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European Technology Platform

Networld2020

An Overview

Carles Antón-Haro, PhD

Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC). Spain

Director of R&D Programmes CTTC

Steering Board Member Networld2020

http://www.networld2020.org

PICTURE Project Final Event – Minsk (Belarus), 21st May, 2014

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Introduction to Networld2020

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Definition, Scope and Goals

Networld2020 is the European Technology Platform for the communication networks and services community, promoting public and private investment in R&D on communications networking research challenges in three domains:

• mobile and wireless,

• fixed and • satellite technologies.

• Merger of Net!works and Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI) ETPs

(Nov 2013).

• Re-branded in April 2014.

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Economic importance of the telecoms sector (1/2)

• A strong European leadership in communication networks is important for Europe’s economy:

• In the European Union, ICT contributes to 50% of the economic growth (directly or indirectly).

• According to The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, a $10 billion investment in 1 year in broadband networks would create almost 500 000 jobs in the US.

• 7 of the 10 largest telecoms operators in the world are from Europe.

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Economic importance of the telecoms sector (2/2)

• In 2007 the ICT sector represented 1

• 4.8 % of GDP (€540 billion) • 3 % of total employment (6.1 million employees) • accounted for 25 % of overall business expenditure in R&D

and employed 32.4 % of all business sector researchers

• Major manufacturers in communications based in Europe

• Global figures of Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Nokia (including Nokia Siemens Networks) 2

• Total R&D: 10.1 billion € in 2009 • Total sales: 76.3 billion € in 2009 • Total employees: 287.900

[1] European Commission: The 2010 report on R&D in ICT in the European Union. Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, 2010. http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=3239

[2] European Commission: Monitoring industrial research: the 2010 EU industrial R&D investment SCOREBOARD. Joint Research Centre. DG Research, 2010. http://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/research/docs/2010/SB2010_final_report.pdf

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Membership – 1017 members Status January 2014

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• Total members: 1017

• Industry: 217 (21%)

• SME: 340 (33%)

• Research: 364 (36%)

• Cooperation: 96 (10%)

• Geographical spread

• Updated member list

(soon to be) dowloadable

from portal.

Source: Networld2020 ETP.

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ETP Bodies

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• Steering Board

• General Assembly

• Working Groups

– Expert Advisory Group • Main objective to develop technical White Papers as contributions

to updates of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda

– SatCom Working Group • Main objective to work on SatCom specific topics and the

convergence of satellite communication with fixed and mobile communication networks

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• 30 members (all elected, 29/10/13), 3 stakeholder groups

• Chair: Werner Mohr, Nokia Solutions and Networks

• + Observers: e.g., EC, ETSI, COST, NMGN, Photonics 21,…

Networld2020 Steering Board

• Small Medium Enterprise: 6

• Research Domain: 6

• Industry:18

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R&D priorities

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• Definition, where?

– Expert Advisory Group Meetings, Satcom Working Group, Steering Board

• Communication, how?

– Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas.

– White Papers

– Position Papers and Success Stories

– Involvement in EC Concertation Meetings

– Meetings with: • Members of European Parliament (MEPs)

• Top officers from DG-CNECT

• National Authorities

– Support to the 5G-PPP Association

Defining and communicating R&D priorities

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Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)

• Applications and technologies that experts believe Europe should invest and carry collaborative research.

• Priorities: – Research

– Application Areas: Smart Cities, ITS, Health, Inclusion and Assisted Living, etc.

• By Expert Advisory Group

• Builds upon White/Position Papers

• Chairs: U. Surrey, CEA tech, IMDEA.

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Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda

• Research Priorities (Net!works):

– Radio Access Networks • New Wireless Network Topologies

• New Air Interface Technologies

– Self‐Organised Networking and Cognitive Radios

– Architectures and Management of Future Networks • Cognitive Network Operation

• Store‐forwarding, Push and Pull

• Network Virtualisation

• In‐bound Cognitive Network Management

– Network for Cloud Computing and Service Platform

– Next Generation of Wireless Optics Communications.

• Research priorities (ISI):

– Space Segment: high-throughput, reconfigurability.

