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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research

and innovation programme under grant agreement No 723172.

D6.2 – First year report on standardization,

dissemination and exploitation achievements

Sébastien Ziegler, Anna Brékine

Document Number D6.2

Status Working/Draft/Final

Work Package WP 6

Deliverable Type Report

Date of Delivery 30/06/2017

Responsible MI & KDDI

Contributors Partner organisations

Dissemination level PU

This document has been produced by the 5GPagoda project, funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme

of the European Community. The content presented in this document represents the views of the

authors, and the European Commission has no liability in respect of the content.

5G!Pagoda D6.2 – First year report on standardization, dissemination and exploitation achievements

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Authors in alphabetical order

Name Beneficiary e-mail

Afolabi Ibrahim Aalto [email protected]

Akihiro Nakao The University of Tokyo [email protected]

Bagaa Miloud Aalto [email protected]

Beijar Nicklas Ericsson [email protected]

Brékine Anna Mandat International [email protected]

Cau Eleonora Fraunhofer FOKUS [email protected]

Corici Marius Fraunhofer FOKUS [email protected]

Crettaz Cédric Mandat International [email protected]

Daisuke Okabe Hitachi [email protected]

Du Ping The University of Tokyo [email protected]

Eichhorn Fabian Fraunhofer FOKUS [email protected]

Hidenori Inouchi Hitachi [email protected]

Hiroshi Takezawa NESIC [email protected]

Itsuro Morita KDDI Research [email protected]

Kazuto Satou NESIC [email protected]

Kim Eunah Device Gateway [email protected]

Kota Kawahara Hitachi [email protected]

Ksentini Adlen Eurecom [email protected]

Kuklinski Slawomir Orange Polska [email protected]

Laghrissi Abdelquoddouss Aalto [email protected]

Magedanz Thomas Fraunhofer FOKUS [email protected]

Masato Yamazaki NESIC [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]
























Phyo May Thet KDDI Research [email protected]

Shu Yamamoto The University of Tokyo [email protected]

Takuro Sato Waseda University [email protected]

Taleb Tarik Aalto [email protected]

Toshitaka Tsuda Waseda University [email protected]

Yoshiaki Kiriha The University of Tokyo [email protected]

Yoshinori Kitatsuji KDDI Research [email protected]

Zaw Htike KDDI Research [email protected]

Ziegler Sébastien Mandat International [email protected]












Change History

Version Date Status Author (Company) Description

V0.1 July 2016 Initial draft Sébastien Ziegler (MI) Initial draft

V0.2 July 2016 –

April 2017

In progress Sébastien Ziegler (MI) Collection on inputs

V0.3 8.05.17 In progress Sébastien Ziegler,

Anna Brékine (MI)

Integrated parts of partners


Anna Brékine (MI)

Reformatted the document


Anna Brékine (MI)

Completed dissemination section


Anna Brékine (MI)

Added acronyms table


Anna Brékine (MI)

Added conclusion


Anna Brékine (MI)

Included IoT Week photos

V1.0 17.06.2017 Complete

version

Sébastien Ziegler,

Anna Brékine (MI)

Fully revised and completed version



Executive Summary

This document outlines the standardization, dissemination and exploitation achievements and activities

during the first year of the 5G!Pagoda project. It provides an overview of the main achievements of the

Work package 6.



List of acronyms

Acronym Full text

3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project

5GMF Fifth Generation Mobile Communication Promotion Forum

AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

API Application Programming Interface

BoF Birds of Feather

DG Device Gateway

E2E Exchange-to-Exchange

EIP-SCC European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

EU European Union

FG Focus Group

GIOTS Global IoT Summit

GUI Graphical User Interface

ICC The International Conference on Communications

ICN Information-Centric Networking

ICNRG Information Centric Networking Research Group

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE-CSCN The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Conference on Standards for Communications & Networking

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IMT-2020 International Mobile Telecommunications 2020 Strategy

INT Interoperability Group

IoT Internet of Things

IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6

IRTF Internet Research Task Force

ISG Industry Specification Group

ITU-T The study groups of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector

JCA-IoT Joint Coordination Activity on Internet of Things



KDDI KDDI corporation

LWM2M Lightweight M2M

MAC Medium Access Control

MI Mandat International

MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator

NFV Network Functions Virtualization

OASC Open & Agile Smart Cities

OPNFV Open Platform for NFV

PPP Public Private Partnership

QoS Quality of Service

R&D Research and Development

RAN Radio Access Network

SA System Architecture

SDN Software-Defined Networking

SDO Standards Development Organizations

SG Study Group

TBaas Testbed as service

TR Technical Report

TS Technical Specification

TSAG Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group

TSG Technical Specification Groups

TSG SA The TSG Service and System Aspects

TTC Telecommunication Technology Committee

UDG Universal Device Gateway

UT University of Tokyo

WG Working Group

WP Work Package



Table of Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 11

1.1. 5G!Pagoda in Brief ...................................................................................................................................... 11

1.2. Purpose and Scope of WP6 ..................................................................................................................... 11

1.3. Purpose and Scope of the Task T6.2 on Dissemination, Communication, and

Standardization ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

1.4. Purpose and Scope of the Task T6.3 on Commercial Exploitation and Partnership

Development ............................................................................................................................................................... 13

1.5. Purpose and Scope of the Present Deliverable ............................................................................... 13

2. Dissemination ................................................................................................................. 14

2.1. Dissemination Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 14

2.2. Visual Identity and Logo ........................................................................................................................... 14

2.3. Flyers and Roll-ups ...................................................................................................................................... 15

2.3.1. Flyer…. ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

2.3.2. Roll-up ....................................................................................................................................................... 18

2.3.3. Poster ......................................................................................................................................................... 21

2.4. Website ......................................................................................................................................................... 22

2.5. Social Media ................................................................................................................................................. 24

2.5.1. Twitter ........................................................................................................................................................ 24

2.5.2. LinkedIn ..................................................................................................................................................... 25

2.5.3. Facebook ................................................................................................................................................... 26

2.6. Conference and Events Outreach .......................................................................................................... 27

2.6.1. The Berlin 5G Week .............................................................................................................................. 27

2.6.2. IoT Week 2017 and Global IoT Summit ........................................................................................ 29

2.7. Articles and Publications ........................................................................................................................... 34

3. Standardization .............................................................................................................. 36

3.1. Standardization Objectives ..................................................................................................................... 37

3.2. Standardization Achievements at the ITU ........................................................................................ 37

3.2.1. ITU-T Study Group 20 - Internet of Things and Smart Cities and Communities........ 37

3.2.2. Focus Group IMT-2020 ..................................................................................................................... 37

3.2.3. ITU-T Study Group 13 ....................................................................................................................... 38



3.3. Standardization Achievements at 3GPP ........................................................................................... 39

3.3.1. 3GPP TR 23.799: Study on Architecture for Next Generation System ............................ 39

3.3.2. 3GPP TS 23.501: System Architecture for the 5G System .................................................. 39

3.4. Standardization Achievements at IETF ............................................................................................. 40

3.5. IEEE Standards Association ...................................................................................................................... 41

3.5.1. IEEE IoT .................................................................................................................................................. 41

3.5.2. IEEE Conference on Standards for Communication and Networking ........................... 41

3.6. Standardization Achievements at ETSI ................................................................................................ 42

3.6.1. ETSI NFV .................................................................................................................................................. 42

3.6.2. ETSI INT ................................................................................................................................................. 42

3.7. Standardization Achievements at Japan 5G Promotion Forum ................................................. 42

3.8. Main Contributions to Standardization Bodies ................................................................................ 43

3.9. Standardization Strategy for the Upcoming Period ....................................................................... 44

4. Partnerships, Liaisons and Cooperation ....................................................................... 45

4.1. Strategy and Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 45

4.2. Partnerships ................................................................................................................................................... 45

4.2.1. Identified Stakeholders ................................................................................................................. 45

4.2.2. Working with IoT Service Providers ......................................................................................... 45

4.3. Liaison and Cooperation with Other Organizations ...................................................................... 46

4.3.1. IoT Forum .............................................................................................................................................. 46

4.3.2. IoT Lab .................................................................................................................................................... 46

4.3.3. Open Plaform for NFV (OPNFV) ................................................................................................... 46

4.3.4. Open Source MANO (OSM) ........................................................................................................... 46

4.3.5. Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) .............................................................. 47

4.3.6. IoT Acceleration Consortium (IoT-AC) ....................................................................................... 47

4.4. Liaison and Cooperation with Other Research Projects ............................................................... 47

5G-PPP ................................................................................................................................................................... 47

4.4.1. METIS II .................................................................................................................................................. 47

4.4.2. 5G ENSURE ........................................................................................................................................... 48

4.4.3. Coherent ................................................................................................................................................ 48

