List of Industry Panels
PA-1: Trustworthy 6G Networking
PA-2: 6G for a Sustainable Future
PA-4: Mission Critical Services
PA-5: Evolution of Telco Edge Cloud toward Network-as-a-Service, NaaS
PA-6: Connected Automotive and Transportation
PA-7: O-RAN - A Native Approach to Disaggregated, Intelligent, Data Driven Networks for 6G
PA-8: RIS for Sustainable Mobile Networks
PA-9: Current and Future Broadband Satellite Networks Technical and Regulatory Challenges
PA-1: Trustworthy 6G Networking
Date/Time: Monday, 29 May // 11:30 - 13:00
Location: S6
Chair: Giacomo Bacci (Univ. Pisa)
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Giacomo Bacci received Ph.D. degree in information engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2008. In 2008-14, he was a post-doctoral research fellow with the University of Pisa. In 2012-14, he was also enrolled as a visiting post-doctoral research associate with Princeton University, USA. In 2015-21, he was a product manager for interactive satellite broadband communications at MBI Srl, Italy. Since 2022, he joined the University of Pisa as a tenure-track assistant professor. Dr. Bacci is the recipient of the FP7 Marie Curie IOF-2011 GRAND-CRU, the Best Paper Award from IEEE WCNC 2013, the Best Student Paper Award from WDD 2007, and the 2014 URSI Young Scientist Award.
Panelists:
Abhinav Mahadevan, Keysight
C. Casetti, PoliTo
D. Sabella, Intel
A. Renda, Univ. Pisa
Enrico Buracchini. Telecom Italia
Abstract
6G mobile networks will be the essential foundation of the future network infrastructure. Our society is more and more dependent on communications in the broad sense, making them one of the few critical infrastructures. 5G evolution and 6G will elevate the trustworthiness of mobile networks further to a level where the networks must fulfill the requirements of the most mission- and business-critical use cases. To build a system that is truly reliable and robust, a crucial role will be played by artificial intelligence (AI), to provide the network with the highest possible level of security, against any kind of malicious attack or use. This panel will discuss this topic from different perspectives (telecom operators, technology vendors, and academia) and possible implications in the short, medium, and long term.
Biography
Abhinav Mahadevan is a Technologist at Keysight Technologies looking at the intersection of Wireless Communications and Artificial Intelligence. He works in Keysight’s 6G Program Office helping lead the AI/ML technology strategy for Keysight. He also leads early 6G collaborations across industry and academia. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his MSc from California Polytechnic State University.
Claudio Casetti is a Full Professor at the Department of Control and Computer Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He has published over 250 papers in peer-refereed international journals and conferences on the following topics: vehicular networks, Intelligent Transportation Systems, 5G/6G networks, IoT systems. According to Google Scholar, his H-index is 42. He has given Tutorials on vehicular networks at major IEEE Conferences, including IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE CCNC and IEEE VTC. He is Senior Editor for Mobile Radio of IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
DARIO SABELLA works with INTEL as Senior Manager Standards and Research, driving new technologies and edge cloud innovation for advanced systems, involved in ecosystem engagement and coordinating internal alignment on edge computing across standards and industry. In 2021 has been elected as Chairman of ETSI MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing), while from 2019 he was serving as vice-chairman, previously Lead of Industry Groups, and from 2015 vice-chair of IEG WG. Since 2017 he is also delegate of 5GAA (5G Automotive Association) and Lead of gMEC4AUTO. Before 2017 he worked in TIM (Telecom Italia), as responsible in various research, experimental and operational activities on OFDMA technologies (LTE, 5G). He is Innovation Manager at 6G Flagship EU project Hexa-X. Author of several publications (40+) and patents (30+) in the field of wireless communications, energy efficiency and edge computing, Dario is IEEE senior member and has also organized several workshops and conferences. Since 2022 he is also Senior Associate Editor in the Editorial Board of IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine.
Alessandro Renda received the M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 2017 and the Ph.D. degree in Smart Computing, jointly awarded by the Universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena, in 2021. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa, Italy. His main research interests include machine learning algorithms for data streams, federated learning and eXplainable Artificial Intelligence. In these fields he has coauthored more than twenty papers. He has been involved in EU-funded and industrial research projects.
Enrico Buracchini Is currently 5G senior project manager into INNOVATION DEPT of TIM (former famous CSELT R&D labs). His Main activities concern 5G and its evolution (e.g. rel16, 17, 18, 19), & 6G (involved in both Hexa X 1 &2, EU flagship founded projects), 5G based I4.0 & NPN and 3GPP RAN1 & ITU R 5D delegate.
More than 600 presentations and business development for TOP/BUSINESS TIM clients
5G courses & training to all TIM personnel. E2E network manager of TIM 5G SAN MARINO POC (march- nov 2018), including mmW @26GHz.
More than 26 years in wireless comms, managing several innovation projects on 3&4G and consultancy projects
in former TIM foreign branches in Austrian A1 (lived in Wien 1 year), Spanish Amena and Greek TIM HELLAS. Author of several papers, tutorials, panels in scientific and business conferences/fora and of 14 IPRs on Wireless Comms. Lecturer from 2009 to 2014 of “Wireless Comms Course” into the Master for Foreign Students of Polytechnic of Turin. Several seminars in University Of Bologna, Milan Bicocca, University of Athens and Pireus and other Italian and EU universities
PA-2: 6G for a Sustainable Future
Date/Time: Monday, 29 May // 11:30 - 13:00
Location: S7
Chair: Yan Chen, Huawei
Panelists:
Eric Hardouin, Orange
Takehiro Nakamura, NTT
Havish Koorapaty, Ericsson
Doru Calin, MediaTek
Abstract
Coming soon.
