EVOLVED-5G presentation by PAL Robotics in Advanced Factories 2022 Booth

At the ADVANCED FACTORIES 2022 congress that focuses on industry 4.0, PAL Robotcs, EVOLVED-5G partner, through their booth had the chance to introduce to visitors the projects that they participate. EVOLVED-5G Project was presented several times as it uses the TIAGo robot in the project with the aim to contribute towards the Industry 4.0. You may learn more about the event here: https://www.advancedfactories.com/en/af-show/

EVOLVED-5G Review preparation meeting in Madrid

For the first time, in the COVID-19 era EVOLVED-5G partners met face-to-face in Madrid for the review preparations. The meeting started on 10th of May and lasted two days (10-11 May 2022). The partners had the chance to talk about the progress of the project and work package related activities. Group photos were taken this time in the traditional way. At the first EVOLVED-5G face-to-face meeting the partners had the chance to test some opportunities of a Mixed Reality environment through the augmented reality headset of Immersion.

PAL Robotics booth in Advanced Factories 2022

EVOLVED-5G partner took place through a booth in the Advanced Factories 2022 on the 29-31 March 2022. Advanced Factories is the annual meeting of industry leaders. Since 2017, year after year, this event has established itself as the industrial trade show where the latest solutions on industrial automation systems, robotics, industrial software, artificial intelligence, artificial vision and virtual simulation solutions , Big Data, IoT, cybersecurity, Industrial Cloud Computing, Machine Learning and all technologies 4.0 associated with digital manufacturing are showcased. You may learn more about the event here: https://www.advancedfactories.com/en/af-show/

5G FORUM 2022

EVOLVED-5G project will take part in the 5G FORUM 2022 through a dedicated special session entitled “EVOLVED-5G & 5G USE CASES INNOVATION”. In this special session organized by EVOLVED-5G on the fourth day of the forum on 12th of May three dedicated presentations will take place.

David Antunedo from Telefonica will present the “EVOLVED-5G CAPIF core function”, along with other 5G uses cases that TID is implementing also with UMA in Málaga. Bruno Garcia from University of Malaga will present the “EVOLVED-5G Netapp ecosystem, 5G programmability and the NetApp lifecycle” and Almudena Diaz from University of Malaga will present the “EVOLVED-5G agricultural use case and Netapp ” to demonstrate that EVOLVED-5G activities go even beyond i4.0.

You may find the agenda here: https://www.5gforum.es/web/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022_5G_AGENDA_DIA-4_JUEVES-12-MAYO.pdf

You may access more information about the event here: https://www.5gforum.es/

EVOLVED-5G project in EuCNC & 6G Summit 2022!

The 2022 EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC (European Conference on Networks and Communications), supported by the European Commission, and the 6G Summit, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and by the European Association for Signal Processing, and focuses on all aspects of telecommunications ranging from 5G deployment and mobile IoT to 6G exploration and future communications systems and networks, including experimentation and testbeds, and applications and services. It brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses, globally attracting in the last years more than 1 300 delegates from more than 40 countries all over the world, to present and discuss the latest results, and an exhibition with more than 70 exhibitors, for demonstrating the technology developed in the area, namely within research projects from EU R&I programmes.The conference is intended to be held for in-person attendance, with remote attendance in a Hybrid mode; however, given the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference format may change, since safety and well-being of all conference participants is our top priority. The conference has a not-for-profit organisation, hence, registration fees are as low as possible and all surplus will be made available in grants. Best Papers and Booth Awards will be granted. Accepted and presented papers for regular sessions will be published in the Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore and other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

EVOLVED-5G project will be represented through a presentation in the ICT-41 related session and with 3 different accepted papers. Stay tuned for more!

You may access more information about the event here: https://www.eucnc.eu/

EVOLVED-5G 5th GA meeting

The 5th EVOLVED-5G GA meeting took place virtually on 5-7 April. The partners met online and discussed all the about the progress of the project. The first day of the meeting the discussion was about technical status and validation and certification mechanisms. On the second day, the meeting continued with more work package activities. The meeting ended in the third and final day when partners discussed about communication, dissemination, community building activities and upcoming plans. Group photos from the consortium members were also taken in a rather virtual and remote way.

EVOLVED-5G Newsletter Issue 5

The EVOLVED-5G Newsletter issue #5 is now available! You may access it and learn all about the EVOLVED-5G activities for the January – March 2022 period. You may find it online here:

2nd International Workshop on Advances on Privacy Preserving Technologies and Solutions co-organised by EVOLVED-5G project

The 2nd International Workshop on Advances on Privacy Preserving Technologies and Solutions, co-organised by EVOLVED-5G project in the context of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2022), will be held from August 23 to August 26, 2022. Call for papers deadline on 2nd of May. You may learn more here: https://www.ares-conference.eu/

“5G Programmability” Joint Training Workshop by EVOLVED-5G and the Computer Science department of Athens Metropolitan College

