THE STANDARD News From ETSI . February 2016

ETSI Seeks Harmonization of NFV 3GPP Starts Work Information Modelling Across Standards on NarrowBand Bodies and Open Source IoT Standards First multi-organization workshop A major milestone was achieved bringing the NFV community together in September 2015 in 3GPP RAN plenary meeting with the decision ETSI’s Industry Specification Group This was a significant and unique to standardize NB-IOT, a new for Network Functions Virtualisation event because it is the first time the narrowband radio technology to (ETSI NFV) has convened a ground- key standards organizations and open address the requirements of the breaking industry workshop to align source communities representing a Internet of Things (IoT). The new cloud-centric initiatives and network- broad and diverse ecosystem have met technology will provide improved centric initiatives to ensure successful together with a common purpose to indoor coverage, support of massive realization of NFV through automation. accelerate alignment of their activities number of low throughput devices, The workshop brought together the in relation to NFV. low delay sensitivity, ultra-low device leading Standards Development cost, low device power consumption Organizations (SDOs) and Open Source Continued on page 8 > and optimized network architecture. communities in an ‘NFV Village’. The workshop was hosted by CableLabs at Continued on page 8 > their Louisville, Colorado (USA) location on 13-14 January 2016.

5G Standardization: A Demanding Task But all the right things are in place − Interview with Adrian Scrase, ETSI CTO 5G has gained momentum over the last Q. The 5G landscape seemed to be very 2 years, which is set to continue with scattered at the beginning, with a lot of $25 billion to be spent on 5G research, fora, consortia, research projects around trials and development during the next the globe working on future network five years1. technologies. Is this still true today? As ETSI CTO, Adrian Scrase is well A. Yes, there is a lot of research activity positioned to give an overview of ongoing but we’re already starting to the work done both in ETSI and in its see the first results of that activity. But partnership projects such as 3GPP. In this is quite normal as there are many an exclusive interview, he gives us actors that wish to make a significant his insights on the way forward for contribution to 5G. At this stage, we some of the exciting and innovative shouldn’t be surprised by this plethora technologies and the opportunities 5G of activities. The standardization will provide to industry and consumers. process though is very clear, ETSI has a very clear view on the way forward. 1 Source Juniper Research: http://www. juniperresearch.com/press/press-releases/5g- Continued on page 4 > revenues-forecast-to-exceed-65bn-usd-by-2025 Welcome to the Sowing ETSI’s Future World of Standards ETSI’s Director General, Luis Jorge Romero, outlines his vision of ETSI’s future The end of 2015 seems to signal work programme both in scope and another milestone in ETSI’s history. in depth contributes to positioning After I have spent more than 4 years ETSI as a lead SDO for ICT, in Europe at ETSI’s helm, the General Assembly and beyond. kindly accepted during its 66th meeting h ETSI’s visibility has improved to extend my term in office for 3 more worldwide, leveraging on means years, which allows me to keep on such as: communication via social working for this Institute but, more networks; our new website; more importantly, for all its members up to workshops being hosted in ETSI July 2019. HQ thanks to our refurbished amphitheatre; and the leverage of With the occasion of this event and our ISG model to attract new work taking advantage of the publication of and participants to join ETSI. The Standard, I would like to share with all our readers in a few words what I h We have also rebuilt and developed believe have been ETSI’s achievements our relationship with the EC both at Welcome to the February 2016 edition in these past years and also succinctly operational and strategic level, with a of The Standard. As you can see, we depict my vision for the Institute in the focus on DG CONNECT and DG GROW. have refreshed the design more than years to come. The fluid relationship contributes five years after first launching this to positioning ETSI as the preferred newsletter. Time to harvest point of call for policy topics that call for standardization, e.g. Cloud and In this edition, we take a look at the We have had a good crop of the Internet of Things. status of work in ETSI and 3GPP on achievements during these past years. h Last, though not least, we have 5G mobile standards. We have an Even if the weather hasn’t always also improved our relationship interview with Adrian Scrase, ETSI’s CTO, been favourable, and despite some with CEN and CENELEC. Despite our in addition to updates from our Mobile thunderstorms in our way, I think I differences the dialogue is now open Edge Computing, millimetre Wave can proudly say that ETSI has been and constructive. Transmission and Network Functions successful thanks to the knowledge, Virtualisation ISGs. We are announcing hard work, and motivation of its people But our fields are ready for some more the upcoming ETSI Summit on 5G: and our cohesion as a team. seed. The soil is excellent, the products From Myth to Reality. We have other It is worthwhile remembering our key superb, and the people working on news from 3GPP, where we take a look achievements, starting from those them, second to none. at their plans for standardization of close to the heart of the organization: We are developing a team culture, NB-IOT, and from oneM2M where we h We started with the refurbishing and based on respect for all. Focused on hear about their first interoperability conformity of ETSI buildings to French event. providing service and value to our law, making them a better home for members. Listening to our members’ our members. It’s been a long ride, Security is a constant preoccupation wishes. And understanding. And but the outcome is worth the effort. of our industry and the chairman of TC delivering, on time. Cyber, Charles Brookson, outlines why h ETSI’s success is fundamentally based security standardization is so important. on the quality of its people. I believe So, what next? We also have a report from our we have a sound work environment Quantum Safe Cryptography workshop and teams focused on delivering. Sowing for tomorrow last year. h Despite the world’s economic difficulties, in ETSI we have been Besides our very solid foundations, If you missed our ETSI Summit on Open able to keep a sound financial ETSI’s future will be built sustained Source and Standardization held last situation, with no additional burden by four pillars that will contribute to November, you can read about this on our members. satisfy our members’ demands. Those pillars are: important and timely event. Our list of h We have also strengthened ETSI’s h upcoming events and workshops is on legal services to address the Quality. For everyone. For everything. the back page as usual – please register challenging IPR issues at institutional Everywhere. Quality is non-negotiable. quickly, especially to those being held level and in technical committees ETSI shall strive – and shine – for its at ETSI as they fill fast. You will find an and partnerships, but also quality, second to none. update on our Cloud Standardization commercial contracts and measures h Flexibility. To adapt to new methods, Coordination activity, two more white pertaining to our legal protection approaches, ideas, models… papers published and a number of and that of our members. always staying at the forefront of other interesting articles. I hope you h technologies and trends. Always enjoy them all. ETSI’s work programme has expanded, both in conventional domains anticipating for the good of our members, and at our members’ Luis Jorge Romero, such as mobile communications and radio standardization as well disposal. There will be nothing that Director General, ETSI as in less familiar areas such as ETSI cannot cope with. This one, digital signatures, quantum safe together with quality, will be part of cryptography, NFV or mobile edge ETSI’s mantra – and culture. computing. This enlargement of the Continued in page 3 >

