We are proud to share our first WP5 deliverable outlining our "Content Delivery Vision"; now available for download below (Also in our downloads section): Download Download [PDF ~800KB] Executive Summary There is a growing demand from operators to deploy converged video delivery solutions across all their networks (fixed and mobile) and across [...]
Several Members from the 5G-XCast consortium presented at the EBU Forecast 2017 seminar which took place at the EBU in Geneva (https://tech.ebu.ch/forecast17). The seminar looks forward, asking how media content will be delivered in five, ten or 15 years’ time; looking at the evolution of consumption patterns, media genres and distribution technologies. Steve Appleby (BT) - [...]
The 5G-Xcast project is organising a workshop during the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB) in June 2018 (Valencia, Spain). The workshop is titled “Point-to-Multipoint as Key Technology Element for 5G Systems”. IEEE BMSB 2018 will be also organised by Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), member of the 5G-Xcast consortium. [...]
The 5G-Xcast project is organising a special session during the IEEE 5G World Forum July 2018 in Santa Clara, California, USA. This is focused in the "Media and Entertainment" vertical and titled "Disrupting Media and Entertainment in the 5G Era" There is already a diverse and interesting lineup of Keynote Speakers with further updates on [...]
The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G PPP) have released a brochure on the Second Wave of Research & Innovation Projects of which we are part. This includes a nice outline of the 5G-Xcast Project's: Main Objectives Applications Technical and Research Challenges Expected Impact The full brochure also includes an introduction to the 5G PPP partnership as well [...]
We are proud to share our first WP2 deliverable on the "Definition of Use Cases, Requirements and KPIs"; now available for download [PDF] in our downloads section. Download PDF [~1MB] Executive Summary: This document describes the use cases identified in task T2.1 and specifies their respective requirements and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as defined in [...]
Dr. Belkacem Mouhouche, represented 5G-Xcast project at the IEEE PIMRC 2017 conference where he participated in a Panel discussion on “Unlicensed spectrum potential for 5G” along with representatives from Qualcomm, InterDigital and Comcast. Belkacem gave a presentation on the 5G-Xcast project’s scope and objectives and then explored some point to multipoint applications that might use [...]
Dr. David Vargas from BBC presented the 5G-Xcast project at the DTG Spectrum Access forum in London, UK. The DTG is a UK innovation centre in digital media technology with industry members across digital media chain. David provided an overview of the goals and research topics addressed in the 5G-Xcast project which was very well [...]
Belkacem Mouhouche from Samsung, 5G-Xcast dissemination leader, participated at the 5G Summit in Montreal held in parallel with the IEEE PIMRC 2017 conference. Belkacem gave a talk on the “challenge of broadcast support in future 5G networks”. During his talk, Belkacem insisted on the utility of Point to Multipoint transmissions and their role in future [...]
The 5G-Xcast use cases target four vertical sectors: Media & Entertainment (M&E), Public Warning, Automotive, and Internet of Things (IoT). Continuing to collaborate with other 5GPPP Projects, 5G-Xcast is reviewing the use cases of the 5G-Car project to align its automotive use case and related KPIs and requirements. There are a number of automotive use [...]
