News

Event type: Interoperability Events

ETSI, with the support of the ETSI TC MSG (Mobile Standards Group) and EENA (The European Emergency Number Association), is organizing the 2^nd Next Generation eCall Plugtests event, which will take place from 14^th to 16^th of November 2022 in Kranj, Slovenia. This event will be hosted by Sintesio with Telekom Slovenia and Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief of Republic of Slovenia as Technical Partners.

This event will have a specific focus on the interoperability of Next Generation eCall (NG eCall) systems or eCall over Long Term Evolution (LTE), based on the interoperability test descriptions defined in the upcoming version 2.1.1 of  ETSI TS 103 683, available soon. The event will be hosted in a real telco operator 4G/IMS network, fully supporting the NG eCall scenarios -including Fallback to CS eCall scenario. Optionally, infrastructure for the TPS rerouting scenario(s) may be available.

Interoperability and NG eCall service harmonization are critical challenges to be taken into account for the successful deployment and operation of the NG eCall service.

The NG eCall Plugtests event offers the opportunity for vendors to run interoperability test sessions using predefined test descriptions.

In Vehicle System (IVS) and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) vendors are invited to join the event.

If possible, compliance and performance checking sessions will be scheduled to complement the interoperability tests.

This activity is supported by the European Commission and the EFTA Secretariat.

Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Public safety & emergency communications, Testing languages, TETRA

ETSI, with the support of the European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Critical Communications Association (TCCA), the Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC) and 5G-EPICENTRE, organized the seventh MCX PLUGTESTSTM. This Plugtests took place from the 7^th to 11^th of November 2022 and was hosted by the University of Malaga, Spain. 

Important: We assure our participants, members and partners that ETSI is monitoring the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic very closely and will ensure all necessary initiatives will be taken in accordance with the instructions of the local government authorities. We recommend flexible booking of hotel / flights accordingly.

What were the objectives and scope of the Plugtests event?

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 this MCX Plugtests event was to validate the interoperability of a variety of implementations using different scenarios based on 3GPP Mission Critical Services in Release-17. The MCX Plugtests event did also test FRMCS capabilities like Functional Aliases, Multi-talker, User and Group Regrouping, MCData IP Connectivity and complex emergency call handling. The MCX Plugtests event was, besides mission critical features which have been tested in past events over 4G network, extended to initially test Mission Critical Services over 5G test network. Specific focus was put to inter-system communications including IWF and inter-MCX scenarios. The tests are based on 3GPP, ETSI and IETF standards and are designed for:

This event featured tests with 4G and 5G radio equipment (gNBs, eNBs, 5GCs, EPCs, UEs) with Unicast and Multicast support and did also allow Over-The-Top (OTT) testing of Mission Critical Servers and Clients as well as included tests of railways-oriented capabilities. Test Equipment vendors had the possibility to test as well in the Plugtests.

What were the advantages of attending the 7^th MCX Plugtests event?

Who could participate?

New Vendors and Observers had to sign the Rules of Engagement and NDA of the MCX Plugtests Programme to participate. 

The Plugtests Observer Programme

Observers were 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).

In parallel to the testing, it was planned to organise an observer programme and demos. The focus of the observer programme was to examine and discuss the progress of deployment and the challenges in testing of the Mission Critical Services for Public Safety and Public Transport. The observer programme was held onsite during the event.

The observer programme included demos from the interested vendors, which showed interoperability of their equipment by showcasing the MCX Plugtests test cases and observer scenario use cases.

Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Open Source MANO

ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability and the TeraFlowSDN Community have organized the first TFS Hackfest on 20 October 2022. The event was held face-to-face during the Network X event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, following the ETSI OSM MR#13 Hackfest on 18-19 October 2022.

Participation in ETSI Hackfests is free and open to all upon Registration. Registration to the TFS Hackfest #1 granted free access to the Network X event (Expo Pass).

The event took the form of a tutorial on 20 October from 11:00 to 17:00. Some tutorials were on theory and some hands-on practice, were run on the participants own laptop.

This edition was featuring TeraFlow Release 1 allowing participants to get hands on experience with TeraFlowSDN. 

Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Open Source MANO

ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability and the Open SourceMANO Community have organized the OSM MR#13 Hackfest on 18-19 October 2022. The event was run face-to-face at the Network X event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, followed by the ETSI TeraFlowSDN Hackfest on 20 October 2022.

