Dr. Carlos Guimarães

Carlos Guimarães is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), where he is pursuing research activities in 5G technologies and main enablers as well as in the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning into computer networks. In the past, he worked as a Researcher Assistant at Instituto de Telecomunicações - Aveiro (Portugal), where he has tackled different topics of computer networks area, ranging from Future Internet, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Software- Defined Networking (SDN), (flow) mobility management and media independent handover mechanisms in heterogeneous networks, and network function virtualization. He received his M.Sc. degree in Computer and Telematics Engineering in 2011 (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) and later his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in 2019 (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal). His Keynote presence in MOBISLICE III is under scope of 5G-DIVE.

Edge and Fog for I4.0 and Autonomous Drone Scouting with 5G-DIVE

In 5G-DIVE project, two vertical pilots, namely Industry 4.0 and Autonomous Drone Scouting, are being addressed to assess the technical merits and business value proposition of an Edge and Fog 5G E2E solution. This presentation will do an overview on the different use cases being targeted and how the Edge and Fog, along with 5G, will impact their implementation, integration, and introduction of new innovations.

Dr. Josep Mangues-Bafalluy

Josep Mangues-Bafalluy is senior researcher and head of the communication networks division of the Telecommunications Technological Center of Catalunya (CTTC) since 2013, where he leads a group of 30 people. He has a degree (1996) and a PhD (2003) on Telecommunications Engineering from the Technical University of Catalunya (UPC) and over 20 years of experience in the networking field (incl. mobile networks, application of machine learning to network optimization, testbed design and deployment, network function virtualization). Josep held various roles (incl. leadership) in several public funded and industrial research projects (e.g., 5GPPP 5Growth, 5G-Transformer, or Spanish 5G-REFINE) with recent emphasis on adapting network infrastructures to the needs of vertical industries (e.g., automotive/transportation, industry 4.0, media, eHealth) and automated network management. He was vice-chair of IEEE WCNC 2018 (Barcelona). He was also researcher and assistant professor at UPC from 1996 to 2003. His Keynote presence in MOBISLICE III is under scope of 5GROWTH.

Network slicing in practice through service federation

Providers have traditionally cooperated in multiple ways towards a common service offering. The idea of service federation has been around for a while, particularly in a cloud context, but also in a networking context. When moving to a function virtualization context (NFV), both such contexts must be combined and harmonized. Realizing the end-to-end network slicing vision in an ever changing heterogeneous environment that combines multiple technologies and administrative domains is a daunting task. In telco environments, processes spanning multiple departments inside the operator (e.g., radio, wireless transport, optical transport, IP transport), not to mention those spanning multiple operators, must be streamlined to achieve service deployments in the order of minutes (as per the 5GPPP KPI objectives). Much work is still to be done to fully realize this vision. There have been some attempts in this respect, including ETSI NFV standardization efforts defining requirements and providing initial ideas on how to define the required interfaces.

In this talk, we will explain how the service federation vision is being realized in H2020 5GPPP 5Growth project, standing on the 5G-Transformer legacy. It enables the handling of complex architectural constructs, such as composite NFV network services, and end-to-end resource management through different administrative domains, yet staying at service orchestration-level peering. We will give some hints on the main architectural concepts developed in 5Growth (and 5G-Transformer) to offer service federation in practice as a key underlying functionality towards end-to-end multi-provider network slicing. We will also explain how service federation is offered in a transparent way to service provider customers (e.g., vertical industries), which allows verticals to focus on the service logic and ambitious deployment plans, and operators to complement their service offering and geographic span towards an increased customer base. Finally, we will put all the pieces of the puzzle together to show how an emergency eHealth use case exploits service federation in practice.

MOBISLICE Workshop Co-chairs:

Daniel Corujo

Universidade de Aveiro and Instituto de Telecomunicações

Portugal

Augusto Neto

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Brazil

Seil Jeon

Huawei Technologies

Sweden

Carlos Bernardos

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Spain

Antonio de la Oliva

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Spain

Luís Contreras Murillo

Telefónica

Spain

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