December 2014 Newsletter

The Fraunhofer FOKUS Competence Center NGNI (Next Generation Network Infrastructures) and the associated Chair for Next Generation Networks at TU Berlin sporadically send newsletters with short information about latest activities.

FOKUS FUSECO Forum 2014: Virtualization and "Cloudification" of service and network infrastructures is progressing rapidly

The fifth FOKUS FUSECO Forum was successfully held in Berlin, Germany on November 13-14, 2014. The forum was entitled “Cloud-based ICT Platforms and

entitled “Cloud-based ICT Platforms and Virtualized Networks for flexible Ecosystem enablement within Smart Cities”. 230 participants from 31 different countries attended the event.

Watch the video with the FUSECO Forum impressions:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1V82fDRVjM&feature=youtu.be

Detailed event minutes of FFF 2014 can be found here:www.fuseco-forum.org/minutes A selection of pictures of FFF 2014 is available here:www.fuseco-forum.org/pictures Read the full news.

The next FUSECO Forum Asia will be held in Indonesia on May 25th and 26th, 2015.

In spring 2015 FOKUS will announce the exact date for the 6th FUSECO Forum to be held again in Berlin, Germany in autumn 2015.

Stay up-to-date at: www.fuseco-forum.org

5GBerlin @ 2020 Networld BrusselsThe 5GBerlin testbed of Fraunhofer FOKUS and Fraunhofer HHI was presented as part of the 2020 Networld General Assembly. The 5GBerlin initiative includes a set of running testbeds from the different network areas, including radio access, photonics, core networks, network virtualization and device connectivity management, providing a comprehensive mirror of the current advances towards 5G.5GBerlin presents a unique opportunity

for convergence of multiple dedicated test sites with heterogeneous radio and edge network characteristics taking advantage of the practical development of the core control and management plane in the Fraunhofer FOKUSOpen5GCore (www.open5gcore.net), OpenSDNCore (www.opensdncore.org) and open5GMTC toolkits.More information available at:http://www.5g-berlin.de

OpenSDNCore Rel. 2 is availableFraunhofer FOKUS has launched OpenSDNCore Rel. 2 during the two days of the FUSECO Forum 2014. OpenSDNCore Rel. 2 continues the path towards a comprehensive NFV/SDN environment, following both the Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) paradigms. Built on top of the Rel. 1, which already included a network orchestrator on top of OpenStack and a set of telco oriented SDN componets, Rel. 2 includes support for:

distributed infrastructures comprised of multiple cloud nodes; the interaction with physical radio base stations;auto scaling;flow based QoS for inter-cloud networking communication.

More information on OpenSDNCore here: http://www.opensdncore.org

Open5GCore Rel. 1Following the worldwide success of OpenEPC as a practical implementation addressing laboratory testbeds, Fraunhofer FOKUS has launched the Open5GCore toolkit (www.open5gcore.net), representing the research successor of the OpenEPC towards the 5G environments. Open5GCore mirrors the current stage of the advances towards 5G and represents the fundamental testbed functionality for demonstrations, functional testing and benchmarking beyond LTE/EPC. Open5GCore includes a relevant OpenEPC Rel. 5 sub-package for supporting LTE and WiFi:

Core network advancements towards flat and edge network architectures, control-data plane split, control functionality co-location, runtime high flexibility, single core network hopping;

LTE/5G radio signaling protocol stack implementation, providing the interconnection between radio research and core networks;Benchmarking tool for quantitative measurements of the core network features – with different subscriber patterns and monitoring mechanisms.

Open5GCore was already successfully delivered to some selected customers.For more information please check:www.open5gcore.net or contact us atinfo@open5gcore.net

Open5GMTC Pre-Rel. 1Open5GMTC represents the toolkit which will integrate the end devices into the overall research activities. Current version of the Open5GMTC, as demonstrated at the FFF14, represents a first step towards testbeds including a large number of connected devices.Through this, both the human and M2M communications can benefit from relevant quantitative evaluations. Open5GMTC was designed from the initial stage to sustain communication for thousands of devices. It includes the functionality for:

Device management, implemented using OMA DM and LW M2M;Connectivity and transport management for virtualised network infrastructures;Cost effective support for a large number of devices, testing and evaluation;Integration with OpenMTC for M2M protocols;Simple visualization of the highly complex environment.

