Deliverables

ID Title Deadline Link
D2.1 Definition of Use Cases, Requirements and KPIs Oct 2017 (M5)

News Article

D2.2 Technology Delivery against Use Cases Jan 2019 (M20)

News Article

D2.3 5G-Xcast outcome and future outlook June 2019 (M25)

D2.4 Analysis and Deployment of Terrestrial Broadcast in 5G-Xcast May 2019 (M24)

ID Title Deadline Link
D3.1 Performance of LTE Advanced Pro (Rel’14) eMBMS Nov 2017 (M6)

News
Article

D3.2 Air Interface Nov 2018 (M18)

News
Article

D3.3 RAN Architecture Feb 2019 (M21)

News
Article

D3.4 RAT Protocols and RRM May 2019 (M24)

ID Title Deadline Link
D4.1 Mobile Core Network May 2018 (M12)


News
Article

D4.2 Converged Core Network and Architecture Aug 2018 (M15)

News
Article

D4.3 Session Control and Management Nov 2018 (M18)
News
Article
ID Title Deadline Link
D5.1 Content Delivery Vision Nov 2017 (M6)

News
Article

D5.2 Key Technologies for the Content Distribution Network Aug 2018 (M15)

News
Article

D5.3 Application and Service Layer Intelligence Nov 2018 (M18)

 News
Article

ID Title Deadline Link
D6.2 Development of Showcase and Demonstrators Feb 2019 (M21)

News
Article

D6.3 Test-Beds Integration and Deployment Feb 2019 (M21)

News
Article

D6.4 Final Evaluation and Validation May 2019 (M24)

D6.9 EuCNC and Global 5G Event 2019 July 2019 (M26)

ID Title Deadline Link
D7.1 Data Management Plan August 2017 (M3) To be uploaded soon
D7.3 Dissemination Report July 2019 (M26)

D7.4 Exploitation and Standardization Report July 2019 (M26)

This page is where you can find all official 5GXcast public deliverables, presentations and scientific papers. The 5GXcast project will produce a series of deliverables at key milestones of the project as listed in the table to the right; as these milestones are met, the deliverables will become available for download.

You can download the project brochure HERE.

You can download the EUCNC 2019 brochure HERE.

You can download a brief 5G-PPP description of the project HERE.

You can also find a description of the 5G-Xcast in the  Euro 5G PPP Annual Journal 2019 and Euro 5G Annual Journal 2018

Project Milestones

Milestone Name Related WP Due Date
1 Kick-off Meeting WP1 June 2017
2 Use cases, Requirements and KPIs defined WP2 October 2017
3 Initial plans for test-bed integration, demonstrators and showcase completed WP6 November 2017
4 State-of-the-art benchmark performed: radio, transport, application layers (e.g. 3GPP Rel’14) WP3, WP4, WP5 November 2017
5 Preliminary design of 5G Broadcast New Radio and New Core WP3, WP4 May 2018
6 Converged Core and Content Distribution Networks Specified WP4, WP5 November 2018
7 Deployment and Integration of Test-Beds WP6 February 2019
8  Development of PoC Prototypes WP3, WP4, WP5 February 2019
9  Deployment of Demonstrators and Showcase WP6 May 2019

Papers and Presentations

Journal Papers

Date Title and Information File
12 May 20

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Multimedia Public Warning Alert Trials Using eMBMS Broadcast, Dynamic Spectrum Allocation an Connection Bonding 

Tero Jokela, Juha Kalliovaara, Menno Bot, Heikki Kokkinen, Baruch Altman, Carlos Barjau,
Peter Sanders, David Gomez-Barquero, Jarkko Paavola

02 May 20

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

5G Radio Access Network Architecture for Terrestrial Broadcast Services
Mikko Säily, Carlos Barjau Estevan, Jordi Joan Gimenez, Fasil Tesema, Wei Guo, David Gomez-Barquero and
De Mi

18 Mar 20

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

5G Mixed Mode: NR Multicast-Broadcast Services
E. Garro, M. Fuentes, J.L. Carcel, H. Chen, D. Mi, F. Tesema, J.J. Gimenez and D. Gomez-Barquero