Other projects ............................................................................................................................................................ 48

4.4.4. F-Interop ................................................................................................................................................ 48



4.4.5. ANASTACIA .......................................................................................................................................... 49

4.4.6. Synchronicity ....................................................................................................................................... 49

5. Exploitation ..................................................................................................................... 50

5.1. Exploitation Strategy .................................................................................................................................. 50

5.2. Collective Exploitation Achievements .................................................................................................. 50

5.3. Individual Exploitation Achievements and Plans ............................................................................. 51

5.3.1. Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio ................................................................................................................. 51

5.3.2. Ericsson .................................................................................................................................................. 51

5.3.3. Fraunhofer - FOKUS .......................................................................................................................... 52

5.3.4. EURECOM ............................................................................................................................................. 52

5.3.5. Mandat International ........................................................................................................................ 52

5.3.6. Device Gateway SA ............................................................................................................................ 52

5.3.7. University of Tokyo ............................................................................................................................ 53

5.3.8. KDDI ........................................................................................................................................................ 53

5.3.9. Waseda University ............................................................................................................................. 53

5.3.10. NESIC ...................................................................................................................................................... 53

5.3.11. Hitachi .................................................................................................................................................... 53

6. Conclusion ....................................................................................................................... 54



1. Introduction

1.1. 5G!Pagoda in Brief

5G!Pagoda is a Horizon 2020 project which intends to research the next evolutionary step in softwarized networks as supported by Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and aimed at by the 5G network evolution. The top objectives of 5G!Pagoda are mainly focused on:

The development of a scalable 5G slicing architecture for supporting specialized network slices composed

on multi-vendor network functions, through the development of a scalable network slice management and

orchestration framework for distributed, edge dominated network infrastructures, and convergent software

functionality for lightweight control plane and data plane programmability and their integration,

customization, composition and run-time management towards different markets in Europe and Japan.

5G!Pagoda intends to develop a coherent architecture enabling research and standardization coordination

between Europe and Japan. The proposed developments integrate based on a common SDN/NFV based

architecture and will also provide punctual and highly important improvements related to the software

network architecture. These developments address the next steps of the evolution beyond the immediate

NFV standardization and other advances. This is to enable the graceful integration within end-to-end

network slices of various highly customized software components, remotely controlling the data path, with

specific network function flexibility and network function placement support thereby rendering it easy to

manage through a convergent set of scalable orchestration Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

Besides the technological aspects, 5G!Pagoda will develop a coherent proof of concept with two playground

nodes, one in Japan and one in Europe, using a uniform network orchestration and a set of in-slice software

features. These will enable the transparent exchange of knowledge and practical implementation of

components for dynamic deployment and execution of virtual network functions and applications. The

testbed will allow practical demonstration of the functionality and will assist in the development of an

aligned 5G-oriented standardization roadmap for Japan and Europe.

1.2. Purpose and Scope of WP6

The Work Package 6 (WP6) is in charge of dissemination and exploitation. It aims primarily to:

Develop and maintain online collaboration tools and a website for the project.

Identify, monitor, and contribute to relevant standardization bodies.

Introduce 5G!Pagoda testbed at conferences, fairs, organized workshops, and other public events.

Develop plans for commercial exploitation of the knowledge generated by the project.

Publish the scientific and technical achievements of 5G!Pagoda at relevant conferences and in

magazines / journals.

1.3. Purpose and Scope of the Task T6.2 on Dissemination, Communication, and Standardization

Contributions to standardization will enable 5G!Pagoda to achieve broader recognition of its results by a

wide industry community, stimulate higher levels of interoperability and contribute to establishing



economies of scale for 5G!Pagoda applications. Indeed, the 5G!Pagoda architecture and mechanisms will

consider and reuse standardized technologies (i.e., frameworks and APIs). Moreover, close coordination

between research projects and standardization organizations, particularly through running and validated

testbeds, is an important mechanism for exploitation of results and for inspiring and initiating innovation.

Consortium members have long histories of standardization experience in various standardization bodies.

This includes the study groups of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), the Internet

Engineering Task Force (IETF), the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the European

Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) NFV, Japan 5G Promotion Forum, etc. For instance, the

University of Tokyo (UT) is currently chairing the 5GMF Network Architecture Committee. Along with NESIC,

Orange, and Hitachi, UT has chaired the Network Softwarization Working Group of the ITU-T Focus Group

Phases I and II of the International Mobile Telecommunications 2020 Strategy (IMT-2020). Orange, KDDI,

Ericsson, and Hitachi are active members in the working group of Technical Specification Group of System

(TSG SA) in 3GPP. Mandat International (MI) is chairing the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’

(IEEE) subcommittee on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Sébastien Ziegler (Mandat International) is

currently serving as the president of the IoT Forum. Within ITU-T, MI is also leading the research on

emerging technologies in the Joint Coordination Activity on Internet of Things (JCA-IoT) under the ITU-T

Study Group 20 on Internet of things and smart cities and communities. MI is also the founding member of

the Urban Platform of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC).

The consortium members active in the standardization process will bring their knowledge of

standardization to the project and make the consortium aware of any standardization results that can be

applied to the project. WP Leaders will monitor the respective R&D activities in 5G!Pagoda and stimulate

the standardization of their outcomes. This task involves a continuous awareness of possible

standardization opportunities and development within relevant standards identified during proposal

preparation, with a strong focus on the International Telecommunication Union and 3GPP.. As the

integrated 5G!Pagoda architecture involves research in diverse topics, further relevant standardization

bodies have been identified for alignment with standards’ evolution and potential contributions, including

IETF, IRTF, and the ETSI Network Function Virtualisation Industry Specification Group (NFV ISG).

This task will also comprise all the necessary activities for adequate dissemination and communication of

the project results, so as to promote the awareness of its progress. Thus, the task will closely interact with

WP2-WP5, and coordinate preparation of necessary inputs for dissemination activities. The dissemination

activities will exploit and disseminate the overall findings of 5G!Pagoda, scientific and technical, in both

industry and academia. They will include early dissemination measures, and publishing articles in journals

and magazines, contributing to international conferences and summits, participating to European

Commission concentration and cluster meetings, and organizing at least two external public workshops

during 5G!Pagoda life-time, with participants from the wider H2020 community to facilitate effective

communication among researchers. Furthermore, this task will inform the broader public about the project,

including non-technical releases. Workshops may be collocated with the FOKUS’s Fuseco Forum and the

5G Japan Promotion Forum meetings. Last but not least, the standards-relevant findings of the project will

be also be featured, in the format of scientific publications, in the IEEE Communications Magazine –

Communications Standards Supplement and the IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and

Networking (IEEE-CSCN), created and chaired by the AU key personnel.



1.4. Purpose and Scope of the Task T6.3 on Commercial Exploitation and Partnership Development

Leveraging the wide contact list of the participating partners, this task will establish partnerships with

different relevant stakeholders, particularly IoT service providers outside the consortium, so that, with the

definition of appropriate interfaces to their services, they could be included in the testbed of the 5G!Pagoda

testbed (WP5). Decisions and agreements made through these partnerships will be reflected in the

commercialization paths and business models defined in WP2.

1.5. Purpose and Scope of the Present Deliverable

This iterative deliverable is a joint deliverable between tasks T6.2 and T6.3. The document outlines the

standardization, dissemination and exploitation achievements and activities during the first year of the

5G!Pagoda project. However, as task T6.3 has not started yet, the main focus of this deliverable is on task

T6.2.



2. Dissemination

The Task T6.2 is led by KDDI with the support of MI and the expected contributions from all partners.

Although the action plan expects the dissemination to start in Month 18, we are in position to present a

few guidelines.

2.1. Dissemination Objectives

Dissemination and outreach activities are indispensable to guarantee the success and the future of the

5G!Pagoda project. The 5G!Pagoda dissemination activities are a result of a cohesive strategy commonly

established amongst the different work packages, with a strong focus on creating large scale impact both

on the European and the international scene.

Further, 5G!Pagoda has developed a set of measures aimed at increasing the outreach of the project in

a coordinated way: through a successful integration of dissemination, outreach, and promotional activities

with standardization work.

The dissemination strategy of 5G!Pagoda aims to attain the following goals:

Promote the 5G!Pagoda architecture and research findings among key entities in the value chain

and through contributions in terms of standards to different standardization bodies (e.g., ITU-T,

3GPP, ETSI NFV, and IETF).

Engage a broad R&D community to conduct further research into improving and extending the

concepts and components of the 5G!Pagoda architecture.

Promote the creation of the ecosystem that will foster the growth of the 5G!Pagoda vision.

