5G Research

in Horizon 2020

Why 5G research?

Thibaut KLEINER
European Commission - DG CONNECT
Unit E1: Network Technologies
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
Communication networks are essential

• Connecting EU citizens
• Enabling the Internet
• Powering digital applications
• Growth and competitiveness
• Global market of €400 billion
• EU-headquartered companies
have 40% global market share
>1,3 million jobs
In Europe
 Greater need for network capacity

Ref.: Ericsson Mobility Report. Nov. 2013

New demand areas: Internet of Things and
Machine-to-Machine communications
• Connection of 50bn machines by 2020
 short messages
 low frequency
 low energy 9.741
9.204
8.643
8.053
7.424
6.766
6.176
5.474
4.705
4.050

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Global connection in Billions, including M2M

Faster networks for new
applications: mobile games, social
networks, TV, video, e-health etc…
 We need a next G

Societal drivers: Research & Technology drivers:

Urbanisation Capacity/Efficiency
Smart cities Service/Content centricity
Mobility Virtualisation & “Cloudification”
Information availability Cognition
Social networks
Context awareness
Privacy
Security Manageability
Energy efficiency Self-organisation
Demographic trends Self-optimisation
Healthcare Cross-layer optimisation
Education Flexibility
… Smart environments, Sensors, M2M
…
Mobile Communications: 1G to 4G
Timeline
 Commissioner Kroes called on industry
to join EU Commission in a PPP on 5G
• Commissioner Kroes called on industry at Mobile World
Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain
“… And today I call on EU industry and other partners to
join us in a Public-Private partnership in this area. An open
platform that helps us reach our common goal more
coherently, directly, and quickly. European 5G is an
unmissable opportunity to recapture the global
technological lead. And I hope you will be able to support
and join us. …”

Source: Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Smashing barriers and thinking big. Address at Mobile World Congress, 26 February 2013,
Barcelona, Spain, http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-159_en.htm?locale=en .
 5G-PPP launched, with indicative
EU funding of €700 million

5G-PPP association's founding partners: Ericsson, Orange, NSN, SES, Alcatel-Lucent

 How to participate
• Participate in ETP (http://new-etp.eurescom.eu/) and Association (http://5g-infrastructure-ppp.eu/)
• Contribute to the Expert Group to update SRIA
• Support requirements capturing on future networks
• Members of ETP can be candidates for ETP Steering Board /
Association and additional members in Association
• Contribute via Associate Members
• In 5G PPP projects
• Commission is publishing Open Calls for Proposals
• Everyone can submit proposals
• Independent evaluators select proposals based on criteria
scientific and technological excellence,
impact and
Implementation
• Integration of successful proposals into the PPP program in order to
ensure cooperation of projects

• There is no membership in 5G PPP, because participation in PPP projects is open

Source: Association.
 5G is more than NG Mobile Network
 Ubiquitous, faster, better, stronger
 10Gbit/s, 1ms latency
 More secure, lower energy consumption, lower
operating costs
 M2M, Device-to-Device, Internet of Things
 50B connected objects by 2020
 new services and applications
 SDN, integration with cloud
 innovations yet to be invented
5G will affect the whole infrastructure even
though Radio Access is key
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Horizon 2020: 3 priorities

•Excellent
science

•Industrial •Societal
leadership challenges
 Europe 2020 priorities

Shared objectives and principles

Tackling Societal Challenges Creating Industrial Leadership and


ICT 
Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Food security, sustainable agriculture and
Competitive Frameworks
 Leadership in enabling and industrial
the bio-based economy technologies
ICT  Secure, clean and efficient energy ICT
Nanotech., Materials, Manuf. and
ICT
ICT 

Smart, green and integrated transport
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw
Processing
ICT materials
Biotechnology
Space
ICT  Inclusive, innovative and reflective
societies  Access to risk finance
 Innovation in SMEs
ICT  Secure Societies

EIT Excellence in the Science Base

 Frontier research (ERC)
JRC 

Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Skills and career development (Marie Curie)
ICT
 Research infrastructures
ICT
Simplified access Dissemination & knowledge tranfer
Common rules, toolkit of funding schemes
 Future Internet in WP 2014-15

