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2.4.5 IETF Activities
IETF is a standards body for the development and promotion of standards for the evolution of the Internet. It has many groups working on specific topics related to the development of 5G standards. For example, in the IoT research area, IETF has 6TiSCH and CoRE.
There are working groups researching service function chaining (SFC), and distributed
mobility management (DMM). In addition, affiliated with IETF, the Internet Research
Task Force (IRTF) has several research groups working on new emerging technologies,
such as SDNRG, NFVRG, Thing‐to‐Thing (T2RG), and ICNRG. Recently, several
research topics, such as network slicing and IP protocols for 5G, have also been actively
discussed at side meetings at the regular IETF 96 and IETF 97 meetings in 2016.
2.5 5G Research Communities
Along with the activities being carried out in the standardization organization, 5G‐
related research topics are also being discussed globally within research communities in
Europe, Asia and America. It should also be noted that they have proven the strong
cooperation between each other through the signing of Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) contracts. In the following, the ongoing 5G related activities within these
communities will be summarized.
2.5.1 European 5G Related Activities
The following will provide a snapshot of the status of ongoing activities related to
the development of 5G that takes place within the EU 7th Framework Program (FP7),
the EU Horizon 2020 (H2020) Program, and the Celtic Plus Program.
2.5.1.1 5G Research in EU FP7
The earliest research related to 5G was started under the umbrella of EU FP7. Since 2013,
the European Commission has granted 50 million euros to research into developing 5G
technology, with the mission of making the EU a leader in 5G research and delivering
5G mobile technology by 2020. The grant was funded to more than ten projects
8
, which
address the architecture and functionality needs for 5G and beyond 4G networks, such
as METIS‐I, 5GNOW, iJOIN, Mobile Cloud Networking, etc. Among these projects,
the METIS project phase I (METIS‐I)
9
is the biggest, with the total cost of around
27 million euros. The METIS‐I project has been recognized as a reference for the development of 5G worldwide. So far, these projects have been completed, with their final
reports now available.
2.5.1.2 5G Research in EU H2020
The EU H2020 program is the successor of the previous EU FP7 program, which has
been funded with nearly 80 million euros available over a 7‐year period from 2014 to
2020. In 2013, to continue the research on 5G, the EU Commission, the EU ICT industry,
8 EU FP7. https://5gppp.eu/projects/
9 METIS Project. https://www.metis2020.com
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2.4.5 IETF Activities
IETF is a standards body for the development and promotion of standards for the evolution of the Internet. It has many groups working on specific topics related to the development of 5G standards. For example, in the IoT research area, IETF has 6TiSCH and CoRE.
There are working groups researching service function chaining (SFC), and distributed
mobility management (DMM). In addition, affiliated with IETF, the Internet Research
Task Force (IRTF) has several research groups working on new emerging technologies,
such as SDNRG, NFVRG, Thing‐to‐Thing (T2RG), and ICNRG. Recently, several
research topics, such as network slicing and IP protocols for 5G, have also been actively
discussed at side meetings at the regular IETF 96 and IETF 97 meetings in 2016.
2.5 5G Research Communities
Along with the activities being carried out in the standardization organization, 5G‐
related research topics are also being discussed globally within research communities in
Europe, Asia and America. It should also be noted that they have proven the strong
cooperation between each other through the signing of Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) contracts. In the following, the ongoing 5G related activities within these
communities will be summarized.
2.5.1 European 5G Related Activities
The following will provide a snapshot of the status of ongoing activities related to
the development of 5G that takes place within the EU 7th Framework Program (FP7),
the EU Horizon 2020 (H2020) Program, and the Celtic Plus Program.
2.5.1.1 5G Research in EU FP7
The earliest research related to 5G was started under the umbrella of EU FP7. Since 2013,
the European Commission has granted 50 million euros to research into developing 5G
technology, with the mission of making the EU a leader in 5G research and delivering
5G mobile technology by 2020. The grant was funded to more than ten projects
8
, which
address the architecture and functionality needs for 5G and beyond 4G networks, such
as METIS‐I, 5GNOW, iJOIN, Mobile Cloud Networking, etc. Among these projects,
the METIS project phase I (METIS‐I)
9
is the biggest, with the total cost of around
27 million euros. The METIS‐I project has been recognized as a reference for the development of 5G worldwide. So far, these projects have been completed, with their final
reports now available.
2.5.1.2 5G Research in EU H2020
The EU H2020 program is the successor of the previous EU FP7 program, which has
been funded with nearly 80 million euros available over a 7‐year period from 2014 to
2020. In 2013, to continue the research on 5G, the EU Commission, the EU ICT industry,
8 EU FP7. https://5gppp.eu/projects/
9 METIS Project. https://www.metis2020.com