Biography
Eric Hardouin
Eric Hardouin leads the Orange research on Networks and Infrastructures, which investigates future access and core networks, infrastructures and their information systems, to provide ambient connectivity and distributed computing power that are cost effective, inclusive, sustainable and source of value for the society. Eric received his Ph.D. degree in signal processing and telecommunications from Telecom Bretagne and the University of Rennes 1, France, in 2004. Since 2004, he has been with Orange, where he conducted research on interference mitigation for mobile networks. Between 2008 and 2013 he represented Orange in the physical layer standardization group of 3GPP (RAN WG1) for HSPA, LTE and LTE-Advanced. From 2012 to 2015, Eric coordinated the research on wireless networks in Orange. From 2016 to 2022, Eric led the Orange research on future access and transport networks and technologies, as well as related business models. Eric had a leading role in the NGMN 5G White Paper, as co-lead of the work on 5G requirements. Eric is the author of the book “LTE et les réseaux 4G” (in French).
Mr. Takehiro Nakamura joined NTT Laboratories in 1990. He is now Chief Standardization Officer in NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
Mr. Nakamura has been engaged in R&D and the standardization activities for advanced radio and network technologies of W-CDMA, HSPA, LTE/LTE-Advanced, 5G and 6G, and engaged in strengthening inter-industry collaboration. Mr. Nakamura has been contributing to standardization activities in 3GPP since 1999, including as vice chair and chair of 3GPP TSG-RAN from 2005 to 2013. He has also been the Acting Chairman of Strategy & Planning Committee and the leader of Millimeter wave Promotion Ad Hoc of 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum(5GMF), the leader of Cellular System Task Group of ITS Info-communications Forum, the leader of White Paper Subcommittee in Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium in Japan and the Board member of 5G-ACIA.
Havish Koorapaty (Havish.Koorapaty@ericsson.com) has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. He has more than 25 years of experience with Ericsson, where he has worked in the general area of wireless communications systems including cellular and satellite systems. His work spans a wide range of topics including error control coding, location determination and tracking, mobile phone systems engineering, 4G and 5G broadband wireless system design, wireless backhaul solutions, energy efficiency, spectrum sharing and small cells. He has over 250 technical papers and patents in these areas and was the recipient of the Ericsson Inventor of the Year award in 2016. Havish has represented Ericsson in standardization efforts in the 3GPP, TIA, IEEE and ETSI standardization bodies. He has been involved in standardization efforts in 3GPP for 5G NR and LTE including serving as the rapporteur for the licensed-assisted access study and work items. He was the recipient of the 3GPP Excellence Award in 2015. Havish served as a vice-chairman in 3GPP RAN1 from November 2017 to November 2021. He currently works on 6G systems, serving as the technical coordinator for Ericsson’s contributions to the ATIS Next Gen Alliance as well as monitoring 6G initiatives globally. Havish is currently serving as a co-chair for the O-RAN next Generation Research Group (nGRG).
Doru Calin is AVP, Head of the U.S. 6G Wireless Research Center and the Lead Research Scientist, 6G at MediaTek USA.
He started his career as a Senior Research Engineer with Motorola Research Labs, Paris, France, before joining Bell Labs in New Jersey. He led the creation and incubation of novel technologies from inception stage to field trials in customer networks and market adoption, and became a Bell Labs Fellow, being recognized ‘for bridging the gap between theory and practice with key innovations at the foundation of the first metro cell products, commercial wireless capacity planning services and network protocols optimization solutions’.
He held a variety of senior leadership positions in research, applied research, and management of research. He was a Sr. Director and the Edge Cloud Innovation Domain Leader at Nokia Mobile Networks’ CTO, with responsibilities for accelerating innovations in 5G, mobile network virtualization, mobile cloud computing, IoT, and verticals for adding business value to networks. He also spearheaded one of the fastest growing businesses with Nokia Enterprise, as the Head of private wireless networks for digital industries in North America.
He holds 37 independent patents awarded in multiple countries and over 100 peer-reviewed publications/tutorials/keynotes. He is the recipient of several awards, including two Bell Labs President’s Gold Awards, four Bell Labs Teamwork Awards, IEEE WCNC 2015 Best Paper Award, and Motorola 3GPP Standard Award.
Doru is an Editorial Board Member of the IEEE Wireless Communications and served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters and as an Editorial Board Member of Springer’s Wireless Personal Communications Journal. He has been also serving as an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in New York City for over a decade.
He received a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, and a PhD (High Hons.) in computer systems networking and telecommunications from the Universitė de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
PA-3: The 6G Radio Interface
Date/Time: Monday, 29 May // 16:30 - 18:00
Location: S7
Chair: S. Parkvall, Ericsson
Stefan Parkvall [F] joined Ericsson in 1999 and is a Senior Expert working with 6G and future radio access. He is one of the key persons in the development of HSPA, LTE and NR radio access and has been deeply involved in 3GPP standardization for many years. Dr Parkvall is a fellow of the IEEE and is co-author of several popular books such as “4G – LTE/LTE-Advanced for Mobile Broadband” and “5G NR – The Next Generation Wireless Access”. Dr. Parkvall has numerous patents in the area of mobile communication and holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden.
