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5G-MiEdge Millimeter-wave Edge Cloud as an Enabler for 5G Ecosystem
EU Contract No. EUJ-01-2016-723171
D5.1 First report on dissemination, standards,
regulation and exploitation plan
Contractual date: M12
Actual date: M12
Authors: See list
Work package: WP5: Standardization, spectrum regulation, dissemination and exploitation
Security: Public
Nature: Report
Version: 1.0
Number of pages: 30
Abstract
This deliverable outlines the planned activities for dissemination and exploitation of the 5G MiEdge
project results. These project results will be disseminated through conferences and journals as well as
focused events and workshops. They will also be exploited by integration in courses and commercially
by partners. On top of this, the project results will be exploited by contributions to standardisation
bodies, in particular for the definition of future requirements and needs. The deliverable also provides
an overview of the dissemination activities carried out during the first year of the project.
Keywords
Dissemination, standards, regulation, and exploitation plan
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Authors
INTEL Valerio Frascolla
Federico Miatton
CEA-LETI Antonio De Domenico [email protected]
Fraunhofer- Heinrich-Hertz-
Institut
Kei Sakaguchi [email protected]
Telecom Italia Valerio Palestini [email protected]
Sapienza University of Rome Sergio Barbarossa [email protected]
Tokyo Institute of Technology Khanh Tran Gia [email protected]
Panasonic Koji Takinami [email protected]
KDDI Research Katsuo Yunoki [email protected]
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Table of contents
Table of figures ................................................................................................................ 4
Abbreviations .................................................................................................................. 5
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 6
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7
2 Project presentation ................................................................................................ 8
3 Dissemination ........................................................................................................ 10
3.1 General public ................................................................................................ 10
3.1.1 5G MiEdge web site ........................................................................... 10
3.1.2 Press Releases ..................................................................................... 10
3.2 Scientific community ..................................................................................... 11
3.2.1 Journals and magazines ...................................................................... 11
3.2.2 Dissemination in Conferences and Workshops .................................. 12
3.2.3 Workshops and Special Tracks Organization ..................................... 12
3.3 Industrial community ..................................................................................... 16
3.4 Other collaboration activities ......................................................................... 19
3.5 Dissemination to standards and regulation ..................................................... 20
4 Exploitation plans ................................................................................................. 21
5 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 22
6 Appendix A: Dissemination activities during the project first year ................. 24
7 Appendix B: Co-organized Workshops and Special Tracks ............................. 28
8 References .............................................................................................................. 30
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Table of figures
Figure 1. Ultra High Speed Low Latency Communications use cases (left), and key 5G-
MiEdge technologies (right); ............................................................................................ 8
Figure 2. 5G MiEdge project website [5G-MiEdge]. ..................................................... 10
Figure 3. 5G MiEdge press release on the HHI FRAUNHOFER webpage. .................. 11
Figure 4. Some of the attendees in WDN-5G 2017. ....................................................... 13
Figure 5 5G MiEdge booth at the Berlin 5G Week 2016. .............................................. 17
Figure 6. 5G MiEdge booth in the Global 5G event with the Panasonic signage. ......... 19
Figure 7. A detail of the CFP of WDN-5G hosted at IEEE ICC 2017. ........................... 28
Figure 8. A detail of the CFP of Special Track on MEC&MMWAVE hosted at COCORA
2017. ............................................................................................................................... 28
Figure 9. A detail of the CFP of CLEEN 2017 workshop. ............................................. 29
Figure 10. A detail of the CFP of 5G-Testbed hosted at IEEE Globecom 2017. ............ 29
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Abbreviations
Acronym Description
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
EU European Union
JP Japan
MEC mobile edge cloud (computing)
mmWave millimeter-wave
C-plane control-plane
QoE Quality of Experience
IEICE Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
5GMF Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum
uHSLLC ultra-High-Speed and Low Latency Communication
WP Work Package
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Executive Summary
This deliverable offers an overview of the dissemination, standardisation and
exploitation plans and results of the 5G MiEdge project. It both provides future plans
in the mentioned areas as well as a review of the outcomes during the first year of
activities of the project. The main areas reported are the following:
• Setup of the project website and dissemination through press releases.
• Monitoring and contributions to relevant standardisation bodies. The project,
through the participating companies, is involved in 3GPP and IEEE, groups. 5G
MiEdge has presented several contributions to the 3GPP SA1. Following these
contributions, 5G MiEdge studies are reflected in one recent 3GPP Technical Report
[TR22.886] and one Technical Specification [TS22.186].
• Publication of project technical achievements in peer-reviewed technical
journals and magazines. Four articles have been submitted to different journals during
the first year period.
• Participation and contribution to international conferences, symposia and
summits. The project has participated to some of the most relevant technical
conferences, with eleven papers accepted or submitted.
• Organisation and co-organisation of workshops. The project has co-organised
three workshops and one special track, two of these have been co-located with the
IEEE ICC 2017, EUCNC, and IEEE GLOBECOM 2017. The project is also planning
to participate in the organisation of new workshops in the future.
• Dissemination to three notable industrial events, i.e., the 5G Berlin Week,
Global 5G Event, and WTP 2017.
• Exploitation plans, both in terms of potential development of new products and
services, and also exploitation of the knowledge generated. 1 patent is under
preparation at CEA LETI.
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1 Introduction
The 5G MiEdge project is developing technologies to integrate MEC and mmWave
into the 5G network architecture to offer innovative services and applications. This is
achieved by means of an edge cloud and the introduction of an ultra-lean and inter-
operable signaling, called ‘liquid control plane’, capable of providing ubiquitous
allocation of computation and communication resources, in an application-/user-
centric framework.
