CONASENSE Symposium 2021 - 4th-5th
October 2021, Munich, Germany
Organised by
CGC, CTIF Global Capsule, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark
Fortiss
GmbH, Munich, Germany
Organizing Committee
Ramjee Prasad, CGC, Aarhus University, Denmark, ramjee@btech.au.dk
Rute C. Sofia, fortiss GmbH, Munich, Germany, sofia@fortiss.org
Secretary:
Paulo Sergio Rufino Henrique, CGC, Aarhus University, Denmark, rufino@spideo.tv
Technical team support:
Sugandh Huthanally Mohan, fortiss, Germany, huthanahally@fortiss.org
Erkan Karabulut, fortiss, karabulut@fortiss.org
Website support:
Nisrine Bnouhanna, fortiss, Germany, bnouhanna@fortiss.org
Rute
C. Sofia, fortiss, sofia@fortiss.org
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Agenda
Agenda:
Day 1, October 4th, 2021 (9.30 CET to 17.30 CET)
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Time (CET) |
Topic |
Attendance |
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9:00-9:30 |
Registration period |
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9:30-9:45 |
Welcome and programme
presentation, Rute
C. Sofia (fortiss), Ramjee Prasad (CGC) |
In person |
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9:45-10:15 |
The CONASENSE Vision, Ramjee Prasad,
CGC, Aarhus University |
In person |
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10:15-10:30 |
In person |
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10:30-10:50 |
Coffee-break |
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Keynote Session I Chair: Rute Sofia |
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10:50-11:10 |
Connected Smart Lighting to provide IoT Connectivity,
Sensing and Positioning, Jean-Paul
Linnartz, Signify |
remote, NL |
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11:10-11:30 |
In person |
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11:30-11:50 |
From Cloud-native 5G to 6G Security, Anand Prasad, Deloitte |
remote, JP |
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11:50-13:30 |
Lunch Break |
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13:30-15:20 |
Session
I - Communications Chair: Peter Lindgren/Rute Sofia |
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13:30-13:50 |
Basic considerations on Terahertz
communication systems, Werner
Mohr, consultant |
In person |
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13:50-14:20 |
Global 5G Evolution for CONASENSE, Kaneshwaran Govindasamy, Global 5G
Evolution |
remote, Malaysia |
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14:20-14:40 |
In person |
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14:40-15:00 |
Wi-Fi evolution: towards Wi-Fi 7, Valerio Frascola, Intel labs,
Germany |
remote, DE |
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15:00-15:20 |
Remote, PT |
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15:20-15:40 |
In person |
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15:40-15:50 |
Coffee Break |
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15:50-16:50 |
Panel I: Communications horizon 2030: key
research challenges, Chair: Session chair All Invited speakers of Session I |
In person/remote |
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16:50.-17:30 |
Keynote Session II Chair: Paulo Rufino |
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16:50-17:10 |
Remote, USA |
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17:10-17.30 |
Remote, Brazil |
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17.30-17:45 |
Day 1 Closure, Rute Sofia and Ramjee Prasad |
In person |
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19:00 |
Social Event Dinner (19:00 CET) |
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Day 2: October 5th, 2021, 9.30-18:30
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Time (CET) |
Topic |
Attendance |
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9:30-11:30 |
Session 2: Navigation & Satellites Chair: Rute C. Sofia |
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9:30-9:50 |
From
5G to 6G: Space Connecting Planet Earth for a Sustainable Future, Maria
Gupta, ESA |
In person |
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9:50-10:10 |
Cognitive networking as instant primer of
large-scale satellite networks, Paulo Mendes, Airbus |
In person |
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10:10-10:30 |
Non-terrestrial Networks (NTN): Boosting 6G
from the Sky, Tomaso de Cola,
DLR |
In person |
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10:30-10:40 |
Coffee Break |
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10:40-11:00 |
In person |
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11:00-12:00 |
Panel discussion: Satellites in 6G, key
research challenges Chair: Session II chair All Invited speakers of Session II |
In person |
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch Break |
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13:30-14:30 |
Session III: Sensing Chair: Milica Pejanović-Djurišić |
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13:30-13:50 |
In person |
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13:50-14:10 |
Social Media Insights about COVID-19 in
Portugal: a social sensing approach, Joao Ferreira, ISCTE-IUL |
remote, PT |
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14:10-14:30 |
Remote, Canada |
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14:30-15:30 |
Panel Discussion: Sensing key research
challenges Chair: Session III chair All Invited speakers of Session III |
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15:30-15:40 |
Coffee Break |
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15:40-16:20 |
Session IV: Services Chair: Paulo Rufino |
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15:40-16:00 |
In person |
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16:00-16:20 |
Remote, Montenegro |
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16:20-16:40 |
remote, India |
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16:40-17:40 |
Panel discussion: Services and key aspects to
handle Chair: Session IV chair All Invited speakers of Session IV |
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17:40-18:00 |
Closing Session, Ramjee Prasad and Rute Sofia |
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Introduction to fortiss, Harald Rueß, Scientific Manager, fortiss
After studying mathematics in Ulm, Germany, and computer science
in San Diego, California, Harald Rueß earned a doctorate from the University of
Ulm. He worked at SRI International in Menlo Park, California between 1995 and
2005, first as an international fellow, then since 1998 as a staff researcher
in SRI's computer science lab, including stints as a visiting professor in
Mannheim in 2001 and longer research assignments in Cambridge in 1999 and
Manchester in 2005. His research interests encompass the fields of dependable
and safe embedded systems, symbolic analysis and synthesis, as well as decision
processes. He worked as a systems consultant and program manager in the
automotive and aerospace industries in southern Germany between 2006 and 2008.
Harald Rueß has been scientific managing director at fortiss - the research
institute of the Free State of Bavaria for software-intensive systems and
services - since 2009.
Connected Smart Lighting to provide IoT
Connectivity, Sensing and Positioning, Jean-Paul Linnartz, Signify
Jean-Paul M. G. Linnartz (Fellow, IEEE) currently is a Research
Fellow with Signify (Philips Lighting) Research, and a Part-time Professor with
TU Eindhoven, addressing Personalized Human Centric Lighting and optical
wireless communication. His inventions led to more than 75 granted patent
families and have been a basis for three ventures. From 1992 to 1995, he was an
Assistant Professor with the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. In
1994, he was an Associate Professor with TU Delft. From 1988 to 1991, he was an
Assistant Professor with the TU Delft. He was Senior Director with Philips
Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where he headed Security, Connectivity,
and IC Design Research Groups.