2 | THE STANDARD February 2016 Sowing ETSI’s Future − Continued (from page 2) ETSI’s Director General, Luis Jorge Romero, outlines his vision of ETSI’s future h Reputation and visibility. Not only is during and after the writing of the such as Industry Digitalization, Smart ETSI excellent, but it is known for it. technical specifications, in whichever Cities, Smart Grids, etc. This will as We believe in ourselves and strive to shape and flavour. well fuel cooperation with economic have reasons to believe. And then, h Highlight ETSI’s global footprint, with sectors beyond ICT: manufacturing, we show the world our excellence a strong, consolidated and solid energy, banking, etc. with facts. But we show it and don’t European root. ETSI extends well h Security at large, seen “per system” – shy away. beyond Europe, both in terms of security by default, or by design – h Respect for what we are. Clear and our members’ origins (headquarters, but also seen as a whole, looking at transparent rules and governance, nationalities) and of the applicability the different threats in cyberspace which give our members the trust and of the products developed against and including the advent of confidence to keep working in ETSI. the specifications that we produce. quantum computing. h ETSI is versatile and able to adapt to h Determined approach at new ways of With these pillars and our foundations any new trend and need. Change is working, more in line with the needs ETSI will sustain its strategy for the the only inevitable constant, which of IT developers who implement our years to come. This strategy – the ETSI is fit for. standards. This will bring new ideas ETSI Long Term Strategy (LTS) – covers and fresh methods to our processes, the years 2016 to 2021 and is in the With these ambitions, ETSI is leading all aimed at improving… and process of being finalized under the the development of ICT standards in remember: quality is non-negotiable! leadership of ETSI’s Board. some of the most promising technology areas, namely: You will probably agree with me The Long Term Strategy (LTS) will h that the challenge is huge. But I feel be further developed before being 5th Generation Communication systems, or 5G. And some other key absolutely motivated and convinced approved and published, hopefully by that in ETSI, working all together, we’ll ETSI’s 67th General Assembly in April building blocks that could potentially be part of our next communications be able to achieve our aims… if not 2016. However, I believe I disclose more! I say this based on our nothing by saying that the LTS is system, such as the virtualization of network functions (Network foundations and on the superb people constructed along four main lines: in ETSI, complemented, I’m sure, by h Functions Virtualization, NFV), ETSI is at the heart of ICT, this is our pushing the intelligence of the core the ambition, motivation, commitment nature. in the mobile network towards and contribution of all ETSI members. h Emphasis on ETSI’s role as enabler of the edge (Mobile Edge Computing, Even if I’m not very good at reading my standards, beyond a simple standards MEC) or studying the behaviour of crystal ball, I know this gives us many making organization. ETSI also helps radio waves in the millimetre band chances to succeed. With these cards in set the ecosystem and create the (millimetre Wave Transmission). our hands, how can we lose? communities and conditions for the h The Internet of Things and anything development of standards, before, this concept would further enable, Luis Jorge Romero, Director General, ETSI

ETSI Releases New Specification for HbbTV 2.0 An enriched experience for interactive TV on all devices creates a global open platform as an To date, over 20 countries alternative to proprietary technologies have launched HbbTV and extends the user experience. services. To date, over 20 countries have ETSI has recently released the latest launched HbbTV services. These DVB broadcasting technologies, such as specification on hybrid broadcast services enable consumers to access satellite, cable, or terrestrial networks. broadband TV (HbbTV), TS 102 796 a broader range of content which V1.3.1 (at http://miniqr.com/etsiorg.r), enhances the broadcast programme. The newly released version of TS 102 which corresponds to HbbTV 2.0. The It also allows broadcasters to include 796 specification includes enhanced latest HbbTV release adds support for advanced interactive services features taking into account evolving new capabilities including companion and Internet applications such as technologies such as HTML5, HEVC for device support, HTML5 user experience information services, catch-up broadband-delivered video and Timed and support for advanced video services, video-on-demand, electronic Text Markup Language for broadband- delivery features such as Ultra HD and programme guide, and interactive delivered subtitles and improved High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) advertising. Users can access these user privacy. It also adds support for to enhance the consumer experience. services through connected TVs, set-top communication and synchronization The HbbTV standard allows creation boxes, and through the connection between an application on a TV/set-top of TV services that combine broadcast with a companion screen, on smart box and a related application on a smart and over-the-top content. This hybrid phones, computers and tablets. phone or tablet. Video/audio files can broadcast broadband TV standard Products and services using the HbbTV be pushed via broadcast to local storage standard can operate over different in a device for later consumption.