2.2. Visual Identity and Logo

The 5G!Pagoda logo (see figure 1) has the symbol of a pagoda which is generally a tiered tower with multiple

eaves, built in the historic tradition of the stupa original to South and East Asia. The multiple tiers of the

pagoda represent the network slicing concepts which constitute the main objective of the project. The logo

is used in all the deliverables of 5G!Pagoda, flyers and roll-ups.

Figure 1 – 5G!Pagoda logo



2.3. Flyers and Roll-ups

The 5G!Pagoda flyers and roll-up aim to promote the project in related events, forum and conferences.

Both the flyers and roll-up were originally designed by KDDI and modified by the consortium members. In

terms of dissemination, it has been decided to use two different versions of flyers and roll-ups during

events. Indeed, because of differences in the research practices between Europe and Japan, it has been

decided to use both kinds of promotion materials, depending on the event and the target audience. For the

future, the project aims at finding a common approach that analyses cultural differences and reconciles

research practices.

2.3.1. Flyer

From KDDI’s side, the 5G!Pagoda flyer (see figures 2 and 3) is designed in tri-fold double-page format

producing a total of six columns. The cover page gives the full-title, the slogan of the project, the logo and

a short description of the project. The flyer provides the following information:

About 5G!Pagoda : Presenting the primary goal, the concept of the project and the consortium.

Objectives and goals of the project: Presenting the goals of the project.

Work Packages: Presenting following work packages of the project and their individual R&D goals.

WP1 – Project Management and Coordination

WP2 – Network Softwarization & Requirements Analysis

WP3- Network Slicing Mechanisms

WP4 – End-to-End Orchestration

WP5 – Integrated testbed & Validation

WP6 – Outreach, Standardisation and Dissemination

5G!Pagoda high level architecture: Presenting the high level architecture of Exchange-to-Exchange (E2E)

network slicing.

Current achievement/status of the projects: Describing the summary of current Research and

Development (R&D) status and achievements.

The list of consortium members: Providing the full list of the consortium members of the project.

Website: Providing additional information about the project website and its outline.

Contact: Providing information on the project coordinators for further questions and comments.

Social media: Providing the social media pages of the project: Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.



Figure 2 - Flyer page –1 – KDDI version

Figure 3 - Flyer page-2 – KDDI version



For the 2017 IoT Week, it was decided to use a flyer (see figure 4 below), that explains the

importance and applications of network slicing, as well as the objectives of 5G!Pagoda. Similar to

KDDI’s version, the flyer displays the names of all the participating partners, the social media

platforms used to promote the project, as well as the leading coordinators of the research.

Figure 4 - 5G!Pagoda for IoT Week



2.3.2. Roll-up

The 5G!Pagoda roll-up (see figure 5 below) has two pages and gives the full-title, the slogan of the project,

the logo and short descriptions about the project and provides the following information:

Objectives of the project: Presenting the objectives of the projects.

Work Packages: Presenting following work packages of the project and their individual R&D goals.







5G!Pagoda high level architecture: Presenting the high level architecture of E2E network slicing

Current achievement/status of the projects: Describing the summary of current R&D status and

achievements.

Website: Describing the project website for more details information.

The list of consortium members: Providing the full list of the consortium members of the project.

For the purpose of the IoT week, a simpler version of the roll-up (see figure 6 below) was been designed in

order to appeal not only to IT specialists, but to the public in general. The roll up briefly explains the scope

of the 5G!Pagoda project, the objectives of the research, as well as the most important application domains.

A list of partners participating in the project appears at the bottom of the roll-up.



Figure 5 - Roll up design by KDDI



Figure 6 – Roll-up template for the IoT Week



2.3.3. Poster

The poster given below (in figure 7) was presented at the IoT Week in Geneva, in June 2017. It aims

at presenting the 5G!Pagoda project, network slicing, network slicing for IoT and the demo that will be

presented to the audience.

Figure 7 - 5G!Pagoda Poster



2.4. Website

5G!Pagoda’s website (see figure 8) aims at spreading the content and the activities related to the research,

to the general public, the industrial sector and the scientific community. The layout, designed and

maintained by Mr. Abdelquoddous Laghrissi, has a fresh, professional look and comprises both the full-title,

the acronym of the project, and the logo of the project. The 5G!Pagoda project can be found on the

European domain at: www.5g-pagoda.eu, which redirects to a new page hosted by Aalto University, under

the url: https://5g-pagoda.aalto.fi. As mentioned in D6.1 - Website and Online Collaboration Platform, the

web page is compatible both with traditional computer displays and mobile devices, such as smartphones

and tablets.

Figure 8 - 5G!Pagoda website screenshot

The website, contains the following sections:

About 5G!Pagoda : Presenting the concept of the project and the consortium

Work Packages: Presenting the following work packages of the project:







https://5g-pagoda.aalto.fi/



Dissemination: including the following subsections:

Public deliverables

Scientific articles

Conference papers & presentations

Keynotes, Workshops, Panels & Webinars

Standard Activities: presenting press related materials

Events: giving an overview of the past and upcoming events related to 5G!Pagoda

Tools: a section giving the access to a series of indispensable tools for the project and website management

including ETHERPAD, DOKUWIKI, OwnCloud, Password recovery, SVN, GIT

Links: a section redirecting those interested to websites related to the 5G!Pagoda project, including Horizon

2020 – The European Union’s (EU) Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, The 5G

Infrastructure Public Private Partnership, ITU-T Focus Group on IMT-2020

Contact: providing visitors a secure contact form through which questions and comments can be sent to

the project coordinator



2.5. Social Media

5G!Pagoda channels its information through the use of three social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook and

LinkedIn. The use of social media allows us to directly update the general public on 5G!Pagoda related

events and research progress.

2.5.1. Twitter

The Twitter page for 5G!Pagoda (see figure 9) seeks to promote related events and activities to the target

audiences through social media. KDDI, being the task leader for T6.2., is responsible for updating the Twitter

page. The Twitter account for 5G!Pagoda project can be found by searching for the username “5GPagoda”.

Figure 9 - 5G!Pagoda Twitter website screenshot



2.5.2. LinkedIn

The LinkedIn Page for 5G!Pagoda (see figure 10) project aims at promoting the project’s activities to the

general public through one of the leading professional platforms. KDDI, being the task leader for T6.2., is

responsible for updating the LinkedIn page. The LinkedIn page for 5G!Pagoda project can be found at

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/13310719/ .

Figure 10 - 5G!Pagoda LinkedIn website screenshot

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/13310719/



2.5.3. Facebook

The objective of creating a Facebook page for 5G!Pagoda (see figure 11) is to spread the project information

and event activities to the target audiences in a faster way. KDDI, being the task leader for T6.2., is

responsible for updating the Facebook page. The 5G!Pagoda Facebook page can be found by typing “5G

Pagoda” into Facebook’s search bar. The direct link of 5G!Pagoda Facebook Page is:

https://www.facebook.com/5GPagodaProject/ .

Figure 11 - 5G!Pagoda Facebook page screenshot

https://www.facebook.com/5GPagodaProject/



2.6. Conference and Events Outreach

The following section discusses the key activities relevant to 5G!Pagoda in terms of outreach. Firstly, the

report focuses on the 2016 Berlin 5G Week and IoT Week 2017, followed by an outline of the partners’

achievements in terms of articles and publications.

2.6.1. The Berlin 5G Week

The first Berlin 5G Week (see figure 12) took place from 31 October 31 to 4 November 2016. The event was

supported by IEEE Standards Association and IEEE SDN Initiative, IEEE Communications Society, Fraunhofer

FOKUS, Fraunhofer HHI, the 5G Berlin Testbed and Berlin Partner. Both FOKUS and Aalto were active

organizers of the Berlin5GWeek in November 2016, that was composed by three of the biggest conferences

in the context of the upcoming 5G: IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications & Networking, IEEE

5G and IoT Summit and FOKUS FUSECO FORUM. This large-scale event reunited international experts on

the topic of 5G technologies, both from the industry and from the academic world, and offered a fertile

ground to share practices and knowledge and to cultivate a powerful professional network.

Figure 12 - Berlin5GWeek 2016 website screenshot

Part of the Berlin 5G Week has been the FOKUS FUSECO FORUM that took place on the last two days of the 5G Week. The event was organized by Fraunhofer FOKUS and consisted on a series of international conferences, interactive workshops, tutorials and demonstrations, focusing on 5G and Industrial IoT topics in order to understand, share and experience new trends and impacts with experts and colleagues from all over the world.



Figure 13 – 2016 Berlin 5G Week

Figure 14 – 2016 FOKUS FUSECO FORUM during the Berlin 5G Week. Slawomir Kuklinski (Orange)

speaking at a session



Figure 15 - 2016 FOKUS FUSECO FORUM during the Berlin 5G Week. Demos.