The “5G Programmability” Joint Training Workshop by EVOLVED-5G and the Computer Science department of Athens Metropolitan College took place on the 21st and 22 of March 2022. The first day of the workshop attracted 100 visitors and the second day almost 80 visitors. During this first day of the event, insights about the 5G framework and the context of the EVOLVED-5G project has been shared by our technical manager Harilaos Koumaras. Also, details about NetApps, APIs and the EVOLVED-5G’s NEF EMULATOR were shared by Dimitrios Fragkos, Anastasios Gogos and George Makropoulos, research associates of NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”​. During the second day of the event, insights about the NetApp ecosystem of EVOLVED-5G project has been shared by our deputy technical manager Dimitris Tsolkas (Fogus Innovations and Services P.C.). Also EVOLVED-5G partners, Theoni Dounia (INFOLYSiS), Luka Koršič (INTERNET INSTITUTE Ltd) and Andreas Oikonomakis (Zortenet) shared details about the EVOLVED-5G use cases and NetApps. The EVOLVED-5G programme closed by Christina Skoubridou who shared all the information behind the creation to the EVOLVED-5G community!

EVOLVED-5G CAPIF Core Function announced in the 5GPPP website

EVOLVED-5G project 3GPP CAPIF’s Core Function has been announced in the 5GPPP website. You may access it online here: https://5g-ppp.eu/evolved-5g-announces-the-first-release-release-1-0-of-the-3gpp-capif-core-function/

EVOLVED-5G D3.1 “Implementations and integrations towards EVOLVED-5G framework realisation”

his document provides an overview of the current implementations and early prototypes of various parts of the EVOLVED-5G experimentation facility. More precisely, the deliverable describes the result of work conducted by the third Work Package (WP) of the project, WP3- Overall framework development and integration activities, and, in concrete, in Tasks T3.1- Production of the workspace and the related verification tools, T3.2-Development of NetApps validation tools and open repository, and T3.3-Overall framework integration and 5G infrastructure evolution. Indeed, the main goal of this WP is to implement all the core components of the reference architecture defined by WP2-Realisation process, requirements, and reference architecture design, related to the design of the environments and components of the EVOLVED-5G facility that will enable the development of NetApps and their lifecycle management. You may access it here: https://evolved-5g.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EVOLVED-5G-D3.1-v1.0.pdf

6G SNS Association

The 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) is the voice of European Industry and Research for next generation networks and services. Its primary objective is to contribute to Europe’s leadership on 5G, beyond 5G and SNS/6G research. The 6G-IA represents the private side in both the 5G Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP) and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU). In the 5G-PPP and SNS JU, the European Commission represents the public side. The 6G-IA brings together a global industry community of telecoms & digital actors, such as operators, manufacturers, research institutes, universities, verticals, SMEs and ICT associations. The 6G-IA carries out a wide range of activities in strategic areas including standardization, frequency spectrum, R&D projects, technology skills, collaboration with key vertical industry sectors, notably for the development of trials, and international cooperation. For more details: https://6g-ia.eu/news/

EVOLVED-5G D7.1 “Dissemination, Communication and 5G PPP Engagement Plan”

This deliverable belongs to the set of WP7 deliverables, and it is directly linked to Task 7.1 Dissemination and Communication Activities and Task 7.2 Engagement in 5G-PPP Activities of WP7 framework. T7.1 main objective is to describe initial impact plans and to devise and deploy sound impact creation action plans and strategies, required to achieve maximum visibility, as well as to maximize impact within business and scientific communities, guaranteeing fast and efficient communication, dissemination, exploitation and adoption of its outputs. Planned activities will be monitored throughout the project lifetime and periodically amended, so to ensure long term effectiveness and attainability. Dissemination activities will target related markets and industries with the objective of fully exploiting the novel business opportunities that are raised from related market activities and business functions. In parallel, T7.2 focuses on the engagement with 5G-PPP activities. The project and technical coordinators of the project represent EVOLVED-5G in Steering Board and Technology Board respectively. In addition, the project contributes to 5G-PPP advances through its participation to several 5G-PPP Working Groups (e.g., SME, Pre-Standardization, Architecture, Test, Measurement and KPIs Validation). You may access it online here: https://evolved-5g.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EVOLVED-5G-D7.1_v1.0.pdf

EVOLVED-5G D2.2 “Design of NetApps development and evaluation environments”

The purpose of this document is to serve as an entry point to the implementation of the EVOLVED-5G experimental facility that will serve as the development and evaluation reference architecture for the realisation of the NetApp ecosystem. The deliverable is a result of work carried out in Tasks 2.3 and 2.4 of the EVOLVED-5G project, where main goals are to completely design all the various environments and components of the facility blueprint following the general lifecycle of a NetApp inside the ecosystem. You may access it here: https://evolved-5g.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/EVOLVED-5G-D2.2-v1.0_final.pdf

EVOLVED-5G announces the first release (Release 1.0) of the 3GPP CAPIF Core Function

EVOLVED-5G announces the first release (Release 1.0) of the 3GPP CAPIF Core Function, developed by project partners: Telefonica I+D and Fogus Innovations & Services P.C.