IoT Net Innovation

INCO
 ICT 10: Collective awareness platforms for sustainability and
social innovation
Internet of things and platforms

EU-Brazil R&D cooperation in advanced

EU-Japan R&D cooperation in Net Futures

 ICT 13: Web entrepreneurship
for connected smart objects

Software, services and cloud computing

 ICT 7: Advanced cloud infrastructures and services
 ICT 8: ECP: pre-commercial and joint procurement
 ICT 9: Tools and methods for software development

Experimental Platforms

cyber infrastructure
 ICT 11: FIRE+ (Future Internet Research & Experimentation)
 ICT 12: Integrating experiments and facilities in FIRE+

Network technologies Network technologies

ICT 30:

 ICT 5: Smart networks &

novel Internet architectures  ICT 14: PPP on advanced
 ICT 6: Smart optical & wireless 5G network infrastructure
network technologies for the Future Internet

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 5G Research
in Horizon 2020

Key aspects of the 5G-PPP

Bernard BARANI
European Commission - DG CONNECT
Unit E1: Network Technologies
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
 H2020 Context

Article 25: Public-private partnerships

1. Horizon 2020 may be implemented through public-private partnerships where
all the partners concerned commit to supporting the development and
implementation of precompetitive research and of innovation activities of strategic
importance to the Union's competitiveness and industrial leadership or to addressing
specific societal challenges. Public-private partnerships shall be implemented in such
a way that full participation of the best European players is not impeded.
2. The involvement of the Union in public-private partnerships shall make use of the
preexisting and lean governance structures and may take one of the following forms:
a) financial contributions from the Union to joint undertakings established pursuant to
Article 187 TFEU under the Seventh Framework Programme, subject to the
amendment of their basic acts; to new public-private partnerships……
b) contractual arrangements between the partners referred to in paragraph 1,
which specify the objectives of the partnership, respective commitments of
the partners, key performance indicators, and outputs to be delivered,
including the identification of research and innovation activities that require
support from Horizon 2020.
Source: EU Commission: REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing Horizon 2020 - The
Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision o 1982/2006/EC.
PPP main Implementation
Vehicles

 An Association representing the "Private

Side"
http://5g-ppp.eu/about-us/
 A Contractual Agreement (CA)
 Signed By Commissioner Kroes and Association
representatives on 17 December 2017
 Specifying Commitments on both side and agreed Key
Performance Indicators (KPI's)

 The EU R&I Work-programme

See ICT-14 text of
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/201
4_2015/main/h2020-wp1415-leit-ict_en.pdf
 Main Role of the
Association

 Ex ante: define a Strategic Research and Innovation

Agenda (SRIA) with sector actors at large
 Ex post: verify that implemented research contribute
to target objectives and agreed KPI's
 Support to related policy aspects
 Monitor leveraging factors
 Key aspects:
 Transparency, openness, fairness.
 The Commission remains responsible for the
implementation of the research programme cycle
 5G PPP Specifics

• Focus on Communications infrastructure, with a

beyond 2020 time line
• Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda defined
through European Technology Platform:
http://www.networks-etp.eu/
• EU commits budget up to €700 milions for R&D&I
funding for 5G between 2014 and 2020 (through
Horizon 2020 programme)
• Private Side commits to leveraging investments
(X5) and aiming at agreed KPIs
• EU provides policy support for 5G development
(e.g. standardisation, spectrum planning, international
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 5G PPP Focus

 Addressing growing markets:

 Internet access
 Mobile data services
 Business data services
 Enabling new biz/soc scenarios
 Solving perceived limitations of network
infrastructures
 EU contribution to the 5G global issues (multiple
programmes now starting)
 5G PPP –KPIs (1/2)
Business-related
 Private investments to leverage at least 5 times EU funding
 Target SME participation > 20% of the total public funding
 40 % global market share in communication infrastructure
Performance KPIs:
 1000 times wireless area capacity + ↗ varied service
capabilities
 Saving up to 90% of energy per service provided
 Reducing avg service creation time from 90 h to 90 min.
 Very dense deployments
 Secure, reliable and dependable Internet with a “zero
perceived” downtime for services provision 24
 5G PPP –KPIs (1/2)

