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September 2017
CrownCom17 invited paper on “Designing a Testbed Infrastructure for Experimental Validation and Trialing of 5G Vertical Applications”
Dr. Juha Kalliovaara from TUAS (Turku University of Applied Sciences), co-authored with partners Nokia and Fairspectrum, presents a paper on “Designing a Testbed Infrastructure for Experimental Validation and Trialing of 5G Vertical Applications” at the [...]
5G-Xcast project presented at IEEE 5G Summit Helsinki
Dr. Mikko A. Uusitalo from Nokia Bell Labs presented our 5G-Xcast project at the IEEE 5G-IoT Summit Helsinki, as part of his talk on 'Wireless for Verticals'. During the talk, he focused on the role of vertical industries such as media & entertainment (which [...]
5G-Xcast present at the FOBTV Session at IBC 2017
5G-Xcast project manager David Gomez-Barquero presented an overview of 5G-Xcast at the technical module of FOBTV (Future Broadcast Television), www.fobtv.org. The presentation initiated a very intense and interesting discussion about the possibility of 5G to [...]
First advisory board meeting of 5G-Xcast at IBC 2017
The first advisory board meeting of 5G-Xcast took place on September 17th at IBC 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The advisory board co-chairs Roland Beutler (SWR) and Matt Stagg (EE/BT) chaired the meeting. The meeting was [...]
5G-Xcast presented at the 5G C-Tech Forum at IBC 2017
Advisory Board Co-Chair Matt Stagg (EE/BT) presented his 5G vision for the media vertical and introduced the 5G-Xcast project in the session of the 5G C-Tech Forum: Will 5G Change the Broadcasting Value Chain and [...]
5GXcast 2nd Face to Face Project Meeting in Surrey University, Guildford UK
It has been a busy week for the 5GXcast consortium. On Wednesday 13th we concluded our second face to face project meeting hosted at the University of Surrey 5GIC. Whilst some sessions were parallel, allowing [...]
Joint meeting with 5GPPP Sat-5G project at 5GIC
We are happy to report on our first joint meeting with the 5GPPP Sat-5G project at 5GIC in Guildford (UK). The two projects presented their use cases and their initial plans for the demonstrations. The [...]
July 2017
5G-Xcast project presented at IEEE 5G Summit Thessaloniki
Dr. Louis Christodoulou presented the 5G-Xcast project in the IEEE 5G Summit Thessaloniki (http://www.5gsummit.org/index.htm) with emphasis on how we could leverage broadcast in 5G to great benefit in key verticals. The very use cases and verticals [...]
June 2017
5GXcast Kick Off Meeting in Valencia (UPV)
Members of the 5GXcast consortium, traveled from all corners of Europe (and in some cases beyond!) to gather together for our kick off meeting hosted by UPV in the beautiful city of Valencia. The kick [...]
EUCNC 2017 5G-PPP Special Session
Prof. David Gomez-Barquero presented the 5G-Xcast project in a special session to the 5G-PPP projects at the EUCNC 2017 conference. Bernard Barani asked about the project test beds and which spectrum bands will be considered. [...]