Panelists:
J. Lee, Samsung
P. Zhu, Huawei
M. Papaleo, Qualcomm
S. Nagata, DOCOMO
P. Mogensen, Nokia/Aalborg
Abstract
Coming soon.
Biography
Juho Lee is currently a Fellow (EVP of Technology) at Samsung Research, Samsung Electronics and is working on the research and standardization for mobile communications. He joined Samsung Electronics in 2000 and has worked on multiple generations of mobile communications, i.e., WCDMA and HSPA in 3G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and LTE-Advanced Pro in 4G, and 5G NR technologies. His current research focus is on preparation of future technologies such as 5G evolution, e.g., 5G-Advanced in 3GPP, and 6G. He was a vice chairman of 3GPP RAN WG1 from February 2003 to August 2009 and chaired LTE/LTE-Advanced MIMO sessions. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, in 1993, 1995, and 2000, respectively. Dr. Lee is a Fellow of IEEE.
Peiying Zhu, Senior Vice President of Wireless Research, is a Huawei Fellow, IEEE Fellow and Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering. She is currently leading 6G wireless research and standardization in Huawei. The focus of her research is advanced radio access technologies. She is actively involved in 3GPP and IEEE 802 standards development. She has been regularly giving talks and panel discussions on 5G/6G vision and enabling technologies. She led the team to contribute significantly to 5G technologies and standardization. Many technologies developed by the team have been adopted into 5G standards and implemented in 5G products. She served as the guest editor for IEEE Signal processing magazine special issue on the 5G revolution and IEEE JSAC on Deployment Issues and Performance Challenges for 5G.
Prior to joining Huawei in 2009, Peiying was a Nortel Fellow and Director of Advanced Wireless Access Technology in the Nortel Wireless Technology Lab. She led the team and pioneered research and prototyping on MIMO-OFDM and Multi-hop relay, which were adopted into LTE standards and 4G products. Dr. Zhu has more than 200 granted patents.
Marco Papaleo is a Director Technical Standards at Qualcomm. He joined the company in 2011 and since then he covered a variety of roles, including modem design, system level research, standardization and spectrum regulation. He is currently the spectrum engineering lead, focusing on new spectrum bands for 6G. Marco received his B.S. and M.Sc. degrees (summa cum laude) in Telecommunication Engineering from University of Bologna and his PhD in Information Technology from the Advanced Research Center on Electronic Systems for Information and Communication Technologies "Ercole De Castro" (ARCES). He was a visiting affiliate student at the University College of London (UCL), London, a visiting PhD student at the Institute of Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), in Munich and a visiting graduate student at Center for Magnetic Recording Research of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In 2010, he was with Mavigex srl, an academic spin-off of the University of Bologna. Marco is the author of several US patents and scientific publications. He received the Marconi International Fellowship Young Scientist Award in 2009.
Satoshi Nagata received his B.E. and M.E. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2001 and 2003, respectively. In 2003, he joined NTT DOCOMO, INC. He worked on the research and development for wireless access technologies for LTE, LTE-Advanced, and 5G. He had contributed to 3GPP over 15 years, and contributed 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 as a vice chairman during November 2011 to August 2013, and contributed as a chairman during August 2013 to August 2017. He had also contributed 3GPP TSG-RAN as a vice chairman during March 2017 to March 2021, and currently a vice chairman of 3GPP TSG-SA since March 2021.
Preben Mogensen is Principal Scientist at Nokia and Nokia Bell Labs Fellow. He is currently working on technologies and concepts towards 6G. He has been engaged with cellular communication and standardization research since 2G era. Preben Mogensen is also professor at Aalborg University where he is leading the Wireless Communication Networks section. He is co-author of more than 400 publications within various domains of wireless communication.
PA-4: Mission Critical Services
Date/Time: Tuesday, 30 May // 11:30 - 13:00
Location: S6
Chair: S. Parolari, ZTE
Sergio Parolari is a Standards Manager in ZTE's Wireless Product Planning department. He represents ZTE in 3GPP RAN groups and he's currently serving as RAN WG2 Vice-Chairman. He also supports ZTE product marketing activities for 5G in Europe. Sergio has 20+ years of experience in telecommunication technologies, in R&D and standardization environments. Before joining ZTE in 2010, he worked for Siemens and then Nokia, covering different positions, starting as System Engineer for the design of algorithms and procedures for mobile networks equipments, then as Standardization Specialist representing his company in different 3GPP and ETSI standard bodies and finally as Technical Product Manager driving the definition of new products for evolved 3G and LTE wireless systems. He is co-author of several patents in the area of mobile communication and of a number of scientific publications. Sergio holds a M.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy.
Panelists:
T. Wang, huawei
M. Uusitalo, Nokia
G. Bottari, Ericsson
Abstract
Coming soon.
Biography
Tengjiao Wang, Huawei
Tengjiao Wang received his B.S. degree and Ph. D. degrees from the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016 and 2021, respectively. He was a visiting scholar with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, in 2019. Currently, he is a principal research engineer with Wireless Network RAN Research Department, Huawei Technologies CO., Ltd, Shanghai, China. His research interests lie in the fields of 5G-Advanced wireless communications, electromagnetic information theory, visible light communications, and machine learning for wireless communications. He was a recipient of the Future Star Medal of Huawei Technologies in 2022, the Wang Daheng Optical Award in 2021, the Academic Star of Tsinghua University in 2021, the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Tsinghua University in 2021, and the National Scholarship in 2018. He has served as workshop organizers, co-chairs, and TPC members of many international conferences.
