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Event type: Interoperability Events

ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI), on behalf of TC ESI, ETSI’s Technical Committee for Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures, organized the LTA Signature Augmentation and Validation Plugtests 2023 which focused on Electronic Signature Validation. Supported and co-funded by the European Commission (EC) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), this interoperability event was held remotely from 23 October to 22 December 2023 using a dedicated web portal. Originally planned to end on 24 November, 2023, this Plugtests event was extended to 22 December, 2023, upon request from the participants in order to complete their testing.

Scope

The aim of the event was to check the interoperability of digital signatures augmentation to LTA (Long-Term Archive) level and validation capacities of LTA level signatures of the participants to help them detect possible issues which may lead to different augmentation and/or validation results.

The interoperability testing allowed participants to test their digital signature validation tools and to cross-validate ETSI Electronic Signatures/Seals relying on EU Member States' Trusted Lists (based on TS 119 612 and TS 119 615 ) and according to the following standards:

EN 319 102-1 (Procedures for Creation and Validation of AdES Digital Signatures; Part 1: Creation and Validation) updated in 2021-11 TS 119 102-2 (Procedures for Creation and Validation of AdES Digital Signatures; Part 2: Signature Validation Report) updated in 2023-06 TS 119 172-4 (Signature Validation Policy for European Qualified Electronic Signatures/Seals Using Trusted Lists) updated in 2021-05 TS 119 312 (Cryptographic Suites) updated in 2023-08.

The signature formats addressed in this event were:

XAdES: XML Digital Signature (EN 319 132-1/-2 and ETSI TS 103 171) PAdES: PDF Digital Signature (EN 319 142-1/-2 and ETSI TS 103 172) CAdES: CMS Digital Signature (EN 319 122-1/-2 and ETSI TS 103 173) ASiC: Associated Signature Container (EN 319 162-1/-2 and ETSI TS 103 174) JAdES: JSON Digital Signature (TS 119 182-1) Incorporation of Evidence Record Syntax (ERS) mechanisms in CAdES (TS 119 122-3) Incorporation of Evidence Record Syntax (ERS) mechanisms in XAdES (TS 119 132-3)

PLUGTESTS events are organized by ETSI and are co-funded by the European Commission and European Free Trade Association.

Posted by Emmanuelle Boswarthick 31326 Hits
Event Technology: Internet of Things (IoT)

ETSI’s annual flagship event returned in 2023. The 2023 edition of the ETSI IoT Conference - IoT Technologies for Green and Digital Transformation - took place on 4-5-6 July 2023 in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France and online.

Posted by Claire Gauthier 5818 Hits
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Event type: Interoperability Events
Event Technology: Public safety & emergency communications, Testing languages

ETSI organised, with the support of the European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Critical Communications Association (TCCA) and the Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC), the 3rd FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) Plugtests event which was hosted by UIC in Paris, FR from 3 to 7 July 2023. 

Important: ETSI monitors the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic and will ensure that all necessary measures are taken in accordance with the instructions of the local government authorities. We recommend flexible booking of hotel / flights accordingly.

GSM-R is the current standard for the railway telecommunication services developed and maintained by ETSI TC RT. With the increased need for more throughout, higher capacity and flexible deployment options, FRMCS is being developed based on 3GPP Mission Critical Services.

What were the objectives and scope of the 3rd FRMCS Plugtests event?

Interoperability and Mission Critical services harmonisation are critical challenges for the successful deployment and operation of Mobile Broadband based communication Systems for various sectors, including Railways.

The concept of Mission Critical Services such as “Mission Critical Push To Talk" (MCPTT), “Mission Critical Data" (MCData) and “Mission Critical Video" (MCVideo) started with 3GPP Release-13 and is ongoing in current Releases. The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is based on these Mission Critical Features.

The goal of the FRMCS Plugtests event was to validate the interoperability of a variety of implementations using different test scenarios based on the 3GPP Mission Critical Services framework with focus on the rail specific features. The FRMCS Plugtests event tested railways-oriented capabilities defined in 3GPP. This FRMCS Plugtests event was part of the MCX Plugtests programme.