02 Feb 20

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Demonstrating Immersive Media Delivery on 5G Broadcast and Multicast Testing Networks
De Mi, Joe Eyles, Tero Jokela, Swen Petersen, Roman Odarchenko, Ece Öztürk, Duy-Kha Chau, Tuan
Tran, Rory Turnbull, Heikki Kokkinen, Baruch Altman, Menno Bot, Darko Ratkaj, Olaf Renner,
David Gomez-Barquero and Jordi Joan Gimenez

11 Sep 19

IEEE Access

Demonstrating Immersive Media Delivery on 5G Broadcast and Multicast Testing Networks
 – Łukasz Kułacz, Paweł Kryszkiewicz, Adrian Kliks, Hanna Bogucka, Jaakko Ojaniemi, Jarkko Paavola, Juha Kalliovaara, and Heikki Kokkinen

01 Sep 18

SMPTE Motion Imaging Journey

Practical performance measurements of LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) for TV applications
 – David Vargas, Jordi J. Gimenez, Tom Ellinor, Andrew Murphy, Benjamin Lembke, Khishigbayar Dushchuluun

 01 Mar 18

IEEE Communication Standards

Point-to-Multipoint Communication Enablers for the Fifth Generation of Wireless Systems – David Gomez-Barquero, David Navratil, Steve Appleby, Matt Stagg

 
 01 Mar 18

IEEE Communication Magazine

Wideband Broadcasting: A Power-Efficient Approach to 5G Broadcasting Jordi Joan GimenezDavid Gomez-Barquero Javier Morgade, Erik Stare

 
05 Sept 18

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Physical Layer Performance Evaluation of LTE-Advanced Pro Broadcast and ATSC 3.0 Systems Manuel Fuentes, De Mi, Honghzi Chen, Eduardo Garro, Jose Luis Carcel, David Vargas, Belkacem Mouhouche, David Gomez-Barquero

03 May 19

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

5G New Radio for Terrestrial Broadcast: A Forward-Looking Approach for NR-MBMS Jordi Joan Gimenez, Jose Luis Carcel, Manuel Fuentes, Eduardo Garro, Simon Elliot, David Vargas, Christian Menzel, David Gomez-Barquero

White Papers

Date Title and Information File
19 Nov 2018

Nomor Research White Paper

IMT-2020 Evaluation: Calibration of NOMOR’s System Level Simulator – Lang Yu, Christiane Dietrich, Volker Pauli

29 Aug 2018

Nomor Research White Paper

Layer 2 FEC in 5G Broadcast / Multicast Networks – Fasil Tesema and Volker Pauli

Selected Presentations

Date Title File
14 Sep 2018 IBC 2018 – 5G Broadcast Status in 3GPP, David Gomez Barquero (UPV) – Amsterdam, Netherlands (https://show.ibc.org/)
14 Sep 2018 IBC 2018 – 5G-Xcast IBC brochure, IRT demonstration– Amsterdam, Netherlands (https://show.ibc.org/)
14 Sep 2018 IBC 2018 – 5G-Xcast IBC brochure, Broadpeak demonstration – Amsterdam, Netherlands (https://show.ibc.org/)
29 Aug 2018 SET Expo 2018 – Presentation: “TV / 5G Convergence”, Athul Prasad (Nokia) – Sao Paulo, Brasil (http://www.set.org.br/)
27 Aug 2018 SET Expo 2018 – Presentation: “Future of Digital TV – Spectrum Considerations for 5G-Xcast”, Athul Prasad (Nokia) – Sao Paulo, Brasil (http://www.set.org.br/)
18 Jun 2018 EUCNC 2018  – Keynote presentation – “Future distribution of public service media content and services” Darko Ratkaj (EBU) – Ljubljana, Slovenia (EuCNC 2018)
7 Apr 2018 NAB Show 2018 – Presentation – “5G – A Key Enabler for New Verticals and Markets” Athul Prasad (Nokia) – Las Vegas  ( NAB Show 2018)
6 Mar 2018 IEEE 5G Summit Trento 2018 – Presentation – “The role of broadcast in 5G new radio and beyond” Manuel Fuentes (Samsung) – Trento  (http://www.5gsummit.org/trento/)
26 Feb 2018 BES Expo 2018 – Presentation – “Non-linear broadcasting technology and business model” David Gomez Barquero (UPV) – New Delhi  (https://www.besindia.co.in/)
24 Nov 2017 EBU Forecast 2017 – Presentation – “All you want to know about the 5G-XCAST Project” David Gomez Barquero (UPV) – Geneva  (https://tech.ebu.ch/forecast17)
23 Nov 2017 EBU Forecast 2017 – Presentation – “Unified service delivery on fixed and mobile networks” Steve Appleby (BT) – Geneva  (https://tech.ebu.ch/forecast17)
11 Jul 2017 IEEE 5G Summit Thessaloniki, Greece (http://www.5gsummit.org/greece/)
12 Jun 2017 EUCNC 2017 Poster – Oulu, Finland (http://www.eucnc.eu/)