Abstract: The transition from incandescent to LED
lighting has "digitized" lighting, lighting control and the lighting IoT
infrastructure. To enhance comfort, wellness and productivity, the trend
towards personalized Human Centric Lighting calls not only for dimming and
colour control of (usually many) light sources but also for the real-time
connectivity of many sensors. Similarly, rooms inside buildings can be used
more efficiently if sensor data is collected about occupancy, people traffic
flow or asset location. This can save energy, control ventilation, air
purification, UV virus disinfection, or can schedule maintenance and cleaning
more efficiently. The central point in the ceiling, traditionally
occupied by an only one large light bulb, now increasingly becomes a key point
in the IoT infrastructure. It is a suitable sensor location. If used for
advanced wireless communication with adaptive beam steering, it allows the
definition of atto cells that can re-use the available radio spectrum every few
meters. In fact, wireless communication has shown a constant densification.
From Marconi crossing oceans, to having one global user per frequency, to
co-channel planning of radio stations, to cellular reuse densified into micro
and pico cells, to potentially the footprint of a communication signal
shrinking to the width of a laser beam. In that migration from massive, phased
arrays to RF MIMO to targeting a light beam can simplify wireless technology
and can reduce power consumption. In other words, the ceiling central point not
only becomes an IoT end-point but also a vital communications hub towards human
users and IoT devices. In this presentation, Jean-Paul Linnartz sketches the
convergence of Communication, Navigation, Sensing, and Services from the
perspective of Signify (Philips Lighting), the world's leading light company.
Indoor positioning with centimetre accuracy by using light sources as beacons
was commercially rolled out about a decade ago. Today, we see an uptake of
indoor wireless communication light, predominantly because directed light gives
interference-free, thus guaranteed low latencies, as demanded in virtual
reality and autonomous industrial machines and vehicle. As the technical leader
of the EU project Enhanced Lighting for the Internet of Things, he reports on
distributed MIMO to ensure reliable blockage-free coverage, and a fibre
fronthaul network to ceiling access points. The vision of a convergence
of sensing, communication and positioning is embodied by Signify in the
Interact portfolio of connected lighting software applications for the IoT.
While Jean-Paul will focus on indoor application, outdoors, the ubiquitous presence
of light poles gives another opportunity to leverage the presence of a
connected lighting infrastructure.
The Green Wall, Peter Lindgren, Aarhus
University and Vice President of CTIF Global Capsule (CGC)
Peter Lindgren holds a full Professorship in Multi business
model and Technology innovation at Aarhus University, Denmark - Business
development and technology innovation and is Vice President of CTIF Global
Capsule (CGC) www.ctifglobalcapsule.org. He is founder of the Multi Business
Model Innovation Approach. He is Director of CTIF Global Capsule/MBIT Research
Center at Aarhus University - Business Development and Technology and is member
of Research Committee at Aarhus University - BSS. He is cofounder of five
start-up businesses amongst others - www.thebeebusiness.com ,
www.thedigibusiness.com, www.vdmbee.com
Abstract: SENSEMI is contemplated as a novel aggregation
of technical methods to transform business models into competent businesses in
a "never before seen" way to Greener, Sustainable and Tangible economies. A
promising business must have a robust business model, which is a defined way of
modelling the business by resolving challenges and enhancing the value
creations into well-demarcated dimensions, such as value propositions,
competencies, value formula, etc. By assimilating the "Artificial Intelligence
Sensing" dimension in the business modelling process it involves developing the
sensing, transmission, reception, and recreation of the information beyond the
present state-of the-art technologies (audio and video) by involving other
forms of sensing such as touch, taste, and smell, and bind them with the
Business Model Process. Hence, the talk put forward an innovative and tangible
feedback and dissemination approach to cascaded BMI processes.
From Cloud-native 5G to 6G Security, Anand Prasad, Deloitte Tohmatsu Cyber
Dr. Anand R. Prasad, Partner at Deloitte Tohmatsu Cyber (DTCY)
where he leads connectivity security. Prior to DTCY Anand was Founder &
CEO, Wenovator LLC that now forms part of Deloitte and Senior Security Advisor,
NTT DOCOMO. He was CISO, Board Member, of Rakuten Mobile, where he led all
aspects of enterprise and mobile network security (4G, 5G, IoT, Cloud, device,
IT, SOC, GRC, assurance etc.) from design, deployment to operations. Anand was
Chairman of 3GPP SA3 where, among others, he led the standardization of 5G
security. He is also advisor to several organizations such as CTIF Global
Capsule, Guardrails and German Entrepreneurship Asia. Anand is an innovator
with 50+ patents, a recognized keynote speaker (RSA, MWC etc.), and a prolific
writer with 6 books and 50+ publications. He is a Fellow of IET and IETE.
Abstract: In this talk, we will a dive into cloud-native
security aspects of 5G. With that as base, we will discuss security aspects for
next steps of mobile communications system in the form of 6G.
Basic considerations on Terahertz communication
systems, Werner Mohr, consultant
Werner Mohr graduated from the University of Hannover, Germany,
with the master's degree in electrical engineering in 1981 and with the Ph.D.
degree in 1987. Dr. Werner Mohr joined Siemens AG, Mobile Network Division in
Munich, Germany in 1991. He was involved in several EU funded projects and ETSI
standardization groups on UMTS and systems beyond 3G. Werner Mohr coordinated
several EU and Eureka Celtic funded projects on 3G (FRAMES project), LTE and
IMT-Advanced radio interface (WINNER I, II and WINNER+ projects), which
developed the basic concepts for future radio standards. Since April 2007 he
was with Nokia Solutions and Networks (now Nokia) in Munich Germany, where he
was Head of Research Alliances. In addition, he was chairperson of the
NetWorld2020 European Technology Platform until December 2016. Werner Mohr was
Chair of the Board of the 5G Infrastructure Association in 5G PPP of the EU
Commission from its launch until December 2016. He was chair of the
"Wireless World Research Forum - WWRF" from its launch in August 2001
up to December 2003. He was member of the board of ITG in VDE from 2006 to
2014. He is co-author of a book on "Third Generation Mobile Communication
Systems" a book on "Radio Technologies and Concepts for
IMT-Advanced" and a book "Mobile and Wireless Communications for
IMT-Advanced and Beyond". In December 2016 Werner Mohr received the IEEE
Communications Society Award for Public Service in the Field of
Telecommunications and in November 2018 he received the VDE ITG Fellowship
2018. In May 2019 Werner Mohr received the WWRF Fellowship. In March 2021 he
retired from Nokia and is now active as consultant.
