White Papers

Standards in support of Europe's Digital Infrastructure Needs (July 2024)

Editor: Anthony Brand, ETSI CMO

A Vision for Communications Security (May 2024)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

ETSI Technology Radar (December 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

All-optical network facilitates the Carbon Shift (November 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Worldwide Analysis and Proposals to Promote and Facilitate the Wireless Transport Network as the Key Enabler for Fast Mobile Backhaul Network Modernization (July 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Enabling Multi-access Edge Computing in the Internet of Things: how to deploy ETSI MEC and oneM2M (June 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC support towards Edge Native Design (June 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Spectrum sharing frameworks for temporary, dynamic, and flexible spectrum access for local private networks (June 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Evolving NFV towards the next decade (May 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Software Radio Reconfiguration: A modular Software Reconfiguration approach for Radio Equipment in general (May 2023)

2nd edition Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Unlocking Digital Transformation with Autonomous Networks (March 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

ETSI Activities in the field of Artificial Intelligence Preparing the implementation of the European AI Act (February 2023) 2nd edition

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

In the Light of Ten Years from the NFV Introductory Whitepaper (February 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

ISG ENI: ENI Vision:Understanding the Operator Experience Using Cognitive Management (January 2023)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC security; Status of standards support and future evolutions (September 2022) 2nd edition

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Fixed 5th Generation Advanced and Beyond (September 2022)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC federation: deployment considerations (June 2022)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

An Introduction of Permissioned Distributed Ledger (PDL) (January 2022)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Fibre Development Index: Driving Towards an F5G Gigabit Society (July 2021)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC Security:Status of standards support and future evolutions (May 2021)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

ETSI Technology Radar (April 2021)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Redefining Network Security: The Standardized Middlebox Security Protocol (MSP) (March 2021)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

ENI Vision: Improved Network Experience using Experiential Networked Intelligence (March 2021)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Guidelines for Modelling with NGSI-LD (March 2021)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Autonomous Networks, supporting tomorrow's ICT business (October 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

The Fifth Generation Fixed Network (F5G): Bringing Fibre to Everywhere and Everything (September 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Software Radio Reconfiguration: A modular Software Reconfiguration approach for radio equipment in general (September 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

E-Band - Survey on status of worldwide regulation - Copy database (September 2020)

Author: Mario Giovanni Luigi Frecassetti

Enhanced DNS Support towards Distributed MEC Environment (September 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

IPv6 Best Practices, Benefits, Transition Challenges and the Way Forward (August 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Harmonizing standards for edge computing - A synergized architecture leveraging ETSI ISG MEC and 3GPP specifications (July 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Artificial Intelligence and future directions for ETSI (June 2020)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

The role of SDOs in developing standards for ICT to mitigate the impact of a pandemic (May 2020)

Authors: Scott Cadzow, Suno Wood

Network Transformation - Orchestration, Network and Service Management Framework (October 2019)

Authors: Chairs of Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) ENI, MEC, NFV and ZSM

NGSI-LD API: for Context Information Management (January 2019)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC in an Enterprise Setting: A Solution Outline (September 2018)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

mmWave Semiconductor Industry Technologies: Status and Evolution (September 2018)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

The argument in favour of eHealth standardization in ETSI (September 2018)

Authors: Scott Cadzow, Suno Wood

Implementation Security of Quantum Cryptography (July 2018)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC in 5G networks (June 2018)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

The 4th Industrial Revolution and the Municipal CEO - ETSI City Digital Profile (April 2018)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

MEC Deployments in 4G and Evolution Towards 5G (February 2018)

Author: Several autors (see white paper)

Cloud RAN and MEC: A Perfect Pairing (February 2018)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

Microwave and Millimetre wave for 5G Transport (February 2018)

Author: Renato Lombardi

Improved operator experience through Experiential Networked Intelligence (ENI) (October 2017)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

Software Radio Reconfiguration: A highly efficient and modular software reconfiguration approach for mobile devices (October 2017)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

Developing Software for Multi-Access Edge Computing (September 2017)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

Ensure interworking between multiple Contactless Card Emulation Environments (January 2017)

Joint White Paper | ETSI | GLOBALPLATFORM | NFC FORUM

Tackling the Challenges of Cybersecurity (December 2016)

Author: Charles Brookson

GANA - Generic Autonomic Networking Architecture (October 2016)

Author: Several authors (see white paper)

mmWave Semiconductor Industry Technologies: Status and Evolution (July 2016)

Author: Uwe Rüddenklau

Next Generation Protocols – Market Drivers and Key Scenarios (May 2016)

Author: Andy Sutton & Richard Li

Maturity and field proven experience of millimetre wave transmission (September 2015)

Author: Dr. Mikael Coldrey

E-Band and V-Band - Survey on status of worldwide regulation (June 2015)

Author: Mario Giovanni Luigi Frecassetti

Quantum Safe Cryptography and Security (June 2015)

Authors: Several authors (see white paper)

Security for ICT - the Work of ETSI Seventh Edition (June 2015)

Authors: Carmine Rizzo (ETSI) & Charles Brookson (Zeata Security and Azenby Ltd)

Testing ePassport Readers using TTCN-3 (November 2011)

Authors: Jean-Marc Chareau (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission), Laurent Velez (ETSI) and Zdenek Riha (Masaryk University)

Participation of SMEs in Standardization (February 2011)

Authors: Franck Le Gall (Inno TSD, ETSI STF 376) and Martin Prager (Prager Consult, ETSI STF 376)

Achieving Technical Interoperability - the ETSI Approach (April 2008)

Authors: Hans van der Veer (Alcatel-Lucent) & Anthony Wiles (ETSI)

Young Children and ICT - current issues in the provision of ICT technologies and services for young children (March 2006)

Author: Anne M Clarke (European Management Services, UK)

GSM operation onboard aircraft (January 2007)

Author: César Gutiérrez Miguélez (ETSI)

ICT Product Proofing Against Crime (February 2007)

Authors: Charles Brookson (DTI UK), Graham Farrell, Jen Mailley & Shaun Whitehead (Loughborough University, UK) & Dionisio Zumerle (ETSI)