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 3 5G Standardization: A Demanding Task − Continued (from page 1) Q. What does 3GPP foresee as the main Q. On spectrum, which is critical to the I’m confident that we have features that will deliver 5G mobile whole ICT industry, are regulators already all the right things in place networks? working on meeting 5G requirements? to deliver a compelling A. Currently there is a view that the use A. You know, spectrum is a key parameter set of 5G standards by the of the 5G system can be divided into of any radio system, it is certainly a big 2020 deadline. three high level families of use cases. discussion point for 5G. The process to The first of these is evolved mobile obtain new spectrum is very clear, it’s Q. Recently the European Commission broadband, so taking the broadband very well documented and we know how wanted to discuss progress on 5G, capabilities we have today and enhancing to do that, but it does take a long time. So do you think Europe is behind other them considerably in terms of user you need many years of planning before regions on 5G? experience and performance. The second spectrum actually becomes available A. I think this is important to understand high level category of use cases concerns for any new service, so the sooner you that 5G is not a race. Yes, we have clear massive connectivity, this is based on start, the better. ETSI’s role though is not targets for the availability of 5G standards the assumption that there’ll be billions so much in influencing the availability and we have a clear commitment to meet of devices interconnected in the future of spectrum. Our role is much more those targets. But the market conditions network and to do that we have to make to ensure compatibility between the in each region differ significantly so sure that the 5G system is capable of different uses which may occupy adjacent we should not expect deployment in supporting them. And the third category spectrum. We also ensure that we are all regions to occur in the same time of high level use cases really concerns making the very best use of this spectrum frame. There’s no prize for being the the high performance, high availability, and are looking for ways to improve first region to market. Deployment will low latency use cases, those which might spectral efficiency by using modern and be based on sound business decisions, be used in mission critical applications. up to date methodology. There are a and those decisions will be based on So we need to ensure that any future number of cases in ETSI where we have a complex mix of parameters. What is system is at least capable of supporting done just that, particularly looking at pleasing to see though is that we do those three families of use cases. more advanced techniques for sharing spectrum, for example. have strong cross regional coordination Q. ETSI has launched specification which is taking place in many different groups on NFV, MEC and mwT. These Q. What will 5G really bring to ways, certainly within the research technologies are considered key industry and consumers that they stream, within standardization and even components of the next generation of can’t have today? with the establishment of bilateral trade connectivity, how do they fit in? agreements. So I think for the first time A. That’s a very good question and we see quite widespread cross regional A. Well, ETSI is engaged in a number of the difficulty is actually trying to guess coordination which we haven’t seen to activities that will form building blocks on what to do with a mobile system in 5 that extent before. which 5G will be based, and it’s evident to 10 years’ time. It’s what we haven’t right now that 5G networks will consist of been good at trying to predict, how the Q. 3GPP is established as the place for large elements of virtualization. ETSI’s ISG systems will be in the future. I think it’s mobile system standardization, ranging NFV activity will be particularly relevant important when we make our plans for from 2G GSM evolution, 3G UMTS and in that respect. It is also clear that if 5G that we design a system that is very HSPA to 4G LTE-Advanced and now we want to achieve the 5G objectives agile, very versatile and easily adaptable LTE-Advanced Pro. How does the drive for for very high performance and high to support many use cases of which we 5G and the IMT2020 submission deadline availability, we will have a demand for have no knowledge right now but which from the ITU impact 3GPP’s work? much more spectrum in order to achieve may become important in the future. A. Well, 3GPP has a very clear those objectives. If you want a lot more The system designed should have that understanding of the demanding task spectrum, obviously spectrum is more versatility built in from the very outset. readily available in millimetric wave bands, ahead of them and is putting in place Q. Given the huge amount of work that not in bands below 6 GHz. In this case mechanisms to respond to the 2020 lies ahead to meet the IMT2020 deadline, then ETSI’s studies into millimetre wave headline date of the standards availability. do you think we’ll be ready for it? What is clear though is that world plans transmission through the ISG mWT will are being established to develop a 5G become particularly relevant in ensuring A. Actually yes, I’m really confident standard system. Significant work is still that we have good knowledge on which we will. You’re right, there’s an awful being undertaken to evolve the existing to base our 5G systems. Likewise if you lot of work to be done but we’re LTE and LTE-Advanced systems, and want to achieve very low latency, it quite good at doing this. That’s what 4G has a long way to go yet in terms makes sense to place the computing ETSI and 3GPP have demonstrated of enhancing performance and user functionality as near to the end users as over previous generations. What is experience. It’s just as important that we you can, and this is the aspiration of ISG interesting is if we look both at ETSI and continue to evolve the 4G system as well MEC, the Mobile Edge Computing ISG, 3GPP from a membership point of view, as making plans to develop a 5G system. where they are looking to see how you we see growing membership, we see Looking toward 5G then, this presents can place computational functionality membership from categories where we an opportunity to really rethink many of as close as you can to the end user. And have not previously enjoyed real input to the basic assumptions on which previous these are just three examples of activities the process. So whichever way we look generations have been based and to look taking place in ETSI which will form these at the work, we have a greater input outside of the box to leverage results building blocks of 5G. There are more from industry to the standardization from recent research and emerging that are currently being prepared and you process. It will need very careful, technology advances. The results of this will see them enter the standardization meticulous planning but I’m confident work will surely be a very compelling process in the coming months. that we have all the right things in submission of a candidate 5G system place to deliver a compelling set of 5G which will be presented under the IMT standards by the 2020 deadline. 2020 process being put in place by the ITU. 4 | THE STANDARD February 2016 ISG mWT: Update from ETSI’s Industry Specification Group on Millimetre Wave Transmission Future mobile and fixed networks The following publication has also been Other work items are in progress beyond 2020 need to support vast concluded and is in the pipeline for with the aim of producing simulation numbers of applications and services, release by ETSI: analysis results of high density with capacity requirements 1000’s h ETSI White Paper: Status deployment in the V-band, mainly of times the capacity of current and Evolution of mm-Wave targeting backhaul of small cells. networks. This will have an impact Semiconductor Industry Technologies on fixed and mobile transport Further studies have also been started networks, requiring links offering 10s in the ETSI mWT. One is related to of Gbps. This raises the importance of exploiting the much wider spectrum millimetre wave radio as an enabler available above 90 GHz allowing link for such high capacity for backhaul capacities in the order of 50Gbps. and access networks. Another one deals with investigating the applicability of advanced antenna Millimetre wave spectrum, in the technology to point-to-point radio 30GHz to 300GHz range, offers more systems. available spectrum than in lower bands with larger channel bandwidths ETSI ISG mWT will continue to lead granting a fibre like capacity. The and give guidance on the use of the spectrum can be made available readily millimetre waveband, providing and can be reused easily, and lower overviews of the trends in technology, licensing costs lead to lower total cost applications and systems requirements of ownership and lower cost per bit of through active collaboration with other radio systems. standards organizations. ETSI’s Industry Specification Group on Millimetre Wave Transmission (ISG mWT) has become the industry- wide platform where those interested ETSI Summit 2016 in millimetre wave technology can create the conditions for large scale usage of this still largely untapped spectrum resource. In its first year of activity ETSI mWT has significantly increased its visibility in the industry, attracting more than 30 companies (telecommunications network operators, equipment manufacturers, component manufacturers, research institutes) to work together. The group has gained a reputation for the quality of its publications and for several contributions to forums and events. 5G: From Myth to Reality In particular, during the first year of the ETSI mWT several ETSI White Papers and Group Specifications have Although 5G is intended to support a very wide range of innovative been published: services, three specific classes of use cases are emerging as candidates h ETSI White Paper: Worldwide for early prioritization: enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine regulations for the V-band (57 to 66 communications and ultra-reliable/low latency communications. GHz) and E-band (71 to 86 GHz) This ETSI summit will address these use cases from a socio-economic h ETSI White Paper: Maturity and field proven experience of millimetre wave and technological viewpoint with questions such as: transmission, aiming at increasing hhWhat are the real requirements and expectations of stakeholders? operators’ confidence in the use of millimetre wave technologies by hhWhat are the motivations and business models behind the use sharing the results of trials and early cases? roll-outs on V-band and E-band. h h GS mWT 002: Applications and use hHow does the 5G roadmap compare to the LTE roadmap? cases of millimetre wave transmission hhWhy is 2020 important? (at http://miniqr.com/6fbd1.r) h GS mWT 006: Analysis of antennas Join us on 21 April 2016 at ETSI to find out! for millimetre wave transmission (at http://miniqr.com/5a34a.r) http://www.etsi.org/summit-5g

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 5 New ETSI ETSI Mobile Edge Computing ISG White Papers Announces First Proofs of Concept MEC ISG celebrates first anniversary One year after its first meeting, ETSI's Ongoing work in the ISG includes Industry Specification Group on development of specifications on Mobile Edge Computing (ISG MEC) technical requirements and use cases, met at ETSI for its fifth meeting framework and reference architecture, and announced three Proofs of MEC metrics best practice guidelines, Concept demonstrations. Mobile business case examples, or market Edge Computing is considered a key requirements for a multivendor technology for future 5G networks ecosystem, demonstration kits and a and the initiative gained momentum tutorial. Early 2016 the group will start over the last year, with many articles working on platform services, APIs and papers referring to Mobile Edge and interfaces. The MEC APIs will be Computing and market intelligence application-agnostic and will allow reports on MEC from IDC, ABI and the smooth porting of value-creating Gartner, for instance. applications on every mobile-edge server with guaranteed service level The ETSI ISG MEC has already agreement (SLA). published two specifications on service scenarios and a Proof of Mobile Edge Computing complements Concept (PoC) framework as well NFV and SDN, helping to advance the as a white paper. Four MEC Proofs transformation of mobile broadband Maturity and field proven of Concept have been developed to networks into a programmable world demonstrate the following scenarios: and enables a myriad of new use cases, experience of millimetre h RAN-aware video user experience with fresh business opportunities. It wave transmission optimization provides a new hub where mobile operators and application/content Developed by members of our h Edge video orchestration and video clip replay providers can collaborate. MEC millimetre Wave Transmission Industry technology enables the transition Specification Group, this white paper h Radio aware video optimization in a towards 5G and is a key enabler for IoT summarizes the experiences gained fully virtualized network and mission-critical vertical solutions. in some trials and installations made h FLIPS – Flexible IP-based Services with equipment for fixed service point-to-point communication using millimetre waves grade installations for more than ten years. A wealth of ETSI Investigates Powerline HDMI for data and experience have been gained during this period and the technology Very High Bit Rate HD and UHD Video has matured to be stable, reliable and ETSI’s Powerline Telecommunications over powerline technology of well understood, ready for supporting Technical Committee (TC PLT) has uncompressed video from HDMI current and next generation high recently published a Technical short range links. Both single input capacity mobile networks. Report assessing the benefits of the single output powerline and multiple powerline HDMI technology (PHDMI) input multiple output powerline Mobile Edge Computing − for HD/UHD video transmission. capabilities were investigated, along A key technology towards 5G with specific compression schemes The adoption of HD video content has including wavelet based compression/ Developed by members of the Mobile led to standards such as HDMI® and decompression algorithms and joint- Edge Computing Industry Specification DisplayPort, to interconnect multimedia source channel coding schemes. Group, this white paper introduces the equipment, capable of multi-gigabit concept of Mobile Edge Computing per second throughput. Indeed ETSI TR 103 343 provides and the related key market drivers, and uncompressed HD video transmission recommendations to offer the best user discusses the business and technical requires very high bit rates, up to 2 to experience with PHDMI in different benefits of Mobile Edge Computing. 4 Gbit/s for Full HD video. However realistic scenarios. Targeted applications A few examples of service scenarios consumers value the flexibility provided include multimedia wired high speed that can benefit from the technology by wireless connections to set up and links in home video networks or video and possible deployment scenarios are reconfigure multimedia systems, and to surveillance operating from multiple presented. The white paper explains eliminate wired connections required HD or UHD video cameras in future what is being standardized and how by HD multimedia systems, such as Smart Cities schemes. innovation can be stimulated through home theatres. using a standardized API. Roger Samy, the Chairman of ETSI To rise to this challenge, ETSI’s TC PLT, stated that “Using HDMI This white paper describes the MEC Powerline Telecommunications links over powerline following the PoC framework and calls for active Technical Committee published a recommendations in this report, ETSI participation. technical report ETSI TR 103 343 PLT demonstrates a solution for a real (at http://miniqr.com/etsi.r) to Plug and Play technology and not Plug, investigate the transportation Plug...and Play”.

