Newsflash November 2020

5G PPP Annual Progress Monitoring Report 2019 published

The 5G PPP Annual Progress Monitoring 2019 (PMR 2019) reports the progress achieved by the 5G Public-Private Partnership (5G PPP) during 2019.

It also presents the activities that were performed in the framework of the 5G PPP in 2019 by the 5G Initiative (i.e., 5G PPP Projects, 5G PPP working groups, Steering and Technology Boards), the 5G Infrastructure Association (i.e., Verticals Engagement Task Force, 5G IA working groups and specific activities) and the European Commission.

PMR 2019 is available here.

New 5G PPP video: Driving Innovation in Healthcare with 5G and Smart Networks

It is a recording of the webinar co-hosted by Full5G, 5G IA and NetWorld2020 on 22 October 2020.

5G IA Report on “5G Innovation and Digital Transformation” in Mobile World Magazine

The 5G IA released a Report on “5G Innovation and Digital Transformation”  in the November issue of Mobile World Magazine

Dr. Colin Willcock, Chairman of the Board at 5G IA, discusses 5G innovation , digital transformation and the impact of Covid-19.

The complete of the Mobile World Magazine is available at https://bit.ly/3n4Vn6U  and 5G IA’s report is at pg. 92 – 105.

5GROWTH, 5G-DIVE and EMPOWER Webinar “Beyond 5G Evolution” Presentations and Results

5G EVE Webinar – Italian Site Demo

In the webinar, 5G EVE demonstrated three vertical use cases deployed in the Italian site: Smart Transport, Smart City, and Smart Tourism. The 5G project presented relevant details of these use cases and made a network demonstration for each of them. It showed the visualization of the metrics collected during the execution of the use cases on the 5G EVE platform as well as an example of how the platform is used. This is of high relevance for integrating further use cases by other verticals, which are meant to run via the Italian site of the 5G EVE platform.

You can watch the full Italian 5G EVE Site Webinar on YouTube.

5G-Records Webinar participations

Prof. David Gomez-Barquero, 5G-RECORDS project manager, presented an overview of the project during the panel on “Convergence of Broadcast and Broadband” of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, that took place online from 26^th to 29^th of October 2020.

The IEEE BMSB symposium is the premier forum for the presentation and exchange of technical advances in the rapidly converging areas of multimedia broadcasting, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and networking technologies.

During the panel, Prof. Gomez-Barquero also presented a future special issue on “5G for Media Production, Contribution and Distribution” of the IEEE Transactions of Broadcasting. The Call for Papers will be published in March 2021, and the publication date of the special issue will be in March 2022.

5G-RECORDS presentation in the 5G in content production group

Ian Wadgin, chair of the EBU group 5G in content production and 5G-RECORDS member, presented an overview of the 5G-RECORDS project during the last meeting of the EBU group that took place online from the 4^th to 5^th of November 2020.

The EBU’s project group 5G in Content Production brings together broadcasters and the industry with the aim to:

• Define the relevant AV production use cases for 5G, across various genres including news, OBs, events, studio and location production.
• Identify and quantify the associated technical and operational requirements.
• Identify and communicate technology readiness and delivery timescales and roadmaps for trials.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the working practices and standardisation timetables within the relevant standards development organisations (SDO), in particular 3GPP, and contribute to their work where relevant.
• Inform EBU members of the potential benefits of the new standards and/or possible issues;
• Act as a user group in the market, communicate broadcasters’ needs in the production domain to telecom operators, manufacturers, MNOs, industry fora, and the regulators.

The EBU also facilitates an ongoing dialogue with the wider industry on a range of issues related to 5G, including business arrangements amongst the stakeholders along the value chain. For more information visit https://tech.ebu.ch/groups/5gcp

5GENESIS coordinator presents 5GENESIS project at “5G Experimentation Facilities and Vertical Trials” online workshop

The video of the presentation is available on YouTube.

5GENESIS call for contributions to SENSORS Special Issue on “5G Mission-Critical Applications”

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2020 (extended) ( (All submissions will be processed as soon as received and published immediately if accepted after review, don’t wait until the deadline to submit)

With the advent of 5G, agile machine-type communications (MTC) may finally become a reality. The three pillars of technological improvements: higher throughput, significantly increased number of connected devices, and especially lower latency are seen as major enabling factors in the wider deployment of mission-critical applications (MCAs). These applications range from autonomous vehicles and drones, haptic communications over 5G, electrical grid, and industrial automation to smart cities and medical applications, and are typically characterized by the need for extremely reliable transport in addition to low latency and potentially high bandwidth. One of the main challenges for supporting MCA-type services lies in the creation of overall network architectures that adapt to fluctuating traffic patterns and enable overall high adaptability that spans not only the radio access layer and core network services but also extends to edge and core computing that are essential in supporting MCAs.

