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Event type: Webinars

Event Technology: Non-IP Networking (NIN)

4:00 pm CEST (2:00pm UTC) to 5:15 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

ETSI ISG NIN (Non-IP Networking) was formed to support 21st century use cases by standardizing a platform that is not reliant on the TCP/IP suite, though TCP/IP is one of the protocols it supports.

Speakers will include:

The webinar will close with a Q&A session.

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Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)

In the context of the NFV Plugtests Programme, ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability organised the NFV&MEC IOP Plugtests 2021 event from 1 to 15 October 2021. The event was held remotely.

Event type: Webinars

2:00 pm CEST (12:00 UTC) to 3:30 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

In the 1980s, IPv4 became the basic protocol of the Internet and promoted the development of IP networks. In the 2000s, the MPLS technology enhanced the comprehensive bearing capability of voice and video services. After 2010, IPv6 deployment was accelerated. As more and more devices, vehicles, sensors, and home appliances go online, enabling IP on everything becomes a vision and industry trend.
In this context, all the statistics show that IPv6 is growing constantly and faster than IPv4 in all measures such as number of users, percentage of content, and amount of traffic. For the first time in history, the user–network–content communication chain is ready for IPv6 and this means that the industry has selected IPv6 for the future. On the other hand, the networking field is in constant evolution and all the new use cases and scenarios were not mature or even did not exist when IPv6 was introduced. For this reason, IPv6 started its massive introduction recently and keeps evolving to prepare for the future and meet the new challenges as they arise. Cloud-based everything, Internet of Everything, and industry digitalization posed new requirements on IP networks. The IPv6 enhanced innovation represented by SRv6 emerged.
ETSI ISG IPE will investigate the IPv6 enhanced innovation as required by the new and evolving applications in order to develop an IPv6 enhanced network, to drive the transformation of network service, stimulating business model innovation.

Part 1: Regulator and ETSI IPE Work session

0 - Opening speech – Ton Brand, ETSI
1 - IPv6 Enhanced Innovation (IPE) introduction – Latif LADID, IPE ISG Chair
2 - IPv6 Policy and 5G for Connected Automated Mobility – Jorge Pereira, European Commission
3 - IPv6-based Enterprise networks and IoT – Pascal Thubert, Cisco, IETF WG Chair
4 - IPv6 Enhanced Innovation: Gap Analysis – Robin LI, Huawei, IETF IAB Member
5 - IPv6-Only Internet – John Lee, Internet Associates

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Event type: Webinars

4:00 pm CEST (2:00pm UTC) to 5:30 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

In the 1980s, IPv4 became the basic protocol of the Internet and promoted the development of IP networks. In the 2000s, the MPLS technology enhanced the comprehensive bearing capability of voice and video services. After 2010, IPv6 deployment was accelerated. As more and more devices, vehicles, sensors, and home appliances go online, enabling IP on everything becomes a vision and industry trend.
In this context, all the statistics show that IPv6 is growing constantly and faster than IPv4 in all measures such as number of users, percentage of content, and amount of traffic. For the first time in history, the user–network–content communication chain is ready for IPv6 and this means that the industry has selected IPv6 for the future. On the other hand, the networking field is in constant evolution and all the new use cases and scenarios were not mature or even did not exist when IPv6 was introduced. For this reason, IPv6 started its massive introduction recently and keeps evolving to prepare for the future and meet the new challenges as they arise. Cloud-based everything, Internet of Everything, and industry digitalization posed new requirements on IP networks. The IPv6 enhanced innovation represented by SRv6 emerged.
ETSI ISG IPE will investigate the IPv6 enhanced innovation as required by the new and evolving applications in order to develop an IPv6 enhanced network, to drive the transformation of network service, stimulating business model innovation.

Part 2: ISPs/MNOs session

6 - Speaker introduction – Latif LADID, IPE ISG Chair
7 - IPv6 Policy USG  – Ralph Wallace, Verizon USA
8 - IPv6 Cloud & Data Center Networks – Chongfeng Xie, Chine Telecom
9 - IPv6-based 5G and SRv6 – Sebastien Lourdez, Post Luxembourg
10 - IPv6- based Verticals – Carlos Ralli-Ucendo, Telefonica

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Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Open Source MANO

ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability, the OSM community and the Open Air Interface Software Alliance organised the OSM Mid-Release 11 Hackfest from 13 to 17 September 2021. The event was run remotely, allowing participants to join from their homes or offices.

The OSM MR#11 Hackfest was followed by the OSM MR#11 Plenary the week after.

The OSM-MR#11 Hackfest was fully dedicated to OAI 5G Core Network Functions packaging and onboarding to OSM Release TEN bringing yet a new challenge to OSM and OAI users and developers.

