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Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Fixed Radio Links

ETSI, with the support of Technical Committee ATTM (Access, Terminals, Transmission and Multiplexing) Working Group TM mWT (Transmission & Multiplexing – millimetre Wave Transmission), organised the fifth ETSI mWT SDN (Software Defined Networking) Plugtests™ event, which took place from 10 to 14 November 2025 at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. This event was co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

The format of the event was lab tests conducted at ETSI.

WHAT WERE THE OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE 5^TH mWT SDN PLUGTESTS EVENT?

This edition of the Plugtests event focused on proving the ability of Software Defined Networking (SDN) to operate from an end-to-end service point of view.

Building upon the previous four editions, which focused primarily on hardware inventory and service use cases, this edition included basic performance monitoring and alarm/event reporting functionalities*.

The scope of the event covered four use cases:

*Based on the concepts outlined in ETSI GR mWT 025 V1.1.1 (2021-03) - Wireless Backhaul Network and Services Automation: SDN SBI YANG models

WHO COULD PARTICIPATE?

Any microwave (MW) and millimetre wave (mmW) equipment vendor was welcome to participate and had to provide a full domain, including the related MW and/or mmW equipment.

The event was also open to telecom operators who wanted to understand the benefits of the SDN technology.

This Plugtests event was organised by ETSI and co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

Event type: None

UCAAT 2023 will be hosted by Nokia in the Polytechnic Timisoara University, Romania, on 14-16 November.

Overview

The annual ETSI User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT) is the most important date in the calendar of ETSI’s Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification (TC MTS).

Rapid technical advances in application areas such as information and communication technology, industrial automation, transportation (automotive, avionics, rail), enterprise information technology, healthcare, cybersecurity, and biotechnology, as well as shifting operational landscapes such as DevOps practices and machine learning techniques applied to software development are ever increasing the demands on testing.

UCAAT 2023: Optimizing the Value of Automated Testing

The UCAAT 2023 theme is focused on maximizing the benefits and outcomes of automated testing. The complexity of modern software and telecommunication systems is constantly increasing. The intersection with AI and machine learning technologies is delivering to users unprecedented experiences in all areas (business, entertainment, etc.)

Users' expectations on the quality of software, products and services is increasing as well, making effective and efficient testing more and more important overall, but at the same time also more challenging to perform and manage.

Identifying the best techniques, processes and practices to improve and optimize how systems are tested can give a competitive advantage and can even make the difference between the success and failure of a product or service.

Emphasizing the role of collaboration between development and testing teams in maximizing the benefits of automated testing can lead to better results and effective communication with a shared understanding of testing goals and processes.

That is why UCAAT 2023 aims at discussing all aspects of optimizing the value of automated testing of software enabled systems.

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Event type: None

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

ETSI’s annual flagship event on Cyber Security, the ETSI Security Conference, took place face-to-face from 16 to 19 October 2023, in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France and gathered more than 200 people.

This year the event focused on Security Research and Global Security Standards in action The event also considered wider aspects such as Attracting the next generation of Cyber Security standardization professionals and supporting SMEs.

This exclusive face-to-face event provided an exceptional opportunity for the security community to come together to exchange with experts, network with peers, and share facts and opinions around the subject of cybersecurity standardization. 

Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Open Source MANO

ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability and the TeraFlowSDN Community are organizing the TFS#3 Hackfest on 16-17 October 2023 and the Ecosystem Day on 18 October 2023. The events will be hosted by CTTC in their premises in Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain, and co-located with the TFS#3 Plenary.

This Hackfest will be dedicated to the use of P4 in TeraFlowSDN, starting with an overview, followed by a gradual walkthrough of an end-to-end P4 based demo, then a more interactive session. Sessions will be led by key members of the TeraFlowSDN community. Participants will be able to build their own hands on experience of P4 forwarding with TeraFlowSDN: deployment, configuration, operation, monitoring, update, etc...

Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Open Source MANO

ETSI's Centre for Testing and Interoperability and the TeraFlowSDN Community are organizing the second TFS Hackfest on 20-21 June 2023. The event will be held face-to-face during the IEEE NetSoft Conference in Madrid, Spain.

