D7.6 Standardization and Regulation Report (Release B)

The scope of deliverable D7.6 is to update the analysis and the strategy at project level towards fulfilling needs and gaps found on standardization and regulatory bodies activities performed during the second year of the project.

In the second year, 5GENESIS partners have continued monitoring main standardization boides, as described in Section 2 of this document. Most relevant standardization tracking activities are related to the following Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs):

• 5GRAN: tracking of 3GPP RAN WG1 (RAN1) group
• mmWave Access for 5G: monitoring of IEEE 802.11az, 802.11ay and Wi-Fi sensing
• Tracking IoT Interoperability and protocols
• Multi-Access Edge Computing monitoring of ETSI activities in MEC
• SDN based transport monitoring of Open Networking Foundation activities in SEBA and CORD.
• Spectrum Management monitoring of groups in IEEE, ETSI and 3GPP
• Satellite Comminucations into 5G monitoring of satcom related work in 3GPP RAN (referred to as NTN) and in 3GPP SA
• Mission Critical Services in 5G monitoring ETSI MCPTT/MCX

During the second year of the project, 5GENESIS has evolved its Platforms from Release A to Release B, as described in Deliverables D4.2 (Athens Platform), D4.5 (Málaga Platform), D4.8 (Limasol Platform), D4.11 (Surrey Platform), D4.14 (Berlin Platform) and D4.17 (Portable Platform). As part of this evolution, several partners have identified concrete contributions to SDOs that are described in Section 3 of this document.

The Málaga Platform has contributed significantly to several SDOs, with big focus on ETSI OSM charter (https://www.etsi.org/committee/1407-osm), where several contributions are described. In the reporting period 5GENESIS has become a member of the Research and Contributors community in OSM. Additionally, contributions are described in 3GPP like Mission Critical Services and IETF on 5G Transport.

The Athens Platform has contributed mainly in the Policy Management component of the 5GENESIS architecture .

The Surrey Platform main contributions are placed in the space of dynamic Spectrum allocation where IEEE, ETSI and 3GPP are potential contribution targets in year 3.

5GENESIS Partners will continue monitoring and engaging in standardization activities, linked to the three layers of the 5GENESIS facility. They are committed to explore potential contributions to SDOs as the 5GENESIS facility development progresses in year 3 of the project.

Finally, Section 4 summarize the meetings held during year 2 with Regulators and Operators regarding 5GENESIS innovations and Spectrum allocation during the project. Additionally, updates on Spectrum assigned to each Platform are provided in that section.