EUIWMP Cost Action (CA16220) and 5G-PHOS H2020 5GPPP Phase II (GA No.

761989)

Training School in Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-13 Sep. 2019

“Emerging Technologies for 5G networks”

The organizing committee: Dr. Chris Vagionas (chvagion@csd.auth.gr)

Dr. George Kalfas (gkalfas@csd.auth.gr)
Prof. Amalia Miliou (amiliou@csd.auth.gr)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Dep. of Informatics, Wireless and Photonic Systems Center for Interdisciplinary Research
and Networks (WinPhoS) and Innovation (C.I.R.I.)
http://winphos.web.auth.gr/ http://kedek.auth.gr/
Executive Summary
The Training School on “Emerging technologies for 5G networks” took place at the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, at the facilities of the Wireless and Photonic Systems and Networks (WinPhoS) research
group (http://winphos.web.auth.gr/).

The Training school was organized by Dr. Chris Vagionas (chvagion@csd.auth.gr), Dr. George Kalfas
(gkalfas@csd.auth.gr) and Prof. Amalia Miliou (amiliou@csd.auth.gr).

The present report includes

- Acknowledgment of funding received
- Names and Venue of Local Organizers
- Agenda, talk title and names of the participants
- Proceedings of the presentations
- Photos of the event
- Photos of the demonstrators

Acknowledgement
The Training School was financially supported by the EUIMWP (CA 16220) COST Action and the 5G-PHOS
H2020 5GPPP Phase II (GA No. 761989)

Short intro
Future 5G networks will give rise to a wide range of new services, including enhanced Mobile Broadband
(eMBB) applications, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication and Internet of Things (IoT), addressing
the needs of multiple vertical markets. The large variety of demanding applications and use case
scenarios have been setting highly demanding end-user requirements, such as low latency, high traffic
capacity, spectral efficiency, low energy consumption for the end-to-end communication, placing
tremendous load on the underlying infrastructure of the fronthaul network. On the verge of the 5G era,
Fiber Wireless technologies and Integrated Photonics will play a pivotal role in supporting the service and
network requirements, while the emerging converged Fiber Wireless network architectures relying on
PONs and Optical Transport Networks will certainly require enhanced Medium Access Control schemes
and more efficient resource allocation mechanisms, stimulating intense Research & Development efforts
in this direction.

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Organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) within the frames of the EUIMWP Cost
Action and the 5G-PHOS 5G-PPP Phase II IA, the European Training aims to cover all topics of Emerging
Technologies for 5G, with the main focus being on

1) Passive optical networks: architectures, Media Access Control and Resource Allocation techniques.
2) Fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks: Challenges and opportunities

The training will be hosted at the facilities of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation
(C.I.R.I., http://kedek.auth.gr/ ) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which hosts the laboratory
facilities of the Wireless and Photonic Systems and Networks research group (WinPhos,
http://winphos.web.auth.gr/ ) and its 5G testbed infrastructure. The training will include talks from both
Industry and Academia and is mainly intended for Ph.D. students and Early Carrier Investigators.

The organizing committee: Dr. Chris Vagionas (chvagion@csd.auth.gr)

Dr. George Kalfas (gkalfas@csd.auth.gr)
Prof. Amalia Miliou (amiliou@csd.auth.gr)

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CHAPTER 1: Group Photos of the Training School

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CHAPTER 2: AGENDA of Presentations

From the 10th to the 13th of September 2019

1st Day – 10th September 2019

Time Speaker Tentative Title Affiliation

11:15- Prof. Amalia Opening Remarks
12:45 Miliou Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki
Dr. Chris End-to-End 60GHz Fiber
Vagionas Wireless testbed
infrastructure for future 5G
mmWave networks
12:45-
13:45 Lunch Break

Prof. Photonic RoF Fronthauls for University of

13:45- Nirmalathas the 60GHz & Medium Access Melbourne
15:30 Ampalavanapillai Control for future high
capacity wireless

15:30-
16:00 Coffee Break

Dr. George Kalfas Medium Transparent MAC Aristotle University of

16:00- & Mr. Nikos protocols for Fiber-Wireless Thessaloniki
17:45 Karagiorgos 5G mmWave Cloud-RANs

