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Abstract
This report describes our approach to dissemination activities of the 5G NORMA project. It presents
the journal and conference publications, the workshops, panels, special issues and demonstrations
organized by 5G NORMA. It also provides information regarding the public reaching activities of 5G
NORMA including the website, social media, interviews and videos as well as summer schools and
other teaching activities. Finally, it provides a roadmap of 5G NORMA for standardization
contributions and partner dissemination activities.
Keywords
Dissemination, standardization, regulation.
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CO = Confidential, only members of the consortium (including the Commission Services)
PU = Public
5G NORMA Deliverable D7.1
Executive Summary
This deliverable provides information on the dissemination and exploitation plan and activities
that took place so far within the 5G NORMA project. Beside the academic publications in
conferences, workshops, and journals, 5G NORMA has (co-)organized a number of workshops,
panels, Proof of Concept (PoC) demonstrations, widely published results and organized a
summer school and other teaching and training activities for students, set-up a website for the
project and participated in social media dissemination such as Facebook and Twitter; 5G
NORMA has further provided a number of High Definition-videos and interview material to the
public. 5G NORMA has also cooperated with other 5G Public Private Partnership projects,
aligning ideas regarding the network architecture and pre-standardization activities and has
created a roadmap plan for disseminating in standards considering NGMN, 3GPP, ETSI, ITU-T,
IETF and IEEE.
Table of Contents
List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. 6
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................................................................................... 7
1 Introduction........................................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Objective of the document ............................................................................................. 8
1.2 Structure of the document .............................................................................................. 8
2 Dissemination to the general public .................................................................................... 9
2.1 Overview........................................................................................................................ 9
2.2 5G NORMA activities ................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Public website ........................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1.1 Introduction to 5G NORMA website .................................................................. 9
2.2.1.2 Statistics on the usage of 5G NORMA website................................................. 10
2.2.2 Social media ........................................................................................................... 11
2.2.3 Press releases .......................................................................................................... 12
2.2.4 Summer school ....................................................................................................... 13
2.3 Evaluation and impact ................................................................................................. 14
3 Dissemination to standardization bodies and industry forums ...................................... 15
3.1 Current Status of 5G in standardization bodies and industry forums .......................... 15
3.1.1 NGMN .................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.2 3GPP ....................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.3 ETSI ........................................................................................................................ 16
3.1.3.1 Network Function Virtualization (NFV) ........................................................... 16
3.1.3.2 Mobile Edge Comminuting (MEC) ................................................................... 16
3.1.4 ITU-T IMT-2020 .................................................................................................... 17
3.1.5 IETF ........................................................................................................................ 17
3.1.6 IEEE........................................................................................................................ 18
3.2 5G NORMA plans and activities ................................................................................. 18
4 Scientific dissemination and PoC demonstrations ........................................................... 21
4.1 Overview...................................................................................................................... 21
4.2 5G NORMA activities ................................................................................................. 21
4.2.1 Conference and journal papers ............................................................................... 21
4.2.2 Organization of workshops and panels ................................................................... 21
4.2.3 Invited talks and keynotes ...................................................................................... 22
4.2.4 PoC demonstration activities .................................................................................. 22
5 5G PPP Collaboration ........................................................................................................ 24
5.1 Architecture WG .......................................................................................................... 24
5.2 Pre-standardization WG............................................................................................... 24
5.3 Security WG ................................................................................................................ 25
5.4 Bilateral discussions with other 5G PPP projects (METIS-II, 5G-Crosshaul,
mmMAGIC) ................................................................................................................ 25
6 Partner-specific exploitation plans .................................................................................... 27
6.1 Nokia............................................................................................................................ 27
6.2 NEC ............................................................................................................................. 27
6.3 ATOS ........................................................................................................................... 28
6.4 Deutsche Telekom ....................................................................................................... 28
6.5 Orange.......................................................................................................................... 29
6.6 Telefonica .................................................................................................................... 30
6.7 Azcom .......................................................................................................................... 30
List of Figures
Figure 1: Home page of the 5G NORMA website. ..................................................................... 10
Figure 2: Google Analytics on the usage of 5G NORMA web site. ........................................... 11
Figure 3: Total registrations on the event and evolution over time before the event took place 13
Figure 4: Number of page views of the Summer School at the Eventbrite portal ....................... 13
Figure 5: Illustration of planned 5G NORMAs outcomes ......................................................... 19
Figure 6: Explaining 5G NORMA to Director Mario Campolargo at EuCNC 2016 .................. 23
Figure 7: 5G-PPP Overview ........................................................................................................ 24
1 Introduction
1.1 Objective of the document
This deliverable provides information on the 5G NORMA dissemination activities carried out
since the beginning of the project, while introducing also a gap analysis and planning for
standardization efforts for the ongoing 5G NORMA project. The main objective of 5G NORMA
is to investigate the emerging 5G mobile network architecture considering a novel management
and orchestration architecture as well as mechanism for the emerging data and control layers.
5G NORMA will significantly shape the future 5G systems considering the network architecture
and deployment perspective, while at the same time influencing global pre-standardization and
regulation processes. This report elaborates the 5G NORMA projects plan for exploitation and
dissemination activities and summarizes the achievements and activities so far providing an
assessment of their impact.
5G NORMA aims to contribute to the evolution of mobile radio networks towards 5G in a way
that meets the needs and requirements of the whole society in general and of users, network
operators and equipment manufacturer in particular. To achieve this objective, the dissemination
and communication activities have been structured in five areas:
Communication to the General Public: (i) contributing to discussions about 5G in the
society and (ii) interactive communication with potential users. More details are
provided in section 2.