Abstract: Discussions on research directions towards
systems beyond 5G/6G have started. One of the potential elements of future
mobile and wireless systems are new radio systems in the (sub)-Terahertz
domain. These are new frequency ranges for mobile and wireless systems to
support very high throughput data links and the huge growth of data traffic in
the coming years. The main purpose of this paper is to get an understanding
from a system perspective of the relation between achievable data throughput
versus range and system bandwidth for different propagation conditions, carrier
frequency ranges and to investigate basic physical limits. Radiation limits of
electromagnetic power with respect to effects on the human body are considered.
Compared to the currently used frequency bands below 10 GHz additional effects
like rain, atmospheric and foliage attenuation must be considered in the
(sub)-Terahertz frequency range, which have a significant impact on system
performance. The possible throughput is dropping very fast with range.
Therefore, wideband Terahertz systems are only applicable for short range
communication especially if radiation limits need to be respected to avoid
effects of electromagnetic radiation on the human body. Especially
point-to-point links could be applied for backhaul connections and to replace
optical fibres in data centres. This investigation does only provide basic
ideas, which need further research. However, it shows that there is a
reasonable potential for system implementation and deployment.
Global 5G Evolution for CONASENSE, Kaneshwaran Govindasamy, Global 5G Evolution
Kaneshwaran Govindasamy is the Founder of Global 5G Evolution, a platform & community providing
millions of engineers & university students with informative content to
help them innovate in the 5G technology domain. This allow the reach of
engineers and University students to enable state of art technologies and allowing
to engage conversations that would help them with knowledge for their research
and engineering. He has 23 years' experience in the Telecommunications field in
Key Account Management, Business Development & Commercial Management in
Vendor & ICT Consulting Environment for Telco Operators in Asia, Enterprise
market & Government agencies including MINDEF. Areas of expertise include
5G, IoT, Analytics, Cyber Security, Cloud, OSS/BSS, Power BI, LTE, Core
Networks, Transmission & Transport Networks, Radio Microwave & Radio
Base Stations. Kanesh forte is being in leading company, Ericsson Malaysia for
12 years in Key Account Management role. Kanesh was an apprentice to Professor
Tharek Abdul Rahman in Wireless Microwave 28GHz Research & Development in
1998-2000. Kanesh qualifications are MBA (Victoria University, Melbourne, AU,
2009-2010) and BEng (Notingham Trent University, UK, 1996-1997).
Abstract: Global 5G Evolution, a platform &
community providing millions of engineers with informative content to help them
innovate in the 5G technology domain. We surpassed 120 speakers/5G experts from
35 countries worldwide on board with us; with 18 sessions. This YouTube
community driven project, Global 5G Evolution reaches millions of engineers
with information about state of the art technology and engaging conversations
that enable them to stay up to date, and find knowledge during research,
engineering, architecture and design. We would like to further explain
further how this 5G Community platform will transform the Businesses including
SMEs, Enterprises and Start-ups in this huge 5G ecosystem which includes
Internet of Things, Digital Twin, Computer Vision, 3D Modelling, Drones, AR VR,
Coding, AI, Robotics, Holographic and Machine Learning. We would love to encourage
more Tech Youtubers targeting Gen Z Content Creators to participate where we
can help to host them to the International scene.
The Evolution of the Radio Access Network towards 6G, Vladimir Poulkov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Professor Vladimir Poulkov has received the M.Sc. and Ph.D.
degrees from the Technical University of Sofia (TUS), Sofia, Bulgaria. He has
more than 30 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience in the
field of telecommunications. He has successfully managed numerous industrial,
engineering, R&D and educational projects. He has been Dean of the Faculty
of the Telecommunications at TUS and Vice Chairman of the General Assembly of
the European Telecommunications Standardization Institute (ETSI). Currently he
is Head of the Tele infrastructure R&D Laboratory at TUS and Chairman of
the Cluster for Digital Transformation and Innovation, Bulgaria. He is Fellow
of the European Alliance for Innovation; Senior IEEE Member. He has authored
many scientific publications and is tutoring BSc, MSc, and PhD courses in the
field of Information Transmission Theory and Wireless Access Networks.
Abstract: Like any radio, the cellular Base Stations (BSs)
have a Radio Frequency (RF) and a Baseband (BB) part. For many years the RF
part and the BB part of these major components of the Radio Access Networks
(RANs) infrastructure have been tightly integrated. At these times connecting
the RRUs of one vendor to the BBU of another vendor usually could not be
possible due to the propriety of the solutions. In the last few decades, RANs
have significantly evolved from analog to digital signal processing units,
where hardware components are being replaced with flexible and reusable
software-defined functions allowing the RRU and BBU of cellular BSs to be
independent the implementation of advanced access architectures. Following
these driving forces the BS architecture has evolved considerably over the last
few years towards the so-called "Open RAN". The main behind opening the RAN is
to disaggregate the elements of the BS and to develop open standards for the
interfaces and interaction procedures between them. Currently service providers
worldwide are driving adoption of "Open RAN for 5G". At the same time
researchers consider implementing open source in the next generation RAN
architecture to be an indispensable constituent of 6G ecosystems. This talk
presents an overview of the evolution of RAN technologies and the latest trends
towards virtualized, open and intelligent Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN).
Wi-Fi evolution: towards Wi-Fi 7, Valerio Frascola, Intel labs, Germany
Valerio Frascolla (MSc and PhD in Electronic Engineering) is
Director of Research and Innovation at Intel and had been working at Ancona
University, Comneon, Infineon, and as reviewer for the European Commission. He
serves as chairman of several workgroups in European associations and is board
of directors' member of the BDVA association. He has expertise in wireless
systems architecture and protocols, requirements management, and
standardization, his main research interest being 5G and beyond system design,
with focus on spectrum management, AI, and edge technologies. He is author of
70+ publications, reviewer for 30+ journals, has participated in the TPC of 75+
conferences.
Abstract: The talk will focus on the Wi-Fi technology,
elaborating the evolution of the Wi-Fi generations in the last 10 years and
summarizing the main expected features of the forthcoming Wi-Fi 7, touching on
its planned beneficial impact on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
domain.
