Christos Xenakis EVOLVED-5G partner, presented “EVOLVED-5G: NetApp for CAPIF robustness” during 2nd International Workshop on Advances on Privacy Preserving Technologies and Solutions (IWAPS 2022) in the context of 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, which took place on 23-26 August 2022. You may learn more about the event here: http://www.ares-conference.eu
Dr. Harilaos Koumaras(NCSR Demokritos) EVOLVED-5G technical manager presented the conference paper entitled “A Network Programmability Framework for Vertical Applications in the Beyond 5G Era” during EUCNC 2022 . You may access the video presentation here:
EVOLVED-5G technical manager Dr. Harilaos Koumaras from NCSR Demokrtitos gave an interview at the Greek Netweek magazine (May issue) on 5G private networks and the business opportunities that are created for novel and innovative services, making also a special reference to 5G-PPP EVOLVED-5G Project that we are dealing with building the ecosystem that will accelerate this digital transformation for the SMEs and the interested stakeholders.
EVOLVED-5G announces the Second release (Release 2.0) of the 3GPP CAPIF Core Function, developed by project partners: Telefonica Spain
Telefonica and Fogus Innovations and Services.
The APIs included in release 2.0 are:
You may find the code here:
https://github.com/EVOLVED-5G/CAPIF_API_Services/releases/tag/2.0
Dr. Julien Castet from IMMERSION, EVOLVED-5G partner, gave an interview on ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine online magazine (in French) giving insights about our project! You may access the article online here: https://www.adi-na.fr/actualites/immersion-aide-a-lintegration-de-la-5g-dans-les-industries.html
PAL Robotics represented EVOLVED-5G project in ERF2022 through a booth and demonstration. During this event, visitors had the chance to meet TIAGo robot and see how our project can lead the way towards industry 4.0. You may learn more about the event here: https://erf2022.eu/
Harilaos Koumaras EVOLVED-5G technical manager presented the conference paper entitled “Network Programmability Framework for Vertical Applications in the Beyond 5G Era on June 9th 2022. Programmability in 5G Core (5GC) enables operators to open telecom network capabilities and services to third-party developers, allowing them to establish innovative network-aware vertical applications. This openness is materialized through the 5G Service Based Architecture (SBA) that exposes the network intelligence to the vertical applications through standardized Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Building upon the application empowerment that the programmable APIs can offer unleashing new business potentials, the ecosystem of Network Applications (NetApps) emerges to stand as a facilitating middle-ware between the network and applications. This study presents the architectural and implementation aspects of an open all-encompassing framework for NetApps considering their entire spanning from their development to their final publication in the market. The paper has been created by Harilaos Koumaras (NCSR Demokritos, Greece); Dimitris Tsolkas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece); Javier Garcia Rodrigo (Telefónica I+D, Spain); David Artuñedo Guillen (Telefónica, Spain); Bruno Garcia (University of Malaga, Spain); Ricardo Marco (Atos Spain, Spain); Apostolis K. Salkintzis (Motorola, Greece); Dimitrios Fragkos (National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSRD) & University of Peloponnese, Greece); Georgios Makropoulos (NCSR Demokritos, Greece); Fotini Setaki (COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A. Greece, Greece); Almudena Diaz Zayas and Pedro Merino (University of Malaga, Spain); Vaios Koumaras (INFOLYSiS P. C., Greece); Paula Encinar Sanz (Atos Spain, Spain); Yannis Karadimas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & Maggioli Spa, Greece).
Alejandro Molina Sanchez from Telefonica presented the EVOLVED-5G conference paper entitled “Offering the 3GPP Common API Framework as Microservice to Vertical Industries” on June 9th 2022. The 3GPP Common API Framework (CAPIF) has been standardized to guarantee a unique reference model for API-based service provisioning in 3GPP systems. The great potential of such framework is currently revealed due to the need for interaction between vertical industries and mobile networks. Towards realizing the above-mentioned interaction, we describe key functional aspects of CAPIF by focusing on related functional entities and APIs. In addition, we implemented the CAPIF Core Function, i.e., the main entity of CAPIF, as an effort to set the basis for an ecosystem where developers from vertical industries can easily develop network-interacting applications. To facilitate any further contribution in the area, our CAPIF implementation follows the principles of microservice programming, and it is released (open source) together with a set of evaluation tests. The paper has been created by Alejandro Molina Sanchez (Telefónica I+D, Spain); Anastasios-Stavros Charismiadis and Dimitris Tsolkas (Fogus Innovations & Services, Greece); David Artuñedo Guillen (Telefónica, Spain); Javier Garcia Rodrigo (Telefónica I+D, Spain).
Harilaos Koumaras EVOLVED-5G technical manager presented the nature and the NetApp architecture of the EVOLVED-5G in the NetApp for Verticals Session of EuCNC 2022 on June 8, 2022. The session focused on discussing how NetApp empowers the verticals on-boarding on 5G and reinforce the fact that 5G is a platform and not a pipe. Different actors from diverse vertical domains will share their design and their interaction with the 5G platform owner. Through this session, we target to capture the take of the community on the level of interaction and trust that NetApp should support, the way services are provided to verticals, how NetApp simplifies the implementation and deployment of vertical systems at large scale etc.
Harilaos Koumaras (NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”) EVOLVED-5G’s Technical Manager presented the conference paper entitled “NEFSim: An Open Experimentation Framework Utilizing 3GPP’s Exposure Services” in the context of Session 8 of EUCNC 2022. Network Exposure Function (NEF) enables third-party application providers utilize the network capabilities and services that the 5G System offers. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) provides open standardized Application programming Interfaces (API) through NEF; however, a big gap appears in the market between mobile operators and service providers since no commercial solutions are available. In this context, the NEF’s standardized APIs offered by 3GPP are examined. As a result of this analysis an open-source simulator “NEFSim” is presented. NEFSim realizes the aspects of the NEF and enables application developers to experiment with the northbound APIs under a simulated, configurable environment. The paper has been created by Dimitrios Fragkos (National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSRD) & University of Peloponnese, Greece), Georgios Makropoulos, Anastasios Gogos and Harilaos Koumaras (NCSR Demokritos, Greece), Alexandros Kaloxylos (University of Peloponnese, Greece & The 5GIA, Belgium).
This project is part of the 5G Public and Private Partnership
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101016608