Societal KPIs:
 Enabling advanced User controlled privacy
 Reduction of energy consumption per service up to
90%
 European availability of a competitive industrial offer
for 5G systems and technologies
 New economically-viable services of high societal
value (like U-HDTV and M2M applications)

 Establishment and availability of 5G skills

development curricula in partnership with the EIT 25
 5G Research
in Horizon 2020

5G-PPP in the Horizon 2020

Workprogramme 2014-2015

Bernard BARANI
European Commission - DG CONNECT
Unit E1: Network Technologies
"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
 The Future: Very wide range of Storage

requirements Processing
Communi-
cation

• From IoT to U-HDTV, ubiquity;

• "Verticals" requirements
• Tactile Internet

• True ubiquitous "ABC" access

• Traffic growth (spectrum) and complexity
• Cost /energy
• ……
 "Advanced 5G Network
H2020 - ICT 1 Infrastructure for the
Future Internet

Strand Radio network architecture & technologies

1000 mobile traffic increase, versatile requirements

 Network architecture, new use cases, new frequency
bands, latency;
 Increased frequency re-use (10), versatile low-cost radio
access infrastructure (IoT to > 1Gbps) + low energy
 Flexible backhaul solutions, efficient signalling
 Architecture for 5G "transceivers" and micro-servers,
key HW building blocks to support various spectrum
usage scenarios
 Preparing for large scale demonstrators and test-beds
(possibly leveraging existing experimental facilities)
 ICT 14

Strand Convergence beyond last mile

Integration, unified control

 Ubiquitous access continuum
 Cooperative, cognitive fixed and heterogeneous
resources, with fixed optical access reaching at least 10
Gb/s
 Reuse and sharing of functionalities
 Solving management heterogeneity of technologies
 Taking into account regulations
 ICT 14

Strand Network management

Minimize Opex, capex, complexity; Optimise QoS, QoE

 Network level management (SON)
 Service level management (metrics, for user perceived
quality of service)
 Converging SDN and Autonomic;
 Security across domains, risk analysis and definition of
threat models
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Expected Impacts
At macro level, strong EU industrial base % of markets
At societal level, a wider spectrum of applications and services at lower
cost, with increased resilience and continuity, with higher efficiency of
resources usage
At operational level,
1000 times higher mobile data volume per geographical area.
- 10 times to 100 times higher number of connected devices.
- 10 times to 100 times higher typical user data rate.
- 10 times lower energy consumption for low power Machine type
communication.
- 5 times reduced End-to-End latency (5ms for 4G-LTE).
- Ubiquitous 5G access including in low density areas .
- European industry driving the development of 5G standards, of 5G SEP
Availability of a scalable management framework reduction of network
management opex by at least 20%. Availability of security/authentication
metrics across multi domain virtualised networks.
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Strand Virtualisation and SW Networks

Flexibility, beyond firmware implementations

 Virtualisation of net.functions, VM concurrent access to
resources, migration
 Orchestration of resources, OS like, cross domain
configurability, open source approach;
 Integration application/service layers with network
layers, landscape aware decision for reconfigurability
 Openness, OTT integration, E2E SLA, exposure of
resources to third party providers/developers
 ICT 14

Expected Impacts
At macro level, i) NFV/SDN industrial capability in Europe by
2020; ii) large scale operational deployment of NFV/SDN by 2020.