– Ground Infrastructure distributed processing

– Radio Interfaces: efficiency and robustness

– Networking: integration and convergence of terrestrial and satellite networks.

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White Papers

• Short documents

• Mostly research-related:

– Identification of R&D priorities.

– Challenges, not solutions.

• Large number of contributors

– Typ. 20-30

– Consensus.

• Recommendations:

– Public authorities, EC, constituency,..

• Downloadable from portal

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White Papers -Titles

• What is 5G (Really) About? (2014, in preparation)

• Network and Service Virtualization (2014, in preparation)

• Spectrum Crunch (June’12)

• Strategy Recommendations on Networking and Telecommunications for Cloud Computing and Service Platforms (May’12)

• ISI European Satcom Flagship (May 12)

• ICT - National Critical Infrastructure (May’12)

• Economic impact of the ICT sector (Oct’12)

• Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (March’12)

• Next Generation Network: Wireless-Optics Technologies (June’11)

• Broadband Wireless Beyond 2020 (May’11)

• Smart Cities Applications and Requirements (May’11)

• …

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Position Papers

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• Shorter documents, leaflet

– Dowloadable from portal

• Strategic, not research

– Consultations, positioning

• Titles: – Net!works positions towards Horizon

2020

– Europe's Research and Innovation Strategy

– Net!works - Connecting health applications for a smarter society

– Net!works - Connecting transport for a smarter society

– Net!works - Connecting energy and environmental monitoring sectors for a smarter society

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How to join Networld2020

• Fill in the Membership Application Form – http://www.networld2020.org\membership-application-

form\index.html

– Evaluated in batches, every 3 months

• No membership fees.

• Two categories:

– Full membership: Industry, Research Domain, SME. • Legally established, Member/Candidate/Associated States,

support mission and vision.

– COOP membership: • no voting rights.

• Values for members:

– Be part of the network community

– Influence National and EU research workplans and calls for proposals.

– Build public support for new topics

– Join on-going influential white papers working group

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Networld2020 and the 5G-PPP

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Key Requirements towards 2020

Technology Vision 2020: Practical ways to prepare networks for the one gigabyte future. Nokia Solutions Networks, 2013

• More spectrium (10x) • Higher spectral efficiency (10x) • More sites (10x)

• Increased bandwidth • Content & applications

closer to user.

• Cognitive apporaches: self-x • Big data analytics

• PA and BB processing efficiency • Novel network architectures.

• Network elements on virtualized IT. • Software Define Networking (SDN)

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• Commissioner Kroes called 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. …”

• A group of organisations prepared a PPP proposal

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..

EU Commissioner Kroes called industry to

join EU Commission in a PPP on 5G

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5G-PPP Proposal

• Roots of 5G PPP proposal in Net!Works European Technology

Platform

• Public consultation on technical content launched on May 10,

2013.

• Final version submitted September 2013.

• Supporting organisations:

Source: 5G PPP proposal.

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• Research and innovation activities co-funded under Horizon

2020 in the scope of the partnership.

• Subject to Horizon 2020 Rules for participation and

dissemination.

• Commission intends to allocate from Union budget an

indicative financial envelope of EUR 700 million for the period

of 2014-2020.

• Private side commits to engage the stakeholder community to

invest funds in research and innovation activities specific to

the partnership domain.

5G PPP Contractual Arrangement

Source: 5G PPP Contractual Arrangement.

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Horizon 2020 Call 1 – Scope and Impact

a. Research & Innovation actions (98 M€)

– Strand Radio network architecture and technologies

– Strand convergence beyond last mile

– Strand network management

b. Innovation actions (25 M€)

– Strand Network virtualisation and Software Networks.

c. Support Actions (2 M€)

Proposal submission deadline: 25 November 2014

Source: EU Commission, Horizon 2020 Work Program LEIT.

