By second time in the project´s life, Munich and IRT headquarters were the venue of a 5G-Xcast face-to-face meeting. From the 2nd to the 4th of April, 5G-Xcast partners met for the last time to define the final steps of the project. Among the topics discussed, the final tasks carried out in all the work [...]
The Finnish forest was the venue for the 5th 5G-Xcast face-to-face meeting, hosted by Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) in the beautiful and historic city of Turku, Finland. From the 3rd to the 5th of July, 5G-Xcast partners came back together to track the progress of the seven work packages and prepare the mid-term [...]
5G-Xcast had a meeting with the Advisory Board at the IEEE BMSB 2018 conference in Valencia. The meeting was the chance to discuss the progress of the project in the first year and to obtain feedback from the Advisory Board members. The Advisory Board meeting attendees had the chance to attend the tutorial one day [...]
Prof. Narcis Cardona, director of the iTEAM Research Institute of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and 5G-Xcast WP1 leader, made an overview presentation of the 5G-Xcast project at the 5G FORUM in Malaga (Spain). The 5G FORUM is the first national multidisciplinary event about 5G technology and applications that takes place in Spain. Over two [...]
From snowy Munich to sunny Geneva, nothing stops the progress of the 5G-Xcast project. The fourth Face to Face meeting was hosted by EBU in the wonderful city of Geneva. The meeting brought together different work packages that provided an overview on their progress and discussed efficient ways to coordinate the 5G broadcast solution design. [...]
Dr. Gomez-Barquero, project manager of 5G-Xcast, participated at the IEEE Broadcast Technology (BTS) Society Young Professional Workshop 2018 on the theme “The Convergence of Broadcasting and 5G Enabling Technologies”. The Workshop was organised by the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) during 16th-17th of April 2018. The programme is attached here. IEEE BTS Young Professionals program [...]
Athul Prasad from Nokia Bell Labs (technical manager of 5G-Xcast project) presented an introduction of 5G-Xcast project to the audience, and views on how the project is addressing the disruptive use cases related to new and immersive media delivery. The title of his talk was related to how 5G-Xcast project is enabling the mass media [...]
5G-Xcast Project manager, Dr. David Gomez-Barquero, gave the inaugural keynote at the 24th international conference and exhibition on terrestrial and satellite broadcasting organized by the Indian Broadcast Engineering Society. The BES Expo is the most important broadcast event in India. The event took place in New Delhi from 26-28 February 2018, with the theme “Non-linear [...]
Come snow storms and high winds, nothing stops the 5G-Xcast consortium! Last week marked our 3rd face to face meeting, hosted by Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT) in the beautiful city of Munich, Germany. There was once again a strong emphasis on joint, cross work package sessions. This refined a way forward, allowing each of the work [...]
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 become the future worldwide standard for television broadcasting.
