Joint ETSI - OSA Workshop: Open Implementations and Standardization
ETSI and the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) in association with EURECOM were pleased to announce a Joint ETSI - OSA Event on Open Implementations and Standardization. Preceded by a one day training on 11 December, the Joint ETSI - OSA Workshop: Open Implementations and Standardization took place on 12-13 December 2018 at ETSI premises in Sophia Antipolis, France.
The workshop brought the 5G standardization and implementation communities together to reflect on the role of open implementations such as OpenAirInterface in support of the development of standards. The event came at a time when collaborative and open initiatives for wireless 5G are influencing how state of the art wireless networks can be designed and implemented. This in turn is impacting the work of standards groups.
This workshop was organized on the premise that open implementations can help promote innovation in wireless technologies by speeding up testing and validation of new functionality proposed through standardization.
Agenda for 11, 12 and 13 December 2018
A one day pre event training on Open implementation of 5G on General Purpose Processors took place on 11 December 2018.
The training, addressed to engineers and software developers was a combination of tutorials and hands-on on the OpenAirInterface Software Stack and PHY software. The training allowed participants new to OpenAirInterface to understand its functions, features and extent to which it can serve standards.
Training Objectives
- learn how 4G/5G features are implemented and optimized on general purpose processors and Commercial Over The Shelf hardware as well as how open projects are managed and code quality ensured;
- kick start work on tools such as OpenAirInterface;
- cover basic software elements, installation and start-up procedure, brief overview of current test framework and deployment possibilities of the platform;
- cover coding guidelines and continuous integration topics and why they are of key importance in open community-based projects.
- Agenda Pre Event Training: Wednesday 11 December
- 09:00Basics of the OpenAirInterface: Status of current develop code and OAI Tools 
 Florian Kaltenberger, OSA/EURECOM / François Taburet, NOKIA BELL LABS
- 10:30OpenAirInterface SW architecture and design 
 Laurent Thomas, OPEN CELLS
- 11:15Coffee Break 
- 11:30Recent progress in improvements in OAI code base: the Code cleanup initiative François Taburet, NOKIA BELL LABS 
- 12:15Lunch Break 
- 13:30(a) Training of OpenAirInterface L1-L2 procedures and (b) Implementation of TM4 into OAI softModem Raymond Knopp, OSA/EURECOM - Saaifan, Khodr, FRAUNHOFER IIS 
- 14:45Training of OpenAirInterface Core Network: Recent enhancements in OAI-CN, MME, SPGW, HSS Lionel Gauthier, EURECOM / Beken Dincer, BLACKNED. 
- 15:30Coffee Break 
- 16:00Training of OpenAirInterface 5G Core Network 
 Olivier Choisy, B-COM / Michel Trefcon, B-COM / Tien-Thinh Nguyen, EURECOM / Luhan Wang, BUPT
- 17:00Training of the Continuous Integration bench at OSA 
 Raphael Defosseaux, OSA
- 18:00Close of the Training 
- Agenda Day 1: Thursday 12 December
- 09:00Opening Session & Keynotes 
 Chair: Anthony Wiles, ETSI
- 09:00Welcome on behalf of ETSI Anthony Wiles, ETSI 
- 09:15Welcome on behalf of OpenAirInterface Software Alliance Christian Bonnet, OSA/EURECOM 
- 09:30Keynote: O-RAN, the ICDT Convergence Empowered by Open Source Chih-Lin I, China Mobile 
- 10:00Coffee Break and Demonstration visits 
- 10:30Keynote: The Making of 5G 
 Mischa Dohler, Kings College London
- 11:00Keynote: Network Softwarization Stays to Become A Reality 
 Akihiro Nakao, University of Tokyo
- 11:30Questions & Answers with all three keynote speakers 
- 12:00Lunch Break and Demonstration Visits 
- SESSION 01: Prototyping of 5G wireless technologies based on OpenAirInterface and other open projects 
 Session Chair: Florian Kaltenberger, Eurecom
- 13:30Ulak Communications’ View On Open Source Code and Interfaces As An End-To-End Network Solutions Provider 
 Akin Soysal, ULAK Haberlesme
- 13:50Cognitive Radio Networks 
 Parag Naik, Anindya Saha, Saankhya Labs Pvt Ltd
- 14:10Porting the Open Air Interface protocol stack to NI Linux Real-Time OS on USRP-2974 
 Markus Ullmann, National Instruments
- 14:305G Massive MIMO mm-wave Software Radio 
 Pierre Bonnard, TCL
- 14:50Panel: Open Implementations for Cellular Standards and Commercial Deployments Moderated by Florian Kaltenberger, EURECOM 
- Panelists: - Yuko Akiyama, Fujitsu
- Pierre Bonnard, TCL
- Raymond Knopp, EURECOM/OSA
- Fred Schreider, InterDigital Corp.