ICT 14 – 2014: Advanced 5G Network Infrastructure

for the Future Internet

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Conclusions

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• Networld2020 is the European Technology Platform for communication networking technology

• Collaborative research is important for European economy

• Networld2020 is facilitating networking and discussions between stakeholders to build consortia

• Future networks are key enabler for • Future Internet and • Solutions for Grand Societal Challenges

• Networld2020 has contributed to discussions on 5G-PPP within Horizon 2020.

Conclusions

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Thanks for your kind attention !!!

Questions?

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• A community

• A network

• A portal and social networks

• A general assembly

• A strategic research and innovation agenda (SRIA)

• White & Position papers

• Newsletter

• …

Networld2020 – the ETP on communication networks

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Thanks to all active members !

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Definition of R&D priorities: towards int’l consensus building at early stages

Standardization in early

competitive environment

Products and markets

in competitive environment

Pre-competitive

early collaborative

research Grade of

concept

maturity

IPRs

Increased

maturity makes consensus building difficult

Increasing

IPRs portfolios make consensus building difficult

• Increasing investment in solutions

• Increasing IPR portfolios

Chance for

consensus

building Chance for consensus building decreasing

Common interest Competition

time

Source: Nokia Solutions Networks

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European research programs on mobile and wireless

1980s

Beyond 3G

Beyond 3G+

European research on systems beyond 3G

started in 1999 within the IST program

1990s 2000s 2010s

1G+ 2G+

2G

3G+

3G

Analog Multiple access Digital

Framework Program 6 on future systems

2020s

Wideband Digital

European research on 3G started in 1989

within the RACE I program and 1991 in RACE II

Framework Program 7 LTE

IMT-Advanced

UMTS European research on 3G continued

in 1995 within the ACTS program

Eureka Celtic Cluster Source: Nokia Siemens Networks

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Success Stories: Raising Awareness

• Most successes from the European networking industry projects are “invisible” for general public: mobile communication standards, ADSL, optical broadband …

• European collaborative R&D projects have contributed in the development of

• the third-generation mobile systems, the most widely adopted system in the world, and

• the LTE and IMT-Advanced for broadband mobile.

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Success stories on mobile and optical communication and broadband access

Source: Networld2020 ETP.

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5G: Evolution and Revolution

5G Radio Access: Research and Vision. Ericsson White Paper. June 2013.

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Work Programme 2014 – 2015

• Work Programme LEIT – Information and Communication Technologies

• Call 1 • Publication date December 11, 2013

Source: EU Commission, Horizon 2020 Work Program LEIT.

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Work Programme 2014 - 2015

All single stage 2014

EUR

million

2015

EUR

million

Smart Cyber-Physical Systems ICT1.a 37

ICT1.b 17

ICT1.c 2

Smart System Integration ICT2.a 35

ICT2.b 9

ICT2.c 3

ICT2.d 1

Advanced Thin, Organic and

Large Area Electronics

(TOLAE) technologies

ICT3.a 17

ICT3.b 15.5

ICT3.c 3

ICT3.d 2.5

Smart Networks and novel

Internet Architectures

ICT5 24

Smart optical and wireless

network technologies

ICT6.a 29

ICT6.b 1

Advanced Cloud

Infrastructures and Services

ICT7.a 66

ICT7.b 5

ICT7.c 2

Tools and Methods for

Software Development

ICT9 25

FIRE+ (Future Internet

Research & Experimentation)

ICT11.a 25

ICT11.b 5

ICT11.c 1.5

Web Entrepreneurship ICT13.a 6

ICT13.b 4

Advanced 5G Network

Infrastructure for the Future

Internet

ICT14.a 98

ICT14.b 25

ICT14.c 2

Big Data and Open Data

Innovation and take-up

ICT15.a 39

ICT15.b 11

Cracking the language barrier ICT17.a 4

ICT17.b 10

ICT17.c 1

Support the growth of ICT

innovative Creative Industries

SMEs

ICT18.a 14

ICT18.b 1

Advanced digital

gaming/gamification

technologies

ICT21.a 9

ICT21.b 8

Multimodal and Natural

computer interaction

ICT22.a 7.5

ICT22.b 16

ICT22.c 7.5

Robotics ICT23.a 57

ICT23.b 12

ICT23.c 5

Photonics KET ICT26.a 28

ICT26.b 8

ICT26.c 5

ICT26.d 6

Development of novel materials

and systems for OLED lighting

ICT29 18

Human-centric Digital Age ICT31.a 6

ICT31.b 1

Cybersecurity, Trustworthy ICT ICT32.a 37

ICT32.b 1

Trans-national co-operation

among National Contact Points

ICT33 4

Innovation and

Entrepreneurship Support

ICT35.a.b.c 4

ICT35.d 1.5

ICT35.e 0.5

ICT35.f 1

Open Disruptive innovation

Scheme (ODI)

