6G IA

SONATA @The Cloud Expo Europe London 2017
2017-03-15 10:30 - 2017-03-16 18:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Come and listen to Diego’s talk at Cloud Expo Europe London at ExceL on 15th and 16th March 2017!
Mr. Diego R. López, Telefónica I+D’s Head of Technology Exploration & Standards (GCTO Unit), outlines his forthcoming talk at Cloud Expo Europe London to John Bensalhia…
Agile (and secure) network service prototyping and DevOps will be on the menu for the talk given by Diego R. López, Telefónica I+D’s Head of Technology Exploration & Standards (GCTO Unit).
“The talk will introduce some of our activities regarding network virtualisation at Telefónica I+D ” says Diego. “Our research is providing a new environment and new functions. We are bridging the gap between cloud applications and networking environments. The use of cloud-native applications can boost performance and reliability.”
To provide a picture of these principles, Diego will be using the SONATA project which is a network service management framework designed to address the needs of 5G future services, and discussing its contribution to the OSM (Open Source MANO, http://osm.etsi.org/) project, hosted by ETSI with the participation of more than 60 key players in the networking industry. “The introduction to the SONATA project will highlight the elements developed within the project and the use cases considered.”
More about Diego:
Diego (also an Iberian ham, wine and cheese fan and comic book aficionado) will introduce the key architectural and functional elements needed for applying the DevOps principles to network service management. He will explore what’s needed in relation to supporting collaboration, achieving agility, and addressing security.
Having joined Telefonica I+D (the R&D branch of Telefonica) in 2011 as a Senior Technology Expert on network middleware and services, Diego is now in charge of the company’s Technology Exploration activities. “Telefonica is a global communication services provider that offers services in 23 countries including the UK and Germany (our headquarters base is in Spain),” says Diego. “We also have presence in many other countries such as the US and China.”
He currently concentrates on identifying and evaluating the latest opportunities in technologies applicable to network infrastructures, and the co-ordination of national and international collaboration activities. Prior to this, Diego was involved in academic research on network service abstractions and the development of APIs based on them. He was also made a member of the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data Infrastructures by the European Commission.
More about SONATA:
The SONATA project has three principle aims. The first of these is the reduction of time-to-market of networked services. What SONATA does is to streamline development by using abstract programming models, a Software Development Kit (SDK) and a DevOps model that brings together operators, manufacturers and third-party developers. The next aim is to optimise resources and lower the costs of operation and service deployment. What SONATA does is to orchestrate complex services to connectivity, computing and storage resources, while automatically re-configuring running services. Finally, SONATA aims to hasten industry adoption of software networks. It supports the complete service life-cycle including development, testing, orchestration, deployment, management and operations.

mmMAGIC @2nd International Workshop on mmW5G (March 19, 2017)
2017-03-19 16:00 - 2017-03-20 01:00
mmMAGIC is organising the 2nd International Workshop on Millimeter Wave-Based Integrated Moible Communications for 5G Networks (mmW5G) on March 19, 2017 in San Francisco (USA). The workshop is co-located with IEEE WCNC 2017 (19-22 March 2017).
Millimeter wave communication has generally been acknowledged as one of the enablers to meet the requirements of future communication systems, in particular to provide the high bandwidth necessary to achieve the expected high data rates for extreme broadband. However, to overcome the adverse propagation conditions at higher frequencies, high gain beamforming at transmitter and receiver ends on multi-node co-ordination solutions are actively pursued now. This kind of directional, coordinated communication leads to a new design paradigm for future systems which is much more complex than their counterparts operating at lower frequencies. There are multiple challenges in properly understanding the mm-wave radio channel, designing radio systems with multiple RF chains at these higher frequencies, channel estimation and beam tracking under mobility, co-ordination and interference management in ultra-dense networks etc. However there have been significant advancements in the mm-wave technologies over the past few years, leading to prototype systems now being developed.
This workshop will bring together the leading names in industry, academia and research institutes to discuss and debate the latest developments in this area. It offers a unique opportunity for researchers in this field to disseminate their results in all areas of mm-wave communications to a diverse audience. The workshop invites authors to submit original and previously un-published research papers in the following and related topics:

