Early stage 5G prototyping and proof-of-concept has been successfully completed. First generation 5G technology is now moving towards productization. Test-bed experiments and trials are further pursued for three reasons: first, final fine-tuning of first stage products is performed with a focus on specific technical challenges; second, equipment in a pre-production stage is tested in massive deployment scenarios through suitable trials; and third, innovation continues towards second generation 5G features and corresponding new ideas are implemented and tested. The objective of this Workshop is to address the above mentioned challenges. 5G Experts will be to meet and exchange findings, views and opinions on current test-beds, trials, early phase products and next generation 5G features and functionalities. The key objective is to exchange learnings encountered during practical tests in order to understand where the real challenges, weaknesses but also strengths of 5G lie and how they can be addressed in the future evolution of the technology.
Contributions were solicited on the following topics:
5G applications, use cases and business models
5G test-beds and trials
Prototyping of 5G evolution features
Implementation and operation of mmWave technology
Implementation and operation of heterogeneous technologies and networks
Implementation and operation of vertical services including vehicular, medical, Internet-of-Things and Machine-to-Machine applications
Implementation and operation of spectrum sharing, including Licensed Shared Access (LSA) and Spectrum Access System (SAS)
Low latency strategies and related implementations Energy efficiency vs. QoS vs cost-efficiency trade-offs
Architectural evolution of mobile networks
Virtualization across the entire 5G ecosystem including backbone and access network as well as user devices
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and related test-beds
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and related test-beds
Software Reconfiguration of radio features
Lessons learned from 5G test-beds and trials, including required standards changes, gaps to be filled, etc.
Regulation framework and required evolution
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