2nd Day – 11th September 2019

Time Speaker Tentative Title Affiliation

Dr. Konstantinos 5G Enablers and Use Cases: COSMOTE Mobile
Filis The role of 5G in Cooperative Communications
Intelligent Transport Systems
09:00- (C-ITS)
10:45
Dr. Kostas Software Defined Network Incelligent
Tsagkaris & Dr. aspects in the 5G era
M. Michaloliakos

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 10:45-
11:15 Coffee Break

Prof. Andreas Photonic Xhaul for 5G University of Duisburg-

Stöhr Essen
11:15-
12:45
Mr. Yigal Leiba High Gain Beamforming Siklu Communication

12:45-
13:45 Lunch Break

Dr. Christophe Optoelectronics component 3-5 Lab

Caillaud for access network and
fix/mobile convergence.
13:45-
15:30
Dr. Tolga Tekin Heterogeneous Integration for Fraunhofer Institute
Massive Communication for Reliability and
Systems Microintegration

15:30-
16:00 Coffee Break

Mr. Ioannis FPGA for DSP prototyping in Institute of

Stratakos 5G telecom: state-of-the-art Communication and
application-specific SoC Computer Systems /
16:00- devices and the use of RFSoC National Technical
17:45
in 5GPHOS University of Athens

Dr. Evangelos Flexible Baseband Units with Eulambia Advanced

Pikasis NR compliance Technologies

3rd Day – 12th September 2019

Time Speaker Tentative Title Affiliation

Prof. Zhongxia Path towards 100 Gbps real- Chalmers University of
Simon time communication, from Technology
circuit design to link
demonstrator
09:00-
Dr. Anne Laure Simulation tools to analyse Le Cnam / ESYCOM FRE
10:45

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 Billabert the transmission of 5G and 2028 (Le Cnam, CNRS,
WiGig Wireless signals over ESIEE Paris, Université
optical fiber Paris-Est Marne-la
Vallée (S. Faci, E. M.
Moutaly, C. Algani)
10:45-
11:15 Coffee Break

Dr. Colm A-RoF for microwave and mm- Dublin City University
Browning wave applications over optical
11:15- access
12:45
Prof. Kostas Deploying Large-Scale IoT Aristotle University of
Siozios Systems in 5G networks Thessaloniki

12:45-
13:45 Lunch Break

Prof. Nathan Why we now have a converged University of Kent

Gomes “X-haul” for 5G and Beyond
Mobile Transport Networks
13.45-
15.30
Prof. Anna Optical networking an Enabler Univ. Bristol and Univ.
Tzanakaki for 5G Athens
15:30-
16:00 Coffee Break

Institute of
16:00- Dr. Giannis Quantum-Enhanced Communication and
17:45 Giannoulis Communication Layer for Computer Systems /
Secured 5G Networks National Technical
University of Athens

4th Day – 13th September 2019

Time Speaker Tentative Title Affiliation

Mr. Nikos Argyris High Capacity Fiber-Wireless Mellanox Technologies
09:00- Fronthaul: synergies of A-RoF
10:45 with Smart ICs

10:45-
Coffee Break
11:15

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 11:15- Dr. Marios Millimeter wave MIMO and International Hellenic
12:45 Gatzianas CoMP - Hands on Training on University
antenna array simulations
12:45-
Lunch Break
13:45
Mr. Eugenio Quick lab tour & Hands on Aristotle University of
13:45- Ruggeri Experimental Training on PON Thessaloniki
15:30 and Fiber Wireless links

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CHAPTER 3: Photos Of Presentations And Speakers
DAY 1
Prof. Amalia Miliou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki “Opening Remarks”

Talk 1: Dr. Chris Vagionas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

“An End-to-End 60GHz Fiber Wireless testbed infrastructure for future 5G mmWave
networks”

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Talk 2: Prof. Nirmalathas Ampalavanapillai, University of Melbourne
“Photonic RoF Fronthauls for the 60GHz & Medium Access Control for future high capacity
wireless”

Talk 3: Dr. George Kalfas & Mr. Nikos Karagiorgos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Medium Transparent MAC protocols for Fiber-Wireless 5G mmWave Cloud-RANs