Standardization: (i) introducing a plan for contributing the 5G NORMA Research and
Development (R&D) at the most relevant standardization bodies including 3GPP,
NGMN, ETSI, IEEE and IETF and (ii) contributing on the 5G PPP Architecture
Working Group, Pre-standardization WG and Security WG. More details on
standardization bodies are provided in section 3, while the activities of 5G PPP WGs
are provided at section 5.
Scientific dissemination and PoC demonstrations: (i) scientific publications in journals,
conferences and workshops, (ii) organizing workshops at major scientific conferences
(iii) delivering talks at conferences and industry events, (iv) providing PoC at industry
events and European/academic conferences. More details are provided in section 4.
Cooperation with other 5G PPP projects: 5G NORMA is actively seeking for
cooperation with other projects in the H2020 5G PPP program, by participating in
several working groups of the 5G PPP program as well as in bilateral discussions with
other projects. More details are provided in section 5.
Partners specific exploitation plan elaborating the ways that each partner can use the
results of the 5G NORMA project in section 6
As an example of the different pages, Figure 1 includes the screenshot from the Home page,
which is the front space of the website. It is structured in such a way that it provides a brief
overview and basic information about the 5G NORMA project. This page has also two sub-
pages: Rationale and Objectives, and Consortium.
Facebook
5G NORMA can be found on Facebook under www.facebook.com/5GNORMA. Like Twitter,
Facebook is used to inform about the latest events from 5G NORMA, referring users also to
detailed announcements on the 5G NORMA web site. Facebook doesnt count followers, but
how many likes your page has. Currently, the projects page has 42 likes.
YouTube
The 5G NORMA project has setup its own channel on YouTube under
www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbZdZ3oN-yiRa6-dXJQkMw. This channel is used to share e.g.
demo videos that have been presented at conferences like ICT or ICC with people that could not
attend these conferences or want to see the demos again. 5G NORMAs demo video from
ICT2015 has 721 views (379 in NORMAs YouTube channel, 327 in 5GPPPs YouTube
channel, and 15 views in Facebook).
Other video channels
The project has been featured in other video channels. 5GPPP`s YouTube has two videos
related to NORMA:
Figure 3: Total registrations on the event and evolution over time before
the event took place
Figure 4 below shows the number of page views of the Summer School as they have
accumulated over time; it is worth pointing out that the total number of pages views reached just
above 1600.
Figure 4: Number of page views of the Summer School at the Eventbrite portal
In terms of publicity the event appeared at Kings College London website of the School of
Natural and Mathematical Sciences, in the EPSRC CommNet website, the IEEE Vehicular
Technology Society website, the website of the Information Technology Society in the VDE,
and the event was also part of the London Tech Week.
For further details on the 5G NORMA Summer School, see Annex E.
3.1.1 NGMN
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance is responsible for developing
operator requirements shaping the forthcoming 5G systems, by accelerating the adoption of
innovative technologies and the standardization support. One of the main contributions for 5G
systems is the definition of network slicing that allows a multi-tenant, modular network
architecture and functional design that can support efficiently diverse services in a sustainable
and cost-efficient manner, ensuring a consistent customer experience. In particular, NGMN
analysed a number of uses cases identifying eight group families including: broadband access in
dense areas, broadband access everywhere, higher user mobility, massive Internet of Things
(IoT), extreme real-time communications, lifeline communication, ultra-reliable
communications, and broadcast-like services. Such a list is not exhaustive and is meant to
capture the most significant emerging business requirements associated with 5G. NGMN
whitepaper [NGMN] elaborates such a 5G vision, which considers the support of vertical
industries, the integration of services through a rich and software oriented capabilities and the
need for enhanced flexibility and exposure of specific network capabilities as an end to end
service. Further information about the NGMN Alliance can be found at: www.ngmn.de.
3.1.2 3GPP
3GPP has started working towards 5G initially by considering a stage 1 use case analysis within
the Service Working Group SA 1 in a study called SMARTER [TR 22.891] where more than 70
uses cases were elaborated. These use cases have later been arranged into four main categories
associated with a separate study document. In particular, TR 22.861 focuses on massive IoT
service, TR 22.862 on critical communications considering low latency, reliability and high
availability, TR 22.863 on enhanced mobile broadband and TR 22.864 on network operation
considering network slicing, efficient user plane, network capability exposure and multi-
network connectivity.
The 3GPP Architecture Working Group SA2 has initiated the NextGen study [TR 23.799] to
explore high-level architecture requirements following a bottom-up approach starting from
assembling particular functions into processes that collectively compose the overall network
architecture. In an effort to support different service characteristics and vertical market players
SA2 is continuing the study on enhanced Dedicated Core Networks (eDCN) [TR 23.711]
offering specific services and network functions including RATs based on subscription
information. Furthermore, SA2 has nearly finalized an early study on user/control-plane
separation in TR 23.714 analyzing potential architecture enhancements for core network
elements to further enable flexibility for the network deployment and operation.
The 3GPP Telecom Management Working Group SA5 has completed a study on management
of virtualized networks [TR 32.842] considering partially and fully Virtual Network Functions
(VNFs) focusing on macro-base stations and core network elements with the objective to
identify requirements interfaces and procedures. In Release 14 SA5 has introduced a
specification on architecture requirements for virtualized network management [TS 28.500],
considering complementary specifications on configuration, fault performance and life-cycle
management. In addition, SA5 is extending the legacy network management architecture to
accommodate network sharing based on long term contractual agreements [TS 32.130] focusing
on the exchange of network performance and control.
