WORKSHOP 2

Workshop on 5G Testbeds and Hands-On Experimental Research

  • Monday, 29 June, 09:00-17:30, Room 12

  • Organisers:

    • Ingrid Moerman (iMinds, Belgium)
    • Jaques Magen (InterInnov, France)
    • Timur Friedman (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)

 

Workshop Description

The workshop is jointly organized by the AmpliFIRE, CREW, and WiSHFUL projects, which are part of the FIRE initiative, with participation from the NetWorld2020 European Technology Platform and from the 5G Infrastructure Association.

The morning session is focused on initiating a general discussion on 5G and experimental test beds. This involves strategic presentations on the future of 5G, discussions on how experimental research and test beds could help the take up and successful development of 5G, and also how 5G technology could support the evolution and/or integration of test beds. We will address both technical and policy issues, centered on the questions of WHAT needs to be done and HOW this can be achieved. The morning session ends with a panel discussion with the objective of coming to some conclusions on possible directions to follow.

The afternoon session is dedicated to discussing specific technical issues that are on the table at this stage, and the steps that can be taken to resolve these issues in order to contribute to the technology evolution presented during the morning session. We present a hands-on tutorial of the OneLab experimental facility, allowing participants experience in navigating the OneLab portal and deploying experiments across our heterogeneous platforms. For this tutorial, we have two experiments set up for users in order to demonstrate the functionalities of the FIT IoT-Lab and NITOS-Lab platforms. For the first experiment on IoT-Lab, they will access the OneLab portal and reserve IoT-Lab mobile nodes (located at Lille, Strasbourg and Grenoble sites), and the experiment results will show a mobility pattern for each robot. The third experiment will allow users to reserve NITOS nodes and use the OMF (cOntrol and Management Framework) framework to control the experiment. This will give users the opportunity to learn how to use the OMF tool for experiment management and control.

 

Presentations Available!

 

Structure

Morning Session: FIRE and 5G – The Way Beyond
09:00–09:15 Welcome and introduction; presentation of the workshop, Ingrid Moerman (iMinds, Belgium) - CREW/WISHFUL
09:15–09:45 5G Experimental Facilities in Europe - The NetWorld2020 White Paper, Antonio Manzalini (Telecom Italia, Italy), Roberto Verdone (University of Bologna, Italy) - NetWorld2020 Expert Group, editors of the white paper
09:45–10:00 FIRE portfolio: the current status, Hans Schaffers (Aalto University, Finland) - AmpliFIRE
10:00–10:30 Federating FIRE facilities, a step towards 5G testing?, Piet Demeester (iMinds, Belgium) - Fed4FIRE
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
11:00–11:15 OneLab, Timur Friedman (OneLab, France)
11:15–11:45 FIRE+ and the 5G PPP: how to converge?, Jacques Magen (Interinnov, France) - AmpliFIRE and 5G Infrastructure Association, Didier Bourse (Alcatel-Lucent, France) - 5G Infrastructure Association
11:45–12:30 Panel session (including Q&As with the audience): FIRE and 5G, the way beyond –what shall we do next and how shall we proceed?

(Bernard Barani, EC DG CNECT Network Technologies; Jorge Pereira, EC DG CNECT Experimental Platforms; Jean-Sébastien Bedo, Orange - 5G Infrastructure Association)
12:30–14:00 Lunch Break

 

Afternoon session: Enabling intelligence in heterogeneous wireless networks

 

14:00–14:15 Challenges in wireless networks, Mikolaj Chwalisz (TU Berlin, Germany - CREW)
14:15–14:30 Concrete problems/cases, Robin Leblon (nCentric, Belgium)
14:30–14:45 Solutions for these challenges, Ingrid Moerman (iMinds, Belgium -WiSHFUL)
14:45–15:00 Intelligence for wireless networks, Nicholas Kaminski (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
15:00–15:30 Machine learning for wireless networks, Eric Moulines (ParisTech, France)
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–16:30 Distributed artificial intelligence for wireless networks, David Grace (University of York, UK)
16:30–17:30 OneLab hands-on tutorial, Timur Friedman (OneLab Executive Director, France)