Participation in ETSI Hackfests is free and open to all upon Registration. You are most welcome to register to NetSoft2023 as well, though it is not mandatory.

This edition will feature TeraFlow Release 2, allowing participants to get hands-on experience with TeraFlowSDN. 

The event will take the form of a competition with the objective of integrating ETSI TeraFlowSDN Controller Release 2 with the ContainerLab environment.
ContainerLab is an environment that enables deploying versatile lab network topologies where each node can run a containerized Network Operating System, allowing to establish and test connectivity services traversing the network devices.
Participants will be grouped in teams and each team will collaborate to complete the following list of challenges (tentative):

Each team is expected to focus on a specific ContainerLab network device kind, e.g., IPInfusion OcNOS, Nokia SR Linux, SONiC, etc. Some ETSI TFS experts will be around to help you and resolve your questions during the hacking sessions.
NOTE: It is under study the possibility of involving P4 in the challenge through SONiC (To Be Decided).

Event Technology: Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)

Founded in November 2012 by seven of the world’s leading telecoms network operators, ETSI ISG NFV has established itself as the home of Network Functions Virtualisation.

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Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Fixed Radio Links

ETSI organized the fourth ETSI mWT (millimetre Wave Transmission) SDN (Software Defined Network) Plugtests™ event which took place from the 20th to the 24th February 2023. This event was hosted in ETSI, Sophia Antipolis, France. 

Event type: Conferences & Summits

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

The 9^th ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Event returned to an in-person format at ETSI Headquarters in Sophia Antipolis from 13-15 February 2023. See the Event Newsrelease !

The event started with an Executive Track on 13 February followed by a Technical Track on 14-15 February. 

As we increasingly rely on cyber technologies, we are ever more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The cybersecurity tools at the centre of protecting our business functions, connected devices and information assets from cyber threats rely on cryptographic tools and standards that will be broken by emerging quantum technologies. 

Planning and preparing is critical. A new suite of tools resilient to quantum computers must be standardized and deployed in order to maintain the availability and reliability of cyber systems and protect confidentiality and integrity.

As progress toward a cryptographically relevant quantum computer advances, the imperative to prepare for a transition continues to increase. As standards start to emerge, solutions start to become commercially available, best practices are developed and shared, and the ability to transition in a secure and cost-effective way continues to increase. We are in the middle of this long and complex journey and much remains to be understood and done.

This event brought together diverse participants in the quantum-safe cybersecurity community to facilitate the knowledge exchange and collaboration required to transition cyber infrastructures and business practices to make them safe in an era with quantum computers.

NEW! Podcast :CSM Podcast: Quantum Safe Cryptography with Matt Campagna

Event type: Conferences & Summits

Event Technology: 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Energy efficiency (EE), Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), Quantum-Safe Cryptography (QSC), Radio, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), Terahertz (THz)

The ETSI Research Conference took place on the 6th to 8th February 2023 in ETSI Headquarters, Sophia Antipolis, France. 

This face-to-face event provided an exceptional opportunity for the research community to come together with industry representatives and standardization experts to discuss future technology research and links to standardization developments.

Maximizing the Impact of European 6G Research through Standardization

At the beginning of 2023, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) launched the first phase of 5G / 6G research projects, many of which will play a crucial role in the definition of next generation networks. The ETSI Research Conference provided the perfect platform for these new projects to present their purpose and plans and exchange with the standards experts on their standardization roadmaps. More information about SNS JU projects is available here.

In addition, the ETSI Research Conference provided guidance to researchers on how to get involved in standardization, present success stories and examples of research being integrated into standards, as well as indications from the standards community as to where they would seek research input to help move next generation standardization forward.

The event enabled a fully interactive exchange between researchers, projects, industry and standards experts, with an overall objective of increasing visibility of European research initiatives and accelerating the journey from innovation / research, standards and on to global market deployments.

The event included poster sessions presenting several of the new SNS JU projects (see posters tab).

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Event type: Interoperability Events

Event Technology: Public safety & emergency communications

ETSI, in cooperation with the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), organized the fifth NG112 Emergency Communications remote Plugtests™ event from 23 January to 3 February 2023 with the support of ETSI TC EMTEL.