The 3GPP RAN Working Groups have initiated a study work considering a new radio for 5G,
in [TR 38.913] concentrating initially on the use cases supporting the next generation radio
access technologies, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and on the deployment services and
requirements. The aim of this study is to bring light into the physical and access network
architecture producing a follow-up study on each of the RAN group and a complementary study
that would span across all RAN groups.
Further information about the 3GPP can be found at: www.3gpp.org.
3.1.3 ETSI
3.1.3.1 Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
5G networks are envisioned to be based on a native SDN and NFV architecture that leverages
the structural separation of hardware and software as well as the programmability in many
aspects, including network infrastructures, network functions and services and all management
functions to orchestrate 5G network systems [NGMN]. The ETSI NFV Industry Specifications
Group (ISG) has been working to facilitate development and transformation of an open,
interoperable ecosystem for NFV, applied for 3GPP LTE evolution and 5G revolution [TR
32.842]. The ETSI NFV defines architectures, open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
and reference points, leveraging open-source proof of concept (PoC) projects and communities
to drive open standards for functional virtualization of network functions, management and
orchestration (MANO) of network functions and services, and operation support system (OSS)
interfaces. The current works of the ETSI NFV on user cases, requirements, and MANO for
examples are really relevant for expected innovations of 5G NORMA, including flexible and
adaptive functional architectures with dynamic functional allocation and placement of function
blocks, Software Defined Mobile Controller (SDMC), supports of network slicing and multi-
tenancy, etc. Further information about ETSI NFV can be found at:
http://www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/nfv.
MEC paradigm. Edge servers can also be exploited for storage, computation and dynamic
service creation by verticals or third parties, supporting multi-tenancy. MEC is currently
working towards defining technical requirements [MEC 002 v0.5.1] associated with the
identified use cases and on a related framework and reference architecture [MEC 003 v0.3.2].
At the same time there is an ongoing study focusing on the interference between external
tenants and the MEC platform. Further information about ETSI MEC can be found at:
www.etsi.org/technologies-clusters/technologies/mobile-edge-computing.
3.1.5 IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and promotes standards that comprise the
Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) focuses on longer
term research issues related to the Internet. There are several working groups at the IETF and
research groups at the IRTF addressing topics very much related to 5G NORMA. The
Distributed Mobility Management (DMM) WG is working on solutions for distributed mobility
management, an aspect that is being tackled by 5G.NORMA in the context of future 5G
network architectures. The effort being done at the IETF can be seen as a preliminary effort that
would then be taken up by 3GPP in future releases. The Service Function Chaining (SFC) WG
is also very much aligned with 5G NORMA, as it is working on service function chaining
aspects. This lifetime of this WG is well aligned with that of 5GNORMA, which therefore there
is a good potential for impact by the project.
Further information about IETF DDM can be found at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dmm
On the IRTF, there is a SDN Research Group which is a very good venue for discussion of
some of the software-defined mobile network control algorithms developed in the project.
Besides, the NFV RG has been recently created, where 5G NORMA can contribute with
research aspects around network function virtualization in mobile networks. Last but not least,
there are also some additional WGs, such as NVO3, NETEXT, INTAREA, and FORCES where
5G NORMA can also submit useful contributions.
5G NORMA, through DT and UC3M, is monitoring these groups and contributing to those
where good opportunities for impact are identified. As explained in the next section, some of
these contributions have already been performed.
3.1.6 IEEE
The IEEE has been active in working towards standardization of 5G communications
technologies. As well as activities within IEEE 802 that might eventually be capable of
achieving 5G requirements or interworking with 5G licensed spectrum access through
evolutions to IEEE 802.11 and 802.16 standards, for example, the IEEE Communications
Society Standards Development Board (COM/SDB) has been running a series of meetings to
call for possible items to standardize for 5G. Some outputs of this effort, include IEEE
P1914.1: Standard for Packet-based Fronthaul Transport Networks, P1915.1: Standard for
Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization Security, P1916.1:
Standard for Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization Performance,
and P1917.1: Standard for Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization
Reliability.
More recently, a collaboration of Kings College London KCL and Technical University of
Dresden has brought forward, and seen approved, a proposal for a new IEEE standards working
group to be formed on the Tactile Internet, the baseline standard (IEEE P1918.1) being Tactile
Internet: Application Scenarios, Definitions and Terminology, Architecture, Functions, and
Technical Assumptions. The kick-off meeting of this working group was on the 27-28 May
2016, coordinated with IEEE ICC 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A good participation
including prominent industrialswas seen in this kick-off meeting, and seven wide-ranging
contributions were brought to this meeting on topics such as architecture, scenarios and use
cases, functionalities and further topics (particularly, codecs for the Tactile Internet),
requirements for the Tactile Internet, and the technical definition of the Tactile Internet, among
others.
Further information about IEEE P1918.1 Tactile Internet can be found at:
https://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/1918.1.html
network. This piece is therefore very important to enable scenarios in which anchors are
deployed dynamically in the network to cope with certain traffic and service demands.
