Non-Public-Networks white paper

With considerable contributions from the projects 6G BRAINS and 5G-VINNI, the white paper on “Non-Public-Networks – State of the art and way forward”, was published today. Experts from Eurescom, namely Anastasius Gavras, have contributed to this white paper.

Non-public networks (NPNs) push the integration capability of 5G a step further by not only offering the integration of service capabilities specific and tuned towards verticals but building an entire concept of infrastructure provisioning around verticals. This is achieved by extending the architectural alignment of service-based architecture and enterprise service architecture to the capability of provisioning 5G hardware infrastructure, down to base stations in vertical industry sites. The use of private site-specific spectrum, utilized for 5G infrastructure, can be complemented by the possibility to utilize roaming into operators’ wide-area connectivity, if needed for the specific use case. The use of local spectrum disconnects NPNs entirely from previous operator-dependent deployment models. Ultimately, the vertical customer’s extended enterprise service architecture is now realized as a distributed data centre that spans its various sites albeit with the ultra-low latency and service-centric capabilities that are enabled by 5G. This white paper presents the state of the art of NPNs in the 5G and beyond 5G context and provides an outlook on possible evolution paths of this concept.

You can download the white paper from White Papers ‹ 5G-PPP or directly from Non-Public-Networks – State of the art and way forward | Zenodo

Feel free to cite this white paper as: [1] Mahmood, Kashif, Gavras, Anastasius, and Hecker, Artur. “Non-public-networks – State of the Art and Way Forward”. Zenodo, November 17, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7230191.

A World’s first – the Eurescom led ESA ARTES 5G GOA project demonstrates 5G-NR direct connectivity in Stand Alone mode over a geostationary satellite in Ku band

The Eurescom led ESA ARTES 5G GOA project demonstrated 5G New Radio direct connectivity in Stand Alone mode over a geostationary satellite in Ku band at the 39th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC 2022), 18-21 October, Stresa, Italy – a World’s first. The demonstration used occasional use capacity from the SES Astra 2F satellite and relied on the suitably adapted OpenAirInterface ™ software implementation for a 5G base station and a 5G nomadic node, mounted in a van equipped by a 45 cm satellite dish.

5G GOA is a collaboration between Eurescom GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, University of Luxembourg SnT – Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust and Bundeswehr University Munich (https://artes.esa.int/projects/5ggoa).

Eurescom-led 5G GOA project publishes extended KPI GUI for OpenAirInterface™ covering NTN

Following earlier announcements, the Eurescom-led ESA ARTES project 5G GOA has published an extended KPI graphical user interface (GUI) for the OpenAirInterface™ open-source code that supports 5G Non-Terrestrial Networking aspects. The code is available for immediate use in the public OAI repository at: https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g/-/commits/goa-5g-kpi-gui.

The project also created a merge request, so the modifications and improvements will be merged and integrated into the main development branch of OAI shortly.

Eurescom-led 5G-GOA project contributes non-terrestrial network extensions to OpenAirInterface™

Following its earlier announcement, the Eurescom-led ESA ARTES project 5G-GOA has published the modified and extended OpenAirInterface™ open-source code that supports 5G Non-Terrestrial Networking according to 3GPP Release 17, supporting direct connectivity over geostationary satellites. The code is available for immediate use in the public OAI repository at: https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g/-/commits/goa-5g-ntn. The project also created a merge request, so the modifications and improvements will be merged and integrated into the main development branch of OAI shortly.

Job Opportunities at Eurescom

Job Opportunities at Eurescom

Eurescom is looking to add three new colleagues to our team:

2 Technical Project Managers

Marketing and PR Manager

We are looking forward to applications from qualified candidates who would like to join our team!

Extended Reality – Eurescom message Summer 2022

Extended Reality, short XR, is getting real, moving from hyped prototypes to concrete applications for different vertical markets. With the growing capabilities of networks and cloud solutions, demanding XR applications are getting more and more the conditions they need to fulfill their potential. While many technological challenges still need to be addressed, the huge potential of XR has started to rapidly unfold.

The cover theme of the magazine features the following contributions:

In addition, this edition of Eurescom message includes articles on events, and more.

The magazine also includes the latest issue of CELTIC News, which is published by Eureka Cluster CELTIC-NEXT.

Online edition – Eurescom message Summer 2022 (including CELTIC News)

PDF edition – Eurescom message Summer 2022 (including CELTIC News)