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The 5G ESSENCE Research Program<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>

5G ESSENCE addresses the paradigms of Edge Cloud computing and Small Cell as a Service by fuelling the drivers and removing the barriers in the Small Cell market, forecasted to grow at an impressive pace up to 2020 and beyond and to play a key role in the 5G ecosystem. 5G ESSENCE provides a highly flexible and scalable platform, able to support new business models and revenue streams by creating a neutral host market and reducing operational costs by providing new opportunities for ownership, deployment, operation and amortisation.<\/p>

For more information on the Research Program please click here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Motivation of the 4th<\/sup> 5G-PINE Workshop<\/u><\/strong><\/h4>

The 4th<\/sup> 5G-PINE Workshop<\/strong> has been established to disseminate knowledge obtained from actual EU projects as well as from any other action of EU-funded<\/em> research, in the wider thematic area of \u201c5G Innovative Activities \u2013 Putting Intelligence to the Network Edge\u201d and with the aim of focusing on Artifical Intelligence (AI) in modern 5G telecommunications infrastructures.<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>

This should take place by emphasizing upon associated results, methodologies, trials, concepts and\/or findings originating from technical reports\/deliverables, from related pilot actions and\/or any other relevant 5G-based<\/em> applications, intending to enhance intelligence to the network edges.<\/p>

Internet grows into a more \u201ccomplex\u201d and \u201csophisticated\u201d entity than it was originally intended to be some years ago. Actually, it is much more than \u201csimply a modern communication system\u201d as it comprises of numerous essential parts and\/or \u201ccomponents\u201d of modern networks, platforms, infrastructures and of related (usually innovative) facilities together with multi-generated \u201ccontent\u201d and a variety of connected equipment and devices. Internet is the essential \u201ccore\u201d of our modern world towards creating a real knowledge-based society and a variety of businesses providing numerous challenges for development and growth. <\/strong>New and unexpected applications and services are nowadays emerging from cutting-edge technological developments that \u201cshape\u201d the requirements for future progress and this dynamic evolution makes the entire context of reference \u201cmore fascinating\u201d. Internet\u2019s rapid evolution also influences socio-economic, environmental and cultural aspects of modern society. The Future (Internet-based) Networks<\/strong> aim to enable smart connectivity for all, anywhere, at any time at the highest speed and efficiency<\/em> fulfilling the overwhelming demands of today\u2019s modern societies, but also overcoming challenges about security, privacy, etc.<\/p>

The convergence of telecommunications and IT systems in future networks will result in open platforms which will enable new opportunities for innovation and new business models for all involved market players (especially for the SMEs). This will, in turn, require more systematic adoption of software defined networking (SDN)<\/strong> concepts <\/strong>to adapt future networks to new requirements allowing continuous and fast innovation cycles in the communication infrastructures and in the Internet as well as for the promotion of modern network and service management features<\/strong>.<\/p>

In any case, the communication network and service environment of the future will be enormously enhanced and much more complex than the one of today.  The corresponding network infrastructures will be capable of \u201cconnecting everything\u201d according to a diversity of application-specific <\/em>requirements, that is: People, things, processes, computing centres, content, knowledge, information, goods; and all these in a quite flexible, really mobile, and powerful way. Thus, it is expected that the Future Internet (FI) -based<\/em> context will encompass an intense variety of connected sensors, connected (smart) vehicles, smart meters and smart home gadgets way beyond our current experience of tablet and smartphone connectivity. As a consequence, the forthcoming and purely innovative 5G technological framework<\/strong> promotes the design\/establishment and operation of a next generation network that will provide reliable, omnipresent, ultra-low latency, broadband connectivity, and will be able of managing critical and demanding applications\/services, which are further modified by new challenging personalised applications, proliferate at an immense rate.<\/p>