Regarding IEEE standards, Nokia has been driving the preparation of a contribution to the kick-
off meeting of the aforementioned IEEE Tactile Internet working group, on the 27-28 May
2016. This contribution was presented by KCL, who also input some additional ideas and
content. The contribution emphasized the importance of using multi-connectivity in Tactile
Internet cases in order to attain both delay and reliability requirements, and also discussed the
use of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) and massive MIMO as a further option for
milimeter wave (mm-Wave) and the multi-connectivity of mm-Wave access with more
conventional microwave (UHF) frequencies. Although it is noted that the IEEE Tactile Internet
working group does not yet consider Medium Access Control/Physical Layer (MAC/PHY),
there is the possibility that it may do in the short-to-medium term future. Moreover, IEEE
P1918.1 agreed on the importance of this 5G NORMA contribution, and ensuring that the items
that it is currently covering (e.g., architecture, functionalities and use cases) do take into account
and adequately support such multi-connectivity capabilities.
5G NORMA will continue to contribute to P1918.1, noting the importance of the Tactile
Internet as a use case reflecting some of the most challenging 5G requirements, and that many
of the technologies that will need to be involved towards such ends are prominently being
worked on in 5G NORMA. Moreover, the current estimation of P1918.1 is that it will complete
its baseline standard in April 2018, and continued 5G NORMA contributions will therefore be
possible until approximately late 2017 or early 2018. Given that P1918.1 has only recently held
its kick-off meeting and is a very new working group, its precise timeline is not yet defined;
however, 5G NORMA work will certainly integrate well with that.
Figure 5 illustrates some schedules of the planned outcomes or deliverables of 5G NORMA in
relation with provisioned timelines of 3GPP standardization for 5G.
To further intensify 5G NORMAs impact on 3GPP and other relevant standardization bodies,
an internal review of the Internal Reports IR4.1, IR5.1 and IR3.1 is planned for July/August
2016, to identify potential contributions.
ideas, key innovations and ambitions of 5G NORMA and to learn about related ideas from
researchers worldwide. The workshop was well attended and generally well received.
A panel session titled 5G architectures was held in the industry track of IEEE VTC 2015-Fall
in Boston, USA. The panel participants represented network operators, equipment suppliers and
service providers and discussed about service requirements vs. technical architecture design
options. The event was considered as highly successful and motivated further panel sessions.
Together with two other 5G PPP projects, 5G NORMA was invited by the Chinese FuTURE
FORUM 5G SIG to co-organize the 1st Sino-Europe 5G Technical Workshop. The workshop
took place in November 2015 in Beijing, China and attracted a large number of participants. It
was a great opportunity to build a common understanding on benefits and challenges of 5G and
to convey the message that European network operators need 5G as enabler for new business
and a pure increase in data rates is not sufficient.
In December 2015, a second 5G PPP Architecture panel session was held at the IEEE Globecom
2015 conference with participants from the US, China, Japan and Korea. The discussions
provided views from different regions outside Europe on weaknesses of current 4G networks
and expected improvements from 5G architectures.
5G NORMA has been involved in the organization of two workshops in conjunction with IEEE
ICC 2016: 5G NORMA has organized the 3rd International Workshop on 5G Architecture and
co-organized a Workshop on 5G RAN Design with METIS-II and other 5G PPP projects. Both
events took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 23rd and May 27th, 2016, respectively.
The workshop series on Cloud Technologies & Energy Efficiency in Mobile Communication
Networks was initiated by the iJOIN project in 2013. 5G NORMA is continuing ideas of iJOIN
and consequently engaged in the 4th edition of this workshop, which took place in Grenoble,
France in May 2016. Organization was done together with the 5G PPP projects Flex5Gware and
Speed5G.
Special editions in scientific journals and magazines play a similar role like workshops and
panels in the bi-directional exchange of ideas and thoughts about 5G NORMA related topics.
Therefore members of 5G NORMA have initiated a special edition on Network Slicing in 5G
Systems in the IEEE Communications Magazine and are serving as guest editors. The issue is
scheduled to appear in May 2017.
We demonstrate that by re-locating the RRM unit to a central cloud, the throughput for
HD-video users will be improved due to the interference mitigation using a centralized
coordinated scheduling, whereas on the other hand for autonomous driving service
shifting the mobile network functions to the network edge improves the end-to-end
latency as the key service requirements for such a time-critical service. A video of this
demo is available on YouTube under
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVS2wZs5iQ
- A hardware-based demo, where a scale model rally car is driven using a commercial
tablet as steering wheel, both connected to the LTE evolved Node B (eNB), in two
different situations. In the first one the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) serving gateways
(S-GW) are moved into the eNB baseband board. This solution guarantees the lowest
latency possible with this hardware setup and the video shows that its possible to drive
remotely the car with a very good control feedback. The second situation mimics a
commercially deployed LTE network, in which an average end-to-end latency of
hundreds of milliseconds (ms) is experienced. The driving experience is perceivably
worse due to the great delay between the command and the response of the model car. A
video of this demo is available under
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAlyQMUtv6k.
5G NORMA has also participated at EuCNC16 held in Athens, with its own booth showing a
video with the hardware-based demo and a real software simulator for the sw-based demo.
Furthermore, we welcomed Director Mario Campolargo (Net Futures, DG CONNECT) at the
booth of 5G NORMA and explained the 5G NORMA architecture, its implications for 5G
services and businesses (see Figure 6). In addition, the booth well complemented the attendance
at multiple EuCNC workshops where specific aspects of 5G NORMA have been explained.