M. Uusitalo, Nokia
Mikko Uusitalo is Head of Research Department Radio Systems Research Finland at Nokia Bell Labs. Mikko is leading the European 6G Flagship projects Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II. He obtained a M.Sc. (Eng.) and Dr.Tech. in 1993 and 1997 and a B.Sc. (Economics) in 2003, all from predecessors of Aalto University. Mikko has been at Nokia since 2000 with various roles, including Principal Researcher and Head of International Cooperation at Nokia Research. Mikko is a founding member of the CELTIC EUREKA and WWRF, the latter one he chaired for 2004-2006. Mikko is a WWRF Fellow.
H. Wymeersch, Chalmers U.
Giulio Bottari
Giulio Bottari is a Master Researcher at Ericsson Research in Pisa, Italy, with areas of expertise in transport for radio, optical networks, and ICT applications for industries. He played a key role in establishing the first 5G-connected smart manufacturing area in Italy in June 2018, serving as one of the key figures in the 5G for Italy program. Giulio also served as the Innovation Manager of the H2020 5G Transformer project and as a delegate at the ITU-T as standard delegate for four years. He is the author of 80 patents and many articles in IEEE/OSA publications and conferences. Giulio holds a Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy.
PA-5: Evolution of Telco Edge Cloud toward Network-as-a-Service, NaaS
Date/Time: Tuesday, 30 May // 11:30 - 13:00
Location: S7
organized by Dario Sabella (Intel)
The edge is becoming a hybrid multi-cloud environment, federating communication and computing assets from operators, service providers and hyperscalers. The Telco Edge Cloud is a concept introduced by GSMA and currently being standardized in ETSI and 3GPP, complemented by open-source implementations in CAMARA and other organizations e.g. 5GFF. Also, TEC Forum is promoting 5G MEC trials to deploy solutions federating the operators’ edge infrastructures with the objective of providing a global, telco-based edge computing service. Moving forward, the panel will explore the concept of Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), expanding the Telco Edge Cloud to include multi-MNO federation and network service APIs. Attendants will have a comprehensive overview on the recent movements from industry in that perspective, including some forward looking insights on the evolution of heterogeneous edge clouds toward NaaS.
Chair: D. Sabella, Intel
Panelists:
Outline:
Brief introduction from the moderator (Dario Sabella, Intel)
1. Telco Edge Cloud : overview and business opportunities toward NaaS
Juan Carlos Garcia Lopez (GSMA TEC Forum Chair, Telefonica)
SVP Technology Innovation & Ecosystem at Telefonica, covering topics like Edge, NaaS, Slicing or AI. He leads Technology Innovation and oversees the participation in SDOs (O-RAN, ETSI, 3GPP…) and industry fora, representing Telefonica at GSMA, TIP, 5TONIC (5G lab), INDESIA (Spanish Association for Industrial Data/AI) and the European Edge & Cloud Alliance. He has led several VP positions at Telefonica GCTIO unit (Technology & Architecture 2017-19, Radio 2016-17, Transport 2015-16, Operations 2010-11, Architecture & Plans 2008-9, Fixed Access 2006-7) and worked in different roles in other Telefónica companies (Germany 2011-14, Data Europe Italy 2000-2/Germany 2003-5, Latam 1998-2000, R&D 1990-97). He has a Telecom Engineering degree at Polytechnical University of Madrid and worked for 7 years as Computer Science professor at Carlos III University in Madrid.
2. GSMA Operator Platform Group and requirements from MEC federation to NaaS
Shamik Mishra (GSMA OPG deputy Chair, Capgemini)
3. The view of cloud providers: ways for a collaboration with operators and service providers in the context of edge and federation
Rui Frazao (AWS Global Telco Solutions)
Rui Frazao has 20+ years in the telecommunications industry. He has been heading the AWS EMEA Solutions Architecture team that supports communication service providers (CSP) cloudifying their network and build strong monetization capabilities for 5G and Edge. He has a track record of technology transformation in strategic leadership roles, both in large corporates and startups. He joined AWS in February 2021 after 5 years as CTO of B-Yond, an Artificial Intelligence based telco automation company, and CTO of Vasona Networks, a leader in network performance and multi-access edge computing (MEC) software for mobile operators. Before, he spent 15 years with Vodafone in various technology positions, including serving as the director of network engineering for efforts across Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary and the Czech Republic. His work with Vodafone included implementing the industry’s earliest VoLTE deployments and launching the first virtualized network core platforms in Europe.
4. Overview of CAMARA project, the Telco Global API alliance, and of its impacts on Open Gateway and commercial services
Nathan Rader (CAMARA, Deutsche Telekom VP)
Nathan has over fifteen years experience in the telecommunication industry, which is showcased on a daily basis at his VP position at Deutsche Telekom. Nowadays, he is responsible for Deutsche Telekom's network service and capabilities exposure, utilizing his knowledge from his previous position as VP in Cloudified Production. Nowadays, he is dedicated to maximizing the value of Deutsche Telekom's NW APIs.