The objective of this report is to present the planned/achieved dissemination,
standardisation, and exploitation activities, how they are implemented, and the
expected results. These activities have the objective to ensure that the results of the
project are sufficiently advertised during its time span, mainly by means of
dissemination and, at the same time, they are introduced onto the standardisation path
and taken into account in the exploitation plans. On top of this, the actions that are
foreseen in order to guarantee that also after the project is finished, key achievements
will find their way to become part of marketable technologies and products, will be
explained in this report.
In the deliverable the main outcomes from these activities during the first year of the
project are also described.
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2 Project presentation
5G-MiEdge has the ambitious goal of contributing to the broadest possible acceptance
of new wireless infrastructures through concepts validation of enhanced and novel 5G
technologies. The project looks beyond the current scope of 5G, introducing the Ultra
High Speed Low Latency Communications (uHSLLC) services, so to address new use
cases and create additional values for 5G users. 5G-MiEdge uses a holistic approach
in combining millimeter-wave (mmWave) edge cloud, liquid RAN control-plane (C-
plane), and user/application centric orchestration techniques. The final target is to
demonstrate the benefits of a first 5G implementation through testbeds both in the city
of Berlin [6] and at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. The distinctive feature of the
5G-MiEdge vision is to exploit the benefit of combining Mobile Edge Computing
(MEC), with mmWave communications. MEC and mmWave technologies
complement each other well: mmWave access benefits from the distributed
computation and storage capabilities of MEC to optimize the communication
strategies, incorporating cache prefetching, and orchestration of APs at the edge. MEC
benefits from the high data rate proximity access to the edge cloud of mmWave, thus
reducing latency and improving the Quality of Experience (QoE).
Figure 1. Ultra High Speed Low Latency Communications use cases (left), and key 5G-
MiEdge technologies (right);
Figure 1 summarizes the use cases and the key technologies developed by 5G-MiEdge
so to make uHSLLC a reality. A newly defined ultra-lean and inter-operable control
signaling plane, called ‘liquid RAN C-plane’, is proposed, where ‘liquid’ stems from
its capability of enabling services and connections that follow and adapt to users’ needs,
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like a liquid adapts to the form of its container. The liquid C-plane is meant to provide
ubiquitous allocation of communication and computation resources in a user-
/application-centric perspective. Acquisition of context information and service
requests forecast are key steps to enable a proactive orchestration of radio and
computation resources in 5G-MiEdge enhanced 5G networks.
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3 Dissemination
5G MiEdge gives a particular importance to the dissemination activities, in order to
ensure that all main results of the project will achieve the broadest possible impact on
the global telecommunication eco-system, both at the academic and at the industrial
level. Dissemination activities will mainly address the following five main target
groups:
3.1 General public
3.1.1 5G MiEdge web site
Here we present the activities undertaken to promote the knowledge of the project and
to ensure that its results are sufficiently advertised during the lifetime of the project.
The project has created a web site that can be found at: http://5g-miedge.eu/
Figure 2. 5G MiEdge project website [5G-MiEdge].
This web site contains information on the project such as general information on the
consortium, public deliverables, papers, and presentations. In addition, it shows latest
news and upcoming events in the field of interest of the project. This web site is
regularly updated in order to reflect recent project progress.
3.1.2 Press Releases
The project also aims to have a presence in other webpages.
Here we highlight some relevant press releases:
Press release published on the HHI FRAUNHOFER webpage (see Figure 3)
[HHIWeb] and twitter account [HHITw].
Press Release from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs [FMFA].
5G MiEDGE on the Sakaguchi laboratory in the Tokyo Institute of Technology
[TiTech].
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Figure 3. 5G MiEdge press release on the HHI FRAUNHOFER webpage.
3.2 Scientific community
5G MiEdge targets to disseminate its results in international journals and the
presentations of papers to the most important conferences, as well as via the
participation to workshops and panels in major IEEE and ACM events.
3.2.1 Journals and magazines
5G MiEdge focuses, on main international journals and magazines such as IEEE
Transactions (Communications, Wireless Communications, Broadcasting, etc.), IEEE
Letters, and IEEE Magazines.
At the current stage, we have four submitted journals/magazines, amongst which there
are two are invited contributions (one of this invited paper will appear to IEEE
Wireless Communications Magazine) and one IEEE Transaction on Wireless
Communication. The detailed list of contribution is presented in Table 6 (Appendix A).
In addition, we are preparing a white paper presenting the overall concepts of 5G
MiEdge and our preliminary results; we target to submit this white paper to a special
issue of the IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine,
(http://www.comsoc.org/wirelessmag/cfp/content-centric-collaborative-edge-
caching-5g-mobile-internet), which focuses on MEC related technologies.
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3.2.2 Dissemination in Conferences and Workshops
The 5G MiEdge consortium is contributing to selected conferences in order to
disseminate the project vision and results at large. High profile conferences and fora,
mainly in communication and networking domains are primarily targeted, such as
IEEE ICC, and IEEE GLOBECOM. Further candidate conferences include EuCNC,
European Wireless, Mobile Backhaul Conference, EUSIPCO, EUCAP,
EUMW, ICASSP, VTC, WCNC, SPAWC and PIMRC as well as ETSI Workshops.
At the end of the first year of the project, we have submitted/presented eleven
contributions to notable international and domestic conferences, such as IEEE
Globecom 2017, EUCNC 2017, IEEE SPAWC 2017, and IEEE CSCN. The detailed
list of contribution is presented in Table 7 (Appendix A).
