CallforSpecialSessionPapers

PIMRC2018SpecialSessionSS3:ElectromagneticExposurein5GNetworksDate:Monday,TuesdayorWednesday,September10-12(dependingonoverallschedule).SpecialSessionOrganiser(s):ClaudiaCarciofi,FondazioneUgoBordoni;SamuelaPersia,FondazioneUgoBordoni;SimonaValbonesi,FondazioneUgoBordoni

MotivationandBackgroundAsthenextgenerationofmobilecommunicationstechnologies(‘5G’)isbeingdeveloped,regulatorsareonceagainfacedwithnewchallengesposedbytheinnovative5Gradioaccessnetworks,includingEMFexposureandtherelatedhealtheffects.The International TelecommunicationUnion (ITU) has recently started addressing the regulatory issues on EMF exposure in 5Gnetworks.Moreover,theInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC)iscurrentlyworkingonexposureassessmentmethodsforTDDsystemsandmassiveMIMOsmartantennas.The ICNIRPguidelines represent thebasis for the regulatory frameworksonEMFexposure limits.SomecountriesadoptedmorerestrictiveexposurelimitswithrespecttotheICNIRPguidelines,andthiscouldhampertheintroductionandthedevelopmentofnewbroadbandwirelessnetworks.Current legislationson EMFexposure limits arebasedon the receivedamountof non-ionising radiationdue to radio frequencyemissions.Themethodologytocalculatethereceivedexposureisbasedontheassumptionofapredictableradiationpatternfromthe transmitting antenna. The active antennas in the 5Gmobile networks will be very different from those in the current 4Gsystems; as a consequence the assumptions used in current models and numerical simulations to assess the electromagneticexposurecouldbenotsuitablefor5Gsystems.Inprinciple,5GradioaccessnetworkswillbespecificallydesignedtominimizetransmitterpowerbyusingnewadvancedradioandcorenetworkarchitecturesabletominimisetransmissionandinducelowerEMFlevels. Inaddition5GwillusemassiveMIMOandsmartantennasallowingtheoptimisationofcoveragewhileminimisingpowerconsumption:requireddataaretransmittedonlyinthedirectionoftheuserandthisshouldbedulyconsideredinexposureassessment.TheSpecialSessionwillbefocussedontechnicalandregulatoryinnovativetopicson5Gelectromagneticexposuresandwilladdressexisting EMF exposure models to invite enhancements for their application to 5G networks, as well as explore necessaryimprovementstotheexposuremeasurementmethodologytowardstimely5Gdeployments.Topicsofinterestinclude,butarenotlimitedto:

EMFPolicy-regulatorychallengesfor5G EMFTestFrameworkfor5G 5Gexposureassessmentmethodologies5GMIMO-smartantennasEMFexposure 5GEMFfieldmeasurements 5GEMFassessmentabove6GHzRegulatoryaspectsand5Gdeployment 5GEMFnumericalsimulations Exposuremodelsenhancements

SubmissionGuidelines

Prospectiveauthorsare invitedtosubmittechnicalpapersoftheirpreviouslyunpublishedwork.AcceptedspecialsessionpaperswillbepartoftheConferenceProceedingsandwillbeuploadedtoIEEEXplore.PapersshouldbesubmittedviaEDAS;thelinksareavailable at http://pimrc2018.ieee-pimrc.org under “Authors”. Papers should follow the same Author guidelines of the generalsymposium,whichareavailableathttp://pimrc2018.ieee-pimrc.org/authors/submission-guidelines/.

KeyDatesPapersubmission: May18,2018Acceptancenotification: June15,2018Finalpaperdue: June29,2018