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 DAY 2
Talk 4: Dr. Konstantinos Filis, COSMOTE Mobile Communications
5G Enablers and Use Cases: The role of 5G in Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-
ITS)

Talk 5: Dr. Kostas Tsagkaris & Dr. M. Michaloliakos, Incelligent

Software Defined Network aspects in the 5G era

(photo of the same day, different time)

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Talk 6: Prof. Andreas Stöhr, University of Duisburg-Essen
Photonic Xhaul for 5G

Talk 7: Mr. Yigal Leiba, Siklu Communication

High Gain Beamforming

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Talk 8: Dr. Christophe Caillaud, 3-5 Lab
Optoelectronics component for access network and fix/mobile convergence.

Talk 9: Dr. Tolga Tekin, Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration
Heterogeneous Integration for Massive Communication Systems

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Talk 10: Mr. Ioannis Stratakos, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems /
National Technical University of Athens
FPGA for DSP prototyping in 5G telecom: state-of-the-art application-specific SoC devices
and the use of RFSoC in 5GPHOS

Talk 11: Dr. Evangelos Pikasis, Eulambia Advanced Technologies

Flexible Baseband Units with NR compliance

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 DAY 3
Talk 12: Prof. Zhongxia Simon, Chalmers University of Technology
Path towards 100 Gbps real-time communication, from circuit design to link demonstrator

Talk 13: Dr. Anne Laure Billabert, Le Cnam / ESYCOM FRE 2028 (Le Cnam, CNRS, ESIEE
Paris, Université Paris-Est Marne-la Vallée (S. Faci, E. M. Moutaly, C. Algani)
Simulation tools to analyse the transmission of 5G and WiGig Wireless signals over optical
fiber

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Talk 14: Dr. Colm Browning, Dublin City University
A-RoF for microwave and mm-wave applications over optical access,

Talk 15: Prof. Kostas Siozios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Deploying Large-Scale IoT Systems in 5G networks

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Talk 16: Prof. Nathan Gomes, University of Kent
Why we now have a converged “X-haul” for 5G and Beyond Mobile Transport Networks

Talk 17: Prof. Anna Tzanakaki, Univ. Bristol and Univ. Athens
Optical networking an Enabler for 5G

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Talk 18: Dr. Giannis Giannoulis, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems /
National Technical University of Athens
Quantum-Enhanced Communication Layer for Secured 5G Networks

DAY 4
Talk 19: Mr. Nikos Argyris, Mellanox Technologies
High Capacity Fiber-Wireless Fronthaul: synergies of A-RoF with Smart ICs

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CHAPTER 3: Hands On Trainings And Demonstrations
STSM Presentation: Possibilities for Short Term Scientific Missions by EUIMWP
The possibility of receiving financial support through the EUIMWP Cost Action was presented to the
participants for Short Term Scientific Missions, to facilitate joint experiments, information flow and
performing research at other COST countries. An example of STSM was presented after the Talk of Dr.
Anne Laure Billabert. Further details in the link: https://euimwp.eu/stsms/

Talk 20 & Simulation Training: Dr. Marios Gatzianas, International Hellenic University
Millimeter wave MIMO and CoMP - Hands on Training on antenna array simulations
In order to receive the code of the training, please send an email to: mgatzianas@gmail.com

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Lab Tour and Experimental Demos: Mr. Eugenio Ruggeri, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki - "PON and Fiber Wireless links using directional 60GHz antennas”

Video Demonstration: Part of the 5G-PHOS video

Part of the video was presented at the training, but the full video has been posted online at the
following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shubgabZUTE

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Video Demonstration: The 5G-PHOS aRoF 60G FiWi mmWave DEMO at the facilities of
Fraunhofer IZM
The full video has been posted online at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpHWH9FevoM

Video Demonstration: blueSPACE & 5G-PHOS joint booth at EuCNC2019

The full video has been posted online at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spRbQdvwpmE

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Kick-start of DAY 1 of the training school, with a lucky coincidence of what could have been
a planned “Field Demonstration” !!
At the bus pick-up time from the City Center, there were Fiber Installation works at a main street –
Mitropoleos – , with cleaving and splicing of deployed fibers.

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 End of Activity Report for the Training School

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