5G MiEdge partners have also been invited to present the results of our project in
several international conferences, such as IEEE Globecom 2016 and IEEE ICC 2017.
The detailed list of oral presentations is reported in Table 8 (Appendix A).
3.2.3 Workshops and Special Tracks Organization
In order to more effectively disseminate its results, 5G MiEdge is co-organising several
workshops and special tracks that are collocated within some of the conferences cited
in the previous section, usually the day before or after the main event. More
specifically, workshops and special tracks are planned to be jointly organized with
other collaborative research projects during the project duration, to exchange ideas not
only with other projects, but also with the relevant industrial stakeholders.
During the first year of the project the following events have been co-organised:
The 10th International Workshop on Evolutional Technologies &
Ecosystems for 5G and Beyond (WDN-5G ICC 2017)
The workshop has been hosted in IEEE ICC 2017 (http://icc2017.ieee-
icc.org/workshop/wdn-5g). It has focused on evolutional technologies to enable the
smooth combination of mmWave and MEC in future cellular architecture and the
development of associated ecosystems providing new 5G vertical services. After the
peer-review process, it has included 13 technical papers, 2 keynote speeches, and a
fruitful panel discussion on "Evolutional Technologies & Ecosystems for 5G and
Beyond". The program of the workshop is presented in Table 1, while a detail of the
call for paper is given in Figure 7 (Appendix B).
Table 1. The program of WDN-5G 2017.
Sunday, May 21
09:00 am-10:30 am
WS03-S1: Opening, Keynote 1, and Paper Session (Propagation & Signal Processing)
11:00 am-12:30 pm WS03-S2: Fronthaul & Backhaul
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02:00 pm-03:30 pm WS03-S3: Keynote 2 and Paper Session (MEC & Networking)
04:00 pm-05:30 pm WS03-S4: Paper Session (Control Channel) and Panel Discussion
Figure 4. Some of the attendees in WDN-5G 2017.
Mobile Edge Computing and Millimeter Waves as Key Technology
Enablers for 5G Systems (MEC&mmW)
The special track has been hosted in COCORA 2017
(https://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/COCORA17.html) and it has included 2
keynote speeches, and a fruitful panel discussion on the synergies and co-working
among MEC and mmWaves technologies. The program of the workshop is presented
in Table 2 and a detail of the call for paper is given in Figure 8 (Appendix B).
Table 2. The program of MEC&mmW 2017.
Tuesday, April 25
Introduction / Editorial [PRESENTATION] Valerio Frascolla
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Challenges and Opportunities with mm-wave Communications in 5G [PRESENTATION] Tommy Svensson
Merging mmWave and MEC in Future 5G Networks [PRESENTATION] Sergio Barbarossa
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks [DISCUSSION] Valerio Frascolla
European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC’2017)
Workshops
5G MiEdge has co-organized two half-day workshops hosted at EUCNC 2017
http://www.eucnc.eu/?q=node/72.
o Prototyping 5th Generation Cellular Wireless Technology
This Workshop has been co-organized together with the EU funded projects
Flex5GWare [flex] and MiWaveS [miwaves] as well as the EU-Korea co-funded 5G
CHAMPION [5G-Champ]. It has gathered a team of global experts in order to discuss
learnings from first generation 5G prototype implementation and trials, to address 5G
related challenges, drawbacks and strengths identified within those activities and to
thus analyze gaps to be filled in order to make 5G a success. Furthermore, the Special
Session looks ahead towards the next stage of 5G technology, showcasing how new
enabling functionalities are tested in lab set-ups and how they are deployed in the field
for early stage trials. The program of the workshop is presented in Table 4
Table 3. The program of “Prototyping 5th Generation Cellular Wireless Technology”.
12 June 2017
9h-10h00 Keynotes
Welcoming Speech (10min) by Special Session Chairs
Jari Lehmusvuori (NOKIA) on The 5G Test Network in Finland
Sergio Barbarossa (Sapienza university of Rome, technical manager of the 5G-
MiEdge project) on the Benefit of merging MEC and mmWave technologies
10h – 10h30 Presentation Session 1: Next Generation 5G Features
10h30 – 11h Coffee Break
11h00 – 11h50 Presentation Session 2: mmWave Technology
11h50 – 12h28 Presentation Session 3: Radio Frequency Enabling Technology
12h28 – 12h30 Closing Remarks
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o Millimetre-wave technology for 5G access, fronthaul and backhaul
The motivation for this workshop is to bring together experts in mmWave technology
and those with expertise and experience of communication systems and networks,
including those involved in the definition of the standards for 5G. It is known that the
mmWave spectrum is of interest for 5G access and for point-to-point links providing
fronthaul and backhaul. Technology demonstrators have shown ultra-high bit-rates are
possible. However, more needs to be done in joint work that can harness these high
potential bit-rates for users, integrating them into complete system design and in
promoting cost-effective and energy-efficient solutions.
The proposed format of the workshop is two 1 hr 40 min sessions, each consisting of
4 presentations, concluded by a panel discussion. The first session was devoted to the
use of mmWave as an access technology for 5G and has included a presentation on
how the synergy between Mobile Edge Computing and mmWave access can provide
an effective solution to some of the 5G challenges, from the 5G-MiEdge project.