To avoid duplication and inconsistency of approach between the various API specifications that 3GPP has released, the development of a common API framework (CAPIF) has been considered. CAPIF includes common aspects applicable to any northbound service APIs. As such, it is a complete 3GPP API framework that covers functionality related to: on-board and off-board API invokers, register and release APIs that need to be exposed, discovering APIs by third entities, as well as authorization and authentication. CAPIF functionality is considered as a cornerstone in the realization of 5G openness, since it allows secure exposure of 5G core APIs to third party domains, and also, enables third parties to define and expose their own APIs. Indeed, CAPIF has become already a fundamental feature for the 3GPP SA6, targeting the interaction of Verticals with the 5G system. More precisely, CAPIF compliance is required in i) the development of Vertical Application Enablers (VAEs) for various industries (V2X, Factories of the Future, etc.), ii) the realization of the Service Enabled Architecture Layer (SEAL), as well as iii) the implementation of the service side of Edge Computing services.

More Details:

Repository:  https://github.com/EVOLVED-5G/CAPIF_API_Services

Related Documentation: PDF

ININ presented in 25th Seminar on Radio Communication

EVOLVED-5G partners Rudolf Susnik, Janez Sterle and Luka Korsic presented the ININ’s NetApp “Industrial grade 5G connectivity for the Factory of the Future IoT devices” developed in the context of EVOLVED-5G project. The presentation has been published in the proceedings of the 25th Seminar on Radio Communication, SRK 2022, which held from 2nd to 4th February 2022 on the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana, Slovenia. You may learn more information about the event here: http://srk.fe.uni-lj.si/2022/main.php

EVOLVED-5G Newsletter Issue #4

The fourth issue of the EVOLVED-5G newsletter is now available! It describes all the project related activities for the October – December 2021 period. You may access it online here: https://evolved-5g.eu/dissemination/newsletter/

EVOLVED-5G Fourth GA Meeting

The fourth GA meeting (virtual) of EVOLVED-5G took place in the beginning of the New Year and lasted for 3 days! The members of the consortium met up virtually due to to travel restrictions of COVID-19 pandemic. They discussed about the technical overview of the project, communication and dissemination actions and the engagement of the EVOLVED-5G project in the upcoming EUCNC & 6G Summit.

Making strides towards an open and dynamic 5G ecosystem

The EVOLVED-5G NEF emulator has been communicated by CORDIS EU research results, as a tool to support SMEs and boost the development of 5G-aware services and applications, the so-called NetApps. Efforts towards 5G readiness have now reached the point where third-party innovators and SMEs should take advantage of the capabilities of 5G infrastructures. However, successful 5G realisation hinges on the development of network applications (NetApps). Launched in January 2021, the EU-funded EVOLVED-5G project strives to enhance Europe’s 5G experimentation potential and open 5G to vertical industries through a novel NetApp development and verification environment. You may access the article online here: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/435466-making-strides-towards-an-open-and-dynamic-5g-ecosystem

InfoCom World 2021

Fofy Setaki (COSMOTE) EVOLVED-5G partner, took part and presented “EVOLVED-5G: The NetApps Certification Framework” in the “5G Innovations for Vertical Third Party Services & Smart Connectivity Beyond 5G” session of the InfoCom World 2021 conference which took place on 24-26 of November 2021 in Athens. In this presentation she shared information about the purpose, the architecture and the NetApp ecosystem of the EVOLVED-5G project. You may learn more about the event here: https://infocomworld.gr/

5GTechritory 2021

Our technical manager Harilaos Koumaras, PhD (NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”​) presented the advantages and the flexibility of NetApps and 5G Ecosystem during his 5GTechritory presentation as they are described in the context of EVOLVED-5G project. You may learn more about the event here: https://www.5gtechritory.com/

Panel Discussion at Smart City Expo World Congress

Tanel Järvet (CAFA) participated in a panel discussion, Moderated by the TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology Smart City Centre of Excellence and featuring CAFA Tech, Fyma and Envelope, during the Smart City Expo World Congress where aspects and results of the EVOLVED-5G project and its use cases were also discussed and presented.

EVOLVED-5G Conference paper entitled: “Distant Assist Cursor (DAC): Designing an Augmented Reality System to Facilitate Remote Collaboration for Novice Users”

EVOLVED-5G partners, Cedric Kervegant, Julien Castet, Juliette Vauchez, Charles Bailly from IMMERSION released a research paper entitled: “Distant Assist Cursor (DAC): Designing an Augmented Reality System to Facilitate Remote Collaboration for Novice Users” in the context of ACM ISS 2021. You may access the paper and all related information online here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3447932.3490520

EVOLVED-5G Poster Session at ACM ISS 2021

EVOLVED-5G partner, Charles Bailly (IMMERSION), presented through a poster session the EVOLVED-5G project at the ACM ISS 2021. You may lean more about the event here: https://iss.acm.org/2021/. You may access the poster session here: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3447932.3490520