Participation in ETSI Hackfests is free and open to all upon Registration. Registration to the OSM-MR#13 Hackfest granted free access to the Network X event (Expo Pass).

The event took the form of several tutorials on 18 & 19 October from 11:00 to 17:00. Some tutorials were on theory and some hands-on practice, to be run on a remote lab environment were made available to participants on-site.

This edition was featuring OSM Release TWELVE. 

Event Technology: Internet of Things (IoT)

The 2022 edition of the ETSI IoT Week, “Pursuing Digital and Green Transformation”, will take place physically in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France, on 10-14 October 2022.

The ETSI IoT Week consists of a series of events: a tutorial on ontologies and semantic interoperability for IoT on 10 October, the ETSI IoT Conference on 11-14 October with demonstrations on 11-13 October. 

Event type: None

The ETSI IoT Conference is part of the ETSI IoT Week, “Pursuing Digital and Green Transformation”. The conference will take place in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France, on
11-14 October 2022 and will run in parallel with IoT Demonstrations, on 11-13 October 2022..

The ETSI IoT Conference will focus on:

The ETSI IoT Week is an excellent opportunity to network with other IoT stakeholders and actively contribute to the shaping of future IoT solutions and standards.

We hope you'll join us! 

Event type: Conferences & Summits

Event Technology: Internet of Things (IoT)

The tutorial on ontologies and semantic interoperabitliy is the introductory event of the ETSI IoT Week 2022.
The tutorial will take place physically in ETSI premises, Sophia Antipolis, France, on 10 October 2022.

The Internet of Things is all around us, with connectivity now being an integral part of the devices we use every day. This connectivity is however just a means for these connected devices to share data with other elements in a broader system.
While devices initially foreseen to operate within the same system might understand each other and be able to use data created within other parts of the system, we see an increasing complexity in those systems, a connection between systems and ultimately a need for devices, servers and applications to be prepared to access and process data that might not have been considered at time of design.

This is where semantic interoperability helps: it allows IoT systems to communicate and exchange data with unambiguous and shared meaning. This can be achieved using ontologies relevant to the IoT in general (a “base” IoT ontology) as well as extensions relevant to specific domains. The creation of mappings between existing ontologies is a key element in creating interoperability that can in turn help systems and their users to fully leverage the value of data.

 We are inviting you to a tutorial session targeted at IoT applications developers. 
The tutorial will explain what ontologies are, how they are built and extended, and how you can get involved in ETSI’s current work on the topic.

The session will also address practical use of these ontologies and provide an overview of how semantics can be applied to the IoT and of how using ontologies can considerably enrich the IoT applications and use cases.

Through a step-by-step demonstration, we will show how developers can build applications using ontologies on a oneM2M IoT solution, highlighting how it makes a difference using semantics in an IoT ecosystem.

The oneM2M developer guide on implementation of semantics will then be put in action in a demo of a relevant use case based on the SAREF ontology and a oneM2M IoT solution implementing the oneM2M standard.

The formal tutorial session will be followed by a question and answer session from all participants

This one day event is a physical event. Register to attend!

Event type: Conferences & Summits

ETSI is pleased to invite the international teaching community to its first face-to-face seminar on teaching ICT standardization.
Professors, lecturers, and other teaching professionals will gather at ETSI on 6 October with the aim of forming the next generation of ICT Standards People.

Event type: None

Mr Christian Loyau, Director Legal & Governance of ETSI, will deliver a keynote speech at the Florence Patent Licensing Academy.

Registrations are open for the Florence Patent Licensing Academy, an advanced 4-day training organized by the Florence School of Regulation – Communications and Media at the European University Institute. The training combines interactive frontal lectures and group exercises to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of:

You may find more information in the course page and in the programme.

Participants may attend the course in person, at the European University Institute’s premises in the Florentine hills, or online. The fee for the online track is € 1.000, while the fee for the residential track is € 3.000 and includes a networking trip to Chianti, lunches, coffee breaks, dinner and a farewell cocktail. Registrations close on 10 September 2022.

We’re pleased to announce that ETSI members and affiliates enjoy a 20% discount on the regular registration fees.

For more information about the course and to benefit from the discount, please contact compreg.secretariat@eui.eu keeping Dr Chiara Carrozza, Chiara.Carrozza@eui.eu in copy.

For more information please visit the event website.

Event Technology: 5G, Cybersecurity, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Quantum-Safe Cryptography (QSC)

 ETSI’s annual flagship event on Cyber Security returned in 2022 from 3rd to 5th October, in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France.