The new generation of mobile and wireless systems, identified as 5th Generation (5G)<\/strong>, intends to deliver solutions to the continuously increasing demand for mobile broadband services associated with the immense penetration of wireless equipment while, simultaneously supporting new use cases associated to customers of new market segments and vertical industries (e.g., e-health, automotive, energy). Consequently, the vision of the future 5G Radio Access Network (RAN)<\/strong> corresponds to a highly heterogeneous network<\/strong> with unprecedented requirements in terms of capacity, latency or data rates. To efficiently cope with this enormous heterogeneity and complexity, the RAN planning and optimization processes can benefit -at a large extent- from exploiting cognitive capabilities<\/strong> that embrace knowledge and intelligence. <\/strong><\/p>

In this direction, legacy systems already started the automation in the planning and optimization processes through Self-Organizing Network (SON) functionalities<\/strong>. In 5G, also by assessing the dawn of big data technologies, it is envisioned that SON can be further evolved towards a more proactive approach able to exploit the huge amount of data available by a (Mobile) Network Operator and to incorporate additional dimensions coming from the characterization of end-user experience and end-user behavior. Then, SON can be enhanced through Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based<\/em> tools<\/strong>, able to smartly process input data from the environment and come up with knowledge that can be formalized in terms of models and\/or structured metrics that represent the network behavior.<\/p>

This will allow gaining in-depth and detailed knowledge about the whole 5G ecosystem, understanding hidden patterns, data structures and relationships, and using them for a more efficient network management.<\/strong><\/p>

Moreover, 5G aims to deliver intelligence directly to network\u2019s edge, exploiting the emerging paradigms of Network Functions Virtualisation<\/strong> (NFV) and Edge Cloud Computing <\/strong>(ECC). In particular, 5G targets at offering rich virtualisation and multi-tenant capabilities<\/strong>, not only in term of partitioning network capacity among multiple tenants, but also offering dynamic processing capabilities on-demand, optimally deployed close to the user. Furthermore, the Small Cell (SC)<\/strong> concept, will be enriched in the context of 5G with virtualization and edge computing capabilities, so as to support improved cellular coverage, capacity and applications for homes and enterprises, as well as dense metropolitan and rural public spaces in a dynamic and flexible manner.<\/p>

The potential benefits from such a combined approach of Network Virtualization, Edge Computing and Small Cells with the aim of improving network management<\/strong>, trigger the interest of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) such as Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) and Over-The-Top (OTT) content and service providers, by generating the emerging of new business models and allowing them to gain an extra share in the network market by pursuing emerging business models.<\/p>

Correlation between the above conceptual approach and AI-based<\/em> tools<\/strong> may be the \u201ckey issue\u201d <\/strong>for a variety of factors that could ensure the proper development and exploitation of 5G telecommunications infrastructures in modern economies!<\/p>

Experimental platforms for 5G in Europe are the results of private and public efforts at national and European level. Accelerating trial capabilities and other pilots, the platforms remain subject to continuous efforts targeting the full 5G picture and future evolutions. As such, actual 5G infrastructure deployment roadmap is highly dependent on the capability to deliver relevant and comprehensive set of platforms addressing remaining gaps & challenges.<\/p>

From a high level perspective, one way to \u201cview\u201d the 5G ecosystem is in terms of Platforms (Hardware (HW) and Software (SW)), Services and Use Cases (UCs). For new Platforms and Services to be created, investment and development are required. Key decisions need to be taken, both business-wise and technically. Business cases have so to be developed, and tests, trials and evaluations conducted to satisfy the various stakeholders that expected outcomes are being achieved. Considering vertical sectors, these will make use of the new Platforms and Services and generate Use Cases for their particular sector. Again investment and development will be required (new processes or ways of doing business may need to be considered), key decisions taken, business cases developed and evaluations conducted.<\/p>

Among others, the 4th<\/sup> Workshop<\/strong> on<\/em><\/strong> \u201c5G- Putting Intelligence at the Network Edge\u201d<\/em><\/strong> aims to investigate and give answers to the following research questions:<\/p>