WORKSHOP 1

International Workshop on 5G Architecture

  • Monday, 27 June, 09:00-17:30, Room Aphrodite A
  • Organisers:

    • Simone Redana (Nokia, Germany)

    • Alexandros Kaloxylos (Huawei, Germany)

 

Motivation and Background

The current exponentially growing demand on wireless data rates, the new requirements imposed by future services and the required level of flexibility and heterogeneity call for an investigation of novel aspects of the 5G network architecture (incl. RAN, Core Network, converged wireline and wireless network with both core and access network aspects, networked cloud, Transport Network and Services). In this context, it is not surprising that there are several research initiatives dealing with integration and unification of functional and non-functional requirements, deployable elements, wired and wireless interworking, control, management and operational architecture aspects or that are looking at fundamental pieces that have an impact on the overall 5G architecture or vice versa. Furthermore, in the standardization bodies like 3GPPP, ETSI, ITU-R, IETF and ONF the work on the definition of the architecture for the 5G era has been already started. As part of the 5GPPP Initiative large number of projects attempt to either completely redesign the 5G network architecture or some of its components. Those projects have joint the forces and launched a Working Group on 5G Architecture to serve as a common platform to facilitate the discussion between projects developing architectural concepts and components and foster the discussions on the basis of the KPI’s described in the 5GPPP contract. The WG is proposing this workshop to involve also external research activities into the consensus building on the 5G Architecture.

 

Structure

 

Morning Session: Presentation white paper from 5GPPP on 5G Architecture

9:00 – 9:10

5G PPP View on 5G Architecture – Welcome & Intro

Simone Redana, Nokia Bell Labs and 5GPPP Architecture WG Chair

9:10 – 9:30 

5G PPP View on 5G Architecture - Section 2 - Challenges and requirements and key differentiating characteristics

Alex Kaloxylos, Huawei and 5GPPP Architecture WG ViceChair

9:30 – 9:55   

5G PPP View on 5G Architecture - Section 3 - Overall Architecture

Alex Galis, University College London

Peter Rost, Nokia Bell Labs

10:00 – 10:30 

3GPP SA2 Study on Architecture for Next Generation System

Tao Sun,  China Mobile

10:30 – 11:00    Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:40  

5G Architecture view from IMT-2020 l architecture

Tao Sun,  China Mobile

11:40 – 12:05

5G PPP View on 5G Architecture - Section 4 - Logical and Functional architecture

Patrick Marsch, Nokia Bell Labs

Olav Queseth, Ericsson

12:05 – 12:30  

  5G PPP View on 5G Architecture - Section 5 - Physical architecture

Volker Jungnickel, Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute

 

Afternoon session: Presentation white papers from other regions

14:00 – 14:25

5G PPP View on 5G Architecture - Section 6 - Software Network Technologies

Tao Chen, VTT

14:25 – 14:50

5G PPP View on 5G Architecture - Section 7 - Impact on standardization

Xavier Costa, NEC

14:50 – 15:30

5G Architecture view from 5GMF

Prof. Akihiro Nakao, University of Tokyo and 5GMF Network Architecture Committee Chair

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:30

Q&A

Section Editors