5 5G PPP Collaboration
5.1 Architecture WG
The 5G-PPP Working Group Architecture has been appointed by the 5G-PPP Steering Board in
order to allow for discussing architecture relevant topics across projects. The following projects
are members of the WG: 5G Ensure, 5GEx, 5G NORMA, 5G-Xhaul, CHARISMA,
COHERENT, CogNet, Flex5gware, METIS-II, mmMAGIC, SELFNET, SESAME, SONATA,
SPEED-5G, SUPERFLUIDITY, and 5G Crosshaul. Its relationship to the 5G-PPP is shown in
Figure 7.
Association Board
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5G Infrast ruct ure Associat ion
Partnership Board
Board
Grant Agreement per project
5G Initiative
Steering Board
WG: 5G Vision and Societ al Act ivit y Communit y WG: 5G Architecture
Project Coordinat or + Assoc. rep.
Challenges building and PR
WG: 5G Spect rum Support Activities Technology related
Working Groups
KPI related Working Groups
5.2 Pre-standardization WG
The 5G-PPP Pre-standards Work Group (WG) helps identifying relevant standardization and
regulatory bodies to align, creating standardization roadmap and coordinating standardization
activities in 5G-PPP across all the projects. The ultimate aim is set out to influence the works on
pre-standardization of 5G, securing the leadership of Europe for the next generation networks.
There are some initial views of the Pre-standards-WG provided in 5G PPP Pre-standards WG
20152.
5G NORMA is participating in the regular meeting of the Pre-standards WG (bi-weekly
teleconference). In collaboration with the Pre-standards WG, 5G NORMA has planned:
- To follow and align 5G NORMAs planned standardization activities with the Pre-
standards WG;
- To take part in shaping vision and roadmap for 5G via, e.g., providing 5G NORMAs
inputs for 5G-PPP coordinated white papers, demo sessions, deliverables of the Pre-
standards WG;
- To promote new standards (IEEE Tactile Internet).
5.3 Security WG
5G NORMA is envisioned to contribute to the 5G-PPP security working group. together with
the 5G PPP projects (5G-ENSURE, 5GEX, Charisma, CogNet, SelfNet, Superfluidity,
Virtuwind and Sesame) This working groups objective is to bring 5G-PPP projects together to
consolidate on research issues related to security in 5G networks. This working group will
ensure the projects are working in a complimentary manner towards consistent goals,
exchanging ideas, minimising the duplication of effort, contributing towards relevant standards
and where possible cooperating on the development of compatible components, demonstrators,
the exchange of data and results and the interworking of communication layers, where
applicable:
1. Work in a coordinated manner on 5G Security and drive the 5G Security Vision. This
with a clear focus on areas of shared concerns (e.g. 5G Security architecture, 5G
security enablers for areas such as IAM, Privacy, Trust and etc.).
2. Exchange ideas on the design of the security solutions (also relevant Standards and/or
SDOs that apply) with the aim to get them shared/agreed also interoperable.
3. Work on validation and/or adoption of the security solutions (in terms of usage to date
and to come also enablement) as well as testbed and/or experimentations facilities.
The aim of 5G-PPP Security Working Group is to drive the 5G security vision and align the
projects on it. Furthermore, this working group will interact and contribute outcome to the
following 5G-PPP working groups: i) 5G-PPP Vision WG in security vision, ii) 5G-PPP
Architecture WG in security architecture, iii) 5G-PPP Pre-standardization WG to standards.
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though, interaction between 5G NORMA and METIS-II shifted to the 5G PPP Architecture
WG, cf. section 5.1.
In February 2016 mmMAGIC invited 5G NORMA to present their reference architecture in an
mmMAGIC-internal workshop with focus on the 5G NORMA functional architecture.
mmMAGIC considers supporting mm-wave by below 6 GHz access to enable seamless edge-
less connectivity, which may be considered by 5G NORMA as a special case of its general
multi-connectivity approach.
During the 2nd 5G NORMA meeting in Madrid a workshop took place to discuss how to align
the 5G NORMA concepts with the fronthaul/backhaul work of 5G-Crosshaul. The discussion
focused on the management/orchestration architecture that is adopted by the two projects and on
investigating how to combine them. In particular, operations such as functional decomposition
and allocation that is studied in 5G NORMA considering the RAN and Core Network as well as
the multi-service and multi-tenancy support can have a significant impact by the 5G-Crosshaul
procedures and ideally should be align considering the parameters from both project sides.
6.1 Nokia
Nokia is a front runner in the area, with its flexible designed product lines Liquid RAN, Liquid
Core and Liquid Application. For the latter (which combines base station with IT servers), a
next level of innovations can be expected from 5G NORMA results, by integrating cloud
technologies directly into the base station and allowing flexible allocation of functions in the
base station or in more centralized servers. Furthermore, the anticipated new level of flexibility
in functions allocation may lead to a redesign of the architecture and may change the current
RAN and CN definition and a tighter integration of Liquid RAN and Liquid Core functions.
Nokia also expects a new level of efficiency for small cell products; indeed, ultra dense
deployment would be possible only if the equipment costs are decreased. Research results of 5G
NORMA may be utilized in Nokia Networks Flexi Zone controller to provide on one hand
cheap base station design, and on the other hand efficient spectrum utilization by centralized
processing and coordination.
Furthermore, the project results may improve multi-tenancy and multi-operator capability of
future Nokia products. Cloud technology and SDN provide inherent capabilities for
infrastructure sharing that allow adaptation to the varying loads of different operators while
ensuring that overall resource sharing complies with pre-arranged SLAs.