6 | THE STANDARD February 2016 ETSI M2M Event Highlights Need for Interoperability in the IoT Landscape Showcasing oneM2M specifications implemented around the world With the relentless expansion and In parallel with the workshop, a importance of IoT (Internet of Things) set of multi-party demonstrations applications in our daily lives, this presented oneM2M standards in workshop was a must-attend event for action in domains as varied as eHealth, anyone involved in IoT standardization. intelligent transport, connected Participants came from various vehicles, energy management and industries, academia, standardization smartphone management. bodies and the European Commission. There was a special focus on smart Delegates were surveyed at the event cities and smart living. on the most urgent needs for smart city deployments. These were considered Sessions included interactive to be semantic interoperability across presentations covering market and different verticals, cost effective industry trends for IoT, platforms, connectivity for sensors and actuators, architectures and semantic integration with other systems interoperability. The focus on smart (banking, maps, open data, etc.) and To address the M2M and IoT market, cities and smart living looked at cross‐platform interoperability within ETSI held its annual M2M Workshop current standards being used, as well the city. Privacy solutions as well as featuring the oneM2M Showcase as feedback from implementation business models were also raised as from 9 to 11 December 2015 in its and large scale projects, such as the urgent needs. It was also noted that headquarters at Sophia Antipolis, Busan smart city project in Korea vertical industries need to be further France. The programme included a based on oneM2M standards. Other involved and too many initiatives make wide range of presentations, exciting presentations included an introduction it somewhat difficult to understand the panel sessions, live surveys as well to the newly released ETSI specification overall picture. as demonstrations implementing on a reference ontology for Smart oneM2M specifications. Appliances (SAREF). Presentations from the event are available on our website (at http:// miniqr.com/cb3a4.r).

Meet ETSI and 3GPP at ‘Critical Communications World 2016’ on our joint stand

18th Annual Critical Communications World 31 May - 2 June, RAI Amsterdam hh Adrian Scrase, ETSI’s CTO & Head of 3GPP Mobile Competence Centre, will be leading a keynote panel session “Are we currently trying to reinvent the wheel?” The panel will cover current and future critical communication evolution plans globally, their business cases and thoughts on the role of LTE for voice and broadband data. hhDave Chater-Lea, Vice-Chairman of 3GPP Mission Critical - Working Group SA6, will present the group’s progress in standardizing Mission Critical (MC) applications, covering the progress made to date and the roadmap for further standardization solutions from 3GPP.

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 7 ETSI Seeks Harmonization of NFV Information Modelling Across Standards Bodies and Open Source − Continued (from page 1) First multi-organization workshop bringing the NFV community together Participating organizations included SDOs and open source communities “ETSI NFV ISG is pleased to foster 3GPP, ATIS, Broadband Forum, DMTF, resulting in fragmentation and increased collaboration among key ETSI NFV, IETF, ITU-T SG 15, MEF, OASIS/ complexity for implementation leading industry bodies to enable increased TOSCA, Open Cloud Connect, ONF, to increased cost and delaying time automation and reduced operational OpenDaylight, OPNFV and TM-Forum. to market. Alignment of Information costs, which service providers look for Organizations that did not participate models brings clarity of definition when initiating work on NFV,” said in this workshop are welcome to get and drives consistent open APIs that Steven Wright (AT&T), Chair, ETSI involved in this collaboration. enables efficient evolvable integration NFV ISG. across the entire ecosystem including Development of NFV started at ETSI SDN and NFV. The workshop was co-chaired by in January 2013 in response to the ETSI NFV Vice-chair Michael Brenner call to action in the joint-carrier white As a result of this workshop there (ClearPath Networks) and Klaus paper published in October 2012 which is increased understanding of the Martiny (Deutsche Telekom), ETSI introduced the NFV concept. The ETSI challenges and opportunities in NFV Network Operator Council NFV community has grown to almost the development and adoption Vice-chair. A collaboration plan 300 organizations and has delivered of various modelling approaches. was agreed to achieve meaningful key NFV specifications covering And the ongoing collaboration will progress in addressing the challenges requirements, use cases, architectural help to avoid fragmentation in NFV and opportunities identified in the framework, terminology, management information modelling in order to workshop by the end of 2016. and orchestration, security, deliver the services and network The first feedback from participating performance and reliability. It has also automation capabilities which are key organizations will be in March 2016. sponsored multi-vendor proofs of benefits of NFV. There was positive The participating organizations will concepts to encourage interoperability feedback from many delegates on independently progress their work and growth of an open ecosystem the high value of the workshop and mindful of the collaboration milestones around virtualized network functions. the increased awareness of efforts and regular conference calls will take in peer organizations and individual place to monitor progress. When Different information models and commitment by key experts will necessary another workshop will be data models are being used amongst significantly boost prospects for convened to progress alignment. industry alignment going forward. Don Clarke (CableLabs), Chair of the ETSI NFV Network Operator Council said: “It was a privilege for CableLabs to be able to host this unique event which brought together over 90 of the world’s leading experts on information modelling. A delegate from a leading European operator told me that he sees this multi-SDO collaboration as being the key to unlocking the barriers to NFV adoption. The operator group will continue to be actively involved to facilitate this industry collaboration and to help ensure it delivers what the industry needs for NFV.”

3GPP Starts Work on NarrowBand IoT Standards − Continued (from page 1) The technology can be deployed “It took us some twists and turns to proposals for standardization. After “in-band”, utilizing resource blocks get there, but we have now set a lengthy discussions we came up with a within a normal LTE carrier, or in the clear path in Release 13 to meet the harmonized technology proposal with unused resource blocks within a LTE needs of the 3GPP industry to further very broad industry support as can be carrier’s guard-band, or “standalone” address the promising IoT market.” seen from the number of companies for deployments in dedicated spectrum. Dino Flore, the Chairman of 3GPP supporting the approved Work Item”. RAN said, adding: “We entered the NB-IoT is also particularly suitable for meeting with competing technology the re-farming of GSM channels.

