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Workshops Spectrum – particularly the lack of it – is a major issue for 5G.
Every year we organise a varied programme of workshops We are helping to ensure compatibility between the different
which bring communities together, provide opportunities for uses which may occupy adjacent spectrum and looking
us to share news of our work and its progress, and stimulate for ways to improve spectral efficiency by using the latest
new standardisation activities. Our workshops also provide methodology and advanced techniques for sharing spectrum.
a platform for researchers to share their results and to
identify next steps for standardisation; they facilitate early We are developing standards for monitoring and controlling
consensus-building and fertilise our ongoing technical work. power consumption in 5G networks, which will be a
significant factor in the viability of 5G both economically and
In 2017-2018 we will run globally recognised annual events environmentally.
including the ETSI Security Week and our IoT Week. Other
events include, in September, the fifth Quantum-Safe Supporting the Development of the IoT
Cryptography workshop, co-organised with the Institute for As a partner in oneM2M, we are helping to produce the
Quantum Computing in Toronto, Canada, and, in October, the specifications to enable users to build platforms by which
ETSI International User Conference on Advanced Automated devices and services can be connected, regardless of the
Testing (UCAAT). We will begin planning for the next ETSI underlying technology used. In our own Smart Machine-to-
Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems, to take place in Machine Communications committee (TC SmartM2M), we
March 2018, and a workshop on Smart Body Area Networks, are enabling connected devices to exchange information
to be held early in 2018. through SAREF, our smart appliances reference ontology.
We are also looking at the needs of smart cities, wireless
industrial automation, CIM and eHealth, and we support
Supporting the Development of New the IoT with specifications for Digital Enhanced Cordless
Technologies Telecommunications (DECT™) Ultra Low Energy and Low
Throughput Networks.
Industry Specification Groups
Our Industry Specification Groups (ISGs) will continue to
shape our industry in 2017. ISGs provide a flexible platform Open Source
to bring together stakeholders, including non-members of In 2017 we will continue to look into how we can benefit
ETSI, and have proved highly successful. from the use of Open Source approaches, methodologies
and frameworks in ETSI. We are exploring how we might
We have recently established two new ISGs. Our ISG on accelerate the development of new and innovative digital
cross-cutting Context Information Management (ISG CIM) will technologies by working across traditional borders, for
develop technical reports and specifications for applications example with Open Source communities and foundations.
to update, manage and access context information. Our
ISG on Experiential Networked Intelligence (ENI) will define Our Centre for Testing and Interoperability will extend its
a Cognitive Network Management architecture, using use of Open Source-like software development approaches
Artificial Intelligence techniques and context-aware policies in the production of test specifications and platforms, and
to adjust offered services based on changes in user needs, we are developing the TDL Open Source Project (TOP) to
environmental conditions and business goals. provide our committees, our Secretariat and external parties
with an integrated Open Source toolset for Test Description
Developing the Building Blocks for 5G Language.
We will continue to work to support the development of 5G,
both as a partner in the Third Generation Partnership Project Some of our ISGs are also exploring the use of Open Source.
(3GPP™) as well as in our own committees. For example, Open Source has a crucial role to play in
facilitating interoperability in software-intensive technologies
A number of our activities, such as Network Functions such as NFV, and, in parallel with standards development, ISG
Virtualisation (NFV), Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) MEC is looking at making implementations of our Application
and millimetre Wave Transmission, are expected to form Programming Interfaces and functionality available as
the building blocks for a 5G system and are considered key software. Our Open Source MANO group (ETSI OSM) is
components of the next generation of ICT platforms. developing a software reference implementation for the ETSI
NFV Management and Orchestration, or MANO, according
to accepted Open Source working procedures and using a
software development platform which we host and manage.
Education on Standardisation
We are working on an EC-funded project on the design and
development of teaching materials for education on ICT
standardisation. The materials will include a comprehensive
set of slides, a text book and lecture notes. By the end of
the project in 2018, the plan is to be able to offer several
teaching modules to be integrated flexibly as part of curricula
for engineers, MBA students and law students.
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