Newsflash November 2018

5G PPP Pan-European Trials Roadmap 4.0 

You can download this version of the Trials Roadmap here: 5G-PPP Trials Roadmap Version 4.0.

The 5G Pan-European Trials Roadmap Version 4.0 has been elaborated and is supported by the Trials Working Group (WG) Members organizations. It is coordinated by the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA), expanding the work initiated by the Industry and the European Commission (EC) in the context of the 5G Manifesto  and of the 5G Action Plan (5GAP).

This Roadmap Version 4.0 highlights the key EU cities that are targeted for 5G early deployments, already engaged in 5G pre-commercial/commercial trials and pilots, engaged in 5G R&I trials and pilots and also making available 5G R&I platforms. A description of the major EU cities engaged in the 5G UEFA EURO 2020 Flagship event is also provided.

5G PPP video series

The 5G PPP video series is continuing: after the “Ever Heard of 5G?” and the more specific “Participating in the 5G PPP Phase 3 – H2020 ICT-19” videos, we are proud to announce the public release of the “5G In & For Europe” video. This new video explains why it is important that 5G technology and solutions are developed in Europe and how it targets the needs of European citizens and businesses.

The “5G In & For Europe” video is available via the 5G PPP video channel, on the 5G PPP YouTube channel, and is accessible directly here. It is released by the To-Euro-5G project on behalf of the 5G PPP, with support from the European Commission.

5G PPP @3GPP IMT 2020 Workshop

The presentations at the Workshop covered the detail of these formal submissions, breaking down their key elements to help the evaluation groups study the technical merits of the 3GPP proposal (encompassing NR and LTE) and its ability to meet the IMT-2020 objectives.

Balazs Bertenyi, Chairman of 3GPP RAN, described this Workshop on IMT2020 evaluation as a vital step in the evaluation process. He said: “3GPP has been working extremely hard to bring 5G NR standards to the industry in an accelerated manner, in Release 15. 3GPP has now approved the work program for Release 16 – containing a host of new and enhanced functionalities for 5G NR. The target completion for Release 16 is December 2019. The 3GPP submission to IMT2020 will contain both Release 15 and Release 16 functionality.”

Werner Mohr, chairman of the 5G-IA IMT2020 Evaluation WG and Jean-Pierre Bienaimé Secretary General of the 5G IA and 5G PPP projects were also there.

The Workshop presentations can be downloaded from:
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/workshop/2018-10-24_25_WS_on_3GPP_subm_tw_IMT2020/Docs/

Presentations can also be viewed via the following links:

• Wednesday 24/10 at 13:15 CEST: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/3gpp-5g-conference-on-itu-submission-24-10-2018
• Thursday 25/10 at 9:00am CEST: https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/3gpp-5g-conference-on-itu-submission-25-10-2018

5G PPP @Global Forum 2018

Safety and security were debated in a specific session in the afternoon. The role of IA was also highlighted in session 3. On November 6th, 2018 there was a interesting session on women in digital services.

Presentations are available here.

MWC’19

MWC19 carries “Intelligent Connectivity” as this year flagship topic. 5G PPP and 5G-IA will attend the Mobile World Congress bringing on stage the results achieved by the projects and supporting the European efforts towards a successful deployment of 5G. 5G IA booth will be in Hall 7 Stand 7K17.

More information disclosed later as the organisation progresses. Event Website  https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/

5G PPP @5G for Italy

WS on How cloudy and green will mobile network and services be?” @CLEEN 2019

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. The aim is to allow for a guaranteed high quality of experience for mobile access via efficient management of cloud resources and services, and to allow for a future network evolution focused on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. In fact, all future innovative network solutions will be conceived and deployed with a long-term perspective of sustainability, both in terms of energy consumption of the mobile network, its related interoperability with terminals and the cost efficiency of the different deployment and management options. This requires new concepts for the design, operation, and optimization of radio access networks, backhaul networks, operation and management algorithms, and architectural elements, tightly integrating mobile networks and cloud-processing. The emerging paradigm of distributed cloud environment is also a key topic. 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.

