’ Partnership (SNS), which will set the foundations for 6G (for more information: https://5g-ia.eu/sns-horizon-europe/). The SNS proposal, which was prepared by the 5G IA, together with other leading ICT organisations, can be found via the following link https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/european-partnership-smart-networks-and-services_en. Within the SNS, the 5G IA will be private side representative, jointly managing the partnership with the EU. The SNS Partnership aims to support European technological sovereignty on smart networks and services. It will contribute to enable the digital and green transitions and will allow European players to develop the technology capacities for 6G systems as the basis for future digital services towards 2030. The 5G Infrastructure Association is open for membership applications from relevant organisations (including Associations) in the ICT sector. More information and the membership application form available at https://5g-ia.eu/about/5g-ia-membership-application/ |
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2nd IEEE BTS PULSE |
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Virtual event – 9-11 February 2021  The PULSE event provides Broadcast Technology Society with the opportunity to fulfill the integral role of industry information sharing. Topics including single frequency networks, applications for drone technology and 5G content production will be discussed in the virtual event. The three-day virtual event will host top experts covering technologies that are currently challenging the broadcast industry.
Day 1 – ATSC 3 Single Frequency Networks and Virtualization, Session Chair S. Merrill Weiss, consultant in electronic media technology and technology management. Day 2 – Thermal Imaging theory and practical applications for broadcast engineering using drone technology Session Chair Paul Shulins, BTS Vice President, President of Shulins’ Solutions, a radio and TV broadcast consulting firm based in Andover Massachusetts, specializing in remote control solutions, studio design and construction, antenna protection systems and rating metrics. Day 3 – 5G Content Production. Organized by the European H2020 project 5G-RECORDS, the session will look at the opportunities and challenges of 5G for professional audiovisual content production. This will include presentations on the EBU’s (European Broadcasting Union) 5G content production activities and 5G technology enablers from Ericsson and Nokia. David Gomez-Barquero, University of Valencia, Communications Department, iTEAM Research Institute- Mobile Communications Group will lead the session. For more information on the IEEE BTS Pulse event, visit IEEE BTS’ website. |
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5G PPP Webinar: New 5G Core Technologies Innovation Projects |
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Virtual event – 16 February 2021
The webinar will run in two parts, where four projects will present in each part, with a short introduction from the European Commission and the 5G IA to start. These projects were selected for funding under the 5G PPP ICT-42-2020 call: 5G PPP 5G Core Technologies innovation. Check the agenda and register here. |
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The European 5G Conference 2021 |
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Virtual event – 23-25February 2021
With the European Commission currently consulting on a review of The 5G Action Plan, this year’s conference will focus on this and more. It will look at the role that 5G can play in digital recovery, and more broadly on the way forward to ensure that Europe’s 5G goals and objectives are fully achieved. For more information and to register your place, visit 5Gconference.eu. |
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Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks 2021 |
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Online event – 1-4 March 2021. 24th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks
For enabling and accelerating the large-scale rollout of 5G-based IoT solutions in a wide range of vertical sectors, large-scale validation trials are an important step. The workshop aims to gather the results of such validation trials for 5G-based IoT solutions in Europe and beyond. In addition to presenting the technological progress and insights gained from these validation trials, the workshop will also foster a multidisciplinary discussion between industry and academia, ICT providers and verticals as well as between the 5G and the IoT research communities. This productive exchange is expected to lead to an identification of existing R&D challenges and new insights on how to address them. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the 5G EVE, 5G-VINNI, and 5GENESIS projects. The workshop specifically invites papers on relevant validation trials performed by verticals on the large-scale experimental platforms provided (i.e. 5G infrastructure projects of the 5G PPP or other projects or activities). Papers on validation trials for 5G-based IoT solutions performed in other experimental environments are equally welcome. More information about this event here. |
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3rd Towards Terahertz Communications Workshop |
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Online event – 12 March 2021.
Go and check the preliminary Agenda here and stay tuned!
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Hannover Messe 2021 |
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Hannover, Germany – April 12-16, 2021
The 2020 lead theme was “Industrial Transformation”. But the 2020 edition could not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic. 5G PPP projects will participate in the 2021 event which will bring significant opportunities. Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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2021 IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference |
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Helsinki, Finland – 25-28 April 2021
IEEE VTC2021-Spring will feature world-class plenary speakers, tutorials, technical as well as application sessions, and an innovative Industry Track, which will feature panels and presentations with industry leaders sharing their perspectives on the latest technologies. More information about the event here. |
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EuCNC & 6G Summit 2021 |
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Porto, Portugal – 8-11 June 2021
 EuCNC 2021 is the 30th 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. EuCNC 2021 intends to introduce 6G.This conference is one of the most prominent communications and networking conferences in Europe, which efficiently brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses.
The conference will focus on various aspects of 5G communications systems and networks, including cloud and virtualisation solutions, management technologies, and vertical application areas. It will target 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.
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MWC Barcelona 2021 |
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Barcelona, Spain – 28 June – 1 July 2021
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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Taking place virtually, the 2021 edition of The European 5G Conference will be held on 23-25 February. Now in its 5th year, the European 5G Conference has an established reputation as Brussels’ leading meeting place for discussion on 5G policy.
The preliminary agenda for the 3rd Towards Terahertz Communications Workshop has been released. The workshop’s topics will cover the latest EU project results, future challenges and industrial perspective on THz comms and UC3M will present TERAWAY project innovations and advances towards beyond-5G.
The next 
The 2021 IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2021-Spring will be held in Helsinki, Finland, 25 – 28 April 2021. This semi-annual flagship conference of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society will bring together individuals from academia, government, and industry to discuss and exchange ideas in the fields of wireless, mobile, and vehicular technology.
The 2020 edition of the MWC was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next MWC is scheduled from June 28 to July 1, 2021. The 2021 lead theme is “Connected Impact” as a reference to the virus.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.