2.6.2. IoT Week 2017 and Global IoT Summit

The IoT Week is the yearly conference organised by the IoT Forum. It is targeted at IoT specialists,

researchers, members of the industrial sector, developers, standardization organizations, and policy

makers, especially from the United Nations and from the European Commission. The 7th edition of the

international IoT Week took place in Geneva from June 6 to 9 2017 (see figure 16).

The event sought to present the latest achievements in the field of Internet of Things, with a particular

focus on new research and technologies, security and privacy, sustainable development, industry and

market evolution. The conference attracted about 850 participants from all over the world, including SDOs,

industry, SMES and researchers. The event concluded with the adoption of the IoT Declaration, which

highlighted the potential of Internet of Things in achieving the targets elucidated in the Sustainable

Development Goals.



Figure 16 - IoT Week website screenshot

Several 5G!Pagoda partners were involved in several sessions of the IoT Week 2017, including: Orange,

FOKUS, Device Gateway, and Mandat International.

Figure 17 - 2017 IoT Week, Geneva. Slawomir Kuklinski (Orange) speaking at a session

5G Pagoda Demonstration

In order to support the dissemination and outreach of 5G Pagoda, MI worked with Ericsson, DG and FOKUS

to create a booth and present a demonstration for the IoT Week. The four partners have worked together

to prepare and present a dynamic slicing demonstration (see Figure 18 below) at a dedicated booth at the

conference.

The goal of this demonstration was to depict the advantages of network slicing on a very busy IP network.

The demonstration was split in three distinct parts:



1) The first part consisted in a video camera and a screen. The video camera projected live images on the

screen. Since the video flow was in HD, it produced a large consumption of the network bandwidth.

2) The second part was composed by the IoT device (a temperature sensor in fact). The temperature

sensor was connected to UDG (Universal Device Gateway) wirelessly. When a high temperature

recording was sent by the sensor to UDG, a red flashing lamp turned on.

3) The third part consisted in SDN/NFV components: Provided by Ericsson and FOKUS, these software

components managed and monitored the network. The goal of these components was to ensure that

the alarm triggered by the temperature sensor was well transmitted to the other devices of the

demonstration. Notably, a video network slice was dynamically created by the SDN/NFV components

to permit the user to see the room where the temperature sensor was placed.

The scenario of the demonstration was structured and presented according to the following sequence:

1. Abnormal temperature is detected by an IoT sensor, which could indicate a fire accident. In order

to trigger the reaction, a hair dryer was used to heat a wireless temperature sensor.

2. The temperature is continuously sent to the local control and monitoring system: the Universal

Device Gateway (UDG).

3. When the received temperature is higher than 32°C, UDG launches an alarm in three steps:

a. A request is made by UDG to the Ericsson slice orchestrator to create an “emergency video

slice”.

b. An alarm is triggered by the UDG and a red flashing lamp is turned on.

c. An alarm is sent to a LWM2M (Lightweight M2M) server managed by FOKUS to trigger

another set of actions. In particular, this application server is connected to the first

prototype of the 5G!Pagoda lightweight control plane implemented as an extension of the

Fraunhofer Open5GCore (a software implementation of the carrier-grade network). A

massive number of emulated NB-IoT (Narrow Band) sensors and the physical temperature

sensor are registered to the core network and send infrequent and very small amount of

data through the control plane, providing primitives for basic connectivity to the devices.

When the LWM2M server receives the signal from the UDG, the server notifies all the

connected sensors about the current alarm condition, exploiting the connection created

at control plane level.

4. The emergency video slice is created to enable a remote video monitoring of the current situation

in the building and the room where the temperature sensor is installed. This allows to confirm or

deny the presence of a fire-related incident. The video camera stream is automatically displayed

on the screen.

5. The alert is shown on the UDG graphical user interface and on the FOKUS GUI (graphical user

interface) on the same time.

6. When the received temperature becomes lower than 30°C, UDG removes the alarm in three steps:

a. The red flashing lamp is turned off.

b. The emergency video slice is decommissioned.

c. A message is sent to the LWM2M server to cancel the alarm.

7. UDG and FOKUS display the end of the alert on their respective GUI.



Figure 18 – Dynamic slicing demonstration

The 5G!Pagoda booth has been visited by several representatives from the European Commission, the

industry, the ITU and national authorities, as illustrated in Figure 19.

Figure 19 - 2017 IoT Week, Geneva. Visit of Mauro Dell'Ambrogio, State Secretary for Research and

Education of Switzerland



Figure 20- 2017 IoT Week, Geneva.

Figure 21 - 2017 IoT Week, Geneva. 5G!Pagoda booth and demo



2.7. Articles and Publications

Despite the fact that the project was in its first year of activity, many partners have been active in

disseminating results. On the basis of activities reported by the partners, during the first year of the project,

there were 14 articles and 1 paper published by the partners. Furthermore, the partners delivered 28

contributions, 6 keynotes, 3 tutorials and 11 presentations. The three following tables (1,2,3) below give a

summary of the dissemination details for the first report period (July 1st 2016-June 30th 2017).

Table 1: Summary of articles and papers for dissemination purposes

DocumentTitle DocumentTypePublicationDate

(Month-Year)

Conference/

Journal

Consortium

Contributors

AnythingasaServicefor5GMobileSystems Article December-16 IEEENetwork

Magazine

AALTO

Application-SpecificEnd-to-EndNetworkSlicingforMobile

Networks

Paper March-17 IEICEGen.

Conference2017

UT

Content Delivery Network Slicing: QoE and Cost Awareness Article May-17 IEEEICC2017 AALTO

End-to-EndNetworkSlicingfor5GMobileNetworks Article January-17 Journalof

Information

ProcessingVol.25,

No.1

UT,AALTO

Lightweight Service Replication for Ultra-Short Latency

Applications in Mobile Edge Networks

Article May-17 IEEEICC2017 AALTO

LowLatencyMECFrameworkforSDN-basedLTE/LTE-A

Networks

Article May-17 IEEEICC2017 EURECOM

Mobile Edge Computing Potential in Making Cities Smarter Article March-17 IEEE

Communications

Magazine

AALTO

NetworkSoftwarizationandSlicingtechnologiesfor5thgeneration

mobilenetworks

Article January-17 ITUJournal UT

Optimizing Service Replication for Mobile Delay-sensitive

Applications in 5G Edge Network


PERMIT:NetwrokSlicingforPersonaliazed5GMobile

Telecommunications

Article May-17 IEEE

Communications

Magazine

AALTO,

FOKUS,UT

QoE estimation-based server benchmarking for virtual video

delivery platform


ThinkingNetworks Article September-16 Niikei

Communications

UT

Towards 5G Network Slicing over Multiple-Domains Article May-17 IEICE

Transactions on

Communications

AALTO

TowardsenforcingNetworkSlicingonRAN:Flexibilityand

Resourcesabstraction

Article June-17 IEEE

Communications

Magazine

EURECOM

Towards Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey of the Emerging 5G

Network Edge Architecture

Article May-17 IEEECOMST AALTO



Table 2: Summary of presentations used by the partners for dissemination

Document TitleDocument

Type

Publication

Date (Month - Conference / Journal

Consortium

ContributorsAction for the slice management and industrial use case Presentation March-17 TTC Workshop Hitachi

A Network Function Virtualization framework for Network

Slicing of 5G Networks

Presentation June-17 22. VDE/ITG Fachtagung

Mobilkommunikation

FOKUS

Application Driven End-to-End Network Slicing, From UE

To Cloud

Keynote October-16 IEEE CloudNet 2016 UT

Applications in 5G era and ICN Presentation February-17 Waseda GITI Forum Waseda

Challenges and Issues for 5G End-to-End Slicing and its

Orchestration

Panel May-17

IEEE IM Conference 2017

AALTO

Introduction of 5G!Pagoda Project Presentation October-16 6th EU/Japan Joint R&D

Symposium

UT, NESIC,

Hitachi, KDDI,

Waseda

Network Slicing for 5G Mobile Network Keynote October-16 IEEE 5G Summit UT

Network Slicing in 5G Mobile Networks Keynote November-16 IEEE CS-SIG-CS UT

Network Softwarization Panel May-16 IEEE ICC 2016 AALTO

Network Softwarization and Slicing technologies for 5th

generation mobile networks

Presentation November-16 TTC Workshop UT

Network Softwarization and Slicing technologies for 5th

generation mobile networks

Presentation December-16 ICT seminar in Kyshu-

University

UT

Network Softwarization and Slicing: Ongoing

Developments in Standard Developing Organizations

Keynote November-16 IEEE CSCN 206 UT

Network softwarization on MVNO service Presentation November-16 TTC Workshop NESIC

Network Softwarization Open Source Software Presentation September-16 IEICE Communictions

Society Conference 2016

UT

On Network Slicing and Network Softwarisation: Enablers

for 5G Mobile Systems

Tutorial May-17 IEEE ICC 2017 AALTO

On Network Slicing in 5G Mobile Systems Tutorial December-16 IEEE Globecom 2016 AALTO

On Network Softwarization Tutorial September-16 IEEE PIMRC 2016 AALTO

Softwarized LTE in FLARE network slices Presentation December-16 ITU FG-IMT2020 Workshop

Demo Day

UT

The Next Steps:Design Application-Driven and Apply

Right Technologies to Right Place

Keynote September-16 NV Symposium 2016 UT

Toward Enabling Smart Cities: 5G Mobile Network and

Mobile Edge Computing

Presentation July-16 GEOSMART UT

Towards 5G: On Network Softwarization Keynote June-16 IEEE HPSR/iPOP 2016 AALTO

5G!Pagoda and its study on 5G-IoT integrated business

challenges and opportunities.