Mm-wave channel sounding and modeling
Antenna design and characterization
Advanced multiple antenna systems (including massive MIMO)
Mm-wave beamforming techniques (Hybrid, Analog and Digital)
Efficient transceiver architectures and design
Advanced transceiver schemes for access, backhaul and self-backhaul
Novel channel estimation techniques considering the channel sparsity
Robust transceiver design taking into account hardware impairments and CSI imperfections
Multi-node/multi-beam coordination and cooperation at mm-wave frequencies
Coverage analysis of ultra-dense mm-wave networks
Mobility handling schemes in mm-wave networks
Mm-wave channel modelling and measurements
Mm-wave air interface and waveform candidates
Mm-wave prototyping efforts
Network architecture aspects (stand-alone, non-stand-alone) for mm-wave systems

Important dates
Paper submission: 7 November 2016 (to be submitted to this link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=22926&track=82119)
Notification of Acceptance: 15 December 2016
Camera-Ready Submission: 12 January 2017
Organizing Committee
General Chairs
Mythri Hunukumbure (Samsung Electronics UK), mythri.h(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)samsung.com
Maziar Nekovee (Samsung Electronics UK), m.nekovee(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)samsung.com
Miurel Tercero (Ericsson), miurel.i.tercero(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)ericsson.com
TPC Chairs
Raffaele D’Errico (CEA-LETI), raffaele.derrico(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)cea.fr
Mario Castaneda (Huawei), Mario.Castaneda(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)huawei.com
Tommy Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology), tommy.svensson(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)chalmers.se
Publicity Chairs
Tommy Svensson (Chalmers University of Technology, for Europe), tommy.svensson(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)chalmers.se
Mehrdad Shariat (Samsung Electronics UK, from mmMAGIC), m.shariat(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)samsung.com
Megumi Kaneko (National Inst. of Informatics, Japan, for APAC), megkaneko(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)nii.ac.jp
Ismail Guvenc (North Carolina State University, for US), iguvenc(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)ncsu.edu
About mmMAGIC
The main objective of this 5G PPP project is to develop and design new concepts for mobile radio access technology (RAT) for deployment in the 6-100 GHz range. This is envisaged as a key component in the 5G multi-RAT ecosystem and will be used as a foundation for global standardization.
About IEEE WCNC
IEEE WCNC is focused exclusively on wireless research, technology, and applications. The conference program includes workshops, tutorials, and panel discussions on today’s state-of-the-art as well as what the wireless future will look like. An expanded industry program, including a large exhibition hall showcasing the latest wireless technology, will provide opportunities for industry professionals to share and learn about the latest ideas, trends, and product innovations in the wireless industry.

mmMAGIC, METIS-II, 5G-Crosshaul, 5G NORMA @5G PPP Workshop on RAN Architecture and integration
2017-03-30 10:30 - 2017-03-31 17:00
mmMAGIC, METIS-II, 5G-Crosshaul and 5G NORMA are organising a workshop on RAN architecture and integration on March 30-31, 2017 in London.
Day 1 will focus on 5G-PPP work and Day 2 expand the discussion to all aspects of 5G: from Theory to Practice.
The workshop is open to all on both days .
The Workshop home page, with latest info on the agenda and logistics, can be found here.
Along with many others, the following topics will be debated:

Multi-connectivity, multi-RAT & multi-service aspects
Network slicing, virtualization and flexible RAN design
System integration and deployment considerations

Registration is has officially closed but if you contact David Gutierrez Estevez, Samsung Electronics, d.estevez(at)samsung.com and/or Mehrdad Shariat, Samsung Electronics, m.shariat(at)samsung.com they can assist you if any places remain available.