- Harald Welte, OSMOCOM
 
- 15:40Coffee Break and Demonstration Visits 
- Session 02: (Pre-)commercial and experimental deployments of 5G based on open platforms 
 Session Chair: Raymond Knopp, EURECOM
- 16:30Blackned Ridux Networking Solution 
 Rony Schenk, Blackned
- 16:50Skylark Iris: Massive MIMO Prototyping and Commercialization 
 Clayton Shepherd, Skylark Wireless
- 17:10Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research: Enabling Convergence of Open, Modular, and Intelligent Future Networks 
 Abhimanyu Gosain, PAWR Project Office
- 17:3019:00Networking Cocktail 
- Agenda Day 2: Friday 13 December
- Keynote Session: 
 Session Chair: Irfan Ghauri, OSA
- 09:00Keynote: A Regulator's View of 5G Technology and Innovation Mansoor Hanif, OFCOM 
- 09:30Keynote: Collaboration Between Standards and Open Source Via Testing 
 Pierre Lynch, Keysight Inc.
- 10:00Questions and Answers with Keynote Speakers 
- 10:15Coffee Break and Demonstration Visits 
- SESSION 03: Applications of 5G open implementations in commercial solutions, prototyping and standardization 
 Session Chair: Raymond Knopp, OSA
- 10:45Fujitsu's OAI Activity Of The Year And The Road Ahead 
 Masayuki Harada, Fujitsu
- 11:055G End-to-End Opensource Chain As Developed By And For Orange Research 
 Marion Duprez, Orange
- 11:255G NR Platform For Research Based On Standardized Interfaces Francois Périard, InterDigital Corporation 
- 11:45Assessing Compliance of 5G Device Implementations To 3GPP Standards Olivier Genoud, ETSI 
- 12:05Lunch Break and Demonstration Visits 
- SESSION 04: Open platforms as an early testing and validation tool 
 Session Chair: Olivier Genoud, ETSI
- 13:30RAN Dynamic Reconfiguration Using Controller Interfaces 
 Gian-Michele Dell’Aera, Telecom Italia
- 13:50A Real-Time SDR Modem for Early LTE-V2X Testing: Development Activities & First Field Tests In Vehicles 
 Antonis Gotsis, FERON TECHNOLOGIES P.C.
- 14:10RENEW: Programmable and Observable Massive-MIMO Networks 
 Rahman Doost-Mohammad, Rice University
- 14:30Standards Based Testing, Emulation And Next Generation AI 
 Samit Ghosh, Abot Rebaca
- 14:50Mobile Edge Computing and OAI Enabled Autonomous Driving 
 Luhan Wang, BUPT
- 15:10Coffee Break and Demonstration Visits 
- SESSION 05: Open implementations and coding methodologies 
 Session Chair: Luhan Wang, BUPT
- 15:45OpenAirInterface As A Research And Prototyping Platform 
 Francois Taburet, Nokia Bell-Labs
- 16:053GPP SBA Architecture Toward Micro-Services Control Plane Implementation 
 Olivier Choisy, B-COM
- 16:25NB-IoT Implementation On The OpenAirInterface 
 Mathieu Kanj, B-COM
- 16:45Offload Solutions for 5G-NR 
 Patrick Robert, Syrtem
- 17:05Conclusions of the Workshop 
 Anthony Wiles, ETSI / Raymond Knopp, OSA/EURECOM
- 17:15Close of the Event 
- 18:00Close of the Event 
ETSI Headquarters
650 Route des Lucioles
 06921 Sophia Antipolis
 FRANCE
Tel: +33 4 92 94 42 00
Details of how to get to ETSI, local transport and hotels
Demonstrations on 12 and 13 December 2018
The workshop hosted 10 demonstrations of technology showcasing 4G and 5G features. Advanced implementations in step with or in advance of latest releases of standards were also welcome to underline how open platforms can serve as a pre-standardization study tool.
The demonstrations took place during the coffee and lunch breaks of the OSA Workshop: Open Implementations and Standardization on 12-13 December 2018.
- Augmented Reality exploiting the Multi-Access Edge Computing in OpenAirInterface testbed 
 Jan Plachy, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
- 5G Massive MIMO mm-wave software radio
 Pierre Bonnard, TCL/Syrtem
- 5G NR Radio demonstation
 Florian Kaltenberger, EURECOM
- Flexible and Repeatable Bare-Metal Wireless Experimentation on the POWDER Platform
 Kirk Webb, University of Utah
- A standards-compliant, OAI-compatible MEC platform and its applications
 Pantelis Frangoudis EURECOM
- Flexible Network Slicing with QoS support for 5G Verticals
 Navid Nikaein, EURECOM
- General 5G Radio and Compute Units for OAI
 Luhan Wang, BUPT
- Running the Open Air Interface protocol stack on the new embedded USRP-2974
 Markus Ullmann, National Instruments
- Live Demo for mmwave module of 5G technology solution
 Ren-Jr Chen, ITRI Taiwan
- OpenAirInterface on the Skylark Iris Platform
 Clayton Shephard, Skylark Wireless
- ABot - A Test Automation Solution for 4G and 5G/IoT Networks
 Samit Ghosh, Rebaca Technologies
- Yuko Akiyama (FUJITSU)
- Pierre Bonnard (TCL)
- Christian Gallard (Orange)
- Florian Kaltenberger (OSA/EURECOM)
- Raymond Knopp (OSA/EURECOM)
- Laurent Roullet (Nokia Bell Labs)
- Adrian Scrase (ETSI)
- Anthony Wiles (ETSI)
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