Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Int5Gent (Integrating 5G enabling technologies in a holistic service to physical layer 5G system platform)
Reporting period: 2020-11-01 to 2022-04-30
Within this highly demanding environment, Int5Gent aims to deploy a holistic 5G system platform that combines new technological blocks for the data plane infrastructure orchestrated by flexible PNF-VNF instances over a generalized NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) that is extended to edge computational, storage and networking resources. An overlay application orchestrator for the vertical services allows a pragmatic approach for the services’ deployment, the extraction of analytics and the inclusion of policy criteria. The overall goal is to integrate innovative solutions at different development layer of the 5G stack and combine them optimally in the quest to promote true 5G enabling solutions for new technology and service provisioning vertical markets.
▪ Develop a mmWave point-to-multipoint (PtMP) mesh node to support the backhaul connectivity where the optical fibers do not exist.
▪ Develop D-band transceivers supporting analog RoF interfaces with practically unlimited fronthaul transport capacities.
▪ Develop a multi-stream bit-interleaved sigma-delta modulated interface for bandwidth-efficient, low-power interconnection between edge box and frequency agnostic 5G RRH nodes.
▪ Edge-Box deployment based on advanced baseband processor platforms for MEC-oriented use cases.
▪ Architect a truly flexible 5G C-RAN with reconfigurable optical fronthaul interfaces for optical access domain of Int5Gent's architecture.
▪ Dynamic application driven orchestration of network slices in distributed 5G infrastructures with edge-fog computing capabilities.
▪ Develop an end-to-end 5G network slicing management and orchestration framework to dynamically reconfigure a multi-technology network at service runtime.
▪ Validate 5G technological blocks in a series of scalable lab- and field-trial demonstrators in Barcelona and Athens targeting service-oriented use cases.
▪ Deliver a holistic roadmap for transforming Int5Gent innovations into business opportunities with strong 5G market potential.
Through its targeted outcomes, Int5Gent aims to support the emergence of a European offer for new 5G core technologies at TRL7 or beyond, support the emergence of new actors in the related markets and create high-tech start-ups or new business opportunities for established SME's.