During the Hackfest kick-off, an overview of the OSM NF Onboarding in Guidelines was provided by the OSM community experts. Participants were then organised in teams to collaborate on the onboarding tasks. Through the Hackfest week and with the mentoring of OSM and OAI community experts, they were challenged to build the package, including NFV standardized descriptors, instantiation, Day-1, and Day-2 operations, and build a functional 5G Core. On the last day, each team had the opportunity to demonstrate their achievements and the best onboarding demonstration was awarded!

Event type: Webinars

3:00 pm CEST (1:00 pm UTC) to 4:15 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

The ETSI webinar will provide:

• Understanding of the strategic importance and overall purpose of the annual EC ICT Rolling Plan for ICT standardization,
• A clear overview of how the annual update and maintenance cycles are managed,
• A preview of the potential new EC policy areas and corresponding actions for 2022 and beyond,
• Clear pointers for the ETSI community on how to best use the Rolling Plan and ensure the activities of all relevant ETSI TBs/ISGs and Partnership projects are visible
• Some tips and tricks to TB/ISG/IPP Official on ‘how to contribute’
• .. and much more

Presenters: E. Davila (DG CNECT), J. Friedrich (IBM), N. Sampson (ETSI OCG Chair), D. Boswarthick (ETSI)

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Event type: Webinars

4:00 pm CEST (2:00 pm UTC) to 5:30 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

This webinar for the ENI Proof of Concept (PoC) will provide viable solutions and methodologies for the energy management of DCs (Data Centre) through the use of a set of AI algorithms based on DC dynamic environment data, focusing on techniques such as Machine Learning and Data Mining. DC energy management policies will be based on general and specific AI models to help DCs achieve a better PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) and reduce OPEX for telecom operators.

Presenters: China Telecom, Intel, Huawei, Asiainfo - full details to be provided

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Event type: Webinars

3:00 pm CEST (1:00 pm UTC) to 4:15 pm CEST - on ETSI BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

This webinar will provide an overview of the ETSI OpenSourceMANO project and the latest features delivered with Release TEN, followed by a demo of a practical Edge orchestration use case.
The demo will showcase how latest features in Release TEN enable OSM to provide management and orchestration of value added customer services in retail edge sites. It will show how OSM can automatically scale services depending on the number of customers on-site, managing an application that stimulates redirecting visitor flows through the store to avoid congestion spots, helping to ensure social distance among customers and a COVID safe environment.

Presented by: Francisco-Javier Ramon, Telefonica, ETSI OSM Chair and Mark Beierl, Canonical, ETSI OSM DevOps MDL

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Event type: Webinars

2.00 pm CEST (12.00 pm UTC) to 3.00 pm CEST - on oneM2M BRIGHTTALK CHANNEL

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fundamental enabler of sustainability through its remote sensing and control capabilities in ‘green’ ICT solutions. Wider adoption, however, depends on using technology sustainably.

During this webinar, the speakers will illustrate new developments that are making this possible. This will cover principles for designing IoT systems sustainability and practical guidance for implementing low-code and low-maintenance IoT devices based on the oneM2M standard. The session will also take a longer-term view of new approaches to support ultra-low power devices that bring the potential for trillions of IoT devices closer to reality.

Presented by: Dale Seed (Convida Wireless), Andreas Kraft (Deutsche Telekom) and Ravikumar Pragada (InterDigital).

More information and Registration on the oneM2M website.

Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Public safety & emergency communications, Testing languages

ETSI, with the support of the European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Critical Communications Association (TCCA) and the Union Internatinale des Chemins de fer (UIC), organised the FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) Plugtests event, which took place as a remote-only event from 14th to 18th June 2021.

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

What were the objectives and scope of this FRMCS Plugtests event?

Interoperability and Mission Critical service harmonisation are critical challenges for the successful deployment and operation of Mobile Communication System 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, which is also used for Mobile Communication System for Railways. The FRMCS Plugtests event tested railways-oriented capabilities like Functional Aliases, Multi-talker, etc., defined in 3GPP Release-15 and Release-16. 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:

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 developed for this Plugtests.

This FRMCS Plugtests event focused on Over-The-Top (OTT) tests via VPN connections from the vendor labs, following the approach used during the pre-test stages in previous MCX Plugtests events and in the MCX#5 Plugtests remote event.

Who could participate?

What were the advantages of attending the FRMCS Plugtests event?

The Plugtests Observer Program

The focus of the observer program was to examine the deployment and testing challenges of the Mobile Communication System for Railways.

The observer program provided a platform to the various stake holders in railways in order to discuss the progress of FRMCS. The observer program was held remotely.