ICT37 [SME

instrument]

45 45 Source: EU Commission, Horizon 2020 Work Programme LEIT.

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• Mobile Communications – A success story in ICT area of EU Framework Programmes

• ICT essential for development of Smart Cities and Regions

• Public investment in ICT research benefits European society

• Support full research and innovation cycle by strengthening role of collaborative projects

• Provide a single source of funding for projects

• Dedicated ICT program in Horizon 2020 balanced with societal challenge driven program

Net!works positions towards Horizon 2020

• Maintain instruments for collaborative research like IPs / STREPs

• Provide simple and flexible mechanism, such as Associate Partner, for large organisations to bring SME’s and universities into projects

Source: Net!works ETP.

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Success stories

The development of the

GSM standard was part of

the early formation of the

European Union at the level

of technology and mobile

communications. For the

first time, a solution was

developed for Europe and

the world enabling users to

roam internationally using

only one phone. Europe

pooled its R&D, industrial

base and services to provide

the user with a mobile world

without national borders.

This initiative and the

further collaborative R&D

created a new generation

of technologists focused on

European and global needs.

The GSM group was formed

in 1982. GSM networks are

now accessible in more than

85% of the world’s land

area.

First commercially

introduced in 1991

1991 European research

projects developed the key

contributions to the 3G

UMTS standard in the ‘90’s.

3G systems provide users

with broadband multi-media

mobile communications,

including voice and video

services, mobile Internet

access, mobile TV services

and machine to machine

communications services.

Key Framework Programme

co-funded project:

FRAMES (FP 4)

First introduced in 2001

2001 European research projects

developed key contributions

to the LTE system in the

‘00’s. LTE provides high

speed mobile broadband

connectivity to laptops,

smart phones, tablet PC’s

and other mobile devices.

On-line gaming services,

streamed video and cloud

computing services are

brought to life by LTE.

The LTE service is already

commercially available in

Stockholm and is being

introduced widely in

European cities in 2011.

Key Framework Programme

co-funded projects:

WINNER (FP 6),

WINNER II (FP 6)

First introduced in 2010

2010 The technical basis for ultra

high speed broadband

and M2M communication

using energy efficient

techniques are research

challenges being addressed

in Framework Programme

7 projects at present.

European research has to

continue in Framework

Programme 8 to ensure

that European organisations

further develop their

leadership positions

in communications

technologies!

2025 and beyond

future

Source: Net!Works European Technology Platform

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Challenges for 2020 and Beyond

5G Radio Access: Research and Vision. Ericsson White Paper. June 2013.

10x-100x of today’s devices

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Example: Spectrum Crunch White Paper

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• Research Priorities

– New Wireless Network Topologies

• Multilayer Multi Radio Access Technology Networks, Energy Efficiency, Cooperation of Wireless Network Nodes, Radio Access Resource Sharing,…

– New Air Interface Technologies

• Basic Transmission Technologies, Advanced Multi Antenna Transmission/ Reception, Advanced Interference Handing, VLC..

– Self Organized Networking and Cognitive Radios

• Inter Layer Network Optimization, Radio Access Network Operation, Cogntive Radio Networks, Spectrum Packing,..

• Recommendations: – R1) In order to meet the high requirements on 5G systems, research

on new radio technologies (access, multiple antenna schemes, interference handling, etc.) must have high priority.

– R2) Research into new radio access architectures-Logical and physical separation between control and data planes for achieving both spectrum and energy efficiencies

– …