A Presentation by DG-INFSO Unit E4 IST National Contact Point Meeting Brussels, 16 January, 2001

IST 6th Call for Proposals

Outline of Work in the Domain of “Mobile and Personal Communications

and Systems, including Satellite systems and Service”

A Presentation by DG-INFSO Unit E4IST National Contact Point MeetingBrussels, 16 January, 2001Demosthenes Ikonomou ([email protected])

Satellite

Micro-Cell

Urban In-Building

Pico-Cell

Global

Suburban

Home-Cell

Macro-Celldik

The vision for mobile & personal communications in

the early ‘90s

Provide wireless broadband connectivity in all operating environments

Provide wireless broadband connectivity in all operating environments

WirelessWirelessIPIP

SocietySocietyS-UMTSSatellite

Broadband

DVB-SDVB-T

DAB

GSMGPRS/EDGE

DECTIR

BroadbandW-LAN

UMTS

Satellite/HAPS

Broadcasting

Cellular

Indoor

MBS 40 xMDS

Broadband WFA

Wireless Local Loop

Body LANs

PersonalArea Networks

UMTS ++

4th Generation

Local Area NetworksMBS 60 MWS

Bluetooth

Quasi-Cellular

The vision for mobile & personal communications today

A plethora of solutionsA plethora of solutions

Highlights of Work in Place

IV.5.1 Re-configurable RadioIV.5.2 Terrestrial Systems & Networks

– Integration with Digital Broadcasting

– Broadband Wireless– UMTS evolution– Location-based VAS

IV.5.3 Satellites Networks & Services– S-UMTS– Broadband Multimedia

IV.5.4 Enabling Technologies & Tools– Mainly smart antenna and adaptive

modulations

1st IST Call (WP ‘99) 3rd IST Call (WP ‘00)IV.5.2 Terrestrial Systems & NetworksIV.5.3 Satellites Networks & Services

4th IST Call (WP ‘00)IV.5.4 4G system & network concepts for wireless communications

5th IST Call (WP ‘00)IV.5.1 Re-configurable radio systems & networksIV.5.5 Take-up measures

2nd IST Call (WP ‘99)IV.5.5 Take-up measures

6th IST Call (WP ‘01)IV.5.2 Terrestrial Systems & Networks

– Including R&D on 4th Generation Systems Definition;

It aims to study develop and validate novel terrestrial wireless systems and networks, including:

fixed wireless access schemes; advanced public/private wireless local area networks, and inter-working mobile/broadcasting systems supporting the

provision of broadband M2M services; Key aspects concern:

support of mobility across networks and seamless roaming; radio resource mechanisms and protocols that enable inter- and

intra-network handover; optimisation of network elements and performance in a

heterogeneous services context; QoS evaluation and management;

It also aims to further study, develop and validate the concept of 4th generation of wireless systems and networks;

Action Line (AL) Open in Call 6IV.5.2 Terrestrial Systems & Networks

Action Line (AL) Open in Call 6IV.5.2 Terrestrial Systems & Networks

The AL open in the 6th Call should not be seen in isolation from those called in previous calls;

Integration of various radio and network access technologies contributes to the further longer term evolution towards 4G and to the necessity for further evolution of software re-configurable systems and networks;

Moreover, the subsequent call of WP’01 (Call 7) should further open the possibility to extend and take maximum advantage of the work put in place through the previous calls;

What is a 4th generation system (4G) ?

• Nobody knows yet; • Nevertheless there is some consensus on what

might be the features of a 4G system;• It should entail advanced and innovative concepts

and technologies for self-aware, self-organising ad-hoc wireless networks;

• May be not a NEW air interface scheme but a flexible one that allows scalable wireless connectivity;

• Try to assess potential spectrum requirements and co-existence issues, including the study of strategies and the development of appropriate tools allowing a distributed flexible management of the spectrum;

4G - Network aspects

To investigate and develop advanced and innovative concepts and technologies for self-aware, self-organising ad-hoc wireless networks:

•dynamic topologies;•addressing, bridging, routing;•bandwidth constrained, variable capacity links;•congestion management, resource sharing;•limited physical security, energy-constrained;•interaction amongst different protocol layers;•interworking in heterogeneous, hierarchical networks;

•evolved mobile IP: The IPvW (IP suitable for Wireless);

•adaptive QoS schemes;

An example - multi-hop architecture:

two devices which cannot establish a direct communication employ an intermediate “bridge” between devices.