The case for 6G, Martijn Kuipers, INESC-INOV, Portugal
Berend Willem Martijn Kuipers received a B.Sc. from the Rijswijk
University of Technology, the Netherlands, in computer science in 1996. In
1999, he received his M.Sc. in telecommunications from the Delft University of
Technology in the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in telecommunications from
Aalborg University, Denmark in 2005. During his Ph.D. he has developed a novel
multicarrier access scheme for 4G systems. Currently he is employed by
INOV-INESC Inovação in Lisbon, where is involved in the application of
artificial intelligence algorithms for data analysis, such as clustering
algorithms, seasonal ARIMA forecasting and machine learning. He has supervised
more than 30 M.Sc. students and was involved with courses on telecommunications
and computer networks, artificial intelligence and data structures. He has
taken part in National and European projects, like Monitor-BT,E-Balance,
TRILLION, ROCSAFE, FASTER e PERSONA and has publications in channel modelling,
access techniques and IP networking. He is also professor and coordinator
at the bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the Lusíada
University of Lisbon, where he is responsible for the courses on artificial
intelligence, data structures and computer networking.
Abstract: In 6G, the communication architecture is
moving away from a pure cellular deployment and will see the formation of
networks as a service (NAAS). This requires a complex technology, which will
drastically change their operation. MNOs and MVNOs, must devise new business
models and deployment strategies to be able to have any chance on recuperating
their investments as the classical "overprovisioning" method is no longer a viable
solution in 6G. 6G relies on virtualization of the network, which will use
resource provisioning mechanisms based on self-managed reliable and trustworthy
AI algorithm. Networks need to adapt dynamically to the required demand
and requirements and must do so without interrupting the service. This creates
new opportunities for existing players but will also open the market for new
operators. Even though 6G is still being defined, it is of the utmost
importance to understand the new dynamics, models and opportunities that it
will bring us.
The security architecture of 5G networks and
how it could evolve towards 6G, Stefan Wevering, Nokia, Germany
With more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications
industry, Stefan has a very broad knowledge of various technologies and network
architectures. However, he also held different positions in various job
functions that enabled him to identify and evaluate the business challenges
facing the telecommunications ecosystem. After completing his PhD studies in
Applied Optics at University of Osnabrück, he began his professional career in
2001 at Siemens ICN in the Advanced Technologies group for DWDM networks. He
then worked in systems engineering, in various pre-sales positions and most
recently as a technology consultant at Nokia for various European communication
service providers, for Deutsche Telekom. He is particularly interested in
studying the benefits of 5G technology for the telecommunications ecosystem,
always keeping in mind that something else will come after 5G.
Abstract: 5G technology aims to realise new use cases in
telecommunication networks to enable additional business opportunities in
vertical markets, for example in industrial IoT. This is due to new
capabilities being defined by 3GPP, especially around use cases in the context
of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable and low latency
communications (URLLC), and massive machine-type communications (mMTC). There
are several technological enablers involved, but the most important is the
evolution towards a Software-centric network architecture where the defined
virtual network functions can run on any Hardware infrastructure, also
including any kind of cloud platform (even public clouds). On the other hand,
this openness also means that a solid security architecture is becoming a
necessity in 5G networks. In this work the basic security concepts and
enhancements of 5G, being specified by standardisation, are outlined and
explained. Additionally, as the world will still be becoming more and more open
(and therefore more complex as well), there will also be a short outlook to
potential security mechanisms required in 6G networks.
An Engineering Perspective on the Quantum
Optical Communications and Sensing, Kwang-Cheng Chen, University of Florida,
USA
Kwang-Cheng Chen has been a Professor at the
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida, since 2016.
From 1987 to 2016, Dr. Chen worked with SSE, Communications Satellite Corp.,
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, HP Labs.,
and National Taiwan University in mobile communications and networks. He
visited TU Delft (1998), Aalborg University (2008), Sungkyunkwan University
(2013), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012-2013, 2015-2016).
He founded a wireless IC design company in 2001, which was acquired by MediaTek
Inc. in 2004. He has been actively involving in the organization of various
IEEE conferences and serving editorships with a few IEEE
journals (most recently as a series editor on
Data Science and AI for Communications in the IEEE Communications Magazine),
together with various IEEE volunteer services to the IEEE, Communications
Society, Vehicular Technology Society, and Signal Processing Society, such as
founding the Technical Committee on Social Networks in the IEEE Communications
Society. Dr. Chen also has contributed essential technology to various international
standards, namely IEEE 802 wireless LANs, Bluetooth, LTE and LTE-A, 5G-NR, and
ITU-T FG ML5G. He has authored and co-authored over 300 IEEE publications, 4
books published by Wiley and River (most recently, Artificial Intelligence in
Wireless Robotics, 2019), and more than 23 granted US patents. Dr. Chen is an
IEEE Fellow and has received several awards including 2011 IEEE COMSOC WTC
Recognition Award, 2014 IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award, 2014 IEEE COMSOC AP
Outstanding Paper Award. Dr. Chen's current research interests include wireless
networks, quantum communications and computing, cybersecurity, artificial
intelligence and machine learning, IoT/CPS, and social networks.
Abstract: After Bell resolved the famous discussions
between A. Einstein and Copenhagen school about quantum entanglement, R.
Feynman suggested the potential of quantum computing, which was first realized
by the quantum key distribution serving an example simultaneously for quantum
computing, quantum communication, and quantum cryptography. Following the
brilliant efforts in physics, engineering implementation of quantum optical
communications has been examined, while both alternatives of quantum-classic
communication and quantum-entangled communication are taken into consideration.
Further applications in quantum networking and quantum sensing are explored.
Rodolfo Azevedo is an associate professor at University of
Campinas (UNICAMP) and President of the São Paulo Virtual University (UNIVESP).
He received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
in 2002 and is a member of the Computer Science graduate program where he advises
master and PhD students. He got four best papers in conferences (SBAC-PAD 2004,
SBAC-PAD 2008, 2018, and WSCAD-SSC 2012). In 2012 he received the Zeferino Vaz
Academic Award and the newly created UNICAMP Teaching Award. He has been
honoured 8 times in the Computer Science and Computer Engineering graduations.
He was Director of the Institute of Computing from 2017-2019.
Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic is challenging many
areas of education, including Distance Learning. Although a hybrid approach by nature,
Distance Learning also suffers from the impacts of the pandemic, whether due to
the impossibility of in-person tests, the lack of a physical place for studies
and exchange of experiences, or even the dropout caused by other correlated
factors, such as unemployment, difficulty in accessing the internet or even
students' lack of motivation in this new reality. This presentation will
address the experience of the São Paulo Virtual University (Univesp)/Brazil in
such a scenario including the impact of the pandemic on student retention,
strategies adopted, and solutions used to improve the quality of education.
