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and other partners, formed 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G‐PPP)
10
with the funding of 700 million euros from the H2020 program and 700 million euros
committed by the private side, to continue developing 5G technology and to make EU
take a global leading position in 5G. So far, the 5G‐PPP has published white papers,
which identify the vision, architecture, key capabilities, design principles, key enabling
technologies, and the time plan for 5G. It has also published a series of white papers
investigating use cases and requirements from vertical sectors such as eHealth, Factory,
Automotive, and Energy. The 5G research within 5G‐PPP will go through three major
phases until 2020, with three corresponding proposal calls. The first phase was dedicated
to the research and innovation and the first call has resulted in 19 projects being selected.
The budget of 128 million euros funds the 19 projects, working with different research
topics from 2014 to 2016, including radio network architecture and technologies,
convergence beyond last mile, network management, and network virtualization and
software networks [36]. With the budget of 148 million euros, the second phase will
focus on proofs of concept, experiments, and vertical industry, spanning from 2017 to
2019. The third phase will focus on large‐scale trials with vertical industry. The research
in this phase will be started by 2018, with the fund of around 425 million euros.
2.5.1.3 5G Research in Celtic‐Plus
Celtic‐Plus
11
is a telecommunication and ICT cluster under the umbrella of EUREKA,
which is an intergovernmental organization formed by several European countries in
1985. The Celtic‐Plus mission is to facilitate innovative research projects in the area of
telecommunications, new media, future Internet, and applications and services towards
a new “Smart Connected World”. The current research focus within Celtic‐Plus spans
two key areas: “Networking and Clouds” and “Services and Applications”. Each research
area has many research topics, which are closely related to the development of 5G, such
as cloud computing, SDN, NFV, IoT, eHealth, smart cities, and smart homes, etc. Some
examples of 5G related projects within the Celtic‐Plus are UNITED about NFV support
of IoT services, WINS@HI about wearable IoT network solution for work safety,
SIGMONA about SDN and NFV for mobile network
12
, etc. [37].
2.5.2 Asian 5G Related Activities
Ongoing activities related to the development of 5G are also being conducted in some
research communities in Asia, including 5G Forum in South Korea, 5G Mobile
Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF) in Japan, and IMT‐2020 Promotion Group
in China.
2.5.2.1 South Korea: 5G Forum
In May 2013, the 5G Forum
13
was formed on the basis of the collaboration between
mobile network operators, global manufacturers, research institutes, universities, and
the government. Its main mission and objectives are to promote 5G technology research
10 5GPPP. https://5gppp.eu
11 CelticPlus. https://www.celticplus.eu
12 SIGMONA Project. http://sigmona.org/
13 5G Forum. http://www.5gforum.org/
and other partners, formed 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G‐PPP)
10
with the funding of 700 million euros from the H2020 program and 700 million euros
committed by the private side, to continue developing 5G technology and to make EU
take a global leading position in 5G. So far, the 5G‐PPP has published white papers,
which identify the vision, architecture, key capabilities, design principles, key enabling
technologies, and the time plan for 5G. It has also published a series of white papers
investigating use cases and requirements from vertical sectors such as eHealth, Factory,
Automotive, and Energy. The 5G research within 5G‐PPP will go through three major
phases until 2020, with three corresponding proposal calls. The first phase was dedicated
to the research and innovation and the first call has resulted in 19 projects being selected.
The budget of 128 million euros funds the 19 projects, working with different research
topics from 2014 to 2016, including radio network architecture and technologies,
convergence beyond last mile, network management, and network virtualization and
software networks [36]. With the budget of 148 million euros, the second phase will
focus on proofs of concept, experiments, and vertical industry, spanning from 2017 to
2019. The third phase will focus on large‐scale trials with vertical industry. The research
in this phase will be started by 2018, with the fund of around 425 million euros.
2.5.1.3 5G Research in Celtic‐Plus
Celtic‐Plus
11
is a telecommunication and ICT cluster under the umbrella of EUREKA,
which is an intergovernmental organization formed by several European countries in
1985. The Celtic‐Plus mission is to facilitate innovative research projects in the area of
telecommunications, new media, future Internet, and applications and services towards
a new “Smart Connected World”. The current research focus within Celtic‐Plus spans
two key areas: “Networking and Clouds” and “Services and Applications”. Each research
area has many research topics, which are closely related to the development of 5G, such
as cloud computing, SDN, NFV, IoT, eHealth, smart cities, and smart homes, etc. Some
examples of 5G related projects within the Celtic‐Plus are UNITED about NFV support
of IoT services, WINS@HI about wearable IoT network solution for work safety,
SIGMONA about SDN and NFV for mobile network
12
, etc. [37].
2.5.2 Asian 5G Related Activities
Ongoing activities related to the development of 5G are also being conducted in some
research communities in Asia, including 5G Forum in South Korea, 5G Mobile
Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF) in Japan, and IMT‐2020 Promotion Group
in China.
2.5.2.1 South Korea: 5G Forum
In May 2013, the 5G Forum
13
was formed on the basis of the collaboration between
mobile network operators, global manufacturers, research institutes, universities, and
the government. Its main mission and objectives are to promote 5G technology research
10 5GPPP. https://5gppp.eu
11 CelticPlus. https://www.celticplus.eu
12 SIGMONA Project. http://sigmona.org/
13 5G Forum. http://www.5gforum.org/