Peter Stuckman, Head of Unit for Future Connectivity Systems and the European Union (EU) Commission will present the EU’s approach to supporting evolving wireless connectivity and related research, following an introduction by Dr Mike Short CBE, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government's Department for International Trade.
Concluding the session Mike and Peter will discuss research strategy and support in the sector from an international perspective. The discussion will then be opened to questions from the floor.
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4/13/2021
A panel convened by Huawei.
Now that the deployment of the 5th Generation of mobile networks (5G) has successfully started all over the world, the obligatory “what is next?” question has appeared in the research community. From 3rd generation era, Europe has been kept playing the pioneer role in defining “What is next?” for each new generation. With the spirit of open research and innovation, quite a lot successful joint research and exploration activities between industry and academy have been supported by European Union. And now, as Commissioner Thierry Breton proposed, “without even waiting for the end of 5G roll-out, I want us to start working on 6G”. It is time to start think about how we could go together with join effort to create another technological miracle in next decade.
Organised by: Petar Popovski, Professor of Wireless Communications, Aalborg University
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4/2/2021
Visible Light Communication (VLC) has emerged as a novel optical communication technology that leverages ubiquitous lights to transmitting wireless data between devices. Operating on the visible light spectrum, it holds great potential to mitigate the problem of wireless bandwidth shortage in the near future. VLC has many unique characteristics, such as secure connection, license-free spectrum, data density, no electromagnetic interference, and thus show great potential to support existing applications or enable new applications, compared to its RF siblings. Despite the active researches in VLC technology and subsequently, the Light Fidelity (LiFi) network, many challenges remain unsolved when it comes to bringing the VLC to practical systems and a wide adoption in industrial, commercial and individual applications.
Organised by: Chao Shen, Chief Technology Officer, Sanoor Technologies INC., USA
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4/2/2021
Moving research from the laboratory into the real world is challenging. Complex new technologies must be deployed at scale in a highly competitive global market and be cyber-secure. 5G technology and engineering is often irrelevant to consumers and enterprises who just want outcomes and results. In a world impacted by Covid the vital importance of telecommunications cannot be overstated. Symposia such as these necessarily focus on the engineering challenges, but it is important to remember the needs of social care, health, transportation, and, of course, the impact of the climate emergency. How does the engineering community rise to these challenges and deliver the real impact that society so badly needs?
Moderated by: Ros Singleton, Advisory Board Chair, UK5G
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4/2/2021
Neuromorphic computing, Tactile Internet, pervasive Virtual/Augmented Reality (VR/AR), telepresence, and first quantum computing deployments can be named as some of the new ingredients of the forthcoming 6G system. In addition, Terabit links will not be only the backbone of a network architecture, but will also be needed to enable data hungry applications at user level. Fascinating concepts (it is already predicted brain to mobile or brain to brain) and guaranteed user experience are so far beyond any currently available networks.
As the step towards 6G seems quite steep from the technology point of view, indeed economic aspects will even play a bigger role than in the just ended definition of the 5G system. Bigger leap forward in user experience and capabilities of a system imply huge investments.
Organised by: Claudio Paolini, Head of Engineering, Lancaster University & Valerio Fascolla, Director of Research and Innovation, Intel Corporation
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4/2/2021
This panel addresses the contributions of C-V2X (cellular vehicle to everything) and 5G to Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM). The state-of-the-art and 3GPP release timelines will be discussed in terms of the availability of solutions to provide real-time/critical CAM-related services.
An important requirement is to provide such services also in scarcely populated areas, mostly rural and peripheral – already an explicit EU 5G Action Plan goal for 2025 at least for major transport paths, mainly road, rail and waterways. Providing such coverage will require innovative investment solutions involving mobile and road operators, as well as rail and other infrastructure (e.g., energy) providers.
Organised by: Jorge Pereira, Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission
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4/2/2021
5G radio access networks are still evolving. Significant enhancements include a move towards massive MIMO and wider spectrum bandwidths. In parallel, the whole RAN architecture is evolving to become densified, virtualised and disaggregated. Hence the RAN design is no longer just about the cell site and the backhaul, it now also includes fronthaul, midhaul, data centres (both cloud and edge). Many of these technology and architecture changes complement one another, however there are also many trade-offs.
The focus of this panel session will be to discuss the evolving 5G RAN design and to highlight where the main benefits are foreseen (or already experienced), what are the key trade-offs that can impact RAN design, and what are the main opportunities for us to steer the industry in the right direction.
Organised by: Richard Mackenzie, Researcher, BT
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4/2/2021
Chris Hancock, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor will provide this talk reflecting on the key ingredients required to turn an idea into a successful business that can change life.
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3/30/2021