8 | THE STANDARD February 2016 Security a challenge − and opportunity − for NFV development Dealing with security and coordinating SDO developments are the big issues for 2016 Security in the NFV/SDN environment “We recognized early on that security the time but it is part of the ETSI NFV is one of the major challenges the needed to be proactively addressed in DNA and we worked hard to show that industry needs to address for 2016 but an NFV world. The NFV ISG Security it was real from day one. PoCs show it should also be seen as an enormous Working Group is the world’s leading that the potential for NFV is reachable opportunity. It will combine analytics discussion forum on this vital topic and interoperability is achievable but with the network agility enabled by and includes security experts from of course we still need specifications to NFV and SDN to improve the resilience government agencies as well as make it happen fully and that is where of networks to security threats. This vendors and operators,” he added. the rest of the industry comes in,” he said. was one of the key messages from a range of ETSI NFV personalities For Diego Lopez, Chairman of ETSI The NFV ISG has already published 23 speaking at the Layer 123 SDN & NFV Technical Steering Committee specifications in less than three years – OpenFlow World Congress in October (TSC), it is not just the SDOs that need a significant achievement in such 2015 in Düsseldorf. to work together – the SDN and the a short timescale. The first release NFV communities are developing covered NFV use cases, requirements, On this third anniversary of ETSI's a mutual understanding that the terminology and an architectural announcement of the creation of the integration of those two concepts is framework and has become the key NFV ISG – at this same event – Don increasingly important. reference for the global industry. Other Clarke, Chair of the Network Operator specifications cover management and Council of ETSI NFV, highlighted some “Each community has its orchestration, security and resilience, of the achievements including rapid own challenges but many of as well as performance and portability delivery of specifications, nearly 40 the required solutions will best practice. PoCs (Proof of Concepts) having either come out of a joint approach been completed or being in progress Release 2015 is nearing completion and that many of the other global to addressing those problems and we and currently has 35 Work Items Standards Development Organizations are seeing an acknowledgement of this under development, all planned for (SDOs) in the world are now building as we move forward,” he said. publication by Q1 2016. ETSI NFV their specifications around the members are also looking beyond foundations provided by ETSI. Diego Lopez pointed to the more this into other important areas – the complete than ever Proof of Concept planning of the next releases (2016 and “It is incredible how far we have come area in Düsseldorf, where demonstrations onwards), the best approach to NFV in just three years. The industry must from leading operators and vendors stage 3 standardization (Open Source focus its efforts on what is really from across the world were showing APIs, traditional specification, others), needed to be done to foster innovation the reality of NFV progress today. and strengthening of relationships in an open ecosystem. SDOs should also with other SDOs and open source identify how to work collaboratively “We always wanted to follow a practical communities working in the NFV and with open source communities,” he said. approach to NFV realization from the SDN areas. very beginning. It was very radical at ETSI Test Description Language Launched at UCAAT Conference The wide-scale introduction of model- It will be used primarily – but not based testing techniques in an exclusively – for functional testing. The industrial context faces many obstacles. first standard providing a description There is a methodology gap between of the meta-model and the semantics the high-level expression of what needs of its elements has been published. to be tested, such as the test purposes Currently the ETSI committee in The third ETSI User Conference on described in prose or Test Purpose charge of writing those standards, Advanced Automated Testing - UCAAT Language (TPLan), and the complex Methods for Testing and Specification 2015, took place at ETSI, 20-22 October coding of the executable tests in Testing (MTS), is adding the necessary 2015. It was the place to discover and Test Control Notation version language functionality to integrate Test Description Language, a new 3 (TTCN-3), a language recognized Test Description Language into test language for the specification of test worldwide also developed in ETSI. Test automation frameworks and to provide descriptions and the presentation of Description Language fills that gap. Open Source tool support. test execution results. This language represents the next To accelerate the adoption of this new With guest speakers from ETSI, the generation of testing languages, language, MTS has commissioned industry and academia, a tutorial to exploiting the advantages of model- a reference implementation of Test learn how to use Test Description based software engineering. Test Description Language in order to lower Language, and live demonstrations Description Language will offer higher the barrier to entry for both users and to experience it in practical use, the quality tests through better design, tool vendors in getting started with conference also included presentations seamless integration of methodology using Test Description Language. A on topics related to automated testing. and tools, better and faster test team of experts within the technical UCAAT has established itself as a development and will be easier to committee will demonstrate a preview meeting point for testing experts from review by non-testing experts. of the reference implementation which industry, academia, and standardization. will be made publicly available in the The introduction of Test Description first half of 2016. Language is being driven by industry.

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 9 Horizon 2020 and How ETSI Attracts New Innovative Work Early standardization in the h Researchers in ETSI member 3. Supporting the development development of a technology or a organizations can provide of new technologies product can be crucial to its market contributions to existing ETSI success. Knowing this, ETSI is involved committees or drive the creation of We encourage our members to bring in research programmes to facilitate new committees. Our innovation the results of their research activities to the exchange of information between team provides support to identify the us for standardization. researchers and our standardization most suitable way forward. We try to make it as easy as possible to community. This involvement enables us h Validation helps ensure our standards to identify new areas for standardization start a new standardization activity in are fit for purpose and products built ETSI. For example: at an early stage and can ensure that on them can be interoperable. standards are in place when they are h Our members may make a direct needed. In ETSI we provide support and Making use of these resources and request to bring an activity into ETSI. advice to researchers in bringing their following this path leads to a life-cycle Such a proposal needs the agreement work to our standardization community approach of ‘Integrated Standards of only four ETSI members. in a diversity of ways. Engineering’, illustrated below. h Our Industry Specification Groups represent an effective alternative 1. From research to standards 2. ETSI support to research to industry fora. They operate alongside our traditional standards- Participation in standardization work We make every effort to keep up-to-date making process and produce helps researchers benefit from early with the latest research. This triggers specifications quickly and easily to exposure to the issues they face in new standardization activities and also encourage innovation. industrial take-up of their ideas. At contributes to our ongoing work. h the same time, industry benefits from h We helped to produce useful We have developed close guidelines for researchers on how faster exploitation of research results. relationships with academic Research input is very relevant in to build standardization into their institutions and we take part in project proposals and work plans. early study phases, when alternative related events such as conferences technical solutions have to be evaluated. where project results are presented 4. Upcoming Workshop: “From Opportunities for interaction between h We maintain contact with relevant Research To Standardization” researchers and our standards European Technology Platforms, committees may take different paths: Public Private Partnerships and Joint The upcoming ETSI workshop “From Technology Initiatives h Our more than 30,000 ETSI standards Research To Standardization” is are available for free. They represent h On a case by case basis, we take part an opportunity for researchers, a huge and highly valuable library of in relevant European Commission industrial stakeholders and academics, the state-of-the-art of ICT, along with funded projects especially those involved in the our white papers and brochures. h We provide advice and guidance to H2020 programme of the European Commission, to interact with ETSI. The h Our all year round workshops are researchers in bringing their results to standardization workshop will take place on 10-11 May another entry point for research 2016 at ETSI. results, with their presentations, h We collaborate closely with National interactive live panels and Standards Organizations and with In the ICT domain, a massive research networking opportunities. They Small-and Medium-sized enterprises, effort is currently ongoing in the provide a platform to disseminate which are often well-placed to context of the H2020 programme. In research results and identify next identify new technologies addition, numerous nationally funded steps for standardization. research efforts are under way in laboratories, at universities and in the industry across Europe. These activities create a plethora of knowledge and know-how which can enable a whole new generation of technology and will pave the way for many years to come! Standardization activities can help bridge the gap between research and industrial development of products and services by facilitating the commercialization of research results. Depending on the maturity of a technology, there are various options – even though not always known to the research community – to transform ideas into an industrial consensus driving product development. Continued in page 11 >

Figure 1: From Research to Standardization.