5. The view from 5GAA, on the need of MEC interoperability for multi-MNO, multi-OEM and multi-vendor environments
Maxime Flament (5GAA CTO)
Dr. Flament represents 5GAA, the global cross-industry association for the development of connected and automated cars, where he works as Chief Technology Officer since April 2018. Maxime was working previously as Head of Department for Connected & Automated Driving (CAD) at ERTICO – ITS Europe, the European association promoting research and deployment on Intelligent Transportation Systems. For 15 years, he has been a leading contributor to many European activities on road safety, connected vehicles, automated driving, large-scale pilots, and digital mapping. Maxime holds a Ph.D. E.E. (2002) and M.Sc. E.E. (1997) from Chalmers Technical University, Sweden. He also holds an “Ingénieur Civil” degree from the Free university of Brussels (1997). In 2001, he was visiting researcher at Stanford University, CA, USA.
6. Multi-stakeholder collaboration: the case of We Transform, an action platform offering a path forward for smarter decisions, more innovative and evidence-based policymaking
Filippo Traviglia (Fabrique Avvocati Associati)
Filippo Traviglia is a lawyer admitted to practicing before the Italian Supreme Court. He is partner and founder of Fabrique Avvocati Associati, a Law Firm based in Turin, with a desk in Brussels. He deals with corporate governance, M&A included, energy and regulatory law for the profiles related to Independent Authorities and with EU Law, in particular in transport sector. He founded the Firm after working with leading law firms and holding senior positions in organizations representing companies. He is a member of the Steering Committee in the EU 2020Horizon Project “We Transform” on impact of automation and digitalisation on workforce in transport sector. He usually publishes articles on economic and legal matters, collaborating with on line specialized publications.
PA-6: Connected Automotive and Transportation
Date/Time: Tuesday, 30 May // 16:30 - 18:00
Location: S7
Chair: D. Sabella, Intel
Panelists:
A. Gentile, Jujotech
S. Sorrentino, Ericsson
Maxime Flament, 5GAA
Hari, IISc India
Li Tian, ZTE
Abstract
Recent technologies of wireless cooperative vehicular networks supporting Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications are expected to greatly enhance autonomous driving through perception sharing, path planning, real-time local updates, and coordinated driving. These features facilitate the next generation of Intelligent Transport Systems solutions for cooperative autonomous driving applications. Moreover, with the future adoption of 5G and beyond, connected and autonomous vehicles are likely to generate and exchange a huge volume of data, provided that they are able to guarantee the required quality of this data for functional safety. The panel will discuss opportunities and challenges, from many points of view, offering the perspective of different angles of the industry and value chain.
Biography
Antonio Gentile, Jujo, Inc. (USA) | University of Palermo (Italy)
Senior technology executive, passionate entrepreneur, and part-time faculty - driving digital transformation in corporations and academia. Dr. Gentile is the CEO and founder of Jujotech, based in Boulder (USA), and part-time faculty at the University of Palermo, Italy. He currently also serve s as EVP of business and technology for Embassy of Things (USA).
S. Sorrentino, Ericsson
Title - Telecommunications for highly automated vehicles: from small scale trials to mass deployments
2. Abstract - Highly automated vehicles have been available for years in prototype form and are now being deployed in confined areas, however with significant limitations in terms of speed, cost and operational domain. This talk will discuss the roles that telecommunications can play to accelerate and improve the efficiency of large scale deployments of automated vehicles.
Stefano Sorrentino is a Principal researcher at Ericsson Research in Stockholm (Sweden), coordinating research activities on 5G and 6G networks for critical applications. He has previously worked at Politecnico di Milano and Nokia-Siemens Networks (formerly Siemens). He has several years of experience as Ericsson’s 3GPP RAN1 delegate and has contributed to the creation of new systems for Public Safety and for Automotive. He has even acted as Chairman for specific ad-hoc sessions in RAN1. Stefano has numerous patents in the area of wireless communications and is author of several IEEE conference and journal papers. He received the Inventor of the Year award in 2018. Stefano has been Chairman for the System Architecture group in the 5G Automotive Association, helping it to grow to about 150 Members. He is now Ericsson Board member in 5GAA.
Maxime Flament, 5GAA
Title - 5G for Automotive: today’s opportunities to create tomorrow’s market
Abstract - The 5G Automotive Association is bringing together the Automotive and Telecommunication industries to make sure they identify the needs and opportunities of both sectors to make 5G the technology of choice in the transport vertical. Today’s innovation, standardization and intensive investments are the recipe to prepare the connected mobility of tomorrow. Among others, current topics of interest are advanced driving use cases, 5G-V2X, positioning, Multi-access Edge Computing, Non-terrestrial Networks, and VRU protection
Dr. Flament represents 5GAA, the global cross-industry association for the development of connected and automated cars, where he works as Chief Technology Officer since April 2018. Maxime was working previously as Head of Department for Connected & Automated Driving (CAD) at ERTICO – ITS Europe, the European association promoting research and deployment on Intelligent Transportation Systems. For 15 years, he has been a leading contributor to many European activities on road safety, connected vehicles, automated driving, large-scale pilots, and digital mapping. Maxime holds a Ph.D. E.E. (2002) and M.Sc. E.E. (1997) from Chalmers Technical University, Sweden. He also holds an “Ingénieur Civil” degree from the Free university of Brussels (1997). In 2001, he was visiting researcher at Stanford University, CA, USA.
