OCTOBER 2020 THE INTERVIEW Dr Ulrich Dropmann, Nokia. David Kennedy, Eurescom. p.4-5 SHOWCASE Quantum cryptography implemented. p.16 TECH HIGHLIGHTS Teleportation: science fiction or fact? p.18-19 TECHNOLOGY ON THE R.I.S.E. Editorial The Interview Dr Ulrich Dropmann, Nokia. David Kennedy, Eurescom. P4/5 In this edition, we Meet the New are exploring future Standards people technological P6/7 New member breakthroughs, from Interview artificial intelligence Arkady Zaslavsky, Deakin University. to teleportation. P8/9 Tech Highlights Rounding up ICT standards for Europe. The narrative around technology is very In our Spotlight, we showcase how a diverse depending on your audience facility in Geneva implemented a quantum P10/11 but there can be no doubt that ICT is key distribution system to secure their helping us through times when physical data centres, while the main article gives interpersonal interactions are limited. a helicopter view of ETSI’s versatile In the Spotlight Over the last decades, “e” has become offer for researchers and universities. In The ETSI approach to R.I.S.E. a common prefix to several words: Tech Highlights, we explore the latest e-Meetings, e-Tickets and e-Books, research updates on teleportation, while P13-16 for example. But, will there ever be an our exclusive Interviews touch base on e-Human? several promising future applications. In Tech Highlights In this edition, Technology on the R.I.S.E, the Working Together section, SMEs Teleportation: are on stage and can engage in R&D for where R.I.S.E stands for Research, Science fiction or fact? Innovation, Standards and Ecosystem, EU-funded IoT programmes. The green we are exploring future technological and digital transitions are now a fact, as P18/19 breakthroughs, from artificial intelligence shown by the Industrial Ecosystems in to teleportation. Even if we are not there Europe article in Zoom on Europe. yet, and these technologies seem to be What’s on? aiming at our next generation of mobile The interviews and several other articles Upcoming events. communications, what seemed to be outline how standardization methods futuristic at one point in time is now paving must evolve to meet the challenges P26/27 its way into the ETSI standardization ahead, how the processes and standards groups on IoT, quantum computing, need to be more flexible, make use of AI blockchain or communication networks, tools and be more accessible to members to name just a few. These technologies who are not familiar with the world of Enjoy! The ETSI Mag have not yet reached the same maturity standardization. At ETSI, we have started Edited and published by ETSI on the market, and they range from the working on all these improvements…but Quarterly edition emerging (quantum computing) to the this will be the subject of a future edition! Copyright ETSI 2020 booming (IoT). Director of Publications: Nadja Rachow Enjoy reading! Editor-in-Chief: Claire Boyer Nevertheless, and as you flick through Design: Le Principe de Stappler the pages of this magazine, you will find out that some technologies or underlying Editorial office: ETSI, components, which still need a lot of 650 route des Lucioles, research to mature, are starting to be 06560 Valbonne France used in the field, while others remain in Luis Jorge Romero, Tel.: +33 (0)4 92 94 43 35 the research stage. Director-General ETSI [email protected] 2 ENJOY THE ETSI MAG News roundup of TelecomTV; the technical track is composed of a series of technical presentations. In November, ETSI and TelecomTV will broadcast a second virtual event: ‘Boosting the Impact of Research & Innovation through Standardization’, taking place on 24-25 November 2020. Recognizing the importance of research and innovation in the domain of ICT, it will present the latest developments and initiatives from the European Commission, leading research institutes, European technology platforms and also showcase the tools that ETSI offers researchers to engage in standardization. The event will feature rich online content, interviews, status presentations and offer multiple opportunities for the audience to interact with the expert speakers and panellists. Partnership between Our events are free of charge and open to all upon prior registration. Sponsorship opportunities for both ETSI/TelecomTV virtual events ETSI & TelecomTV: virtual exist to connect your brand, message to and educate the ETSI and TelecomTV audiences. Contact Anthony Streeter for details: events and a dedicated [email protected] ETSI media channel ETSI is pleased to announce a partnership with TelecomTV who provides 400,000 visitors annually with a unique blend of video and text-based content. Supported by its 900+ members, ETSI regularly and actively contributes thought leadership and insights into the challenges facing the industry as it embarks on the transformation journey that will fundamentally change the way it operates technologically, commercially and culturally. September saw the launch of the