5G -Next Generation Communication Networks - will be a global game changer from a technological, economic, societal and environmental perspective. The 5GCHAMPION project will develop key enabling technologies for a proof-of-concept environment to be showcased at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. This will allow maximum visibility for the available technology two years ahead of 2020, i.e. the official launch of 5G. For this ambitious goal, 5GCHAMPION will provide an efficient Korean/European collaboration framework, will establish new research and business relationships among consortium partners and guarantee a cross-fertilization and thought leadership to be continued after the life-time of the project. Forces will furthermore be joint to drive the novel technologies to global standards and regulation bodies such as 3GPP, ETSI, IEFT, ITU, etc. and to thus maximize the impact through a common Korean/European position.
Key novel 5G building blocks will be developed and implemented into a new architectural approach providing an efficient end-to-end system performance encompassing cutting edge 5G radio-access, core-network and satellite technologies. 5GCHAMPION targets the following KPIs: 1) 20 Gbit/s maximum data-rate over a mmWave link, 2) 2.5 Gbit/s over a wireless mmWave backhaul link, 3) 100 Mbit/s of user-experience in moving hot-spots, 4) seamless access to satellite communications for 5G devices, 5) 1-2 ms latency over the 5G wireless backhaul link, 6) agile management of the core network functionality and services, 7) ubiquitous (indoor-outdoor) location accuracy < 1 m, 8) contribution to 5G global standardisation, 9) contribution to regulations within ITU study groups, ETSI RRS, European Commission’s Telecommunications Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee (TCAM) and 10) join forces and create a long lasting synergy for 5G research, innovation and commercialization.