K V S Hari, IISc India
Title – Sharing experiments in autonomous navigation systems in the Indian context
Abstract - The design of autonomous navigation systems in unstructured environments is a challenging problem. For example, in an opencast or open-pit coal mine, large vehicles are driven on muddy roads with no lanes and roadside markers. Such environments pose a unique challenge to the design of autonomous systems. Similarly, urban environments where there is heavy traffic congestion with a large variety of vehicles and associated varied user behavior pose a challenge to designing autonomous navigation systems. Preliminary experimental results pertaining to such environments will be presented
K V S Hari is a Professor in the Department of ECE, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He holds a PhD (Systems Science) from U C San Diego and has been a visiting faculty at Stanford University and Affiliate Professor at KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. His research interests are in Signal Processing and Deep Learning with applications to 5G wireless communications, dual function radar and communication systems, autonomous navigation, neuroscience, and affordable MRI systems. He is a co-author of the IEEE 802.16 standard on wireless channel models and has also conducted drone-ground wireless channel modelling experiments. He has been part of the Indo-UK Advanced Technology Centre (IU-ATC) and currently leads the British Telecom India Research Centre (BTIRC), IISc. He served as the Chair, Standardisation Committee, Telecom Standards Development Society, India. He was an Editor of EURASIP’s Signal Processing and is currently the Editor-in-Chief (Electrical Sciences) of Sadhana, the journal of the Indian Academy of Sciences published by Springer. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy and IEEE. He was on the Board of Governors, IEEE Signal Processing Society as VP-Membership(2020-22). More details at http://ece.iisc.ac.in/~hari
Li Tian, ZTE
Title - Promoting V2X Penetration by Leveraging the Integrated Communication, Sensing, and Computation
Abstract - The talk will share some ideas of using advanced 5G and beyond technologies to improve the V2X performance, and hopefully to promote the adoption of V2X for smart transportation
Dr. Li Tian is currently the Head of Standards Strategy of ZTE Corporation. He is actively involved in various global standardization organizations including 3GPP, ITU, IEEE, where he served as the rapporteur for several 5G related work items. His research interests are in the field of ICT technology, and his team contributed significantly to advanced technologies like radio access, AI/ML, future networks, video coding, automobile electronics, network security, etc. Dr. Tian received his B.Sc degree in 2009 and Ph.D degree in 2015, both in Tongji University, China. From 2013 to 2014, he was a visiting researcher in University of Bologna, Italy. He is the first author of a book and contributed to multiple book chapters, with over 50 academic papers published and over 100 patents held globally. Li served as the co-chair of IWCMC2020 workshop and keynote chair of WCNC2021, he has also delivered multiple keynotes in various academic and industrial events.
PA-7: O-RAN - A Native Approach to Disaggregated, Intelligent, Data Driven Networks for 6G
Date/Time: Tuesday, 30 May // 16:30 - 18:00
Location: Auditorium
Chair: A. Gosain, Northeastern U.
Abhimanyu (Manu) Gosain is a Senior Director for Institute of Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University, Executive Director for Open6G,co-Chair for the FCC 6G Technology Advisory Council and Senior Advisor for NTIA and DoD OUSD R&E. He is in charge of setting strategic goals and the research agenda for a $100M public-private partnership for the NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program and $25M DARPA Colosseum program. He serves as a Board Member for the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, Founding member for Magma Core Foundation, University representative for ORAN Alliance, Telecom Infra Project, NextG Alliance and co-chair on organizing committee and program committees for 6GSymposium, EuCNC,IEEE InfoCom and ACM WinTech. His numerous professional publications and experience exemplify useinspired basic research in the field of networking technologies such as 5G,6G, AI/ML, edge computing and Internet of Things. He is an IEEE Senior Member. He received his M.S. degree from Tufts University and M.B.A. from Boston University with High Honors.
Panelists:
Tao Chen, VTT Finland
Havish Koorapaty, Ericsson
Ian Wong, VIAVI Solutions
Hans Schotten, U. Kaiserslautern
Luca D'Antonio, JMA
Dr. Tao Chen is a principal scientist at VTT Finland and the co-chair of the next generation research group (nGRG) in O-RAN Alliance. He has been working in the telecommunication sector for over two decades. In VTT, he used to lead a team working on AI/ML applications, data analytics, and data-driven solutions for a variety of industry sectors, including telecommunications, satellite remote sensing, automated driving, and mining. He has extensive experience leading large research and development projects in Europe. Back to 2015, Dr. Chen’s EU COHERENT project was the first to propose the RAN intelligent controller concept within a software defined RAN. He is a Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professor at University of Kent, UK, and associated professor (Docent) at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. He acts as the technical editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine and IEEE Transactions of Cognitive Communications and Networks. Dr. Chen has published more than 80 scientific publications. His current research interests include RAN cloudification, software networking for 5G/6G mobile networks, dynamic spectrum access, AI/ML in wireless networks, energy efficiency and resource management in heterogeneous wireless networks.
Havish Koorapaty (Havish.Koorapaty@ericsson.com) has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University. He has more than 25 years of experience with Ericsson, where he has worked in the general area of wireless communications systems including cellular and satellite systems. His work spans a wide range of topics including error control coding, location determination and tracking, mobile phone systems engineering, 4G and 5G broadband wireless system design, wireless backhaul solutions, energy efficiency, spectrum sharing and small cells. He has over 250 technical papers and patents in these areas and was the recipient of the Ericsson Inventor of the Year award in 2016. Havish has represented Ericsson in standardization efforts in the 3GPP, TIA, IEEE and ETSI standardization bodies. He has been involved in standardization efforts in 3GPP for 5G NR and LTE including serving as the rapporteur for the licensed-assisted access study and work items. He was the recipient of the 3GPP Excellence Award in 2015. Havish served as a vice-chairman in 3GPP RAN1 from November 2017 to November 2021. He currently works on 6G systems, serving as the technical coordinator for Ericsson’s contributions to the ATIS Next Gen Alliance as well as monitoring 6G initiatives globally. Havish is currently serving as a co-chair for the O-RAN next Generation Research Group (nGRG).