Vision and business perspectives for Non-Terrestrial-Networks, Maria Gupta, ESA
Maria Gupta is Senior Telecommunication Systems Engineer in the
Strategic Programme Line 5G/6G, Directorate of Telecommunications &
Integrated Applications in the European Space Agency (ESA),
https://artes.esa.int/space-5g-6g. She prepares and implements initiatives for
5G/6G satellite solutions fostering the integration of satellite and
terrestrial solutions within the 5G and for various verticals. Interfaces with
external stakeholders - space and non-space organisations, national space
agencies and EU to develop common understanding for the requirements for 5G/6G
satellite networks. She has more than 20 years of experience in satcom field.
In her previous positions, she was with Eutelsat in the Systems Studies
Division and the Space Engineering SpA in the Telecom Programmes Division.
Abstract: A new era of digitalisation and connectivity,
between everything and everyone, has the potential to change the fundamentals
of human existence: the way we interact, produce, live and work. New
connectivity networks will be designed to be environmentally sustainable. The
new and emerging applications and services enabled by seamless global
connectivity offered by Non-Terrestrial /Satellite Networks will be pursued and
commercialized to support a circular economy and climate neutrality. The
potential contribution that 5G/6G satellite networks can make to sustainability
spans across all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, to Zero Hunger (2),
Good Health and Well-Being (3), Quality Education (4), Affordable and Clean
Energy (7), Decent Work and Economic Growth (8), Reduced Inequalities (10),
Sustainable Cities and Communities (11), Climate Action (13), Life on Land
(15), among others. Space has an invaluable role to play in the 5G/6G ecosystem
in support of a myriad of current and future use cases. 5G and 6G have a
potential global economic impact which is staggering, with the satellite
connectivity share very compelling. Satellites can extend coverage, enhance
performance, and provide reliability and security to 5G/6G, helping to deliver
its promise of global, ubiquitous connectivity. Main objective of the
presentation is to highlight the main business and technological challenges and
opportunities for NTN networks in the 5G/6G ecosystem and the prevailing
verticals.
Cognitive networking as instant primer of large-scale satellite networks, Paulo Mendes, Airbus
PAULO MENDES is Expert in Network Architectures and Protocols at
Airbus central research and technology in Munich, Germany. His research
interests include self-organized wireless networking, information and
service-centric networking, and quantum networking. Paulo is
also an invited associate professor at University
Lusófona, where he was associate professor from 2010 to 2019.
Before joining Airbus, Paulo co-founded the
COPELABS research center (2010), the Senception
start-up (2014), and the Internet
architectures and networking research group
at INESCTEC laboratory (2007). From 2003 to 2007 Paulo was senior
researcher at NTT Docomo Euro-labs. In 2004, Paulo Mendes got his Ph.D. degree
(summa cum laude) in informatics
engineering from the University of Coimbra,
while being a visiting scholar at
Columbia University, New York, from 2000 to 2004. He is an IEEE senior
member and an ACM member.
Abstract: Driven by the vision of a pervasive Internet
able to support emergency autonomic systems, such as autonomous vehicles and
satellite constellations, there is the need to support a more flexible,
scalable and low cost management of such networks. In this context, further
work is needed to devise a suitable management framework able to sustain large
scale networks (e.g. LEO constellations) while still following the network
automation path that has been tackled in 5G networks and by Internet Service
providers. Such a management framework will allow future mobile networks (e.g.
cellular, vehicular, satellite) to become cognitive by observing and acting
autonomously to optimize their performance. Cognitive mobile networks will
enable full automation of network management and configuration tasks, allowing
operations and maintenance personnel to supervise the network. Besides the
usage of AI to furnish the needed automation and prediction, the envisioned
management plan needs to be able to interact with a variety of network
technologies, such as network slicing, software defined network and network
function virtualization, which need to be combined to create more flexible
services. However, it will be difficult to manage flexible and fine-grained
services with the current architecture of mobile networks, such as 5G. In the
future the architecture of a mobile network should be redesigned to achieve a
powerful, flexible and intelligent networking experience. This talk aims to
provide a brief analysis about the integration of such cognitive service
architecture with large scale satellite systems.
Non-terrestrial Networks (NTN): Boosting 6G from the Sky, Tomaso de Cola, DLR
Tomaso de Cola received the master's degree (with honours) in
telecommunication engineering, in 2001, the Qualification degree as
Professional Engineer in 2002 and the Ph. D. degree in Electronic and Computer
Engineering, Robotics and Telecommunications in 2010 from the University of
Genoa, Italy. From 2002 until 2007, he worked with the Italian Consortium of
Telecommunications (CNIT), University of Genoa Research Unit, as scientist
researcher. Since 2008, he has been with the German Aerospace Center (DLR),
where he has been involved in several projects funded by EU and ESA programs,
focusing on different aspects of DVB standards, CCSDS protocols, emergency
communications, and testbed design. He has been taking part of different
standardization activities within ETSI, IETF, DVB, and CCSDS, where he serves
as area director of the Space Internetworking Services (SIS). He is co-author
of more than 100 papers, including international conferences and journals. His
main research activity concerns: TCP/IP protocols, satellite networks,
transport protocols for wireless links, interplanetary networks as well
as delay tolerant networks, and communications strategies for emergency
applications. Dr. de Cola served on the Technical Program Committee at many
IEEE International Conferences and as TPC chair for the satellite track in many
ICC and Globecom editions. He has also been guest editor for IEEE JSAC, IEEE
Wireless Communication Magazine, and IEEE Network; he is currently serving as
associate editor for IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Wireless Communication
Letters, IEEE Systems Journal, and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He
is also serving as associate editor for Elsevier Computer Networks Journal.
Finally, he was the chair of the Satellite and Space Communications (SSC)
technical Committee (TC) within ComSoc from 2017 to 2020. He is currently
serving as chair of the SatCom working group with the EU Networld2020 ETP.
Abstract: Satellite communications (SatCom) and
non-terrestrial networks (NTN) in a broader sense are experiencing a new hype
thanks to their emergence as one of the technology champions in the 5G-3GPP
standardisation, the renewed interest towards satellite constellations, and new
attractive technology advancements in the development of satellite payloads. In
this light, NTNs are expected to play a key role in the overall 6G definition
roadmap, by taking advantage of a multi-folded space ecosystem, expected to
complement the capabilities of 6G terrestrial networks and then eventually
provide users with unprecedented QoE. This talk overviews some of the key
technology advances in SatCom from a research perspective and outlooks the role
that these can have in the full integration of NTNs within the 6G ecosystem.