For more information and for collaboration opportunities please contact us at: info@open5gcore.net

MCN Industry Track Demo The Mobile Cloud Networking project was successfully presented to a large audience, showing an end-to-end virtual mobile service offering including radio, core network and applications. The demonstration showed the technical proof-of concept that end-to-end virtual services can be composed in an efficient fashion and can run on

in an efficient fashion and can run on top of virtual network infrastructures based on OpenStack.As part of the demonstration, Fraunhofer FOKUS and TU Berlin have deployed an advanced version of OpenEPC/Open5GCore (www.open5gcore.net), the OpenIMSCore (www.openimscore.org)and comprehensive cloud monitoring tools.

ERASMUS TEAM launches 1st call for applications The first call for applications of the TEAM project has been launched on November 10th and is open until

February 1st.

The TEAM project brings together world class higher education and research institutions as well as industrial partners in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. As an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Programme, the TEAM partnership provides a platform for joint research and academic exchange by offering scholarships to talented junior and senior ICT researchers for a mobility in Europe or Japan and the Republic of South Korea.

As TEAM - partner, the TU Berlin / AV is offering Doctorates, Post-doctorates, Academic & Administrative Staff of the TEAM partners (including TU Berlin) the opportunity of studying and/or doing research in the field of ICT.Find out more at www.team-mundus.eu and apply online at www.team-mundus.eu/scholarships/academic-offers/

Contact: Dr. Stefan Covaci

NUBOMEDIA gets awards in Silicon ValleyKurento.org, a technology created with the support of the NUBOMEDIA project, received two Demo Awards from TMC, Systemwide Media and PKE Consulting during 2014 WebRTC Conference & Expo V celebrated in San Jose (California) on November 18-20, 2014. TUB and FraunhoferFOKUS are currently providing Kurento the cloud management platforms for making it elastic and scale based on number of active users. Nevertheless they are also integrating its media functionalities into the IMS infrastructure.

Read the full article:https://www.nubomedia.eu/blog/nubomedia-gets-awards-silicon-valley

OpenMTC team at Globecom 2014 in Austin, TX USAThe OpenMTC team presented a paper with the title: "The Development of M2M Standards for Ubiquitous Sensing Service Layer“ at Globecom in the GC14 WS - TCS: Globecom 2014 Workshop - Telecommunications Standards - From Research to Standards.http://globecom2014.ieee-globecom.org

Announcement of the OpenMTC Release 4 at 4th FUSECO Forum

The OpenMTC has been announced at the FOKUS FUSECO Forum in November 13 – 14. The OpenMTC release 4 is aligned with oneM2M specification and support new features.

OpenMTC team at oneM2M Showcase in ETSI workshopThe OpenMTC team showed at the ETSI oneM2M showcase workshop 9 – 11 December 2014 in SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE, the recent OpenMTC features capabilities by providing interoperability between the existing ETSI M2M and emerging oneM2M standard. The demo was aspart of an interconnected different IoT platforms and devices showcase together with KETI, Convida Wireless, NEC, SKT and nTels . The openness and modular design of OpenMTC allowed rapid adaptation of the platform to the different other network and gateway products. http://www.etsi.org/news-events/events/768-2014-12-etsi-workshop-on-m2m

Telco Grade Network Function VirtualizationIn the context of a cooperative research project performed by Fraunhofer FOKUS and a major mobile operator, mechanisms for realizing telco-grade levels of robustness and fault resilience of virtualized network functions (VNFs) are currently being investigated.

With the ETSI Network Function Virtualization (NFV) standardization and the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) initiative gaining significant traction in the industry and by realizing

the obvious benefits of NFV more and more network operators and service providers are moving towards virtualized infrastructures and virtualized network functions.

Following the latest ETSI NFV Management and Orchestration (MANO) specifications, the project investigates how NFV infrastructures can be managed in order to provide virtualized network functions in a telco-grade fashion. It is examined how major open-source projects, such as OpenStack, can be used to achieve telco-grade levels of network service reliability in NFV environments.