Fifth International Workshop on Cloud Technologies and Energy
Efficiency in Mobile Communication Networks (CLEEN 2017)
This workshop has been co-organized together with several H2020 collaborative
projects http://www.flex5gware.eu/images/cfp__CLEEN2017__final.pdf. It has
explored novel concepts to allow for flexibly centralised radio access networks using
cloud-processing based on open IT platforms, in coordination with network functions
virtualization technologies and MEC (Mobile Edge Computing), that are recognized
as key enablers for the definition of future 5G systems. It has cover technologies across
PHY, MAC, and network layers, technologies which translate the cloud-paradigm to
the radio access and backhaul network, and will analyse the network evolution from
the 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 the academic and the industrial point of view. From 5G
MiEdge, Prof. S. Barbarossa, form the Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza,” gave a keynote
on Merging millimeter-wave and mobile edge computing technologies in 5G networks:
Opportunities and challenges. Also, E. Calvanese Strinati (CEA LETI) moderate a
successful panel on the MEC technologies. The program of the workshop is presented
in Table 4 and a detail of the call for paper is given in Figure 9 (Appendix B).
Table 4. The program of CLEEN 2017.
22 June 2017
09:15 Welcome and presentation by the workshop chair (Dario Sabella, Intel)
09:20 Key Note #1: AEIT activities on innovative systems (Maurizio Mayer)
09:30 Keynote #2: Enabling Communication Services for Vertical Industries through Network
Slicing and Mobile Edge Cloud (Peter Rost, Nokia Bell Labs)
10:00 Technical session #1 - Advanced Network Technologies
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11:00 Networking coffee break @ 5G PoC Zone + Posters (*)
11:20 Technical session #2 - Advanced Radio Technologies
12:00 Keynote #2:Merging millimeter-wave and mobile edge computing technologies in 5G
networks: Opportunities and challenges (Sergio Barbarossa, Univ. La Sapienza, Rome)
12:30 Networking lunch break @ 5G PoC Zone + Posters (*)
14:00 Technical session #3 - Advanced Networks Energy Efficiency
14:40 Panel discussion (moderator: Emilio Calvanese-Strinati, CEA)
15:40 Wrap-up & closing by the Workshop Chair
16:00 End of workshop
5G Test-Beds & Trials – Learnings from implementing 5G (5G-Testbed)
This workshop, co-organized with the EU-Kr project 5G Champion, will be hosted in
IEEE Globecom 2017 (https://mmuckfr.wixsite.com/globecom2017). In this
workshop, 5G Experts will be to meet and exchange findings, views and opinions on
current test-beds, trials, early phase products and next generation 5G features and
functionalities. The key objective is to exchange learnings encountered during
practical tests in order to understand where the real challenges, weaknesses but also
strengths of 5G lie and how they can be addressed in the future evolution of the
technology. A detail of the call for paper is given in Figure 10 (Appendix B).
2017 International Workshop on Smart Wireless Communications
This workshop will be hosted at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in October
2017 and will be organized and co-sponsored by IEICE (Institute of Electronics,
Information and Communication Engineers).
3.3 Industrial community
5G MiEdge targets a constant attendance to the most important industrial events,
participating through the creation of stands, showroom and booths, e.g. in consumer
electronic shows, etc.
Berlin 5G Week
The first Berlin 5G Week - supported by IEEE Standards Association and IEEE SDN
Initiative, IEEE Communications Society, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Fraunhofer HHI, the
5G Berlin Testbed and Berlin Partner - took place from 31 October 31 to 4 November
2016. In sum, more than 400 experts from 30 nations attended the five different events
related to 5G standardization, technologies, platforms, application domains and
emerging testbeds, which all took place in the Fraunhofer Forum in the center of Berlin,
Germany, October 31st - November 4th. In the context of the Berlin 5G Week, 5G
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MiEdge participates to two main events, the IEEE 5G Summit 2016 and the Fraunhofer
FUSECO Forum. During the Berlin 5G Week, we presented at our booth, three posters,
describing the foreseen studies from the EU and Japanese partners, as well as some
videos to highlight the main novelty of the 5G MiEdge project. This booth is shown in
Figure 5. The event web site can be found
http://www.berlin5gweek.org/b5gw2016.html.
Figure 5 5G MiEdge booth at the Berlin 5G Week 2016.
o IEEE 5G Summit 2016
Recently, IEEE Communications Society has developed a strategic framework based
on the principles that embrace Industry's interests and priorities while integrating IEEE
and ComSoc's objectives. In order to engage industry members with high value and
innovative technologies, IEEE Communications Society plans to hold a series of high
impact one day Summits in emerging technology areas (e.g., SDN/NFV, 5G, IoT, Big
Data, and Cybersecurity). The first summit was held at Princeton University in May
2015 (see photos, slides, and videos) followed by 5G summits at Toronto, Silicon
Valley and Patna. The IEEE Berlin 5G Summit was the seventh one in the series and
third one in Europe, and was held in Berlin on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. This
one day summit has provided a platform for the industry leaders, innovators, and
researchers from the industry and academic community to collaborate and exchange
ideas in this emerging technology that may help in driving the standards and rapid
deployment. The event web site can be found at http://www.5gsummit.org/berlin/.
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o Fraunhofer FUSECO Forum 2016
Fraunhofer FUSECO Forum has gathered more than 250 ITC experts from all over the
world, including operators, global analysts, standard bodies, and manufacturers to
learn, share, network and experience everything you need to know about the new
trends, developments and impacts of 5G/IIoT and related technologies. The event web
site can be found at https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/fff2016/about.