Presentation June-17 EU-Taiwan 5G Workshop DG



3. Standardization

Like for any other research project, it is expected that the consortium has to deliberate on the work done

so far and generate some technical outputs before submitting them to standardization processes.

According to the description of actions, the standardization strategy has to be defined by Month 18. During

the first 18 months, the main focus is on research, technical development, and building a strategy for

standardization, dissemination and exploitation (defining the priorities, the strategy vision, the

coordination, as well as the identification of relevant partners). After that period, the main goal will be to

actively disseminate and transfer relevant information on the project towards global standardization

processes in order to deliver a solid impact.

Although we are still in the first year of the project, the consortium already has a number of standardization

achievements mainly by contributing to the ITU and 3GPP.

The figure 22 below illustrates the regular sequence in which the project is taking place.

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Figure 22 – 5G!Pagoda standardization process sequence



3.1. Standardization Objectives

The main objectives of 5G!Pagoda in terms of standardization activities are:

1. to achieve broader recognition of its results by a wide industry community;

2. to stimulate higher levels of interoperability and applicability;

3. to contribute to establishing economies of scale for 5G!Pagoda applications;

4. to consider and reuse standardized technologies (i.e., frameworks and APIs);

5. to coordinate with standardization organizations to run and validate testbeds.

In this context, the project has decided to focus on several Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs).

The standardization activity is obviously closely linked to the project technical developments. As a

consequence, the first year of activity provides only limited opportunities for standardization. It is expected

that the process and contribution to SDOs will increase over time in direct relation with the technical

development of the project.

According to the Work Plan, the standardization plan should be adopted by M18. Meanwhile, the partners

have started contributing to SDOs to collectively design and collaborative strategy for standardization.

The following subsections will present the main achievements for this first initial period.

3.2. Standardization Achievements at the ITU

The standardization potential at the ITU is mainly located in the following groups:

3.2.1. ITU-T Study Group 20 - Internet of Things and Smart Cities and Communities

The ITU-T Study Group 20 on Internet of Things and Smart Cities and Communities was been established by

the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) in June 2015. ITU-T SG20 has received

the mandate to “address the standardization requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, with an

initial focus on IoT applications in smart cities and communities.”

The ITU-T Study Group 20 will develop international standards “to enable the coordinated development of

IoT technologies, including machine-to-machine communications and ubiquitous sensor networks. A central

part of this study is the standardization of end-to-end architectures for IoT, and mechanisms for the

interoperability of IoT applications and datasets employed by various vertically oriented industry sectors.”

5G!Pagoda has started to pave the way to transfer results and support standardization with the ITU-T Study

Group 20. This piece of work is led by MI. MI, UT and Orange have agreed to work in close cooperation to

support a potential new work item in the context of SG20 with a focus on IoT needs and requirements. MI

is working on a contribution to be submitted in September 2017 at the next ITU-T SG 20 Meeting with a

first set of results.

3.2.2. Focus Group IMT-2020

The Focus Group IMT-2020 was established in order to discuss on coming 5G systems as a preliminary study

before standardization processes. The use-cases, system architectures, conventional technologies, and

future expecting technical issues were discussed, identified and summarized in the 9 draft



Recommendations and Technical Reports. 5G!Pagoda partners (UT and Waseda) have been much involved

in this activities. These partners have effectively contributed to the discussion on definition of network

softwarization, and it's strongly expected capabilities, functions, and applications (ex. ICN: Information

Centric Networking). The results of discussions have been summarized and published as "Draft technical

report: Application of network softwarization to IMT-2020 (O-041)". It was decided that related discussions

will be continued in ITU-T Study Group 13 on Future networks, with focus on IMT-2020, cloud computing

and trusted network infrastructure.

Waseda participated in the Palo Alto meeting, held between 6-9 September 2016, and submitted the

document I-281 based on the 5G!Pagoda activities. This document describes the ICN Slice realization and

possible application to IoT services. This input is included in the deliverable of Network Softwarization

group. Focus Group (FG) IMT-2020 completed its mandates and the deliverables were submitted to ITU-T

SG13, resulting in the establishment of new Questions 20 (IMT-2020：Network requirements & functional

architecture), 21 (Software-defined networking, network slicing and orchestration), and 22 (Upcoming

network technologies for IMT-2020 & Future Network). Waseda will continue the participation mainly to

Question 22.

3.2.3. ITU-T Study Group 13

ITU-T SG13 (2017-2020) Question 21 is responsible for the development of recommendations related to

software-defined networking, network slicing and its orchestration, in order to define more detailed

specifications according to the preliminary discussions in Focus Group FG IMT-2020. The Question 21 is

planned to publish Y-series Recommendations, especially Y.3000 and Y.3300 series. Prof. Akihiro Nakao

from UT, associate rapporteur and 5G!Pagoda distinguished expert, will lead the discussions and

standardization activities, with the collaboration with 5G!Pagoda partners. Furthermore, he will ensure that

the research and the development achievements are effective and useful for the standardization of network

softwarization.

Waseda has also been an active contributor to ITU-T SG13 Question 15, which is dealing with DAN (Data

Aware Network), the ITU-T name of ICN. During the 1st year, Waseda submitted many contributions to the

DAN requirement and architecture. These contributions are not necessarily the direct results of 5G!Pagoda,

but the key points of Waseda’s work in 5G!Pagoda are included in them. Now, the DAN is merged with FG’s

IMT-2020 output, and the new Question 22 was formed. In the 2nd year, Waseda will contribute to work

on Question 22, and when the opportunity allows, also to Question 21.



3.3. Standardization Achievements at 3GPP

3GPP is a powerful standardization body and has been actively working on 5G. The following work items

have been identified as relevant target for 5G!Pagoda.

3.3.1. 3GPP TR 23.799: Study on Architecture for Next Generation System

TR 23.799 Study on Architecture for Next Generation (NextGen, NexGen) System lists several key issues

relevant to design of new architecture for next generation networks. Support of network slicing is treated

as a key issue. It defines network slicing as a concept to allow multiple logical networks to be on the top of

common shared physical infrastructure.

3.3.2. 3GPP TS 23.501: System Architecture for the 5G System

In January 2017, 3GPP has started to develop the architecture specification for the 5G mobile

communication system. This specification adopts the network (function) virtualization technology as a

fundamental implementation environment for the 5G communication system. Accordingly, the 3GPP SA2

WG enables the 5G mobile communication system to accommodate multiple dedicated network slices to

the individual communication services. The development of this document will be finished by September

2017, and will specify the basic architecture (function block, signalling) as the first release of the

specification. The second phase will start in January 2018 and focus on the extension of the 5G mobile

communication system architecture.

KDDI is actively participating in 3GPP SA2 WG (Service and System Aspect Working Group) and contributing

to develop the documents mentioned above. In TR 23.799, KDDI has proposed various use cases and key

issues in the 5G mobile communication system. The use cases and key issues relevant to 5G!Pagoda are:

Supporting network slicing

Supporting for session and service continuity and efficient user plane path

Architecture impacts when using virtual environment

Regarding TR 23.501, KDDI is contributing to develop the specification on the 5G mobile communication

system architecture. In order to support network slicing, KDDI proposes a framework to allow the user

terminal to have selections which network slices the terminal connects to, and functional roles in the

architecture of the 5G mobile communication system. They are extremely relevant to adopt network slicing

into the mobile communication system, and also to allow the customers of mobile communication system

to have their dedicated communication system.



3.4. Standardization Achievements at IETF

Currently, Waseda, Orange and Ericsson are actively involved in IETF activities.

Waseda is keenly following the ICN related activities in IETF. Currently, ICN's research is taking place in the

ICNRG (Information Centric Networking Research Group) under IRTF. With the expectation that ICNRG

would move to IETF, Waseda participated the meeting held on November 13, 2016 in Seoul, Korea. Waseda

delivered two presentations about their 3N architecture (called 'Named Node Network'), which is the

expansion of NDN (Named Data Networking). Waseda is trying to realize as a slice based on the 5G!Pagoda

architecture. Unfortunately, ICNRG did not go into IETF. Therefore, even though Waseda will keep watching

the ICN related activities, as for now, the same level of participation as in the 1st year is not scheduled for

the 2nd year.