Dr. Ian C. Wong is presently the Director of RF and Wireless Architecture in the CTO office at VIAVI Solutions, where he is leading RF and wireless technology strategy, architectures, and standards. He is the co-chair of the Test and Integration Focus Group (TIFG) and the Next-Generation Research Platforms research stream in the O-RAN Alliance, and VIAVI’s representative at the full member and steering groups of the NextG Alliance. From 2009 – Aug 2020, he was with NI (formerly National Instruments) where his last position was Section Manager of Wireless Systems R&D where he led the development of real-time end-to-end 5G wireless test and prototyping systems, and managed the company’s 3GPP wireless standards and IP strategy. From 2007-2009, he was a systems research and standards engineer with Freescale Semiconductor where he represented Freescale in the 3GPP LTE standardization efforts. He is a senior member of the IEEE, was the Director of Industry Communities for IEEE Communications Society 2016-2019, and was the Industry Program Chair for IEEE Globecom 2014 in Austin.
Dr. Wong is lead editor of the book “Open RAN: The Definitive Guide” to be published by Wiley/IEEE, co-authored the book “Resource Allocation for Multiuser Multicarrier Wireless Systems” published by Springer, numerous patents, standards contributions, and IEEE journal and conference publications. He was awarded the Texas Telecommunications Engineering Consortium Fellowship in 2003-2004, and the Wireless Networking and Communications Group student leadership award in 2007.
He received the MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and a BS degree in electronics and communications engineering (magna cum laude) from the University of the Philippines in 2000.
Luca D'Antonio is presently VP, Technology Strategy for JMA Wireless, where he leads technology long term vision for the company, with special focus in ORAN ecosystem. Prior to that, he has been Director for Innovation and Business Development, and Director for Strategy and Innovation, always in JMA Wireless. His experience in mobile communication spans over more than twenty years, spent for the greatest part in TIM, where he had covered positions with increasing responsibilities, first in R&D and RF Engineering, TIM’s delegate in ETSI and in 3GPP from 1997 to 2006, and then in Network Development and Operations.
He received his Laurea in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1995.
PA-8: RIS for Sustainable Mobile Networks
Date/Time: Wednesday, 31 May // 11:30 - 13:00
Location: S6
Chair:Ruyue Li, ZTE
Ruyue Yu-Ngok Li is currently the VP of Radio System Research and Standardization at ZTE Corporation in charge of research and standardization on radio system related 5G/6G technologies. He received his Ph.D. and B.Eng. degrees from the University of Hong Kong and his M.S. degree from Stanford University. His research focuses on radio access technologies and network optimization in the cellular communication area with over 100 granted patents. Since he joined ZTE in 2009, he has been actively involved in wireless research and standardization activities including 3GPP RAN standardization. Prior to ZTE, he worked for several telecommunication and semiconductor companies including Qualcomm and Marvell Semiconductor on projects related to 2G/3G baseband algorithm design and LTE standardization. His recent research interests include massive MIMO, beam management, RIS, AI/ML applications on MIMO, URLLC and green communication.
Panelists:
Yuanwei Liu, QMUL
Yifei Yuan, China Mobile
Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy, Orange
Heinz Mellein, R&S
Yuanwei Liu, QMUL
Yuanwei Liu is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) with the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London. He is a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher since 2021, an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer, an IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturer, and the academic Chair for the Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA) Emerging Technology Initiative. He received IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher Award for EMEA in 2020, the 2021 IEEE CTTC Early Achievement Award, the 2020 IEEE SPCC Early Achievement Award, and the IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Nominee for Best Young Professionals Award in 2021. He is the co-recipient of the Best Student Paper Award in IEEE VTC2022-Fall, the Best Paper Award in ISWCS 2022, and the 2022 IEEE SPCC-TC Best Paper Award. He is a Senior Editor of IEEE CL, an Editor of the IEEE TWC/TCOM/TNSE. He serves as the leading Guest Editor for IEEE JSAC/Network/JSTSP/TGCN. He has served as the Publicity Co-Chair for VTC 2019-Fall. He is the leading contributor for “Best Readings for NOMA” and the primary contributor for “Best Readings for RIS”. He serves as the chair of SIG in SPCC Technical Committee on the topic of NGMA, the vice-chair of SIG WTC on the topic of RISE.