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Cluster 2

Cluster 3Br.1

Br.2Br.3

Cluster 4 Cluster 5

MMMM MMMM WF fixed

WF mobile

WF bridge

Signalling & data among bridges

MASTERMM

Source: IST WIND-FLEX projecthttp://www.vtt.fi/ele/research/els/projects/windflex.htm

Spontaneous Device Networking (self-organising,

ad-hoc)

4G - Radio aspects (and protocol stack implications)

To develop innovative air interface schemes allowing for scalable wireless connectivity:

• Very high bit rate radio interface (>100 Mbits) for indoors and outdoors;

• Advanced radio architectures & new radio environments;

• Capacity enhancement;• Self-planning;• Dynamic reconfiguration;• Joint optimisation of source & channel coding

schemes;• Advanced antennas and space time processing;• Precision tracking (of user devices);

4G - Spectrum issues

To assess potential spectrum requirements and co-existence issues, including the study of strategies and the development of appropriate tools allowing a distributed flexible management of the spectrum resources:

• New Spectrum for existing and future Radio Interfaces;

• Re-Farming of military and broadcasting spectrum;

• Co-existence of/with licensed systems;• Spectrum etiquette for unlicensed

technologies;

Is it too early to start R&D on 4G ?

Japan’s MPT already announced that it will co-operate with the private sector to set a standard for advanced cellular phones, which can send/receive moving images instantly;

The group will standardize telecommunication protocols and conduct joint experiments, aiming to compile a basic plan by the summer of 2001;

Such cell-phones will hit the market as early as 2007; The future cell phones are expected to have a throughput

several hundred times faster than current models; MPT will also set up a special panel inviting experts from

consumer electronics makers, computer S/W developers, telecom firms as well as academics.

ITU Special Group; WWRF (http://www.ist-wsi.org);

Enhancing existing KA4 projects with participation from NAS

A consortium of an on-going KA4 project can submit a proposal to enhance the project scope by adding work performed by NAS partner(s);

The “enlarged” consortium can submit a proposal for evaluation in the context of the coming open KA4 AL’s;

In order to facilitate “first contact” between researchers from NAS and existing projects in the area of mobile and wireless communications, a two hours session will take place in Brussels on the 13th of March, 2001;

For further information please contact:[email protected]

Future Calls for Proposals-WP2001

http://www.cordis.lu/ist/workprogramme.htm

7th IST Call

Publication date: June 2001 (tentative)Submissions deadline: October 2001

(tentative)IV.5.1 Re-configurable Radio

– Including 4GIV.5.3 Satellites Networks & Services

IST 7th call for proposals (1/2)

IV.5.1 Reconfigurable radio systems & networks

Key goals are the development of:

• Novel techniques and technologies in the area of combined DSP/RF design that will lead to the realisation of efficient and cost-effective adaptive transceivers (terminals as well as base stations). The combinations of and trade off between dedicated ASIC implementations and reconfigurable logic as well as optimised algorithmic partitioning are of particular interest.

• Open architectures and service/applications development environments, enabling the co-existence, interoperability, portability and adaptation of services, across heterogeneous wireless network platforms. Aspects of particular relevance are those related to self adaptation to traffic load and characteristics, including multi-streaming, dynamic bandwidth allocation, and spectrum sharing.

IST 7th call for proposals (2/2)

IV.5.3 Satellite systems and services

Key aspects concern:

• The technologies and demonstrators based on architectures demonstrating a viable evolution towards advanced MSS/FSS systems. The work relates to integration of satellite key features such as broadcasting (e.g. S-DAB or S-DVB), optimised support of Internet Protocol including voice transmission by IP protocol using satellite wideband networks and multicasting, delivery of multimedia services through supplemental, complementary, or extension strategies with the mobile terrestrial networks.

• The development of advanced technologies and architectures allowing for introduction of novel BSS systems with scalable support of multimedia services. The work relates to support of broadcasting technologies supporting novel interactive multimedia applications, optimised multicasting and caching architectures and to the associated FCAPS management functions. Technologies for dynamic optimisation of spectrum and network resources are common objectives.

Further information needed...

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Bartolome Arroyo-Fernandez Fabrizio SestiniJean-Louis Lavroff Francisco GuiraoJorge Pereira Jose-Joaquim FernandesBernard Barani Demosthenes Ikonomou

European CommissionInformation Society Directorate-General

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Documentation: Summary of projects

MOBILECOMMUNICATIONSSUMMIT

Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 September 2001http://www.mobilesummit2001.org/