Submissions are expected in following areas:

• Centralized / decentralized PHY and MAC processing
• Flexible assignment of functionality in mobile networks
• Joint operation and optimization of radio access and backhaul networks for cloud-based mobile networks
• Integration of cloud-services into green heterogeneous wireless networks; Management of cloud-based/cloud-operated heterogeneous networks providing access to cloud-services
• Task offloading and distributed computing environments
• Energy efficiency vs. QoS vs cost-efficiency trade-offs
• Architectural evolution of mobile networks and cost effective deployment strategies for evolved heterogeneous wireless network
• Multi-access Edge Computing and related enablers (e.g. new interfaces, protocols, node-to-node communication, D2D communication, innovative cache support, …), including Multi access technologies
• Service and energy management aspects of cloud-based mobile networks
• Storage and computation capability of small cells
• Resource allocation techniques; interference analysis, avoidance, and mitigation for heterogeneous networks
• Testbeds and performance evaluation for cloud-based mobile communication networks
• Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence for cloud efficiency

For more information on the Workshop read more here.

5G PPP @IEEE Globecom

One5G and 5G-XCast organise a Full Day workshop titled  “5G Advanced : The Next Evolution Step of 5G New Radio” (WS-14) on December 13th.

ONE5G has focused on key technology components for 5G New Radio (NR) Advanced, specifically extensions that support the cost-efficient provision of services both in Megacities and in Underserved Areas. This encompasses PHY/MAC link and multi-link advancements as well as network and user experienced E2E performance optimization and context awareness specifically for the vertical sector.

Broadcast and Multicast Communication centric 5G-Xcast  project aims at developing media delivery solutions while taking into account the more extensive use cases of 5G including services to vehicles, public safety and health, IoT etc. to ensure they dovetail together.

They also have a special session, “The Local Impact of 5G” to attract regional SMEs and Startups.

SliceNet also organises an Industry Panel “5G Network Slice Management” on Dec. 11th, 8h30 am.

ICT-2018: Imagine Digital Connect Europe

ICT 2018: Imagine Digital – Connect Europe will take place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. This research and innovation event will focus on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry. It will present an opportunity for the people involved in this transformation to share their experience and vision of Europe in the digital age.

The event is organised by the European Commission and the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

ICT 2018 will have four main components converging around the theme Imagine Digital – Connect Europe: Conference, Exhibition, Networking opportunities and Innovation and Startups forum. The Conference programme will feature influential speakers and debates around the EU’s digital policy. The programme will involve relevant parties from industry, research and public bodies. The ‘Imagine18’ campaign will reach out to generations ranging from teenagers to the elderly to learn how citizens feel about the digital revolution and its effects on daily life. As part of the ICT 2018 Exhibition programme, EU-funded research and innovation successes will be presented to the public. Visitors will also have the chance to meet the innovators behind these projects. The Innovation and Startups forum will bring together market-oriented innovators and investors, and will present marketable research and innovation results from EU-funded projects.

Explore the conference and the exhibition here. Registration is open.

5G PPP projects will be very active. There will be four 5G PPP related booths and networking sessions:

• A 5G PPP ‘Information Kiosk’ where videos, brochures and flyers will be displayed
• A 5G PPP ‘Demo booth’ where some projects will show their demos.
• Two project booths: 5GCity and 5GCAR.

Networking sessions are also organised:

• Session title: Stimulating innovation over next generation 5G network infrastructures
  Date, Time, Venue: 6th December 2018, 10:00-10:45, Hall L7
  URL: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/ict2018/item-display.cfm?id=22032
  Organiser: Milon Gupta, Eurescom on behalf of 5G EVE, 5G-VINNI, and 5GINFIRE
• Session title: Artificial Intelligence – New Solutions for Real-time Service Delivery
  Date, Time, Venue: 5th December 2018, 11:30-12:15, Hall L6/3
  URL: https://slicenet.eu/networking-session-at-ict-2018-on-artificial-intelligence/ and at the event site: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/events/cf/ict2018/item-display.cfm?id=21598
  Organiser: Milon Gupta, Eurescom on behalf of SliceNet
• Session title: Network Slicing Room 2.95, 04/12/2018 (16:00-16:45)
  Network slicing is one of the core features of the flexible and adaptive mobile network architecture being introduced with 5G. The EU project 5G-MoNArch enhances and completes the network architecture such that 5G becomes actually usable for many scenarios, and it develops features and innovations on network resilience, security and elasticity that support a wide range of industrial and media & entertainment use cases. 5G-MoNArch brings E2E network slicing into practice, with implementing and deploying two real-world testbeds, namely, the Hamburg Smart Sea Port and the Turin Touristic City. Organiser: Lars Christoph SCHMELZ (Nokia, Bell Labs Research, Germany)

7th Global 5G Event

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 (18-2& June 2019).

Contents will be added as the organization of the event progresses.