10 | THE STANDARD February 2016 Horizon 2020 ETSI workshop “From and How ETSI Research To Standardization” Attracts New Innovative Work − Continued (from page 10) The industrial and standards community, on the other hand, may be unaware of the wide range of technological advances and alternative solutions. Often, the link to the research community is lacking and 10-11 May 2016 at ETSI the information flow on novel and promising technological trends is not as good as it could be. The workshop offers a great opportunity for both stakeholder communities to come together, to discuss and to identify common The workshop offers a great opportunity for both stakeholder communities interest areas. to come together, to discuss and to identify common interest areas. If you would like help in bringing your research results to h Industrial representatives will have standardization or would simply like to attend the workshop, first-hand access to state-of-the-art please contact our innovation team at [email protected] knowledge and become aware of future trends in an early stage. h Researchers will be able to present their latest research results to The Car Connectivity Consortium industry, to jointly identify the components which are most suitable and ETSI Sign Co-operation Agreement for standardization and product ETSI places MirrorLink® on path for adoption development activities and to agree on specific next steps. as an ETSI standard for connected car technology The workshop will support researchers cars, ETSI has brought together to disseminate and exploit their results stakeholders from the car industry in through standardization. It serves as its Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) a platform for research consortia to Technical Committee. This group is inform about standardization plans and The Car Connectivity Consortium, leading the drive to achieve global to address a wider community to find creators of MirrorLink®, and ETSI standards for Cooperative ITS, which supporters and allies. announced a co-operation agreement offers enormous potential through in which ETSI will formally explore vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to- Researchers will get firsthand information adopting MirrorLink as an ETSI Technical roadside communication. from keynote speakers about the overall Specification (TS). The CCC and ETSI MirrorLink is the most ingenious way policy context and the relationships reached the accord on 17 November to bring smartphone content to the between research, standardization 2015 at the 66th ETSI General Assembly car dashboard. Huge icons make apps and innovation. A case study will be meeting in Sophia Antipolis. easy to use and smart technology presented to serve as a model case. “MirrorLink’s capacity to increase safety knows if the car is parked or in motion. This event is of particular interest to on today’s roads by safely connecting Designed for maximum interoperability researchers and standardization experts, smartphone apps and vehicles makes between a wide range of smartphones research institutes and universities, it a compelling candidate for ETSI’s and cars, MirrorLink is the only organizations and stakeholders involved portfolio of standards,” said Luis Jorge OS-and OEM-agnostic technology for in FP7 and H2020 related projects, Romero, ETSI Director-General. car-smartphone connectivity where no SMEs and start-ups driving technology single entity has a controlling stake. “MirrorLink is also in line innovation, chipset manufacturers, “The CCC is very pleased to enter a device manufacturers, network with ETSI’s mission to co-operation agreement with ETSI infrastructure manufacturers, network remain on the forefront of because it serves as important operators and service providers. future technologies validation for MirrorLink’s wide- reaching car tech capabilities,” said If you would like help in bringing your and to improve life for the next generation of world citizens.” Alan Ewing, President and Executive research results to standardization Director of the CCC. “With millions or would simply like to attend ETSI’s standards underlie many of the of MirrorLink-enabled handsets the workshop, please contact our world’s most important and widely- and vehicles already in use on innovation team at [email protected]. used technologies, such as GSM™, European roads alone, the public has DECT™, smart cards and electronic demonstrated not only demand for Markus Mueck, Sebastiano Toffaletti signatures – all of which have helped intuitive connected car technologies, & Hermann Brand, ETSI Board revolutionize modern life. In the field of but an eagerness to do their part in H2020 ad-hoc group transport/automotive and connected reducing distracted driving.”

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 11 The Importance of Security in Progressively Complex Communications The increasingly rapid evolution and The IoT describes a world in which legislation and adequate levels of security. growth in the complexity of new everyday objects are connected to a These standards provide the means for systems and networks, coupled network so that data can be shared. protecting the user as well as creating a with the sophistication of changing This brings a new set of security more secure and profitable environment threats and the presence of intrinsic challenges due to the diverse range of for businesses, organizations, vulnerabilities, present demanding technologies involved and where and governments and individuals. challenges for maintaining the how these are used. ETSI has a comprehensive range security of ICT (Information and We are moving towards a world that of security standardization work Communications Technology) systems will soon be dominated by SDN and underway, and follows an approach of and networks. NFV, but this will be very much software building in security into each and every To minimize exposure to such risks, the driven so there will undoubtedly be technology standardized: security by most important starting point is to many more challenges in the future. design, or by default. ETSI TC Cyber is build security in from the beginning But as well as examples of where an oversight transversal committee or “security by design” when designing things have gone wrong there are also whereas ETSI technical bodies deal new architectures, not to “bolt it on” many examples of systems that have directly with security in everything from later as an optional feature. There been designed correctly right from the mobile, radios, security, algorithms, are plenty of examples out there of start. For example GSM, which was ePassports and digital signatures, right what can happen when security isn’t designed by ETSI over 25 years ago, is to the extreme lengths of quantum considered as an important issue right still working perfectly today in spite of cryptography and quantum computing. from the beginning, examples include ongoing external security threats. The An ETSI White Paper is updated cars being taken over due to insufficient key is to design a system that is suitable regularly to provide an overview of security control and aircraft where the for both business purposes and the all of ETSI’s security standardization. passenger internet system is incorrectly technical support of the security system. Our Security Week event, held once connected to the main control system a year, brings together the world’s Awareness of the need to protect of the aircraft. leading security standardization experts both the privacy of individuals and to exchange information and best Over recent years potential and real their data is increasing with frequent practices in order to keep ahead of threats to ICT have become more largescale media exposure of insecure constantly advancing security threats. frequent and as a result, security has organizations. The continuous growth had to advance quickly, with areas such of criminal activities and the need to If ETSI members are serious about their as cybersecurity, cloud, mobile, and the anticipate the associated risks, is proving communications business, then they Internet of Things (IoT) creating tighter critical for a sustainable infrastructure. should take security standardization risk requirements. But it is still lagging seriously and participate in our This is why security standards are behind the rapidly growing rollout of committees and events. essential for the management of such new services and applications which threats to ensure interoperability among depend on a culture of openness and Charles Brookson, systems and networks, compliance with the sharing of information. Chair of ETSI TC Cyber ETSI Workshop Confirms Need to Accelerate on Quantum-Safe Cryptography Standards The third ETSI/IQC workshop, organized and society. However for the advent of Distribution Industry Specification Group by ETSI and the Institute for Quantum large-scale quantum computation to be was created to work on this specific Computing, Waterloo, Canada, was a positive milestone in human history, component of quantum cryptography. A hosted by SK Telecom in Seoul, Korea, session was also dedicated to the status from 5 to 7 October 2015. The event we must first make our of quantum research in Europe, Canada, presented the most recent requirements cryptographic infrastructure China and Korea, and there was a closing from industry and administrations, and secure against all future attacks, industry panel discussion. potential solutions stemming from the Advice for industry and government latest research. It confirmed that there whether quantum or traditional. included asking for quantum-safe options have been advances in building large- Quantum-safe cryptography is about on vendor roadmaps, making quantum scale quantum computers, making it protecting against emerging threats risk management a part of cybersecurity even more urgent to work on quantum- and comprises “post-quantum” roadmaps, requesting standards for safe cryptography. The recent NSA cryptography as well as quantum the quantum-safe tools needed, where announcement about transition to cryptography, taking into account helpful, and requesting information or quantum resistant algorithms1 is a further attacks by quantum computers as well studies needed to make wise decisions acknowledgement of the issue raised by as traditional ones. going forward. Manufacturers and the future era of quantum computers. The workshop was a good testimonial developers are urged to contribute to As cyber technologies increasingly of the advances of research in quantum standards development. pervade all aspects of our lives, computing technologies. A quantum ETSI has anticipated the quantum era cybersecurity is a growing and safe infrastructure needs that quantum with the creation of the Quantum Key fundamental part of the safety and key distribution be implemented Distribution ISG, and, lately, the Quantum- security of individuals, organizations securely and the workshop addressed Safe Cryptography ISG which is collaborating this topic as well. The ETSI Quantum Key 1 https://www.nsa.gov/ia/programs/suiteb_cryptography/ closely with other stakeholders.