The objective of this Special Issue is to bring together state-of-the-art contributions related to 5G-based mission-critical applications and services covering topics such as the development and operation of MCA/M2M applications using the 5G service stack, the role of NFV and network slicing in mission-critical communications, exposing the network to the application (programmable RAN, core network interfaces, transport network configuration with SDN, etc.), over-the-top approaches to MCAs, transport protocols and APIs for MCAs, testbeds to validate 5G MCAs, lessons from trials with MCAs, the impact of multiple operators and roaming in 5G applications, challenges from MCA regulation and governance, as well as security and privacy issues related to MCAs.

This Special Issue is connected to the activities in the European project 5GENESIS (under the umbrella of 5G PPP) and the US project COSMOS (under the umbrella of PAWR). An email to the Guest Editors with the tentative title and abstract is expected before submission.

Guest Editors  (Click to contact)

Pedro Merino-Gómez,
Ivan Seskar,

For full information please click this link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/5G_mission

Demos On StandAlone 5G, Orchestration And Slicing –  5G-VINNI Norway Facility Site

The first demonstration showed the Orchestration of Network Slices with end-to-end automation to achieve zero touch deployment. A slice consisting of two network services, under two different tenants and security zones with corresponding Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) was deployed with one click. Automation included not only the VNF onboarding but also network setup via SDN and adding the firewall policies. Watch the demo here.

The second demonstration focused on the implementation of two network slices for the Norwegian Defence. A user from the Norwegian Defence accessed each of the two slices with the same 5G phone. Different QoS were achieved on each of the slices. The demo can be viewed here.

The third demonstration presented the implementation of StandAlone (SA) 5G in the Norway Facility site. A real 5G device was connected to the slice. Different user types could also connect to the different network slices. The re-direction from one slice to another was also demonstrated. Have a look at the demo here.

StandICT.eu 2023 Open Call: funding for ICT Standardization Experts

Through a series of 10 Open Calls spanning across a 3-year timeline, StandICT.eu 2023 will provide 3 million EUR through a cascade grant process to support participation of over 400 European standardization specialists for their contributions in the key international and global SDOs and standards consortia.

The 1^st Open Call was launched on the 2^nd of November 2020 and it will last until next 04 January 2021.

You can find here www.standict.eu/1st-open-call  overall and detailed information (like the type of financial support, eligibility criteria and evaluation process). You can also follow our posts on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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COREnect workshop “Building European technological sovereignty in 5G and beyond”

The COREnect project organised its 1st workshop, entitled “Building European technological sovereignty in 5G and beyond”, which was held in co-location with the EFECS2020 conference, on November 26th. This was an opportunity for the Key Digital Technologies and the Smart Network and Services communities to come together and start to elaborate a joint technology roadmap for European microelectronics and telecommunications industries.

COREnect is drafting a roadmap to consider how to create a European industrial ecosystem that will build core technologies for future connectivity systems in the next 5 to 10 years. This roadmap will provide the foundations for sustainable European technology sovereignty in 5G and beyond. It will promote innovation and business opportunities, including for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and contribute to build or reinforce European leadership in these areas. It will cover the full 5G value chain including materials, components, subsystem integration, connectivity platforms and will address vertical industry sectors in areas such as health, energy, manufacturing, automotive and smart cities, among others.

Components for the next generations of telecommunications systems and services need to be more and more performant, reliable, trustworthy, and environment-friendly. COREnect has the potential to significantly impact European research and innovation (R&I) and the industry landscape of future connectivity systems, strengthening Europe’s position in the global digital scene. Among its activities, the COREnect project will conduct a comprehensive landscape and impact analysis, encompassing the whole value chain from microelectronics ecosystems to the design of future connectivity platforms at system level and vertical applications.

In the workshop, experts from industry and research, from the European Components and Systems and from the Networks and Services domains, exchanged points of view on this target, at strategic, technological, and societal levels.

Participants included experts from Bosch, Infineon, NXP, ST, Ericsson, Nokia, CEA, IMEC, and TU Dresden.

ETSI Workshop “Boosting the Impact of Research & Innovation through Standardization”

The ETSI virtual event included much online content, interviews, status presentations and also several possibilities for the audience to interact with the expert speakers and panellists.

Chrystel Gaber (Orange and INSPIRE-5Gplus) made a presentation on “How research projects impact security standards: the example of INSPIRE-5Gplus”. In the talk, the INSPIRE-5Gplus approach aiming at a radical shift in security management by designing and implementing a fully automated end-to-end smart network and service management framework that empowers not only protection but also trustworthiness and liability in managing 5G network infrastructures across multi-domains was presented.

All the Conference Sessions are available on video on the TelecomTV site.