As far as Orange is concerned, the company (particularly Sławomir Kukliński) is involved in IETF activities on

Network Slicing from May 1st 2017. He is an active contributor to two drafts on network slicing. The first is

a Network Slicing Problem Statement, the second one is about Network Slicing Architecture.

Ericsson is involved in several IETF activities of which some are related to network slicing. Currently, the

SoD for network slicing is being defined. The company has so far been working on the transport aspects of

the network slices. This work is taking place in the TEAS working group since a couple of years under the

name of ACTN (Abstraction and Control of Traffic Engineered Networks). Ericsson (Daniele Ceccarelli) has

contributed to the Internet Draft on the Framework for Abstraction and Control of Traffic Engineered

Networks. Ericsson is also following the discussion in the NetSlices where a BoF (Birds of Feather) is being

planned in order to create a NetSlices working group. Currently, Ericsson does not have an official position

on that work.



3.5. IEEE Standards Association

IEEE is an important venue for both dissemination and standardization. The following bodies have been

identified as relevant target for 5G!Pagoda.

3.5.1. IEEE IoT

IEEE IoT is a subcommittee of the Emerging Technologies Committee whose objective is “to facilitate a

global definition of IoT architecture and governance; investigate the sensitive security and privacy issues;

the trust management aspects; and explore the different technology scenarios and impacts when enabling

Internet protocols over the emerging generations of IoT devices and networks in order to reach

harmonization and end to end transparency using next generation Internet Protocols (such as Internet

Protocol Version 6 (IPv6),…).” (http://iot.committees.comsoc.org/)

MI serves as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee and has accepted to support the IEEE dissemination. In this

context, MI and the IEEE Subcommittee on IoT have supported and organized the first Global IoT Summit

(GIOTS) conference officially endorsed by IEEE and its SC on IoT. The conference was collocated with the

IoT Week 2017 in Geneva, from June 6 to 9 2017. A dedicated set of sessions on 5G and IoT were organized

with the support of MI.

Figure 23 - IEEE ComSoc logo

3.5.2. IEEE Conference on Standards for Communication and Networking

The IEEE CSCN conference is usually held annually, and focuses on delivering a rich technical program

discussing the future of mobile communications systems through distinguished keynotes, panels and

technical sessions. Since the discussions in this conference strongly affect the direction of global

standardization, 5G!Pagoda partners will be very much involved and will contribute to this conference,

following the suggestions of Prof. Tarik Taleb (Aalto) and Prof. Akihiro Nakao (UT), as steering committee

members of IEEE CSCN and as 5G!Pagoda Principal Investigators.

http://iot.committees.comsoc.org/



3.6. Standardization Achievements at ETSI

In the current phase of the project, the following standardisation achievements at ETSI can be outlined.

3.6.1. ETSI NFV

Depending on the evolution of 5G!Pagoda, the Consortium considers the possibility for Orange to lead the

dissemination results towards ETSI NFV (European Telecommunications Standards Institute's Network

Functions Virtualization), where Orange is involved. It was considered that Orange could provide

information to ETSI NFV, shall it be relevant.

3.6.2. ETSI INT

ETSI Interoperability group (INT) is handling issues such as the interworking between the different

components, as well as the benchmarking standards for the network functions. This includes the definition

of methodologies, tests and limit values for the different components. Fraunhofer FOKUS is involved in the

benchmarking of software packet networks as part of its activities in the area of testing new features and

the adoption on the large scale of software network platforms especially concentrating on the support of

emerging and small vendors to reach the market.

3.7. Standardization Achievements at Japan 5G Promotion Forum

5GMF, the 5th Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum has been established on September

30th 2016. It involves 117 companies and organizations which commonly research, share state-of-the-art

technology and business trends, and collaborate towards a successful 5G launch in Japan. In 2016, the 5GMF

published a white paper entitled '5G Mobile Communication Systems for 2020 and beyond'.

Prof. Akihiro Nakao is the leader of the Network Architecture Committee. Hitachi and KDDI are active

contribution members of 5GMF. Because of this, research results from 5G!Pagoda are expected to

contribute to accelerating 5GMF technology verification activities in Japan.



3.8. Main Contributions to Standardization Bodies

The following Table 3 below gives an overview of the main contributions submitted by the partners to the

standardization bodies.

Table 3: Summary of contributions used by the partners for dissemination purposes

Document TitleDocument

Type

Publication

Date

Conference /

Journal

Consortium

ContributorsMerged Proposal for Network Slice Selection Contribution 01.07.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

User Plane format solutions Contribution 01.07.2016 3GPP SA2 WG Ericsson, KDDI

Modification of the Set of Selected Slices for a UE Contribution 01.09.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

Network Slicing Solution#2 Update Contribution 01.09.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

New text contribution for Clause 9.2 (Application scenario

of network softwarization ) in IMT-O-028 (Baseline

Document: Application of network softwarization to IMT-

2020)

Contribution 01.09.2016 FG IMT-2020 Waseda

Merged Proposal for Network Slice Selection Contribution 11.07.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

NextGen additional network slicing interim agreements Contribution 29.08.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

Updated Interim Agreements related to

selection/reselection of U-plane function

Contribution 17.10.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

Way forward on migration from option 3 to NG Core Contribution 17.10.2016 3GPP SA2 WG Ericsson, KDDI

Updates on interworking and migration solution 18.2:

Overall


Proposal of Additional Interim Agreements on Session

Management


Update to section 8.1. Interim Agreements Contribution 14.11.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

Proposal of Architectural Requirements for USOS Contribution 14.11.2016 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

Proposed Network Slicing Update to 23.501 Clause 5.13 Contribution 16.01.2017 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

PWS support in 5GC Contribution 16.01.2017 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

23.501 Update of Policy interface with UEs Contribution 13.02.2017 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

TS 23.501 - Additional concepts and corrections for

support for connectivity to a local area


TS 23.501: Updates to network slicing description Contribution 26.03.2017 3GPP SA2 WG KDDI

IMT-O-036 : Baseline Document: Application of network

softwarization to IMT-2020

Contribution 06.09.2016 FG IMT-2020 UT

IMT-O-041: Draft Technical Report: Report on application

of network softwarization to IMT-2020


I-276: Proposal to add sections in Clause 7.3 (Data Plane

Programmability) of the Network Softwarization WG’s

draft deliverable


I-279: Baseline Document: Application of network

softwarization to IMT-2020


I-279Att1: Baseline Document: Application of network

softwarization to IMT-2020(att1)


I-279att2: Baseline Document: Application of network

softwarization to IMT-2020 (att2)


I-253: Baseline Document: Application of Network

Softwarization to IMT-2020


I-253att1:Baseline Document: Application of Network

Softwarization to IMT-2020 (att1)


I253att2: Baseline Document: Application of Network

Softwarization to IMT-2020 (att2)


I-252: ext Proposal for section 6.4 Softwarization

document




3.9. Standardization Strategy for the Upcoming Period

As mentioned earlier, the following period will seek to consolidate the approach defined in the current

phase and will focalize the efforts and the resources on the areas that will reveal to be most appropriate

and relevant to the project. Furthermore, the upcoming period will focus on strengthening dissemination,

exploitation and standardization activities.

The long-term vision of the project is to build a close collaboration between Europe and Japan in order to

deliver common proposals. Indeed, by doing so, the consortium hopes to facilitate and impact the

standardization process and the international negotiations.



4. Partnerships, Liaisons and Cooperation

The development of partnerships, liaisons and cooperation is part of task T6.3. The task T6.3 is led by MI

and is expected to be supported by all partners. The task 6.3 is expected to start on Month 18. However,

the task leader already outlined some key strategic orientations.

4.1. Strategy and Objectives

A key objective of the task T6.3 is to leverage on the wide contact list of the participating partners. It intends

to establish partnerships with the different relevant stakeholders, particularly IoT service providers outside

the consortium, so that, with the definition of appropriate interfaces to their services, they could be

included in the testbed of the 5G!Pagoda testbed (WP5).

4.2. Partnerships

An initial set of potential partnerships have been identified by members of the consortium.

4.2.1. Identified Stakeholders

Task T2.2 identified a list of key stakeholders. Amon these stakeholders, we already identified a subset of

strategic stakeholders to be considered by T6.3, including:

ICT Manufacturers, such as Ericsson and KDDI

Telco Operators, such as Orange

Standard Development Organizations (SDOs), such as the ITU, and 3GPP

4.2.2. Working with IoT Service Providers

4.2.2.1. UDG

Universal Device Gateway (UDG) is a multiprotocol control and monitoring system encompassing over 50

IoT standards and communication protocols. The UDG framework is maintained by the UDG Alliance, which

is hosted and coordinated by DG. DG will leverage on UDG to test and validate the dynamic slicing

mechanism with IoT deployment on the European side.