Third Global 5G Event
After the successful events of 2016, held in China (Beijing) and in Europe (Rome), the
series of high level events on the 5G ecosystem continues this year in Japan (Tokyo),
on May 24-25. The 3rd Global 5G Event was held at the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba on 24 –
25 May 2017, with the theme of ‘Creating the Crossover Collaboration for 5G Eco-
Society’ (http://5gmf.jp/en/news/20170608200707/). About 700 attendees, from both
Japan and abroad, participated in fruitful and meaningful discussions at the Event. The
3rd Global 5G Event has organized debates around 5G spectrum, standards and
deployment as well as exciting showcases of the latest 5G developments from
industrial players.
Specifically, the 3rd Global 5G Event has also organising an exhibition, which will be
held in the Tokyo Big Site, co-located with the Wireless Technology Park (WTP) 2017.
5G MiEdge participates to this exhibition where we showcased demos, hardware,
videos and posters related to our technical activities (see Figure 6). In particular, the
demo was related to the Panasonic signage, which demonstrates WiGig in conjunction
with caching and its superiority with respect to the classic WiFi technology.
We also showcased a millimeter antenna with full duplex capabilities and a video on
the measurement campaign carried out in the project. The booth was installed in the
Fifth Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF) area, together
with the MIC funded project 5G MiEdge+ and 5G! Pagoda [5G-Pag].
Wireless Technology Park (WTP) 2017
Wireless Technology Park (WTP) is one of the biggest events in Japan focused on
research and development of wireless communication technologies, consists of
exhibition, seminars, and academic programs. WTP 2017 has been organized at the
Tokyo Big Sight and had more than 11000 attendees. It has gathered the latest products
and technologies which are essential for research and development of wireless
communications technology. Under the main theme, “5G & IoT -Creating New Value”,
WTP2017 features the 5th Generation Mobile Communication System, the most
advanced technologies for mobile communication and introduces various wireless
technologies applicable to the Internet of Things (IoT) in “5G Tokyo Bay Summit 2017”
and “Flexible Factory Project”, etc. 5G MiEdge participates to the WTP 2017 and
disseminate its activities in the MIC area with a booth where we showcased demos and
posters.
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Figure 6. 5G MiEdge booth in the Global 5G event with the Panasonic signage.
3.4 Other collaboration activities
One of the 5G MiEdge project goals is to establish links with other related
collaborative projects in the 5G ecosystem to have both a better knowledge of existing
solutions and to take advantage of possible advances in the considered fields. A special
care will be spent on aligning the course of 5G MiEdge with other funded projects
running in parallel, so to avoid overlapping or leaving white spots, which would reduce
the impact of the project, and to foster synergies among projects working on related
areas.
These activities have in been carried through several collaboration actions:
The project has established contacts with two other projects that present
significant synergies with 5G MiEdge: 5G MiEdge+ (Jp domestic project) and
5G! Pagoda [5G-Pag] (EU-Jp collaborative project). 5G MiEdge+ partners
were invited as observers to the 5G MiEdge general assemblies; moreover, Dr.
Yoshiaki Kiriha from 5G! Pagoda has presented this project to the 5G MiEdge
consortium in the second 5G MiEdge general assembly. 5G MiEdge, MiEdge+,
and 5G! Pagoda booths at 3r Global 5G Event were together hosted in the
5GMF area.
5G MiEdge has established a liaison with several 5GPPP projects and has
participated to the organization of the CLEEN 2017 workshop, together with
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the H2020 Flex5Gware [flex] FANTASTIC-5G [fantastic], 5GEx [5gex], 5G-
Crosshaul [crosshaul], and COHERENT [coherent].
5G MiEdge has co-organized two half-day workshops hosted at EUCNC 2017
together with the EU funded projects Flex5GWare [flex] and MiWaveS
[miwaves] as well as the EU-Korea co-funded 5G CHAMPION [5G-Champ].
5G MiEdge has co-organized the future 5G-Testbed in IEEE Globecom 2017
together with the EU-Kr collaborative project 5G Champion [5G-Champ].
Both the projects have as main focus to demonstrate their 5G functionalities in
the very next years: 5G Champion targets to showcase its technology during
the Korean Winter Olympic games in 2018 while 5G MiEdge has the objective
to highlight its mmWave and MEC solution in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.
5G MiEdge has presented its preliminary activities to an industrial workshop
organized by the EU-Br collaborative project Futebol [Futebol], composed by
Brazilian operators, regulatory bodies, and industry. Following this
presentation, potential joint activities are under discussion.
3.5 Dissemination to standards and regulation
The 5G MiEdge is monitoring the progress and the outcome of standardization bodies
working on topics relevant for the project. When possible the consortium is trying to
push into standards the main results coming out of the project. Such standardization
efforts in the 5G MiEdge project will be aligned with other H2020 funded 5GPPP
projects in EU as well as 5GMF (5G Mobile Communication Promotion Forum) in
Japan. Regular reports of the main outcomes of standards bodies are shared among the
project partners, so to ensure that the directions taken by the project are aligned with
the on-going 5G standardization activities.
The most relevant standards group for the topics in focus in the project, and therefore
the groups that the project aims at impacting most, are listed in the table below. Other
fora may be identified during the project lifetime.
Table 5.Target standardization bodies and current impact.
Forum Groups 5G MiEdge contributions Partners Status
3GPP SA1 Use case and scenarios for the
forthcoming 5G system architecture.
Intel, FHG Several
contributions.
3GPP RAN
groups
Impact of the newly proposed control
plan on the access strata of the 3GPP
access technologies.
Intel, FHG Under
Monitoring.