A
Risk Analysis of CONASENSE Satellite Systems Threats, Homayoun Nikookar,
faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy, Netherlands
Homayoun Nikookar received his Ph.D. in
Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in 1995. He is an
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands
Defence Academy. Dr Nikookar has published 150 papers in the peer reviewed
international technical journals and conferences, 15 book chapters and is
author of two books: Introduction to Ultra-Wideband for Wireless
Communications, Springer, 2009 and Wavelet Radio: Adaptive and Reconfigurable
Wireless Systems based on Wavelets , Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Abstract: The use of space systems to support
Communication Navigation Sensing and Services (CONASENSE) activities has
increased exponentially since their first application in 1965 with the Initial
Defense Satellite Communications System. Although the first major application
was for communications services, space-based capabilities have now expanded to
provide a wide range of other types of services. Today these applications
include navigation, targeting, mapping, remote sensing, surveillance and
meteorological tracking, prediction and other services. Currently space is seen
as a new war frontier in which satellites play a major role. Given the
importance of CONASENSE satellite services in today's life and the huge amounts
of financial resources and the state-of-the-art technological capabilities that
are necessary to realize this kind of technology, it makes a satellite system a
realistic target for threats. Also, the fact that a damaged or destroyed satellite
cannot be replaced within a short time, makes threats more serious to
satellites. Furthermore, currently cyber threats are becoming the most obvious
recourses to take hostile action against CONASENSE satellites. In addition to
that the ground control station and antennas will also be vulnerable to cyber
threats and conventional threats as well. In this paper the threats of
CONASENSE satellites are studied and a risk analysis of the relevant threats is
provided. The influence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the role
it can possibly play in protective measures are also included.
Geolocalization of low complexity and low power consumption IoRT terminals, Ernestina Cianca, Univ Rome
Ernestina Cianca is Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Electronic
Engineering of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she teaches Digital
Communications and ICT Infrastructure and Applications (WSN, Smart Grid, ITS
etc.). She is the Director of the II Level master's in engineering and
International Space Law in Satellite systems for Communication, Navigation and
Sensing. She is vice-director of the interdepartmental Center CTIF-Italy. She
has worked on wireless access technologies (CDMA, OFDM) and in the waveforms
design, optimization and performance analysis of radio interfaces both for
terrestrial and satellite communications. An important part of her research has
focused on the use of EHF bands (Q/V band, W band) for satellite communications
and on the integration of satellite/terrestrial/HAP (High altitude Platforms)
systems. Currently her main research interests are in the use of
radio-frequency signals (opportunistic signals such as Wi-Fi or specifically
designed signals) for sensing purposes, and. Device-free RF-based activity
recognition/crowd counting/density estimation and localization; UWB radar
imaging (i.e., stroke detection). She has been the coordinator of the
activities of the Interdepartmental Center CTIF for the Italian Space Agency
project "Sviluppo Terminale EGNSS multifunzionale e riconfigurabile
(TESEI)", on the development of a GNSS multifunctional terminal. She has
been principal investigator of the ASI project WAVEA2, phase 2 study for two
demonstrators and two pre-operative missions for satellite communications in W
band. Responsible for the University of Rome Tor Vergata activities for the
several ASI-ESA projects. She is Associate Editor for the journal Wireless
Communication and Mobile Computing (Hindawi). She is author of more than 150
papers published on international journal and conference proceedings.
Abstract: In the context of Internet of Remote Things
(IoRT), small, low cost, low complexity and low power consumption terminals are
connected to the network via satellite. The knowledge of the position of the
IoRT terminal is important for current and future location-based applications.
However, the knowledge of the position of the IoRT terminal is crucial also to
ease the integration with 5G and overcome some challenges of the communications
with LEO fast-moving satellites such as long and variable delays and high
Doppler shifts. A device may use its location information in combination with
satellite ephemeris data to support mobility, compensate for Doppler effects,
and achieve time and frequency synchronization. As a matter of fact, 3GPP has
agreed to assume that User Equipments (UEs) will be equipped with a Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver. This assumption appears
unrealistic in a IoT scenario where low consumption and low complexity
terminals are involved. Therefore, different solutions must be investigated.
Therefore, this talk will make an overview on geolocalization techniques of IoT
terminals from one single satellite, showing achievable performance and
outlining challenges and research directions.
Social Media Insights about COVID-19 in Portugal: a social sensing approach, Joao Ferreira, ISCTE-IUL
João C. Ferreira is Assistant Professor with habitation at
ISCTE-IUL. He graduated in Physics from the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL
/ IST), Portugal, received an MSc in Telecommunications and a PhD in Computer
Engineering from UTL / IST and a second PhD in Industrial Engineering at the
University of Minho. His research interests are in: data science, Text Mining,
IoT, AI, IoT and AI application health, energy, transportation, security
networks, Blockchain, Electric Vehicle, Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) and sustainable mobility systems. He has authored more than 250 papers in
computer science. He has executed more than 30 projects (6 as PI), more than
180 scientific paper reviews and more than 25 scientific project evaluation.
IEEE CIS Chair 2016-2018 and main organizer of international conferences such
as: OAIR 2013, INTSYS 2018, INTSYS 2019 and INTSYS2020. IEEE senior member
since 2015. Guest Editor and topic editor of MDPI in the topics of energies,
electronics and Sensors. President of the IEEE CIS in PT (2017-2018). Author of
a patent around Edge Computer in a monitoring system for fishing vessels.
Coordinator of the Master of Decision Support Systems and of the summer schools
(smart cities) and winter schools (IoT and blockchain systems) 2019 and 2020.
He is participating in the following projects - H2020 Infrastress, Sparta,
ENSURECEC and MARISA, ANDANTE, Interreg Block4Coop, BALCAT, AIM Health, PT2020
Monitoring persistent track and Multicam and the Digital Demo
Abstract: The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world
had a significant impact on daily life. As in other countries, measures were
taken in Portugal to combat the spread. The objective of this paper is to
attain a perception of the reality concerning the COVID-19. With topic
modelling and sentiment analysis, the adopted approach was validated within the
context of Portugal, covering data over a period of one year, but it can equally
be employed in similar situations and other countries. For this purpose, data
was extracted from three sources (Twitter, Reddit and Publico). These data were
prepared for application of natural language processing (NLP) tools specific to
the Portuguese language. Then, a dashboard was built, and evaluated by experts
in medical care, who highlighted the potential of the results obtained,
concluding that the information extracted reflects the events related to the
pandemic. All data will be made available upon request.