12 | THE STANDARD February 2016 ETSI Enables Chain of Trust for Digital Signatures First European Standard supporting European eIDAS regulation ETSI has published the first of a series of EN 319 403 is the first standard of its Service Providers will European Standards to support the kind defining requirements specific create a transparent European Regulation on electronic to the conformity assessment and chain of trust that identification and trust services for audit of trust service providers, thus will trigger several new electronic transactions in the internal strengthening the trust chain of digital digital services which will thrive market, or eIDAS (Regulation (EU) signatures. It specifies requirements for cross border in Europe and 910/2014). the competence, consistent operation beyond”. and impartiality of conformity EN 319 403 (at http://miniqr.com/ assessment bodies auditing and To allow business 8de1d.r), developed by ETSI’s Electronic certifying conformity of trust service stakeholders to more Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) providers (TSPs) and the trust services easily implement and use products and technical committee, enables conformity they provide. services based on digital signatures, as assessment of trust service providers. well as to facilitate mutual recognition The EN supports the audit and cross-border interoperability of More and more organizations today use requirements of the eIDAS Regulation. signatures, ETSI TC ESI has released digital signatures, stamps or certificates Technical Report TR 119 000 (at http:// to authenticate their documents, whether The Regulation requires miniqr.com/c2f85.r) describing the they are banks, companies or government qualified Trust Service general structure for digital signature bodies. In today’s digital world, digital Providers to be audited standardization and outlining existing signature makes document authentication and potential standards for such easier, greener and more secure. by conformity assessment bodies after 1st July 2016. signatures. ETSI enables digital signature Nineteen related European Standards deployment through the work of its Riccardo Genghini, ETSI TC ESI chairman are currently undergoing approval technical committee ESI, but also declares: “The Regulation recognizes the at ETSI. They cover general policy through interoperability events to normative relevance of technical requirements for trust service providers, cross-validate digital signatures in the standards and provides a balanced policy and security requirements formats standardized by ETSI, namely coordination between legal and for trust service providers issuing CAdES, XAdES and PAdES (based technical norms that has been praised certificates, policy and security respectively on Cryptographic Message even by The Economist (at http://miniqr. requirements for trust service providers Syntax, Extended Mark-up Language com/economist.r), normally quite critical issuing time-stamps, certificate and and Portable Document Format) and of EU “overregulation”. The extended time-stamping profiles and digital Associated Signature Containers (ASiC). and pervasive auditing of Qualified Trust signature formats. Open Source and Standards Work Together at ETSI At the ETSI summit on Open Source and Specification Group, the oneM2M Standardization, which took place in partnership project, of which ETSI is a Sophia Antipolis on 19 November 2015, founding member, and the Fraunhofer Mr. Luis Jorge Romero, ETSI Director Institute for Integrated Circuits. General, introduced the event with these words: “Clichés tend to perceive Speakers at the event recognized the world of standards as the middle that Open Source software and aged black tie conservative people in standards were not competing but competition with young hacker-like complementary. Open Source can bring free spirit open source developers. Well, innovation, fast development and the those times are long gone.” involvement of a committed global community and many companies have for Testing and Interoperability uses a The summit brought together members found a solid business case to develop state of the art open source tool chain of the Open Source community along and use Open Source software. On the to assist in the development of base with standardization bodies who other hand, according to the speakers, standards and test standards. Many exchanged refreshing and stimulating standards bring long-term stability, Open Source projects have been set ideas about the interaction between wide consensus and a cohesive up to develop implementations of ETSI two communities who are already view of large and complex systems, specifications. Software development working together but need to do more. together with ensuring interoperability, techniques are increasingly being used W3C, IETF, ECMA, Open Forum Europe confidence in products and services in the standards community and in (OFE), OASIS, Open Grid Forum (OGF), and offering economies of scale. some standards. Open Networking Forum (ONF) or European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Today, as virtualization and cloud Understanding Open Source licensing is were among the speakers of the day. technology are shaping the next important when working with Open generation of network systems, it is Source software and ETSI will organize The afternoon panel led to a discussion increasingly necessary to work with more focused workshops on this and other with the audience and included ULE Open Source software. Open Source open source topics in the year to come. Alliance, Java Community Process can be used to develop reference (JCP), Open Air Interface (OAI), Open implementations for evaluating Presentations from the summit are Software Alliance (OSA), Open Mobile specifications and for testing freely available on our website (at Alliance (OMA), the ETSI NFV Industry interoperability. In ETSI, the Centre http://miniqr.com/2e1cd.r).

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 13 Multi-Vendor Interoperability Event Validates oneM2M Standard for IoT oneM2M, the global standards initiative Dr. Omar Elloumi of Alcatel Lucent, Participants at this first oneM2M for Machine to Machine (M2M) and oneM2M’s Technical Plenary Chair Interoperability Test Event included: the Internet of Things (IoT), held an explains: “The industry is juggling Actility, ANRITSU, Cisco Systems, interoperability testing event from 14 to between several IoT technologies, trying eDevice, EGM – eglobalmarket, ETRI - 16 September 2015. This was an important to guess which one will dominate. Electronics and Telecommunications milestone to validate interoperability oneM2M doesn’t aim to pick winners. Research Institute, Fraunhofer FOKUS, and end-to-end functionality of the Our Release 2 specifications, currently FSCOM, HandySoft, HERIT Corporation, oneM2M Release 1 Specifications. under development, provide an interworking framework across IoT HP, Huawei Technologies, iconectiv, oneM2M partners ETSI and TTA protocols, including OMA’s LightWeight III - Institute for Information Industry, (Telecommunications Technology M2M, AllSeen Alliance’s AllJoyn and the InterDigital Communications, KEPCO Association of Korea) co-hosted the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC), - Korea Electric Power Corporation, event at the ETSI headquarters, in preserving the investments already made KETI - Korea Electronics Technology Sophia-Antipolis, France, with support in each. This is the ‘missing link’ which Institute, KT, LAAS-CNRS, Modacom, from the European Commission. will help accelerate IoT deployments.” LG U+, nTels, NTT - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., Qualcomm 29 organizations and companies came Germany, Radisys, Ricoh, Sierra Telecom, together to test their equipment against "oneM2M Release 2 TTA - Telecommunications Technology each other. The result was a resounding Association, TTC - Telecommunications success: the participants successfully specifications are the Technology Committee. demonstrated interoperability of their missing link which will help oneM2M implementations across a number accelerate IoT deployment" Book your place now on the next of different use cases. Participants also oneM2M Interop Event! Prof. JaeSeung Song of Korea Electronics fed back clarifications and enhancements Technology Institute (KETI), oneM2M’s to the oneM2M specifications – another The next oneM2M interop event is Test Working Group Chair, outlined plans important outcome. planned for 10-13 May 2016, and for future events: “With high demand will take place at TTA, in Seongnam- Dr. Enrico Scarrone of Telecom Italia, from many vendors worldwide, oneM2M city, South Korea. This event is also vice-chairman of oneM2M’s Steering plans to hold two interoperability events co-organized by TTA and ETSI. Visit Committee, stated: “With this successful per year. The next interoperability event the ETSI or the oneM2M websites for event attracting so many companies, will be held May 2016 in Korea, also further details and to book your place. we have demonstrated multi-vendor co-hosted by TTA and ETSI.” interoperability which is so important for IoT service providers.” ETSI Launches New Standards Group for Next Generation UltraHD TV ETSI new Industry Specification Group Market drivers for the next generation highest levels of creative intent. on intelligent Compound Content of Ultra-HD displays and equipment A Compound Content transmission Management (CCM) met for their include the addition of HDR (High system would allow two or more kick off meeting on 16 December Dynamic Range), a technique used to qualities or grades of content to be at ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. reproduce both darker and brighter, sent simultaneously and permits the The intelligent Compound Content more life-like images, and WCG (Wider intelligent reconstruction of one or Management ISG is working on a Colour Gamut), extending the colour more of these qualities or grades in standardized solution to define a range being displayed on a device. the receiver without compromising the scalable and flexible decoding system intent of the other. New HDR/WCG production techniques for consumer electronics devices from have recently been introduced for film Any HDR/WCG transmission solution UltraHD televisions to smart phones. and broadcast content creation thus must take into account the diverse This solution simultaneously meets the allowing greater creative freedom and needs of the content creation needs of existing and next generation more realistic images. industry, the ongoing work on HDR/ receivers and set-top boxes. The WCG production technologies, the founding members of the group are Yet, legacy receivers, including tablets, complexity of any solution in silicon BT Group Plc, Dolby Laboratories Inc, will comprise the majority of the and the quality of the signals to be STMicroelectronics and Telefonica S.A. receiver installed base. To ensure a delivered through DVB or ATSC based “With this new standardization work, smooth transition between today’s systems to both legacy devices and ETSI will offer consumer equipment television standards and tomorrow’s, HDR/WCG devices. manufacturers a single and global a new transmission system should decoder for all devices, without offer backwards compatibility with Participation in the intelligent compromising image quality. This today’s television standards whilst also Compound Content Management will save time and money for content providing the full quality for the next Industry Specification Group is distribution and consumers will benefit generation HDR/WCG televisions. It open to all ETSI members as well as from the latest innovative technologies.” is necessary to find a solution where organizations who are not members, no compromise is needed either for subject to signing ISG Agreements. says David Holliday, chairman of ETSI today’s images or for future HDR For information on how to participate CCM ISG. images, thereby maintaining the please contact [email protected].