The tests were based on 3GPP, ETSI and IETF standards, and were designed for the following equipment:

FRMCS capable MCX Application Servers (MCPTT, MCDATA, MCVIDEO) FRMCS capable MCX Clients (MCPTT, MCDATA, MCVIDEO) UEs and Cab Radios eMBMS Components IMS / SIP Cores Consoles and Control Rooms Test Equipments RAM Equipment (5G) Packet cores (5G)

The purpose and scope of the FRMCS Plugtests event were to test independently and jointly all components of the Mobile communication System for Railways. Railway-related test cases are available in ETSI TS 103 564. Additional railway-oriented test cases were also be developed for this Plugtests.

Who could participate?

Vendors which develop and produce above mentioned equipment. All vendors must actively participate in the testing railway features. Products have to support Rail features and test cases. Observers, which can be government organisations, mobile network operators, railways operators, users, agencies or regulators. Observers are welcome to help define the scope (i.e.functionality to be tested) for this event and to evaluate the tests statistics in the TRT (Test Reporting Tool).  New Vendors and Observers have to sign the Rules of Engagement and NDA of the MCX Plugtests Programme to participate. 

What were the advantages of attending the FRMCS Plugtests event?

To assess the level of interoperability of your implementations To validate your understanding of the standards To test with (many) other real implementations and demonstrate end-to-end interoperability To debug your implementation: early bug fixing, saving time and costs To promote the technology and the ecosystem

The Plugtests observer program

The focus of the observer program was to examine and discuss the progress of deployment and the challenges of FRMCS. The observer program was held onsite and provided a platform to the various stake holders in railways to discuss the progress of FRMCS. 

The observer program also included interoperability demos from interested vendors, which could show how their solutions meet the FRMCS Plugtests test cases and observer scenario use cases.

PLUGTESTS events are organized by ETSI and are co-funded by the European Commission (EC) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

Posted by Nathalie Guinet 1607 Hits
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Event type: Webinars
Event Technology: Zero touch network & Service Management (ZSM)

2:00 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

 

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Posted by Claire Gauthier 2973 Hits
Event Technology: Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC)

ETSI ISG MEC is pleased to host the first of a series of Multi-access Edge Computing live panels. Hybrid event taking place on 26 June 2023 in the ETSI premises and online, this live panel will explore the drone business from a MEC perspective with a variety of speakers coming from this vertical market. 

The goal is to share insights from experts on regulation, technology and business, and understand how the various drones use cases (e.g. private sky/network and public U-spaces) can benefit from computing resources at the edge and information exposed.
After the intervention of the various speakers, a final panel discussion will include a Q&A interactive session with both F2F and remote participants.

Speakers will participate in a final panel discussion which will include a Q&A interactive session with both face to face and remote participants.

Read the related Blog "MEC for Drones Panel: Unlocking 5G Edge Value for the Drone Industry", published on 10 August.

More information is available here.

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Event type: Interoperability Events
Event Technology: Open Source MANO

ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability and the OpenSourceMANO community are organizing the OSM#15 Hackfest on 12-16 June 2023. The event will be hosted by CTTC and co-located with the OSM#15 Plenary Meeting.

Participation in ETSI Hackfests is free and open to all upon registration.

Scope

This event is a development oriented Hackfest in the form of several self-contained challenges such as bug fixes, developing small features, writing unit tests, or automating end-to-end tests exercising some use case. Challenges will be mentored by key members of the OSM community.

The Hackfest will start on Monday 12 June and finish on Friday 16 June. On Monday, some theory sessions will be provided, followed by a description of the different challenges to be completed through the week. Participants will select a challenge to work on individually or by pairs.

During the week, participants will code autonomously (individually or by pairs) to solve their challenges. Daily sessions will be scheduled with the mentors, so that participants can ask questions and solve blocking points.

On Friday, participants will share their achievements and lessons learn with the OSM community.

All active participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. Certificates of Excellence will be awarded to all those participants that complete their challenge.

This event will be an opportunity for participants to:

Understanding the role of NFV Orchestration and OSM Understanding OSM architecture and relationship with ETSI NFV Specifications Getting familiar with OSM installation Understanding OSM development workflow, practices and tools: git, tox, gerrit, jenkins.. Understanding the way of working in an open source project: contributing code, code reviews, automated testing... Developing a first-hand experience with code development in OSM Getting to meet and interact with key OSM community members.

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Event type: Webinars
Event Technology: Zero touch network & Service Management (ZSM)

2:00 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

 

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Event type: Webinars
Event Technology: Zero touch network & Service Management (ZSM)

2:00 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

 

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