The 5G NORMA project will support Nokia Networks to maintain and extend its technical and
market position in the mobile networks market for the next 5G generation. The leading position
can further be aided by securing the key concepts with IPRs to be made by the project.
The project target to reach pre-standardization consensus on 5G architectural concepts may later
have a positive impact for the efficiency of creating the 5G standards in 3GPP, but also in other
related bodies.
6.2 NEC
As one of the market leaders for Mobile Network solutions in Japan, NEC will use the results of
5G NORMA to evolve the current product portfolio towards the on demand multi-tenancy and
network function virtualization (NFV) paradigms impacting the following development
divisions: Mobile Radio Access Networks and Mobile Wireless Networking. NEC is committed
to expand its range of Small Cell Solutions and maintain its position as the industry's leading
expert in the small cell market (http://www.nec.com/en/global/solutions/nsp/sc/). Moreover,
NEC has been leading in the area of network virtualization focusing on Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization
(http://www.nec.com/en/global/solutions/nsp/sdn/). In solving the telecom operators
challenges, NEC has been the first to commercialize OpenFlow solutions, vEPC (Virtualized
Evolved Packet Core: vMME and vS/P-GW) and vMVNO-GW.
5G NORMA results are expected to provide specific answers about the level of multi-tenancy,
functional flexibility and dynamicity that can be introduced in the architecture of NECs future
wireless technologies as guidance for product development releases. In addition, 5G NORMA
results will be used to further improve NECs Centralized RAN (C-RAN) solutions. Thus,
strengthening and accelerating NECs product roadmap. Key technical innovations will be used
as a basis for contributions to standardization bodies, e.g., 3GPP and ONF, and to generate
patents that increase NECs IPR protection in the area. Finally, project results will be used to
demonstrate the benefits of the proposed architecture evolution both to NEC development
groups and potential customers, e.g., European network operators.
6.3 ATOS
Specific Atos products, assets and services that can leverage 5G NORMAs outcomes in a
direct fashion are the following.
Atos Next Generation Intelligent Networks3 (NGIN) focuses on the deployment of next
generation services over heterogeneous networks. Atos has already deployed the solution for
eight major European operators, and sees the NGIN concept as aligned with the nature of
services envisaged for 5G (i.e. convergence). As part of its roadmap, Atos can integrate the 5G-
supported NGIN for telecom customers adopting 5G NORMAs NFV and SDN approaches.
Atos cloud services can benefit from 5G NORMA by improving virtualization (NFV),
optimization and scalability as part of its extension into 5G. The Canopy brand, containing all
of Atos cloud offerings (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and consulting), has been expanding greatly in recent
years, and has been met by the cloud portfolio of recently acquired French provider, Bull, to
form the second largest cloud provider in Western Europe in terms of combined revenue. 5G
NORMAs outcomes with regards cloud aspects, such as the centralized controller prototype
and the SDMC and adaption functional allocation concepts of the project, can be leveraged for
Atos Cloud Services.
Atos has also a solid track in BSS integration for telecom operators (billing, service platforms,
etc.). 5G NORMA is an excellent opportunity for Atos to anticipate customers' demands for
future services in 5G, for example integrating the deployment of Virtual Functions and their
interfaces, or even providing hosting services for those functions playing the role of CIP (Cloud
Infrastructure Provider).
The Connected Train4 is an Atos innovation initiative which aims to enable people to continue
their online lives whilst travelling on the train. Currently the Connected Train is under proof-of-
concept using rail infrastructures in the UK. 5G NORMAs outcomes with regards delay and
resource optimization can be leveraged to extend the infrastructure including 5G technologies,
which will be necessary taking into account the evolution of the user bandwidth requirements.
Finally, under the Atos Consulting brand, the company focuses on internal technology and
knowledge transfer of such projects to support clients in commercializing innovative products
and services. Atos experience in 5G NORMAs concepts, technologies and solutions will
provide a source to better position the companys consulting services for telecom operators
actively upgrading their networks for 5G.
3
http://atos.net/content/dam/global/your-business/Atos_whitepaper_NGIN_LowRes.pdf
4
http://atos.net/content/dam/global/ascent-whitepapers/ascent-whitepaper-the-connected-train.pdf
communication services will grow significantly over the next years, in particular for the vertical
industries such as the automotive industry. For PPDR services, 5G broadband services may
complement the existing TETRA communications systems.
All the above services shall be produced using a single communications platform that comprises
fixed network, mobile network and a cloud platform for data processing and storage. 5G
NORMA will develop the technical means to adapt such a common platform to the
requirements of these services and the demands of the customers. By means of this platform,
Deutsche Telekom expects to offer its customers an increased service variety and improved
network experience in terms of quality of service/experience (QoE/QoS). The dynamic adaptive
allocation of functionalities allows matching service requirements to the physical infrastructure
in the best possible way and thus is a pre-requisite for cost-effective production of services
meeting the quality expectations of their users.
Deutsche Telekom is one of the initiators of NFV and is currently investigating how
virtualization and cloudification technologies can be implemented in its networks in the field. In
5G NORMA, Deutsche Telekom will extend and deepen the understanding on how
virtualization and cloudification can be applied particularly to future mobile access networks.
Results will be considered in preparation of own 5G technology & architecture studies as well
as in RFI/RFP/RFQ business processes.