ETSI Channel on TelecomTV: a dedicated place to access any content where ETSI officials and staff are speaking, or where ETSI activities are being discussed: www.telecomtv.com/content/etsi-channel/ In partnership with TelecomTV, ETSI is also organizing the virtual edition of the ETSI / IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Virtual Event on 27-28 October 2020. The event is composed of an executive track and a technical track. The highly interactive virtual executive track, debating on the state of the quantum threat and quantum risk management, will be moderated by Guy Daniels ETSI Education about Standardization Education is an important instrument in raising awareness understanding the value of well written technology standards. and providing support for standardization. To promote the The textbook and slides can be downloaded from the ETSI ICT standardization process, it is important to increase the website. The overall objective of this EaS initiative is to increase understanding and attractiveness of standards with lecturers and the level of demand and get feedback for the material as we students alike. Strong teaching materials provide a major tool move into 2020-2021 as ICT is an ever-changing field. that can be used to convey the value of standardization. ETSI is seeking to involve all stakeholders and to enable this held ETSI has published a detailed textbook and corresponding a first webinar on 24 September on the topic with a series of slide presentation in 2018. Entitled “Understanding ICT further events scheduled for 2020 and early 2021. The recorded Standardization: Principles and Practice”, they have been webinar is available at this link: https://www.etsi.org/events/1820- produced in order to assist academia and students in 2020-09-education-about-ict-standardization ENJOY THE ETSI MAG 3 The Interview Enjoy! invited Dr Ulrich Dropmann and David Kennedy to share their forecasts for innovation, research and standardization over the next decade. Dr Ulrich Dropmann, Head of Standardization, Bell Labs CTO, Nokia Ulrich heads standardization activities for Nokia, where he is responsible for global and regional standardization and technical regulation of spectrum. A board member of the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), he is also VP and Executive Committee member of the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). What ICT developments do you quite different to tapping on a screen or need a strong basis for funded research, foresee as being significant over keyboard. We will also need knowledge- especially with the financial challenges the next decade? oriented systems, where AI determines Europe is facing due to the COVID-19 how best to react to a situation. pandemic. Ten years from now 6G will be introduced. We are familiar with the Some of these use cases will demand Compared with research, standardization technology elements in 5G like massive extremely high data rates. With 6G is much closer to real products. So as MIMO, network virtualization and cloud we will go into the terahertz range. In a community we need to ensure that optimization. So, what components will environments like the home these very standards are always relevant to the we see with 6G, and what use cases will short wavelengths will enable super high market. Near-term research also shapes they enable? throughput as well as very high accuracy the evolution of our current standards. in location of the device. There are already a lot of ideas for One vision we have in the 6G era is ‘digital evolving the 3GPP 5G technology base. twins’ – a complete representation of the Today there is a clear separation essence and states of something that between the radio and core parts of the So we need ‘standardization related is real. Take road transportation, where network, but we see these aspects as research’ that develops ideas of how we every vehicle and pedestrian would progressively converging in 6G. Trust can take current technology and evolve it have their precise digital counterpart and security will also be embedded more for new use cases. within a virtual model. This could allow deeply, both within the network itself and Where do you see standardiza- us to optimize traffic flows and avoid in the services it provides. And with 6G the underlying radio technology will itself tion undergoing a transforma- accidents. To make sense of all this tion over the next decade? data we will need an extremely powerful be much more reliant on AI and ML. ubiquitous computing environment, and And crucially, as demands on the ETSI should rightly be proud of its sensing capabilities with sub-millisecond network grow massively we must ensure outstanding global reputation as an SDO, latency. We will require new interfaces that all this performance is more energy especially when you look at the sheer between us and the machines, probably efficient and consumes less resources magnitude of what we produce – 3GPP than today’s networks.