White Papers

Recommendations for a FAIR EOSC - White Paper FAIRsFAIR Synchronisation Force

In this White Paper, the FAIRsFAIR main recommendations are taken a step further and mapped against three priorities identified in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the EOSC (SRIA) and the relevant Task Forces under the EOSC Association, to facilitate their impact and uptake. 

The StandICT.Eu: Legacy & Road Ahead To 2023

A Booklet to collect all "Best Practices & Lessons Learned" on StandICT.eu, the first European funded project that supported ICT Standards Specialists in bringing their expertise to worldwide SDOs and SSOs.

Policy Briefs from the Common Dissemination Booster

This Policy Brief Compilation booklet has been produced by Trust-IT Services, provider of the Common Dissemination Booster, funded by the European Commission. The Policy Briefs have been written by projects and project groups that took part in the Common Dissemination Booster.

Mission Critical Communications – Towards 5G, Pre-commercial Procurement and the Integration of Satellite Communications

Mission-critical communications, primarily used by law enforcement, public safety and security agencies, such as police, fire, ambulance and the military, are essential for Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) operators, protecting lives every single day and in every corner of the world. This position paper explores on-going standardisation work for PPDR by first looking at work towards globally harmonised standards through 3GPP SA6 on mission critical applications with enablers and a development toolkit for diverse vertical industries.

5G Business Models and Opportunities for SMEs as savvy providers of 5G applications and services

The imminent arrival of 5G will bring disruption in business models for incumbent operators and verticals alike. While opportunities will surely arise for large, well-positioned market participants, the real winners may well be those SMEs who have mastered the key technologies and services enabling the new business models emerging from the inevitable disruption not only in the telecommunications ecosystem but also in the vertical sectors making use of 5G including automotive, manufacturing, health, energy, and others.

Global5G.org White Paper on Small cells

This White Paper on Small Cells for 5G investigates the evolving small cell ecosystem, showing how network densification can be accelerated with new, practical approaches to 5G rollouts based on a lightweight regulatory regime applicable and workable across the EU.

Authors: 
Edward Mutafungwa, Aalto University, John Favaro, Trust-IT Services, Stephanie Parker, Trust-IT Services
 

View on 5G Architecture - 5G PPP Architecture Working Group

This white paper has a special focus on understanding the requirements from vertical industries involved in phase 2 projects of the 5G public private partnership (5G PPP). It describes the required enhancements of the 5G Architecture capable of meeting these  requirements, including impacts from on-going standardisation work. As such, this Version 3.0 (June 2019) presents the consolidated European view on the architecture design. 

Overall Editors:
Simone Redana, Nokia Bell Labs and Architecture WG Chairman; Omer Bulakci, Architecture WG Vice-Chairman.
Editors:

THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET THROUGH THE LENS OF SpeakNGI.eu MULTI-STAKEHOLDERS

This white paper covers NGI-related technologies and human values through the lens of the NGI community, European Champions Panel, Early Adopters Club, and external experts. Each perspective comes from contributions posted in the discussion channels on the NGI Consultation Platform, zooming in on research challenges and priorities, looking also at relevant standardisation efforts. The selected posts aim to reflect the diversity of the viewpoints elicited through online and face-to-face discussions. 

AUTHORS

Cybersecurity standard gap analysis

The European landscape and international perspectives on cybersecurity standards today.
 

Privacy-preserving techniques for nocompromise security in the cloud

Stephanie Parker, Trust-IT Services
Plixavra Vogiatzoglou, KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law
Rafael Mulero, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica
Thierry Chevallier, AKKA