6.5 Orange
Orange is currently rolling out 4G networks, while it is getting prepared for the next step,
involving 5G research and innovations activities. Orange does not consider 5G as 4G+1, but
rather as a Future Internet. While Orange will continue improving spectral efficiency and
throughputs,the three major aspects that will guide all the 5G research and standardization
phases in Orange are: (i) energy efficiency, (ii) total cost of ownership reduction and (iii)
network services flexibility. Indeed, 5G aims to be the infrastructure platform supporting a
variety of new services for all European citizens and enterprises and not only the next
generation of mobile broadband. As a matter of fact, 5G networks will leverage on key
evolutions towards network convergence, cognitive network management, network
virtualization and software networks.
Orange will first use 5G PPP research and innovation projects to build a common vision among
European networking industry players regarding functional and non-functional requirements of
5G. It is crucial to take into account the needs and concerns of citizens and enterprises in this
vision and Orange will propagate the ones of its customers. This vision will be reused by
Orange to motivate 5G infrastructure investments and build the rolling plan according to related
business.
5G NORMA will also provide the benchmark and select technologies and architectures for
future standards and infrastructure enablers. This selection is key for Orange to ensure that
future network services will offer the best experience to our customers and will be sustainable
(in terms of energy, costs and social issues) and operationally manageable.
Orange will also use this project to foster its internal research activities: it will be the trigger job
creation (especially postdoctoral funding) and will also allow Orange to take part in software
developments that would not be reachable for Orange otherwise due to the required critical
mass.
In a first phase, Orange will rely on 5G NORMAto improve its understanding and skills in
designing and deploying NFV/SDMC-based, flexible, services and users centric radio access
networks. In a second phase, Orange will use the concepts developed in 5G NORMA as
enablers for deploying cost and energy efficient radio access networks by ensuring that the
deployed capacity scales closely with the traffic demand.
Orange also considers5G NORMA as a toolbox to provide operators with the necessary tools for
designing and deploying new services for the residential and corporate markets. For example, a
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service for the corporate market on which Oranges plan to focus its efforts is RAN as a Service
(RAN-aaS), which will enable Orange to leverage the cost of its infrastructures.
6.6 Telefonica
Several initiatives, common to most European projects Telefnica I+D is involved in, will be
undertaken:
Internal evangelization through the dissemination of the main project results, through
the organization
o Telefnica Excelence School
o Telefnicas 5G Interest Group
o Internal communication channels (eKISS, ThinkBig blog,)
o Presentation of the main innovations developed in the project to the
entrepreneurship initiatives of Telefnica, Wayra and Amerigo.
Use of the ideas, concepts and solutions in the procurement processes (RFI, RFP) for
future network systems acquisitions. This is facilitated by the fact that the Innovation
team is in the same organization that leads these processes at corporate level.
Other initiatives
o Registering patents of the main innovations developed in the context of the
project
o Contributions to standardization bodies (3GPP, IETF) and dissemination fora
(NGMN, 4G Americas, GSMA)
More specifically related to 5G NORMA scope and results, it is important to highlight that
Telefonica commitment to the network virtualization is exemplified by the initiative called
UNICA, which will provide the framework for the companys global end-to-end virtualization
deployment and expansion plans for its network infrastructure. Telefnicas objective is to have
more than 30 percent of the companys new infrastructures managed in accordance with
UNICA model by 2016.
So far, the scope of UNICA has been limited to the fixed network (both access and core) and
mobile core network infrastructures, but it is not considering the support for the radio access
network. Telefnica expects to reduce its operating expenditures by up to 30% through the
adoption of network virtualization solutions.
5G NORMA is expected to be a significant input into the definition of the next generation of
UNICA, in order to ensure that 5G systems requirements are taken into account, and extending
it to the mobile access networks. UNICA shares with 5G NORMA some the project objectives
of multi-tenancy and Network as a Service support. In this sense, additional levels of efficiency
to those indicated above can be achieved, taking into account the high costs of the RAN
infrastructure.
6.7 Azcom
Azcom Technology plans to exploit 5G NORMA concepts and related technologies in a number
of ways.
The key concept of flexible allocation poses the challenge of deploying the network functions in
network elements that would not host them in the traditional architecture. This challenge needs
to be tackled by redefining the software architecture to allow such flexibility. The current idea is
to use the Virtualization Layer, which would allow deploying of the same software on diverse
hardware architectures. This approach needs to be tested in terms of real-time performance and
also needs to be explored in terms of supported architectures and underlying hardware.
One of the possible deployments of the 5G NORMA flexible architecture is to place one or
more CN functions in the RAN. Such deployment gives the opportunity to develop new
products NIAB-like (Network In A Box), where all the network functions are implemented in a
small portable box.
Another possible deployment of the 5G NORMA flexible architecture is to place one or more
RAN functions in the cloud. Several software blocks of the Azcom IP will be ported on the
cloud, hence such an approach will be verified in terms of performance and complexity. In turn,
this will give the opportunity for new product ideas such as a potential Cloud-EPC.
The SDMC approach envisioned by5G NORMA also provides some exploitation opportunities
to Azcom. Azcoms software blocks can expose a custom interface, through which the external
SDMC agents can instruct the blocks themselves on the expected behaviour and network
functions to run. Such an approach may eventually force a complete software redesign on
Azcoms products. A partial implementation of this concept by 5G NORMA would be of great
benefit for Azcom products and will serve as a basis for future new implementations.