Tutorials/Training Schools

Date Title File
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018  –  “5G-Xcast Tutorial Program”  Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018  –  “5G-Xcast Tutorial – Introduction Slides” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – 5G-Xcast Overview Slides” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – Use Cases Slides” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – RAN Slides” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – Core Network” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – Content Distribution” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – Test Beds” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)
05 Jun 2018 BMSB 2018 – “5G-Xcast Tutorial – Dissemination” Valencia, Spain (BMSB 2018)

Conference Papers

Date Title and Information File
02/07/19

IEEE AICT 2019


Multilink solution for 5G: Efficiency Experimental Studies
– Roman Odarchenko, Yevgeniya Sulema, Jordi Gimenez, Baruch Altman and Swen Petersen

23/06/19

IEEE EuCNC 2019


A Method to Tailor Broadcasting and Multicasting Transmission in 5G New Radio
– Wei Guo and Belkacem Mouhouche

06/06/19

IEEE BMSB 2019

Mobility and Coverage Evaluation of New Radio PDCCH for Point-to-Multipoint Scenario – Hongzhi Chen, De Mi, Belkacem Mouhouche, Pei Xiao and Rahim Tafazolli

06/06/19

IEEE BMSB 2019


Rapidly Deployable Network System for Critical Communications in Remote Locations
– Juhani Hallio, Reijo Ekman, Juha Kalliovaara, Tibor Lakner, Jani Auranen, Antti Arajärvi, Tero Jokela, Jarkko Paavola, Heikki Kokkinen, Tapio Savunen and Heikki Rantanen

06/06/19

IEEE BMSB 2019


Enabling SFN Transmissions in 5G Cloud-RAN Deployments
– Carlos Barjau, Mikko Säily and David Gomez-Barquero

06/06/19

IEEE BMSB 2019


IMT-2020 Key Performance Indicators: Evaluation and Extension Towards 5G New Radio Point-to-Multipoint
– Jose Luis Carcel, Belkacem Mouhouche, Manuel Fuentes, Eduardo Garro and David Gomez-Barquero

06/06/19

IEEE BMSB 2019

5G Mixed Mode: An Innovative Point-to-Multipoint Solution for New Radio – Eduardo Garro Crevillen, Manuel Fuentes, David Gomez-Barquero and Jose Luis Carcel

13/12/18

IEEE Globecomm 2018

On the performance of PDCCH in LTE and 5G New Radio– Hongzhi Chen, De Mi, Manuel Fuentes, Eduardo Garro, Jose Luis Carcel, Belkacem Mouhouche, Pei Xiao and Rahim Tafazolli

18/10/18

The 23rd International scientific-technical conference “Modern means of communication”

Solutions for optimization of mobile broadcasting in 5G Networks – R. Odarchenko

09/10/18

PIC S&T 2018

Multilink approach for the content delivery in 5G networks – R. Odarchenko, R. Aguiar, B. Altman, Ye. Sulema