Challenges of machine learning
in eVTOL aircraft systems reliability and safety, Marcos A Salvador,
Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Marcos Salvador is an engineer with more than 12 years of
experience in the aerospace industry, currently pursuing his M.Sc. in the
department of Industrial Engineering and Applied Mathematics, at école
Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada). He holds a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering
from the Faculty of Engineering São Paulo, Brazil (2005). His work in the field
of RAMS has focused on critical systems safety analysis and risk analysis and
management. His research interests are Condition-Based Maintenance, Machine
Learning and Pattern Recognition, Data Analytics, Industry 4.0, Autonomous and
Interoperable Flight.
Abstract: The increasing number of requests for type
certification received by the European Union Safety Agency on Vertical Take-off
and Landing (VTOL) aircraft attests to the expansion of frontiers in Urban Air
Mobility (UAM). In addition, it has revealed the interest of traditional
airplanes and helicopters manufacture, and the emergence of new players, all
developing their respective versions of electric powered VTOLs (eVTOL). The
perspective of eVTOL entering service in the coming years to serve the
transport of passengers, also brings the concern to ensure the reliability and
safety aspects of those aircraft systems that will be flying under new
operational missions, which differs from current fixed wing and rotorcraft
aircraft. Moreover, the evolution of aircraft systems monitoring technology
makes possible to acquire increasing amounts of data. In the event of system
failures, the high complexity of new systems combined with the huge amount of
data provided, it makes the decision-making process more difficult. Machine
learning allows to evaluate this data and improve reliability and safety. Even
as the number of aeronautical accidents has decreased over the last years,
60-80% of those accidents are result of human-failure. In an initial implementation
and operation stages machine learning (ML) can support pilot by using aircraft
data to predict system failures and contribute to improve reliability and
safety. Then, at an advanced stage, ML may support to reduce the human
interaction with eVTOL opening the possibilities for an autonomous aircraft.
This paper addresses the main challenges for the incorporation of ML in the
upcoming eVTOL fleet and its potential contribution to aircraft systems
reliability and safety.
Applications of AI and AR in the
context of Next Generation Communications and Services, Albena Mihovska, Aarhus
University, Denmark
Albena Mihovska is a Senior Academic and Research Professional,
currently an Associate Professor at the Dept of Business Development and
Technology, at Aarhus University, Denmark. She is leading the 6G Knowledge
Research Lab at the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) research group at the Dept as
well as several EU-funded projects in Beyond 5G networks.
Abstract: Applications
that take advantage of wireless communications are expanding from connecting
humans to connecting various things. Wireless communication has been more and
more complemented by the exponential growth of advanced technologies such as
artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and extended reality (AR and XR) and is
causing a revolutionary shift in the traditional wireless communication
networks with the potential for an increased contribution to achieving social
goals. The talk will focus on novel applications and services and the open
technological and social barriers to be overcome for the full adoption of AI
and AR and XR technologies.
Milica Pejanović-Djurišić is full professor in
Telecommunications and Wireless Communications at the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, University of Montenegro, founder and director of its Research
Centre for ICT. Prof. Pejanović-Djurišić has been
cooperating with numerous universities, research centres, international and
think tank organizations worldwide as a visiting researcher and lecturer. In
her research work she is focused on various aspects of wireless communications
and networks, where she has achieved notable results that were published in
several hundred scientific papers in international journals and international
conferences, scientific and professional papers in domestic journals and
conferences, as well as in several books and other publications.
Abstract: The world is in the middle of an unprecedented
technological revolution, one that is already demonstrating far-reaching
social, economic, and geostrategic consequences. In such circumstances,
countries around the world increasingly recognize that they must lead in tech
based innovation if they are to be prosperous and secure today and in the
future. In our societies activities of political, economic, social and cultural
life already depend to a large degree on digital connectivity. As cyberspace is
the technical foundation on which the world is increasingly relying to exchange
information, cyber readiness and resilience is becoming the norm. Cybercrimes
and threats undermine not just the safety of network users but disrupt
economical and commercial activities all the way to influencing the level of
accepting new solutions offered through advancements in communications,
networking, sensing. That calls for a change towards adjusting research focus —
to go stronger towards innovating and implementing new solutions, together with
building new capabilities and capacities. Such change will not be possible
without effective coordinated partnerships with diverse stakeholders:
governments (local and national), entrepreneurs, venture capitalists,
incubators and accelerators. Thus, the coordinated wide innovation system will
be able to provide necessary change of the technical architecture and
underpinnings for defending against cyberattacks, so that networks would be
defended, mission-critical networks ensured, high-quality cyberspace
situational awareness provided, policies designed and practical tools created
to integrate particular cyber effects, in the situation when existing trusted
platforms have been found to have backdoor access and mobility continually challenges
the definition of securing to "the edge". In this contribution, building of
such innovation framework will be discussed, taking into consideration the
importance of understanding the challenges inherent to innovating for the
contemporary security environment and a level of related uncertainty, so that
the research would be able to provide rapidly adaptable solutions based upon
timely reassessments of the changing conditions.
System Working Principles and
Use Cases of Railway Mobile Communication System towards 5G and Beyond, Navin
Kumar
Dr Navin Kumar has over 24
years of working experience in Government, Industry and
academia in IT and Telecommunication area. He has over 10 years of overseas
experience in teaching, research and development. Currently, he is
working as Assoc. Professor and chairman ECE Dept. in Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham (University), Bangalore campus. Dr. Navin has around 100
publications in peer reviewed international journals and IEEE conference
proceedings. In addition, he has also
authored and edited books and book chapters. Dr.
Navin has been awarded the Fraunhofer Challenge award in academic year
2010-2011 for the best PhD thesis work. He also received
research grant from foundation of science and
technology (FCT) Govt. of Portugal towards his PhD research work. He is the
recipient of Gowri Memorial award, India in year 2009 for the best journal
paper. Many of his papers adjudged as best paper awards at International
IEEE conferences outside India. He is Sr Member of IEEE, AIENG (HK), Life
member of IETE and Fellow IE(India). He is very active IEEE volunteer. He
is secretary in Bangalore Section. He served as Chair of IEEE ComSoc Bangalore
Chapter (2017-18), Chair VTS Bangalore and, Student Branch Counsellor of Amrita
School of engineering. He is also associated with IEEE Photonics, ITS, VTS,
Consumer Electronics and Sensor council. Dr. Navin has been giving tutorial at
IEEE flagship conferences like ICC, WCNC. He regularly speaks and delivers talk
as keynote, invited speakers in conferences and workshops. His research area
includes, 5G (mmWave and Massive MIMO), Visible Light
Communication, Optical Wireless Communication, IoT
and Intelligent Transportation Systems,
He is also the part of IEEE 5G and Future Network Initiative.
