{"id":18024,"date":"2020-07-15T20:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/a-team-at-the-inrs-participates-in-the-evaluation-of-new-5g-technologies\/"},"modified":"2020-09-15T10:43:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:43:51","slug":"une-equipe-de-linrs-participe-a-levaluation-des-nouvelles-technologies-5g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/news\/a-team-at-the-inrs-participates-in-the-evaluation-of-new-5g-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"A team at the INRS participates in the evaluation of new 5G technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

5G, the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, promises maximum speeds 20 times faster than 4G, along with 10 times more connection density per square kilometre. For the past two years, Professor Sofi\u00e8ne Affes<\/a> of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and his team have been mandated by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and the Canadian Evaluation Group (CEG) to evaluate this advanced technology thanks to a unique simulator.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5G technology must meet a set of criteria known as IMT-2020<\/a> (International Mobile Telecommunications-2020). In addition to faster speeds, the criteria stipulate the number of possible connections and their spectral and energy efficiencies. Some countries or consortiums of companies are proposing Radio Interface Technology (RIT) as a new standard for 5G. These technology candidates are evaluated by independent groups formed by member states of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU<\/a>) or industry consortiums registered with this United Nations agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INRS Professor Sofi\u00e8ne Affes and his two students Oussama Ben Smida and Souheib Ben Amor (2nd to 4th from the right), accompanied by Venkatesh Sampath from Ericsson Canada (right) and Serge Bertuzzo from Bell Canada (left), at the ITU meeting in Geneva in February 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This ambitious project started in August 2018 when the team designed a simulator to test the candidates\u2019 specs as thoroughly as possible. \u201cWe simulated a virtual environment with a 5G cellular network that has the same characteristics as a real network. It\u2019s the most complex and comprehensive approach for evaluating candidates,\u201d said Professor Affes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thanks to our expertise in the field, we are the only Canadian academic institution, with involvement of the University of Toronto<\/a>, to be mandated by ISED to participate in this ITU process through GEC and alongside Bell Canada, Ericsson Canada, InterDigital Canada, Rogers Communications, and TELUS. This is not the first time my team has been involved in evaluating candidates for new standards. We did the same thing for 4G and IMT-2000 about ten years ago,\u201d said Professor Affes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Candidates were submitted in July 2019 and evaluated by independent panels. The results were presented in February 2020 at an ITU meeting in Geneva. \u201cWe were the only team that was able to cover almost all the candidates. Our work went above and beyond other groups\u2019 efforts, which often provided only partial evaluations. We felt like MVPs of the meeting. It was an incredible experience,\u201d Professor Affes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was very rewarding. I want to do research within industry, so this was a great opportunity to gain insight into the field of standardization,\u201d said Ph.D. student Souheib Ben Amor, who participated in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe CEG is very thankful to Professor Sofi\u00e8ne Affes and his two doctoral students \u2013 Mr. Souheib Ben Amor and Mr. Oussama Ben Smida \u2013 for having carried out the evaluation work related to the IMT-2020 evaluation process. Their simulation was essential in generating the results that went into the final CEG evaluation report \u2013 on the basis of which discussions are still ongoing within the ITU,\u201d says Venkatesh Sampath, a senior consultant at Ericsson and a member of the GEC who coordinated the overall work, including that carried out by Professor Affes\u2019 team on the evaluation of candidates through simulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProfessor Affes and his team were instrumental in developing a simulator to evaluate the performance of technologies with respect to ITU requirements for the 5th generation of cellular services. They were also heavily involved in analyzing a number of these technologies, enabling Canada to submit a detailed technical evaluation to help the ITU identify which technologies can be certified as having met the requirements,\u201d said Jean-Yves Bernard, senior technology advisor at Rogers Communications Inc. and member of the CEG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cISED appreciates the studies conducted by Professor Sofi\u00e8ne Affes and his research team at INRS as part of the Canadian Evaluation Group, says Cindy-Lee Cook, Director of Spectrum and International Standards at ISED. This collaboration supports Canada\u2019s innovation agenda and contributes towards the development of 5G technology standards the International Telecommunication Union.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Affes\u2019 work will help the ITU make recommendations on the protocols and structures of these revolutionary emerging technologies by the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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