3GPP CT groups Potential impact on the upper layers of
the wireless protocol stacks coming out
of the newly proposed orchestration
procedures.
Intel Under
Monitoring.
ETSI ISG MEC Improvements on ETSI Architecture.
Potential definition of a new PoC.
Intel Under
Monitoring.
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IEEE 802.11 Propose invented schemes of mmWave
as functionalities for 5G architecture.
PANA Under
Monitoring.
In addition to standards, another important aspect for achieving an effective
deployment of a new technology is the alignment and potentially the impact on
regulatory bodies. The availability of new spectrum and a different use of the existing
one are key enabling aspects for mmWave technologies. Therefore 5G MiEdge will
tightly monitor and support the work that is starting in regulatory bodies in preparation
of the WRC 2019.
At this stage of the project several contributions have been presented to the 3GPP SA1:
3GPP TSG-SA WG1 Meeting #76-bis, Fraunhofer HHI, “S1-170005,
Correction of typos,” Spokane, US, 16-20 January 2017.
3GPP TSG-SA WG1 Meeting #76-bis, Fraunhofer HHI, “S1-170088,
Clarification regarding radio latency vs. end-to-end latency,” Spokane, US, 16-
20 January 2017.
3GPP TSG-SA WG1 Meeting #76-bis, Fraunhofer HHI, “S1-170184,
Clarification regarding Level of Automation and addition of references,”
Spokane, US, 16-20 January 2017.
3GPP TSG-SA WG1 Meeting #76-bis, Fraunhofer HHI, “S1-170089,
Inclusion of assumed inter-vehicle gaps in CPR tables,” Spokane, US, 16-20
January 2017.
3GPP TSG-SA WG1 Meeting #76-bis, Fraunhofer HHI, “S1-170096,
Enhancement of use case 5.5 and 5.16,” Spokane, US, 16-20 January 2017.
3GPP TSG-SA WG1 Meeting #78, Intel, CEA, Panasonic, HHI, “S1-172212,
Use cases for mmWave and Mobile Edge computing, two building blocks of
5G networks: the vision of the European funded projects 5G-MiEdge” Porto,
Portugal, 8-12 May 2017.
As a result, of these contributions, 5G MiEdge studies have impacted two 3GPP
documents.
• 3GPP TR22.886, V15.1.0, "Study on enhancement of 3GPP support for 5G
V2X services," Mar. 2017.
• 3GPP TS22.186, V15.1.0, "Service requirements for enhanced V2X
scenarios," June 2017.
4 Exploitation plans
The 5G MiEdge consortium was carefully constructed partner wise to ensure the
presence of several different business segments: operators, equipment manufacturers,
infrastructure component suppliers, academia, and research centers. Their diversity in
expertise, focus areas, business aspects and working methods increases the probability
of a successful impact on the worldwide market of the technologies proposed by the
project. Such diversity also implies that different approaches will be followed by the
consortium partners for an effective exploitation of the project results.
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Particular attention is related to the 5G MiEdge use cases presented in D1.1 [D1.1] and
the associated preliminary business opportunities presented in D1.2 [D1.2]. The
following main exploitation streams have been identified at the moment:
1. Equipment vendors (Intel, PANA): leveraging on the acquired knowledge
of the state of the art of the technologies in focus and having a very deep
outstanding expertise in innovation and pre-development activities will
ensure an appropriate feasibility analysis of the future technologies. The
outcomes of the project will be used to better understand both new customer
requirements and the impact of the enabling 5G technologies on the current
products, as well as being enabled to launch new products with appealing
features to the international markets fuelling competition. The technological
know how build-up in the project will provide a competitive advantage
versus the other companies not involved in the project. Indeed the possibility
of filing new patents to protect the newly developed technologies is an
additional key aspect in the exploitation of the project results.
2. Telecom operators (TI, KLAB): The project results could be reflected as a
guidance of their future deployment plan for their infrastructures and new
services.
3. Research institutes (FHG, CEA): working on the project topics will
contribute to increase their knowledge on the future network design for
better understanding of current industry needs, and to identify new
challenges and focus for future research activities. The obtained knowledge
will be used to transfer new technological solutions to their industrial
partners, in particular network vendors, telecom operators, service providers
and others. CEA is currently filling a patent related to the studies carried out
in 5G MiEdge WP2.
4. Universities (URom, TTech): will generate new patents from their research
results and spread their values to the industry and the society through major
international conferences, workshops and journals. The possibilities to
introduce latest project research results in the education courses of students
at the university are also paramount aspects of the exploitation of the project
results.
5 Conclusion
This deliverable offers an overview of the dissemination, standardisation and
exploitation plans and results of the 5G MiEdge project. It both provides future plans
in the mentioned areas as well as a review of the outcomes during the first year of
activities of the project. The main areas reported are the following:
• Setup of the project website and dissemination through press releases.
• Monitoring and contributions to relevant standardisation bodies. The project,
through the participating companies, is involved in 3GPP, IEEE and ETSI groups. 5G
MiEdge has presented several contributions to the 3GPP SA1. Following these
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contributions, 5G MiEdge studies are reflected in one recent 3GPP Technical Report
[TR22.886] and one Technical Specification [TS22.186].
• Publication of project technical achievements in peer-reviewed technical
journals and magazines. Four articles have been submitted to different journals during
the first year period.
• Participation and contribution to international conferences, symposia and
summits. The project has been present in some of the most relevant technical
conferences, with eleven papers accepted or submitted.
• Organisation and co-organisation of workshops. The project has co-organised
three workshops and one special track, two of these have been co-located with the
IEEE ICC 2017 and IEEE GLOBECOM 2017. The project is also planning to
participate in the organisation of new workshops in the future.