Abstract: The use cases, applications and promises of 5G
and beyond is still to be explored. The support of this emerging technology for
railway mobile communication (RMCS) is yet to be witnessed and experienced. The
RMCS envisioned large use cases of very high-speed data transfer, very low
latency and even massive connectivity to support railway users. 3GPP Rel 17 has
been discussing on this vertical. It eventually will resemble GSM-R and will
additionally provide communication capabilities beyond what GSM-R has been able
to. It will provide higher data rates, lower data latencies, multimedia
communication, and improved communication reliability. In this talk, we
will highlight the transition requirements from legacy communication systems
(e.g. GSM) to future RMCS (FRMCS), interworking requirements between legacy
communication systems and FRMCS as being discussed in Rel17.
Ramjee Prasad,
President, CTIF Global Capsule, Professor,
Department of Business Development and
Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark
Ramjee Prasad, Fellow IEEE, IET, IETE, and
WWRF, is a Professor of Future Technologies for Business Ecosystem Innovation
(FT4BI) in the Department of Business Development and Technology Aarhus
University, Herning, Denmark. He is the Founder President of the CTIF Global
Capsule (CGC). He is also the Founder Chairman of the Global ICT
Standardization Forum for India, established in 2009. He has been honoured by the
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy as a Distinguished Professor
of the Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine on March 15,
2016. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of Cape Town, South Africa,
and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has received the
Ridderkorset of Dannebrogordenen (Knight of the Dannebrog) in 2010 from the
Danish Queen for the internationalization of top-class telecommunication
research and education. He has received several international awards such as
IEEE Communications Society Wireless Communications Technical Committee
Recognition Award in 2003 for making a contribution in the field of
"Personal, Wireless and Mobile Systems and Networks", Telenor's
Research Award in 2005 for impressive merits, both academic and organizational
within the field of wireless and personal communication, 2014 IEEE AESS
Outstanding Organizational Leadership Award for: "Organizational
Leadership in developing and globalizing the CTIF (Center for TeleInFrastruktur)
Research Network", and so on. He has been the Project Coordinator of
several EC projects, namely, MAGNET, MAGNET Beyond, eWALL. He has published
more than 50 books, 1000 plus journal and conference publications, more than 15
patents, over 140 Ph.D. Graduates and a larger number of Masters (over 250).
Several of his students are today worldwide telecommunication leaders
themselves.
Rute C. Sofia
Industrial IoT Head
Fortiss,
Munich, Germany
Rute C. Sofia (PhD 2004) is the Industrial IoT
Head at fortiss - research institute of the Free State of Bavaria for software
intensive services and systems in Munich, Germany. She is also an Invited
Associate Professor of University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, and an
Associate Researcher at ISTAR, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Rute's
research background has been developed on industrial and on academic context,
and she has co-founded COPELABS (2012-2019, Lisbon, Portugal), research unit
which she also steered between 2013-2017. and where she was a Senior Researcher
until 2019. She has co-founded Senception Lda (2013), a start-up focused on
personal communication platforms. Her current research interests are: network
architectures and protocols; IoT; edge computing; in-network computation;
network mining. Rute holds over 60 peer-reviewed publications in her fields of
expertise, and 9 patents.
She is an ACM Senior member and an IEEE Senior
Member, and an ACM Europe Councillor. She is also an N2Women Awards Co-chair.
Before COPELABS/ULHT, she was a senior researcher at INESC TEC (07-10, Porto,
Portugal), where she steered the "Internet Architectures and
Networking" area of UTM, team dedicated to wireless/cellular networking
architectures and to user-centric networking paradigms. She was (04-07, Munich,
Germany) a senior research scientist in Siemens AG and Nokia-Siemens Networks
GmbH, focusing on aspects such as: fixed-mobile convergence; carrier-grade
Ethernet; QoS; IPv6 interoperability. Rute holds a BEng in Informatics
Engineering by Universidade de Coimbra (1995); M.Sc. (1999) and Ph.D. (2004) in
Informatics by Universidade de Lisboa. During her PhD studies, she was a
visiting scholar (2000-2003) at Northwestern University (ICAIR) and at
University of Pennsylvania. The PhD degree has been awarded by University of
Lisbon, "Summa cum Laude". The PhD studies took place (Visiting
scholar) at ICAIR, Northwestern University (2000) and University of
Pennsylvania (2000-2003).
Paulo Sergio Rufino Henrique
Spideo, France
CGC, Aarhus University
Paulo
S. Rufino Henrique holds more than 20 years of experience working in
telecommunications. His career began as a field engineer at UNISYS in Brazil,
where he was born. There, Paulo worked for almost nine years in the Service
Operations, repairing and installing corporative servers and networks before
joining British Telecom (BT) Brazil. Paulo worked five years at BT Brazil
managing MPLS networks, satellites (V-SAT), IP-Telephony for Tier 1 network
operations. He became the Global Service Operations Manager during that period
overseeing BT operations in EMEA, Americas, India, South Korea, South African,
and China. After a successful career in Brazil, Paulo got transferred to the BT
headquarters in London, where he worked for six and a half years as a service
manager for Consumers Broadband in the UK and IPTV Ops manager for BT TV Sports
channel. Additionally, during his tenure as IPTV Ops manager for BT, Paulo also
participated in the BT project of launching the first UHD (4K) TV channel in
the UK. He then joined Vodafone UK as a Quality Manager for Consumers
Broadband Services and OTT platforms, and he worked in that capacity for almost
two years. During his stay in London, Paulo completed a Post-graduation Degree at
Brunel London University. His thesis was entitled 'TV Everywhere and the
Streaming of UHD TV over 5G Networks & Performance Analysis'. Presently,
Paulo Henrique holds the Head of Delivery and Operations position at Spideo,
Paris, France. He is also a Ph.D. candidate under Professor Ramjee
Prasad's supervision at Global CTIF Capsule, Department of Business, Aarhus
University, Denmark. His research field is 6G Networks - Performance Analysis
for Mobile Multimedia Services for the Future Wireless Technologies.