4.2.2.2. EIP-SCC

The European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) is in charge of developing

a European Urban Platform. DG and MI are both partners of the EIP-SCC and the core group in charge of

developing the Urban Platform. They will closely follow its development and will test the dynamic slicing

compliance and relevance of such IoT and smart cities architecture.

4.2.2.3. FIWARE

FIWARE was developed as a modular framework enabling the deployment of large scale services, such as

cloud computing and IoT management. MI and DG have a close cooperation with the FIWARE community

and the newly established foundation. They will take care of testing and validating the dynamic slicing

compliance and relevance for such IoT and smart cities architecture.



4.2.2.4. OASC

The Open and Agile Smart Cities Alliance (OASC) gathers about a hundred cities around the world. It has

developed and adopted a set of common APIs and interoperable data formats to be used by their city

members. MI and DG are closely cooperating with OASC and will assess and test dynamic slicing compliance

and relevance for such IoT and smart cities architecture.

4.3. Liaison and Cooperation with Other Organizations

A number of partners have established cooperation and liaison with other organizations. The following part

outlines their achievements.

4.3.1. IoT Forum

MI is hosting the Secretariat of the IoT Forum and serves as President of the Board since 2016. One of the

major activities of the IoT Forum is to organize the yearly IoT Week conference. MI liaised with the

programme committee to ensure that 5G!Pagoda would be presented during the IoT Week 2017 in Geneva.

4.3.2. IoT Lab

The IoT Lab association has been established by the European research project IoT Lab. It gathers and

federates several European testbeds together with crowdsourcing resources and tools. The IoT Lab

resources and testbed as a service (TBaaS) will be made available to MI for the tests and validation of

5G!Pagoda use cases.

4.3.3. Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV)

The contributions towards the Open Plaform for NFV (OPNFV) platform are punctual and with a life span of

a release (e.g. 1 year). In a first phase, Fraunhofer FOKUS is part of the OPNFV platform with its OpenBaton

toolkit which is integrated as part of the end-to-end OPNFV platform through the integration project

Orchestra. This step will act as an ignition phase for the adoption of the 5G!Pagoda technologies as part of

the OPNFV platform, as being a key technology element for enabling the support for multi-slicing within the

OPNFV environment. However, due to the current lack of momentum of the OPNFV, such activities may be

discontinued.

4.3.4. Open Source MANO (OSM)

Fraunofer FOKUS is part of the Open Source MANO initiative, targeting the development of an ETSI MANO

standard compatible orchestrator within the platform. The current main goal is the integration of the

OpenBaton part of the platform. The initial steps into this direction were taken in a previous project where

the OpenBaton was integrated with the OpenVIM functionality of OpenSourceMANO. However, the activity

was discontinued as deemed too early for exploitation by the Open Source MANO partners.



4.3.5. Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC)

The TTC (The Telecommunication Technology Committee) was established in October 1985, and has been

involved in the standardization, investigation, and in the promotion of a wide range of technologies related

to information and communications. All drafts should be reviewed and approved by special members of the

TTC in order to be submitted as Japanese proposals to ITU-T. Since Japanese partners have a strong

relationship with TTC, the University of Tokyo's results can be proposed as national drafts into global

standardization bodies. Moreover, UT can promote their research results in seminars, exhibitions and

conferences supported by TTC.

4.3.6. IoT Acceleration Consortium (IoT-AC)

The 2016 IoT Acceleration Consortium (IoT-AC) agreement paves the way for a new technological era for

the public, industrial and academic sector in which development and IoT-related technologies play a central

role in promoting a new business model. The 5G!Pagoda members joined the IoT-AC, and share a

collaborative relationship. Since this Consortium will share future IoT-related services and application

scenarios, the liaison and cooperation with IoT-AC is necessary and valuable for 5G!Pagoda partners in

order to verify 5G!Pagoda use-cases.

4.4. Liaison and Cooperation with Other Research Projects

The members of 5G!Pagoda actively cooperate with other research projects. Indeed, a number of these

projects, including METIS II, 5G Ensure and Coherent fall under the scope of the 5G-PPP (5G Infrastructure

Public Private Partnership). The members also cooperate with other European projects.

5G-PPP

4.4.1. METIS II

METIS-II (Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for 2020 Information Society-II) is a H2020 project.

It aims to:

Develop the overall 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) design (where 5G refers to the overall future

wireless communications system including evolved legacy and novel radio access technologies), in

a level of detail in between “Technology Readiness Level 2” and “Technology Readiness Level 3”,

and focusing particularly on designing the technology for an efficient integration of legacy and

novel radio access network concepts into one holistic 5G system.

Provide the 5G collaboration framework within 5G-PPP for a common evaluation of 5G radio access

network concepts from both a performance and techno-economical perspective. More specifically,

METIS-II will further refine 5G scenarios, requirements and KPIs, develop a performance and

techno-economical evaluation framework, and provide consolidation and guidance to other 5G-

PPP projects on spectrum and overall 5G radio access network design aspects. Further, METIS-II

will develop an open-source 5G evaluation and visualisation tool for illustrating the key use cases

of a 5G system as such, and the benefit of the key radio access network design elements developed.



Prepare concerted action towards regulatory and standardisation bodies for an efficient

standardisation, development and economically attractive roll-out of 5Gwith a strong European

footprint and head-start.

Ericsson is a partner of the project.

4.4.2. 5G ENSURE

5G ENSURE is a H2020 5G PPP project. It is targeting to:

Develop a set of non-intrusive security and privacy enablers (Privacy, Trust, Monitoring, Network

Management and Virtualisation Isolation) for the core of the 5G Reference Architecture.

Define a 5G Security Architecture needed to expand the mobile ecosystem giving operators a

platform for entirely new business opportunities.

Deliver strategic impact across technology, business enablement & standardisation.

Initiate a 5G Security test bed vision and initial set-up in which the security enablers will be made

available and demonstrated.

Ericsson is a partner of the project focusing on the security aspects of network slicing. There will be a

collaboration between the people working in 5G!Pagoda and 5G Ensure, especially regarding isolation of

network slices.

4.4.3. Coherent

Coherent is a H2020 5G-PPP phase 1 project. It aims at developing:

Software defined networking for radio access networks, to enable a scalable and flexible control

and coordination framework for complex resource coordination and spectrum management in 5G

networks.

Efficient radio resource modelling and management in programmable radio access networks, with

well-defined control interfaces and protocols to greatly simplify the management of

heterogeneous mobile networks, to be verified by various 5G use cases.

Flexible spectrum management, based on the awareness of spectrum usage through the

COHERENT control framework, to support different spectrum access schemes, including but not

limited to, Licensed Shared Access, License Assisted Access, and flexible duplex in 5G radio access

networks.

EURECOM is a partner of the project, and will ensure the liaison between both projects, particularly focusing

on the MAC scheduling and FlexRAN protocol.

Other projects

4.4.4. F-Interop

F-Interop is a H2020 research project developing a platform on online testing tools for the IoT. It works in

close cooperation with several SDOs. MI is Scientific and Technical Coordinator of F-Interop and will ensure

the liaison between both projects.



4.4.5. ANASTACIA

ANASTACIA is a European research project researching new models and paradigm for cybersecurity. MI,

DG, AU, and Ericsson are all members of ANASTACIA and will ensure a close cooperation between both

projects to develop synergies wherever relevant.

4.4.6. Synchronicity

MI and UDG Alliance (supported by DG) are both involved in Synchronicity the European Large Scale Pilot

on IoT for Smart Cities. Synchronicity will be considered as a potential pilot for some tests and validation

for dynamic slicing in large scale IoT deployments.



5. Exploitation

The task in charge of exploitation, the task T6.3, is led by MI and is expected to start in January 2018. Despite

the fact that the task has not started yet, here are some initial outlines of the task strategy and vision.

5.1. Exploitation Strategy

There is a close interdependency between the task T6.3 on exploitation and the task T2.2 on market

analysis. Both task leaders have agreed on a joint collaborative approach between both tasks. Task T2.2 will

generate a first deliverable D2.2 that will influence the work orientation of task T6.3. Task T6.3 will start in

month 18 and provide inputs to the task T2.2 that will generate the deliverable D2.4. The latter will

contribute to feed and guide the conclusion of task T6.3 leading to the adoption of the deliverable D6.5.