• Dissemination to three notable industrial events, i.e., the 5G Berlin Week,
Global 5G Event, and WTP 2017.
• Exploitation plans, both in terms of potential development of new products and
services, and also exploitation of the knowledge generated. 1 patent is under
preparation at CEA LETI.
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6 Appendix A: Dissemination activities during the
project first year
Table 6 Journals produced during the first year of the project. Publication Title Author(s) Status Related WP
1 IEEE Wireless Communications
Magazine
Making 5G Millimeter Wave
Communications a Reality
A. De Domenico et al. submitted WP2
2 IEEE Trans. On Wir. Coms
Coverage Analysis and Load Balancing in
HetNets with mmWave Multi-RAT
Small Cells
G. Ghatak, A. De Domenico, and M. Coupechoux
Major revision
WP2
3 IEEE Trans. on Veh. Tech.
Analytical Characterization of
Cell Load in mm-wave Networks
G. Ghatak, A. De Domenico, and M. Coupechoux
submitted WP2
4 IEICE journal Where, When, and How mmWave is Used in 5G and
Beyond
K. Sakaguchi, T. Haustein, S. Barbarossa, E. Calvanese Strinati, A.Clemente, G.
Destino, A. Pärssinen, I. Kim, H. Chung, J. Kim, W. Keusgen,
R. J. Weiler, K.Takinami, E. Ceci, A. Sadri, L. Xain, A.
Maltsev, T. Gia Khanh, H. Ogawa, K. Mahler, R. W.
Heath Jr
Second round of review
All
Table 7 Conference papers produced during the first year of the project. Event Date Location Type of
contribution Title Author(s) Status Related
WP
1 IEEE Globecom
2017
12/2017 Singapore Conference Modeling and Analysis of HetNets with mm-
Wave Multi-RAT Small Cells
Deployed Along Roads
G.Ghatak, A.De Domenico, and M. Coupechoux
submitted WP2
2 Proc. of WDN-5G@
IEEE ICC 2017
5/2017 Paris, France
Conference Enabling effective Mobile Edge Computing using millimeter wave
links
S. Barbarossa, E. Ceci, M.
Merluzzi, E. Calvanese-
Strinati
Accepted WP2
3 EUCNC 2017
6/2017 Oulu, Finland
Conference Overbooking radio and computation resources in mmW-Mobile Edge Computing to reduce
rulnerability to channel intermittency
S. Barbarossa, E. Ceci, M. Merluzzi
Accepted WP3
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4 IEEE APWCS
2016
8/2016 Tokyo Japan
Conference Evaluation of mmWave overlaid 5G
heterogeneous cellular networks - Suitable frequency bands for
different 5G KPIs
G. K. Tran, H. Shimodaira, K.
Sakaguchi
Accepted WP1
5 WPMC 2016
11/2016 Shenzhen, China
Conference Toward the Realization of mmWave based 5G
Cellular Networks
G. K. Tran, K. Sakaguchi, M.
Ando
Accepted All
6 Proc. of WDN-5G@
IEEE ICC 2017
5/2017 Paris, France
Conference Traffic Adaptive Formation of mmWave
Meshed Backhaul Networks
H. Ogawa, G. K. Tran, K.
Sakaguchi, T. Haustein
Accepted WP2
7 IEEE SPAWC
2017
7/2017 Hokkaido Japan
Conference mmWave meshed network with traffic
and energy management mechanism
K. Sakaguchi, G. K. Tran, H.
Ogawa
Accepted WP2
8 RCS Technical
Committee, IEICE
technical report
10/ 2016
Tokyo Japan
Technical report
Technical Challenges to Realize mmWave based
5G Cellular Networks
G. K. Tran, K. Sakaguchi, K.
Araki, M Ando, J. Hirokawa, K. Fukawa, Y. Y.
Chang, J. Takada, K. Saito, A.
Matsuzawa, K. Okada, M. Miyahara
Accepted All
9 RCS Technical
Committee, IEICE
technical report
3/ 2017 Tokyo Japan
Technical report
Scheduling of Prefetching for 5G
Cellular Networks using Mobile Edge Cloud
H. Nishiuchi, G. K. Tran, T.
Taniguchi, K. Araki, K.
Sakaguchi
Accepted WP3
10 RCS Technical
Committee, IEICE
technical report
5/ 2017 Tokyo Japan
Technical report
5G-MiEdge -- Millimeter-wave Edge
Cloud as an Enabler for 5G Ecosystem
K. Koslowski, J. Pilz, R. Weiler, W. Keusgen, T. Haustein, G. K.
Tran, H. Ogawa, H. Nishiuchi, T.
Tomura, K Sakaguchi
Accepted All
11 IEEE CSCN 9/2017 Helsinki Conference 5G-MiEdge: Design, Standardization and Deployment of 5G
Phase II Technologies
V. Frascolla, F. Miatton, T. Gia
Khanh, K. Takinami, A. De
Domenico, E. Calvanese Strinati,
T.Haustein, K.Sakaguchi,
S.Barbarossa, S. Barberis
submitted WP1
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Table 8. Presentations given during the first year of the project.