14 | THE STANDARD February 2016 Overview of ETSI Cloud Standards Coordination E. Darmois, CSC project coordinator There are many ways to be an effective actor in the standardization landscape, not only writing standards. In particular, given the complexity of standardization ecosystems, it is more and more useful to analyse these ecosystems and suggest ways to improve their relevance. This is the role that ETSI has been playing in the Cloud Standards Coordination (CSC) project in the last years, with a focus on Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is increasingly used Phase 2: Computing, outlining the Open Source as the platform for ICT infrastructure assessing the evolution of standards results of interest for standardization, provisioning, application and systems and making some recommendations. development, and to support a In February 2015, ETSI launched phase wide range of core services and 2 of CSC for the European Commission Security and Interoperability applications for end users, businesses to address some issues and specific and organizations. Cloud Computing aspects left untouched after CSC Security was one of the points of is drastically changing the way ICT is Phase 1. In particular, CSC Phase 2 is attention of CSC Phase 1. Though provided and used. However, many centered around the point of view of the availability of Cloud Computing challenges remain to be tackled. the Cloud Computing users (e.g. SMEs, standards related to security and Concerns such as security, vendor lock- administrations) whereas CSC Phase their level of maturity was considered in, interoperability and accessibility 1 was more centered on the cloud to be relatively good, security are examples of issues that need to be service providers. Four major activities and privacy were seen as major addressed. have been selected, each resulting in potential showstoppers for customer an ETSI Special Report. involvement in Cloud Computing. The Standards and certification schemes work of CSC Phase 2 was to outline play an important role as they can A User's Survey how standards and certification can increase the confidence of markets support some typical customer and in Cloud Computing as long as they CSC Phase 2 better takes into account end-user scenarios, and which ones are are addressing and supporting the the needs of Cloud Computing available to this extent. real concerns of customers and users customers and their Cloud related as well as providers, so that they can requirements and priorities. It further Standards Maturity Assessment consider Cloud Computing with the assesses the maturity of Cloud Computing standards and evaluates how The Cloud Standards Coordination same level of reliability, trust and Phase 1 report provided a list of maturity as "traditional" ICT. standards can support Cloud Computing customers' priorities. To support these available standards based on a Phase 1: objectives, CSC Phase 2 has created segmentation of the Cloud Computing exploring the standards landscape a survey to collect feedback from the Service life-cycle by activities. This Cloud Computing community in terms approach was also used in CSC ETSI and the European Commission of needs, benefits, challenges and areas Phase 2, so that progress in the launched Cloud Standards Coordination of concern regarding the adoption of Cloud Computing landscape could be (Phase 1) in 2013 and primarily Cloud Computing. The survey was also measured almost two years after Phase addressed the Cloud Computing to evaluate the perceived maturity of 1. The list of relevant Cloud Computing standards roadmap. The principle Cloud Computing standards as well Standards Setting Organizations - and objective of CSC was to identify as to understand the interest and their related standards and documents - a detailed map of the standards requirements of cloud computing has been reassessed, showing both required to support a series of policy stakeholders regarding certification. maturing areas and remaining gaps. objectives defined by the European The main findings and lessons learned Commission, in particular in critical from this survey are used in the other Where to find CSC areas such as security, interoperability, activities of CSC Phase 2. All documents related to CSC - in data portability and reversibility. In particular the four Special Reports December 2013 the results were Cloud Computing Standards and Open Source produced by CSC Phase 2 - can be publicly presented in a workshop found on the CSC web site: http://csc. organized by the European Commission etsi.org (EC), and published as the CSC Final The work done in CSC Phase 1 has identified Open Source as an important Report (at http://csc.etsi.org/phase1/ The results of CSC have been presented CSC_report.html). This report provided contributing element to Cloud Computing and outlined the need to in a large number of events in the a "snapshot" of the cloud computing Cloud Computing community all over standardization landscape at the end understand the relationship between Open Source and standards, but did 2015. The final results of CSC Phase 2 of 2013. Important standards gaps were presented in Brussels (at http:// were identified such as in the domains not address this specifically. The work done in CSC Phase 2 consists in defining csc.etsi.org/phase2/FinalPresentation. of interoperability, security, privacy, html) on 28 January 2016. service level agreements and regulation, how standards and Open Source are legal and governance aspects. interworking in the field of Cloud

February 2016 THE STANDARD | 15 ETSI 2016 EVENTS CALENDAR - What's on?

01-31 March e-Signature Validation Remote Plugtests Remote 08-09 March 5G Observatory Paris, FR 08-10 March ETSI ITS workshop Sophia Antipolis, FR 08-11 March MPLS + SDN + NFV World Paris, FR Scalable Radio Virtual Machine and Security for multi-RAT 10 March Rennes, FR Reconfigurable Systems 10-11 March Fog Networking Conference Paris, FR 14-18 March NG112 Emergency Communications Plugtest Sophia Antipolis, FR 21-22 March ETSI Workshop on Internet of Things in the Smart Home Sophia Antipolis, FR 19-22 April NFV World Congress 2016 San Jose, USA 21 April ETSI summit on 5G: From Myth to Reality Sophia Antipolis, FR 10-11 May ETSI workshop, From Research To Standardization Sophia Antipolis, FR 10-13 May oneM2M Interop 2 workshop Seongnam-City, KR 31 May-02 June Critical Communications World Amsterdam, NL 31 May-02 June Networks Virtualization & SDN World Madrid, ES 01-30 June ASiC Electronic Remote Plugtests Remote 13-20 June ETSI Security week Sophia Antipolis, FR 27-30 June European Conference on Networks and Communications Athens, GR 27June-08 July Small Cell LTE Plugfest Naples, IT 28 June ETSI workshop, Open source and standards-legal aspects Sophia Antipolis, FR 28-30 June 5G World London, UK 28-30 June Connected Cars London, UK 13 July World Smart City Forum Singapore, SG 20-22 September MEC World Congress Munich, DE Please visit the events section of our website for further details

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