Contact: Dr. Florian Schreiner

Fraunhofer FOKUS and Telkom Indonesia invite you to the FUSECO Forum ASIAMark your calender: May 25-26, 2015 in Nusa Dua, Bali, IndonesiaTheme: “From Telco to Dico: Emerging Multimedia Services enabled by Converged Networks and Integrated Systems”Event Location: Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (www.baliconventioncenter.com)Event Minutes of FFA 2014:http://fuseco-forum.asia/page/event-minutes

For speaking and sponsorship options please contact: info@fuseco-forum.asia

The FFAsia Report 2014 is available in the december IEEE Global Communications Newsletterandcan be

downloaded here:http://www.comsoc.org/gcn

Call for Papers

IEEE NetSoft 20151st IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, April 13-17, 2015, UCL, London, UK, J. Müller is TCP member, Paper submission: December 15, 2014, Call for Papers 1st International IEEE Workshop on Software Defined 5G Networks (Soft5G)Date: Mon, 13. April 2015 to Fri, 17. April 2015Location: London, UK, Prof. T. Magedanz is Co-Chair,Paper submission: January 20, 2015, Call for Papers

10th KuVS workshopDate: Mon, 16. March 2015Location: Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, GermanyCall for Presentations for the 10th KuVS workshop (Fachgespräch) on Next Generation Service Delivery Platforms (NGSDP) with the theme "Virtualization Impacts on Service Delivery Infrastructures – SDN, NFV and Clouds". The KuVS-NGSDP workshop will be co-located with the regular meeting of the ITG-Fachgruppe on “IP and Mobility” (FG 5.2.4). The workshop will take place on March 16, 2015 at Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Berlin, Germany. The deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2015, Call for Papers.

More Information

Accepted Papers

Authors: J. Yamada, N. Blum, G. Carella, N. Kanamaru, N. Uchida, T. Magedanz,Title: "A Platform for Converged, Feature-based Real-time Communications"18th International ICIN conference - 17-19 February 2015, Paris, FranceConference website: http://www.icin.co.uk/

Authors: Asma Elmangoush, Andreea Ancuta Corici, Alex Bourreau, Thomas Magedanz, Ronald Steinke , Adel Al-HezmiTitle: "Application-derived Communication Protocol Selection in M2M Platforms for Smart Cities"18th International ICIN conference - 17-19 February 2015, Paris, France

Conference website: http://www.icin.co.uk/

Call for Participation – Meet the FOKUS Experts

RAN WorldDate: Tue, 20. January 2015 to Wed, 21. January 2015Location: Berlin, GermanyJ. Kocur (Fraunhofer FOKUS/TU Berlin) is speaker: "The Fraunhofer (Open) 5G for Smart Cities Testbeds"

RAN World

2nd M2M Alliance academic eventDate: Thu, 22. January 2015Location: Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, D-10589 Berlin, Germany The M2M Alliance warmly invites all members to the academic event to learn more about the future research projects. You will benefit from the close information exchange among the professors and companies.

M2M Alliance

NetSys 2015 – International Conference on Networked SystemsDate: Mon, 09. March 2015 to Fri, 13. March 2015Location: Cottbus, GermanyAlexander Willner will give a tutorial ("Semantic-based Management of Federated Infrastructures") at the Conference on Networked Systems (NetSys) 2015 - the successor of the conference series KiVS (Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen), which started more than 30 years ago and evolved into the major scientific event in German-speaking countries in the field of communications and distributed systems.

NetSys 2015

Informa MVNO World CongressDate: Wed, 22. April 2015Location: Nice Acropolis, Nice, FranceT. Magedanz (Fraunhofer FOKUS/TU Berlin) is Panelist in "Assessing the Impact on MVNOs of Operator Consolidation“

Informa MVNO World Congress

Informa Telco Cloud World Forum Date: Mon, 27. April 2015 to Wed, 29. April 2015

Location: Radisson Blu Portman, London, UKG. Carella, M. Corici, T.Magedanz (Fraunhofer FOKUS/TU Berlin): "Towards Cloud/SDN-based Open 5G testbeds"

Informa Telco Cloud World Forum

We wish you a merry Christmas and a satisfying, peaceful and joyful new year!

Sincerely yours,

Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz and Fraunhofer FOKUS NGNI and TU Berlin/AV team

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