17/09/18

IBC 2018

Practical performance measurements of LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) for TV applications – D. Vargas, J.J. Gimenez, T. Ellinor, A. Murphy, B. Lembke, K. Dushchuluun

09/07/18

IEEE SAM 2018

Pioneering studies on LTE eMBMS: Towards 5G Point-to-Multipoint Transmissions – Hongzhi Chen, De Mi, Manuel Fuentes, David Vargas, Eduardo Garro, Jose Luis Carcel, Belkacem Mouhouche, Pei Xiao and Rahim Tafazolli

09/07/18

IEEE 5G WF 2018

Optimizing Over-The-Air Virtual Reality Broadcast Transmissions with Low-Latency Feedback – Athul Prasady, Andreas Maederz, and Mikko A. Uusitalo

25/06/18

IEEE SPAWC 2018

Rate-Splitting for Multigroup Multicast Beamforming in Multicarrier Systems – Hongzhi Chen, De Mi, Zheng Chu, Pei Xiao and Rahim Tafazolli

18/06/18

EuCNC 2018

Enabling Vertical Industries Adoption of 5G Technologies: a Cartography of evolving solutions – Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Panagiotis Gouvas, Eleni Fotopoulou, George Tsiolis, Thanos Xirofotos, Stamatia Rizou, Jose Bonnet, Anastasius Gavras, Maria Joao Barros, Gino Carrozzo, Xavier Costa-Perez, Athul Prasad, Marco Gramaglia, Anna Tzanakaki, Dimitra Simeonidou, John Cosmas, Mikael Fallgren, Raul Muñoz, Ricard Vilalta

08/06/18

IEEE BMSB 2018

Enhanced TV Delivery with eMBMS: Coverage Evaluation for Roof-Top Reception – Jordi Joan Gimenez, Peter Renka, Simon Elliot, David Vargas and David Gomez-Barquero

06/06/18

IEEE BMSB 2018

Performance Evaluation of ATSC 3.0 DASH over LTE eMBMS – Ece Öztürk, Waqar Zia, Volker Pauli and Eckehard Steinbach

06/06/18

IEEE BMSB 2018

Non-Uniform Constellations for Broadcast and Multicast in 5G New Radio – Manuel Fuentes, Louis Christodoulou and Belkacem Mouhouche

06/06/18

IEEE BMSB 2018

Trials of spectrum sharing in 2.3GHz band for two types of PMSE equipment and mobile network – Tero Jokela, Juha Kalliovaara, Heikki Kokkinen, Jaakko Ojaniemi, Arto Kivinen, Tibor Lakner, Juhani Hallio and Jarkko Paavola

06/06/18

IEEE BMSB 2018

Enhancements for Enabling Point-to-Multipoint Communication Using Unlicensed Spectrum – Athul Prasad, Petteri Lunden, Zexian Li and Mikko Uusitalo

06/06/18

IEEE BMSB 2018

Roads to Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services in 5G New Radio – Wei Guo, Manuel Fuentes, Louis Christodoulou and Belkacem Mouhouche

16/04/18

IEEE WCNC 2018

Challenges for Enabling Virtual Reality Broadcast Using 5G Small Cell Network – Athul Prasad, Mikko A. Uusitalo, David Navrátil, and Mikko Säily

28/10/17

CS & IT 2017

Partial HARQ Retransmission for Broadcast in Fading Channels – Belkacem Mouhouche, Louis Christodoulou, Manuel Fuentes

21/09/17

EAI Crowncom 2017

Designing a Testbed Infrastructure for Experimental Validation and Trialing of 5G Vertical Applications – Juha Kalliovaara (TUAS), Reijo Ekman, Jarkko Paavola, Tero Jokela, Juhani Hallio, Jani Auranen, Pekka Talmola, and Heikki Kokkine

07/06/17

IEEE BMSB 2017

Zero-Guard OFDM Operation in SFN with ATSC 3.0 Ultra-Robust Transmission Modes – Jose Luis Carcel, Jordi Joan Gimenez, David Gomez-Barquero