Event Date Location Type of contribution
Title Author(s)
1 IEICE MWP Technical Workshop
1/2017 Mie, Japan Presentation 60 GHz band wireless access technology based on IEEE 802.11ad/WiGig and its future perspectives
Koji Takinami, Naganori Shirakata and Kazuaki Takahashi
2 CoCoRa 2017
4/2017 Venice Italy Presentation Merging mmWave and MEC in Future 5G networks
S. Barbarossa
3 EUCNC 2017
6/2017 Oulu, Finland Presentation On the Benefits of Merging MEC and mmWave Technologies
S. Barbarossa
4 EuMW 2016
10/2016 London England
Presentation Millimeter-wave for 5G from MiWEBA to 5G-MiEdge
Kei Sakaguchi
5 FUSECO Forum 2016
11/2016 Berlin, Germany
Presentation mmWave Access/Backhaul Integrated 5G Heterogeneous Networks
G. K. Tran, K. Sakaguchi, M Ando
6 Asilomar 2016, IEEE
11/2016 USA Presentation mmWave overlaid 5G heterogeneous cellular networks - From central resource management to distributed edge cloud
K. Sakaguchi, G. K. Tran, T. Haustein
7 IEEE Globecom 2016
12/2016 USA Presentation Millimeter-wave small cells vs. below 6GHz Massive MIMO –which can give greater value?
K. Sakaguchi
8 IEEE IMS 2017
6/ 2017 USA Presentation MiEdge: Fusion of mmWave Access and Mobile Edge Computing for 5G
K. Sakaguchi
9 WoWMoM 2017, SCN workshop
6/ 2017 Macau Presentation Paving the Way to the Realization of 5G Cellular Networks based on mmWave Small Cell Networking
Gia Khanh Tran
10 IEICE Smart Radio Technical Expo. 2017
5/2017 Tokyo, Japan Presentation 60 GHz Multi User Gigabit Data Transfer System for 5G Mobile Edge Cloud
Tomoya Urushihara, Masashi Kobayashi, Naganori Shirakata and Koji Takinami
11 IEICE Smart Radio Technical Expo. 2017
5/2017 Tokyo, Japan Presentation 5G-MiEdge –Millimeter-wave Edge Cloud as an Enabler for 5G Ecosystem--
K. Koslowski, J. Pilz, R. Weiler, W. Keusgen, T. Haustein, G.K. Tran, H. Ogawa, H. Nishiuchi, T. Tomura, K. Sakaguchi
12 COCORA 4/2017 Venice, Italy Presentation From concept to deployment: the visions of the 5GCHAMPION and 5G-MiEdge projects (Olympic Games are coming …)
Valerio Frascolla
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13 COCORA 4/2017 Venice, Italy Presentation Resource and spectrum management -an European research projects survey
Valerio Frascolla
14 IEEE ICC 2017, P5: Practical Issues on mmWave Communications: Current Status and Future Technologies
5/ 2017 Paris, France Panel Partecipation
mmWave use cases: the visions of the 5G-MiEdge and 5GCHAMPION projects
Valerio Frascolla
15 EU-Br project FUTEBOL Industrial Panel
6/2017 Brasilia, Brasil Panel Partecipation
5G use cases for Olympic gamesThe visions of the projects 5GCHAMPION and 5G-MiEdge
Valerio Frascolla
16 Cleen Workshop
6/2017 Turin, Italy Keynote Merging millimeter-wave and mobile edge computing technologies in 5G networks: Opportunities and challenges
Sergio Barbarossa
17 Cleen Workshop
6/2017 Turin, Italy Panel Moderator
Cloud Technologies and Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communication Networks
E. Calavanese Strinati
18 EUCNC Workshop
6/2017 Oulu Finland Keynote Benefit of merging MEC and mmWave technologies
Sergio Barbarossa
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7 Appendix B: Co-organized Workshops and Special
Tracks
Figure 7. A detail of the CFP of WDN-5G hosted at IEEE ICC 2017.
Figure 8. A detail of the CFP of Special Track on MEC&MMWAVE hosted at
COCORA 2017.
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Figure 9. A detail of the CFP of CLEEN 2017 workshop.
Figure 10. A detail of the CFP of 5G-Testbed hosted at IEEE Globecom 2017.
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8 References
[5G-MiEdge] 5G-MiEdge project website. Available online at: 5g-miedge.eu
[TR22.886] 3GPP TR22.886, V15.1.0, "Study on enhancement of 3GPP support for 5G V2X services," Mar. 2017.
[TS22.186] 3GPP TS22.186, V15.1.0, "Service requirements for enhanced V2X scenarios," June
2017.
[D1.1] 5G-MiEdge public deliverable D1.1. Available online at 5g-miedge.eu
[TiTech] http://www.sakaguchi-lab.net/mmwave-edge-cloud-system-for-5g-5g-miedge/
[FMFA] http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-
scientifique/veille-scientifique-et-technologique/japon/article/4-projets-comprenant-au-
moins-un-partenaire-francais-recompenses-dans-le-cadre
[HHITw] https://twitter.com/FraunhoferHHI/status/788719693309804545
[HHIWeb]
https://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/news/2016/5g-miedge-eu-japan-project-
started.html
[5G-Pag] https://5g-pagoda.aalto.fi/
[5G-Champ] http://www.5g-champion.eu/
[flex] http://www.flex5gware.eu/
[fantastic] http://fantastic5g.eu/
[5gex] http://www.5gex.eu/
[crosshau] http://5g-crosshaul.eu/
[coherent] http://www.ict-coherent.eu/
[Futebol] http://www.ict-futebol.org.br/
[miwaves] http://www.miwaves.eu/
[D1.2] 5G-MiEdge public deliverable “D1.2 Mid-term report on joint EU/JP vision, business
models and eco-system impact”, June 2017. Available online at 5g-miedge.eu