At operational level,

- - network function implementation through generic IT servers

(target) rather than on non-programmable specific firmware
(today).
- - Fast deployment of large scale service platforms on top of
network infrastructures, from 90 days (today) to 90 minutes
(target).
- - Trustworthy interoperability across multiple operational
domains, networks and data centres.
- .
 ICT 14

Support Actions
Coherence and impact
 Programme integration, analysis of outcomes
 Societal issues
 International activities
 Support to standards
 Support to spectrum policy
 Web site,
 Roadmaps, including experimental facilities
- NB: International co-operation with countries having bold R&I
initiatives in the field (Korea, Japan, US, China) may be considered
on a win-win basis.
Type of actions

Research & Innovation Actions: proposals are

expected to cover one or more of the strands
identified below, but not necessarily all of them.
Strand Radio network architecture and technologies
Strand convergence beyond last mile 98 M€
Strand network management
Innovation Actions: proposals are expected to cover
one or more of the strands identified below, but not
necessarily all of them.
24 M€
Strand Network virtualisation and Software Networks.
Support Actions: proposals are expected to cover one
or more of the themes identified, but not necessarily
all of them.
2 M€
 Note on
R&I actions
Projects selected for funding… (R&I)
• Will establish new knowledge ("that has innovation potential")
and/or

• Will explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology,

product, process, service or solution.
• May include basic and applied research, technology development
and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale
prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.
• May contain closely connected but limited demonstration or pilot
activities aiming to show technical feasibility in a near to
operational environment.
• Will be funded at 100%
•  Bulk of activity expected to be in "innovation-aware"
mid-term R&D
•  Small-scale innovation-type activities are expected
 Innovation
included

Excellence criterion (excerpt)

• •Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation

potential, and is beyond the state of the art
Impact criterion (excerpt)

• •Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new

knowledge;
• •…developing innovations meeting the needs of European
and global markets; and, where relevant, by delivering such
innovations to the markets
Quality & efficiency of the implementation (excerpt)

• •Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures,

including risk and innovation management.
 Reference
texts
See the GENERAL ANNEX to the main work
programme at:
• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2
020/wp/2014_2015/annexes/h2020-wp1415-annex-
ga_en.pdf
• Notably
• annex D): types of instruments
• Annex H): evaluation criteria

• Main portal (grants, calls, Work progs…)

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/des
ktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html#h2020-work-
programmes-2014-15-annexes
Programme
Aspects
• Objectives:
Achieve more than a group of standalone or loosely coordinated
projects
Avoiding gaps
-> Optimising overall project portfolio but leaving
space for flexibility
-> You are part of a Programme

• Ex Ante:
 Pre Structuring model: a working methodology worked
out by the Association as a tool to define optimised set of
activities and their interfaces.

• Ex post:
 Contractual clause linking 5G PPP projects, enabling
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easier knowledge and output sharing. As per FI-PPP model.
 Pre Structuring
Model
P8: P12: P10:
5G Holistic Network Architecture SLM & 5G Services
Metrics E2E
for Brokering
P13:
QoS/QoE and Delivery
5G Network Security

P11:
Cognitive Network Management

P9:
Enabling Technologies Unified Control
P15:
Service
P16: Program.
Multi-Domain and
Orchestr.
P14:
Software Networks Platform

P1: P6:
5G Wireless System Design Novel Architecture

P2:
5G Air Interface
P7: Backhaul/Fronthaul
See also
P5:

P3:
5G
HW/SW http://5g-ppp.eu/
5G for Massive Platforms
MTC
P4:
Open consultation until 17 April 2014
5G mm-Wave
Air Interface
Important Dates

• Information session at CELTIC event, 24 April,

See http://celtic-initiative.org/Events/
• Constituency building event April, 28, Paris
• Constituency building event June, 26, Bologna, in
the context of the EUCnC Conference
See http://5g-ppp.eu/
See http://eucnc.eu/
• Possibility of another event end of May explored!

• Submission date 25 November 2014 (€125

million)
• Projects start March-April 2015 41
 Other Useful links
s
Follow us on Twitter
@NetTechEU
5G in Digital Agenda Web site
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/towards-5g
Network Technologies
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/network-
technologies

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http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
 Contact Points
s
Request for additional Information may be sent to:
European Commission:
Philippe Lefebvre
CNECT-5G-PPP@ec.europa.eu

5G PPP Association:
Werner Mohr, NSN
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