Yifei Yuan, China Mobile
Dr. Yifei Yuan received his Bachelor & Master degrees from Tsinghua University of China, and a Ph. D from Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He was with Alcatel-Lucent from 2000 to 2008, working on 3G/4G key technologies. From 2008 to 2020, he was with ZTE as technical director and chief engineer responsible for standards research on LTE-Advanced and 5G. Since 2020, he has been with China Mobile Research Institute as Chief Expert, responsible for advanced research of 6G air interface. His research interests include MIMO, channel coding, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), internet-of-things (IoT), resource scheduling. He has extensive publications, including 9 books on LTE-Advanced key technologies, narrow-band IoT, 5G channel coding, ultra-dense networks, non-orthogonal multiple access, random access, massive MIMO, etc
Heinz Mellein, R&S
Heinz Mellein is a technology manager for wireless communications with Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) Munich, Germany. In this role he is evaluating new radio technologies and markets with respect to their test & measurement needs. He also represents the company at various industry organizations responsible for wireless communication standards such as 3GPP, ETSI and REDCA. Heinz joined R&S in 1990 and has been involved in mobile radio communication testing ever since. He was member of the startup team that designed and developed the very first GSM system simulator for type approval purposes, and subsequently project manager and technology trainer for GSM, UMTS, WiMAX and LTE. He is also the co-author of a comprehensive book covering test & measurement for UMTS. Heinz holds multiple patents int the area of cellular radio testing. Back in 1989 he received his diploma in communications engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
PA-9: Current and Future Broadband Satellite Networks Technical and Regulatory Challenges
Date/Time: Wednesday, 31 May // 11:30 - 13:00
Location: S7
Chair: R. De Gaudenzi, ESA
Riccardo De Gaudenzi (IEEE Fellow) received his MsC degree in electronic engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy in 1985, a PhD from the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands in 1999 and a Laurea Honoris Causa in Communication Engineering from University of Parma Italy in 2021. He is currently the Head of the European Space Agency’s Electrical Department in the directorate of Engineering, Technology and Quality. He actively contributed to the development and the demonstration several satellite communication standards. He actively contributed to the development and the demonstration several satellite communication standards. He has published more than 140 scientific papers and owns more than 30 patents.
Panelists:
Lucio Caporicci, OneWeb
35 years of experience in the satellite industry, working with private companies and international organizations. Extensive international work experience in Italy, the USA and the UK. Top Management responsibilities on large satellite programs, engineering, product development and business development. Specific expertise in the fields of fixed and mobile satellite telecommunications as well as satellite navigation systems and location services. Complete responsibility for programs, including: technical, schedule and finance. Partnerships for business ventures and international cooperations. Systems, satellite, ground station and user terminal design activities including: requirements definition, design verification, and systems implementation. Delivery of the Gen 1 constellation, completed and launched, with 620 satellites currently in orbit.
Alexandre Guerin, Eutelsat
Alexandre Guérin joint Eutlesat in 2021 as Director of Regulatory Affairs and Spectrum Management. Alexandre has a wealth of expertise in spectrum management and regulation in an international context. Prior joining Eutelsat, Alexandre worked for Thales Alenia Space, as Regulatory and Spectrum Manager in Washington DC and Toulouse in charge of spectrum filings, satellite coordination agreements and relations with national and international regulators, notably the ITU. He also worked at the Agence Nationale des Fréquences (French Agency for frequency/spectrum management). Alexandre is a graduate of the INSA Engineering School of Rennes and Tampere University of Technology (Finland).
Jean-Pierre Choffray, SES
Jean-Pierre is leading the SES’ Systems Engineering team, responsible for the engineering of innovative satellite systems aligned with SES business targets.
Since joining SES in 2001, Jean-Pierre has triggered multiple initiatives having led to impactful technological developments and associated system deployments in space and on the ground.
Jean-Pierre has been the initiator of the development of the SES’ Astra2Connect broadband service in Europe, based on a technology initially targeting interactive TV and repurposed to address residential broadband thanks to the very low cost of the associated customer terminal.
Jean-Pierre has led the SES-Next initiative, driving major satellite manufacturers to develop software defined satellites with a mission programmed in orbit. These satellites will use very advanced technologies, reaching imposed aggressive business metrics thanks to industrial processes enabled by the satellite standardization. Airbus’ OneSat, Thales’ Space Inspire and Boeing’s 702x have been triggered by this initiative.
In his role, Jean-Pierre is currently leading the technical evaluations of upcoming SES’ multi-orbit satellite systems.
Mario Neri is responsible for directing Telesat’s strategy and innovation for the use of spectrum and orbital resources. Mario is also Telesat’s lead on policies related to the sustainable use of space. In his previous role as Director, International Coordination, Mario was responsible for securing the spectrum and orbital resources for Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation, including coordinating access to these scarce resources by engaging other satellite operators and government agencies. Mario also has a leading role on satellite issues at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) where he chairs WRC-23 Agenda Item 1.16 related to earth stations in motion communicating with non-GSO systems. Before Telesat, Mario led the team at UK communications regulator Ofcom that was responsible for managing the ITU filings for more than 20 stakeholders and collaborating with the rest of the Satellite & Space Science team for regulating the spectrum used by the various space applications in the UK. Mario joined Ofcom after working for Eutelsat and Inmarsat, two of the world’s largest global satellite operators. Mario is a Chartered Engineer accredited by the British Engineering Council. He holds a BSc. and a MSc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Pisa (Italy) and a MSc. in Finance and Investment from Bayes Business School (formerly known as CASS Business School) – City University, London (UK).
Philippe Secher is currently the Satellite Network Coordination Lead for project Kuiper at Amazon, where he brings 26 years of expertise in spectrum management and strategy. He spearheads Kuiper's efforts to coordinate the use of radio frequencies with GSO, NGSO, and terrestrial systems.
Prior to joining Amazon, Philippe served as Vice President, Spectrum Engineering at OneWeb, where he was responsible for managing the company's spectrum assets and engaging with the International Telecommunication Union. His extensive experience also includes 15 years at SES, where he held various spectrum management positions at the company's Luxembourg headquarters, followed by four years as Senior Manager, Spectrum Management and Development for the Americas at the SES Washington DC office.
Philippe's career began as a radio engineer at SFR in France, where he contributed to the design, deployment, and optimization of mobile radio networks. He is a graduate of the ENSTA Bretagne engineering school of Brest (France).