All the above potential developments and applications of 5G NORMA fit Azcoms business
strategy, which focuses on the continuous improvement of the existing Small Cell hardware and
software platforms. This platform will potentially incorporate several of the technologies
involved in 5G NORMA, such as cloud techniques, the virtualization of network functions and
the software-programmable networking. By integrating such innovative concepts earlier, Azcom
will be able to foresee the future difficulties and challenges in the Small Cell platforms
implementation domain.
systems as well as research excellence clusters in these areas, TUKL is partner of, will benefit
from 5G NORMAs results.
Being involved in the Cluster for Commercial Vehicles (www.cvc-suedwest.com) and being
associated with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (www.dfki.de), TUKL is
working with many industrial partners in the areas of mobile communication and service
delivery as well as dependable systems (wireless automation, factory of the future, automotive).
Here, the results achieved in 5G NORMA will be used as reference architecture for future
projects.
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deployment,
Nokia 3GPP Requirements of Isolation R3-161358 2016/05
(RAN3) between Network Slices,
and Assessment of an 27
Aggregation-Capable IEEE
802.11 White Space Device
Bessem Sayadi et SDN for 5G Mobile Networks: CLEEN Workshop 2016/05/30-
al. NORMA perspective 2016 06/01
CROWNCOM
Conference,
Grenoble, France
A. Colazzo, R. Achieving low-latency FANTASTIC-5G WS 2016/06/27-
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Lambiase networks: the 5G NORMA and Mission Critical
(AZCOM) approach Communication
EuCNC; Athens,
Greece
J. Rendon Schneir A Cost Model for a 5G network ITS conference Accepted
(DT) 2016/09/07-
09
J. Gang, Vasilis Control Plane Load Balancing in IEEE PIMRC 2016 Submitted
Friderikos Wireless C/U Split (Sept. 2016)
V. Sciancalepore, A Service-tailored TDD Cell- IEEE PIMRC 2016 Submitted
K. Samdanis Less Architecture (Sept. 2016)
D. Aziz et. al. Signalling Minimization VTC Fall 2016 Accepted
Framework for Short Data (Sept. 2016)
Packet Transmission in 5G
Date 2015/05/11
Place Glasgow, Scottland, UK
Scope Challenges to future networks that cannot be solved by existing 4G
networks; considerations on future mobile network architectures that can
flexibly adapt their operations to requirements of specific services
Contributions Organization and chair
Presentation A NOvel Radio Multiservice adaptive network
Architecture for 5G networks
Organization S. Redana, Nokia
Committee
Website http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2015spring/workshops.php#wkshp_4
The event continued on November 6th and 7th with the 2015 Future 5G ICT Summit
where the version 2.0 of the White Paper from the FuTURE FORUM 5G SIG has been
launched and where METIS II and 5G NORMA projects have been presenting the
ongoing research work.
Date 2015/11/05
Place Beijing, China
Scope
Contributions Co-organization
Presentations 5G NORMA A NOvel Radio Multiservice adaptive
network Architecture for the 5G era
Organization FuTURE FORUM 5G SIG, 5G NORMA, METIS-II
Committee
Website None
Date 2015/12/09
Place San Diego, USA
Scope Design of a novel mobile network architecture that provides the
necessary flexibility to offer new services in an efficient way and
inherently can share or distribute infrastructure resources dynamically
Contributions Organization
Organization S. Redana (Nokia), B. Barani (EU Commission)
Committee
Website http://globecom2015.ieee-globecom.org/program/industry-
program/panels#IF15
Date 2016/05/23
Place Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Scope Novel End-to-End Network Architecture designs, covering RAN, Core
and Transport Networks, based on flexible allocations of functions,
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Date 2016/05/27
Place Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Scope Foster the discussion and consensus building on key 5G RAN design
aspects (5G PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP and RRC concepts, in particular
related to an efficient integration of multiple novel 5G air interfaces
among each other, and with evolved legacy technology)
Contributions Co-organization
Organization METIS-II, FANTASTIC-5G, mmMAGIC and 5G NORMA
Committee
Website http://icc2016.ieee-icc.org/content/workshops#W09
Date 2016/05/31-06/01
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industries Barcelona,
Spain
Markus News report on 5G NORMA F2F meeting in Paris News report 2016/03/23
Breitbach on 5G
https://5gnorma.5g-ppp.eu/5g-norma-plenary-
(DT) NORMA
meeting-on-march-15-17-2016-paris/
web site
Simon Engaging with vertical markets for 5G planning TV interview 2016/04/21
Fletcher (RW)
TelecomTV:
http://www.telecomtv.com/articles/etsi-5g-
summit/engaging-with-vertical-markets-for-5g-
planning-13592/
Markus News report on ETSI 5G Summit, 2016/04/21 News report 2016/06/01
Breitbach on 5G
https://5gnorma.5g-ppp.eu/simon-fletcher-
(DT) NORMA
engaging-with-the-vertical-markets-for-5g-
web site
standards-planning/
Azad Video of 5g NORMAs SW demo at MWC2016: YouTube 2016/06/01
Ravanshid video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVS2wZs5iQ
(NOMOR)
Roberto Video of 5G NORMAs HW demo at MWC2016 YouTube 2016/06/01
Lambiase video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAlyQMUtv6k
(AZCOM)
Peter Rost Interview on 5G NORMA; to be taken aside of Interview 2016/06/30
(Nokia) EuCNC; details tbd.
P. Rost, M. 5G NORMA: A Novel Radio Multiservice adaptive European Q3 / 2016
Breitbach network Architecture for the 5G era based on 5G Annual
Network Slicing Journal