Figure 24 - Integrated exploitation strategy for 5G!Pagoda

5.2. Collective Exploitation Achievements

The opportunity and potential for a collective exploitation strategy has been assessed through a survey

elaborated by both task leaders (T2.2 and T6.3). On the basis of the information provided by the partners,

a joint commercial exploitation is unlikely to occur. There is a higher potential for standardization and

dissemination enabling third parties to adopt and exploit the 5GPagoda research outputs. More details are

provided in the deliverable D2.2.



5.3. Individual Exploitation Achievements and Plans

The followed section represents the individual exploitation achievements and plans transmitted by the

partners.

5.3.1. Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio

First, Aalto University offers education on the highest academic levels. Inputs from 5G!Pagoda project will

be significant in the continuing reformulation of the master degree curricula in Computer, Communication

and Information Science, ensuring long-term competitiveness of the educational offering. To this aim,

5G!Pagoda solutions will be integrated as part of teaching contents, so that students can acquire knowledge

in the most recent trends and enhance their opportunities to find job in both academic and industrial

sectors. In this vein, network slicing and enablers can bring new significant materials in the teaching courses

related to emerging software-based networks.

Secondly, the activities conducted in 5G!Pagoda will enrich the AALTO research initiatives, by supporting

Ph.D. education and extending knowledge of researchers in relevant project areas. The mission of AALTO is

indeed to carry out excellent research in main scientific domains, whose outcomes will be reported in

publications in major international conferences and journals in mobile networking and cloud. To achieve

the 5G!Pagoda objectives, AALTO will also leverage well-established open-source projects on SDN and NFV

paradigms. Potential contributions, in the form of patches, to these projects will be also examined, thus

aiming to promote the adoption of project outcomes in both academic and industry communities. This shall

be an important vehicle for the industrial exploitation of the research findings in 5G!Pagoda. Furthermore,

AALTO will look for opportunities to influence emerging standards in the research areas of 5G!Pagoda.

Standards-relevant results of the project will be also promoted within the IEEE Conference on Standards for

Communications and Networking, that Prof. Taleb has founded and where he serves as Steering Committee

Chair.

Finally, the know-how and IPR generated in 5G!Pagoda will deepen the direct industry collaboration of

AALTO with relevant ICT industries. This may happen via different strategies, such as technological

consultancy, training sessions, joint research activities. The 5G!Pagoda outcomes will also open up new

avenues for future projects and innovation with concrete impact on society. Furthermore, with the support

of the Aalto Center for Entrepreneurship, the AALTO team is highly motivated to explore, where possible,

different options for the creation of an Aalto spin-off for the commercialization of the 5G!Pagoda findings.

5.3.2. Ericsson

Ericsson will utilize results from 5G!Pagoda to contribute to the development of features in its products and

services. The process starts via internal dissemination to make the other research units aware of the project

results and to coordinate with other research activities. Ericsson has also exploited the results in

implementing a demo for the IoT Week 2017, showing slicing as an important concept for IoT use cases.



5.3.3. Fraunhofer - FOKUS

Fraunhofer FOKUS has stated the exploitation of the initial results of the 5G!Pagoda project through

scientific publications together with the other project partners. Additionally, from the initial project

implementation results, a first version of a software license for the lightweight core network with deep data

plane programmability was created, addressing testbed deployments, already having a pre-paying industry

customer which required such features into their internal 5G testbed (under a non-disclosure agreement).

5.3.4. EURECOM

EURECOM has started exploiting the first results of the 5G!Pagoda project through scientific publications.

Besides the common publications with other partners (EuCNC 2017 poster and IEICE transactions paper),

EURECOM has published two papers describing the developed solution on the two level MAC scheduler and

Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing concepts in IEEE Communications Magazine. In addition, EURECOM has

published a work regarding its MEC platform based on OpenAirInterface in the 2017 IEEE ICC (The

International Conference on Communications) conference.

5.3.5. Mandat International

MI has already started to leverage on 5G!Pagoda results to extend its research infrastructure towards

dynamic slicing. The extension of dynamic slicing is expected to be applied to the IoT lab federation of

testbeds coordinated by MI. IoT Lab is a research platform exploring the potential of crowdsourcing and

Internet of Things for multidisciplinary research with more end-user interactions. It federates several

European IoT testbeds into a common testbed as a service infrastructure. In parallel, it enables new forms

of interactions with end-users. It intends to place the crowd at the core of the research and innovation

process. Dynamic slicing should enable the improving of the network management across the federation

with remote testbeds, as well as an opportunity to connect with 5G related experiments and researches.

In parallel, 5G!Pagoda achievements are being used by MI to feed its standardization effort at the ITU-T. MI

intends to relay relevant outputs of the project to ITU, with a focus on IoT related aspects. The focus of MI

effort will be set on the Study Group 20 covering the Internet of Things and Smart Cities.

Finally, MI will leverage the project to extend its collaboration links with the industrial partners of the

consortium.

5.3.6. Device Gateway SA

DG has already started to leverage on 5G!Pagoda results to adapt its products and services towards network

dynamic slicing. Such approach is expected to increase the reliability of IoT deployment under DG control.

More specifically, the dynamic slicing will be incorporated into the control and monitoring system

technologies developed by Device Gateway: the Universal Device Gateway technology (UDG). The dynamic

slicing is expected to extend the capabilities of UDG for highly demanding customers. DG will also consider

and assess the evolution towards Mobile Virtual Network Operator from its business perspective.

In parallel, DG will leverage the project to extend collaboration with industrial partners of the consortium,

with a focus on IoT related services.



5.3.7. University of Tokyo

UT has already started to leverage on 5G!Pagoda results to extend its research infrastructure towards

Network Softwarization. In parallel, 5G!Pagoda achievements are being used by UT to feed its

standardization effort at the ITU-T and 5GMF. In particular, our prototype system has already exhibited at

the ITU-T FG-IMT2020 workshop and demo day in December 2016.

5.3.8. KDDI

In the first year, KDDI has just been working on the 3GPP standardization by vendors dealing with the 5G

mobile communication system, as the potential exploitation. We also had promoted the Ministry of Internal

affairs and communications to start the new project evaluating the state-of-the-art of 5G mobile

communication systems, candidate systems and relevant technologies. It has just started in May 2017.

5.3.9. Waseda University

Waseda University has already started the study to use 5G!Pagoda flame work/testbed to develop new

services and demonstrate them. ICN slice usage for IoT services will be the main focus.

5.3.10. NESIC

NESIC has already started to leverage on 5G!Pagoda results to adapt its experimental system towards

service slicing for medical institution. This approach is expected to increase service opportunity for mobile

virtual network operators (MVNOs).

5.3.11. Hitachi

Hitachi has already started to leverage on 5G!Pagoda result to adapt its product and service towards slice

orchestration for IoT services. Such approach is expected to increase the value Hitachi's products and

services.



6. Conclusion

The Deliverable 6.2 has sought to present all the necessary activities for adequate dissemination and

communication of the project results, so as to promote the awareness of its progress.

In the first phase of the project, the dissemination activities exploit and disseminate the overall findings of

5G!Pagoda, scientific and technical, in both industry and academia. They include early dissemination

measures, publishing articles in journals and magazines, contributing to international conferences and

summits, the promotion of 5G!Pagoda-related activities on social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn),

organizing external public workshops during 5G!Pagoda life-time (particularly the IoT Week and the Berlin

5G Week), with participants from the wider H2020 community to facilitate effective communication among

researchers. Furthermore, this task informs the broader public about the project, including non-technical

releases. The standards-relevant findings of the project have appeared as an equally important contribution

to the 5G!Pagoda, taking principally the format of scientific publications, especially to the IEEE

Communications Magazine – Communications Standards Supplement and the IEEE Conference on

Standards for Communications and Networking (IEEE-CSCN), created and chaired by the AU key personnel.

Contributions to standardization enable 5G!Pagoda to achieve broader recognition of its results by a wide

industry community, stimulate higher levels of interoperability and contribute to establishing economies of

scale for 5G!Pagoda applications. Indeed, the 5G!Pagoda architecture and mechanisms consider and reuse

standardized technologies (i.e., frameworks and APIs). Moreover, close coordination between research

projects and standardization organizations, particularly through running and validated testbeds, is an

important mechanism for exploitation of results and or inspiring and initiating innovation. Consortium

members have long histories of standardization experience in various standardization bodies.

Finally, in spite of the early stage of the research, the partners have started to pave the way for the

exploitation of 5G!Pagoda research outputs. It appears, at the current stage of the project, that the most

relevant way to move forward will consist in transferring the research outputs to the market through

standardization and dissemination. In parallel, direct exploitation can occur on a case per case basis.

Regardless of the effective outputs qualified for direct exploitation, the project will consider the

development of cooperative links between European and Japanese partners as an important objective. It

can take the form of partnerships, the collaboration for future developments of products and services, as

well as the collaboration in promoting standardization efforts internationally, particularly at the level of the

ITU-T.

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