Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012 Closing the Research and Standardization Gap Vinod KUMAR Representing WWRF Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, France Credits: E. Darmois, ALU Corporate Standards and Didier Bourse, Director European Programmes Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF Standards Education Workshop (Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)

Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October Outline Introduction – WWRF Vision Setting the Scene - Terminology Research and Standardization interdependence Aligning Research and Standardization life cycles An example of impact of Research Increasing complexity – the multi-plane perspective Concluding remarks

WWRF Role Develop future vision of the wireless world Develop novel technologies and solutions to meet new requirements emanating from societal evolution (anywhere, any time, instantaneous response) Inform and educate on trends and developments Bring a wide range of parties together to identify and overcome significant roadblocks to the vision Enable and facilitate the translation of the vision into reality Be a catalyst in creating new projects and programs around the world Page 3

7 trillion wireless devices serving 7 billion people by 2020 All people will be served with wireless devices Affordable to purchase and operate Calm computing: technology invisible to users Machine to machine communications Sensors and tags: e.g. in transport and weather systems, infrastructure, to provide ambient intelligence and context sensitivity All devices are part of the (mobile) internet WWRF Vision in a nutshell (1)

Principles of Operation Global Open to all NOT A standard body Research funding body A typical research conference Based on membership Volunteer driven All can attend meetings and make contributions Page 5

Setting the Scene – Terminology Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October Open Standards for “Interworking” First standardize then build Feature selection based on technical feasibility studies Tremendous success story GSM Good support from collaborative research projects before and during standardization Support from Regulatory bodies Technology de-facto Standards First build then standardize Interworking is “designed-in” later on Minimum Performance Requirements Ensure acceptable quality and peaceful co-existence with others Better characterized as “support for regulation” than technology feature selection

Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October Research and Standardization Interdependence Existing Process for “Interworking” Standards Focused road map Work item selection Generally Solution Oriented Tactics Regulatory support expected Specific requirements from research Pre-standardization collaborative research work for harmonization as far as possible Open to all stakeholders including academic partners Allows for an iterative/spiral-based approach

Aligning “Research and Standardization Life-cycles - I Credits: E. Darmois – ALU Corporate Standards Organistion Standardization based Innovation requires identification of a target Standards eco-system and alignment of Standards and Research life-cycles Research Activities  New product & solution concepts  Technology assessment to de-risk product development  The Research Life Cycle should be optimized for monetizing innovation assets Innovation Channels  Direct transfer to Product units for fast portfolio differentiation  Internal“start-up-like" framework for flexible &fast time to market  Indirect channels requiring Standards and supported by global eco-systems Standards Activities  Many Standards eco-systems with various degrees of maturity and intensity  Std A Std B Std C Std M Std Z Std X Std P Standardization Maturity Standardization Intensity Std A Std B Std C Std M Std Z Std X Std P Standardization Maturity Intensity

Aligning Research and Standardization Life-cycles - II Credits: E. Darmois – ALU Corporate Standard Transfer to products Standardization Products Open Innovation Market introduction Plan Std A Std B Std C Std M Std Z Std X P Standardization Maturity Standardization Intensity Std A Std B Std C Std M Std Z Std X P Standardization Maturity Standardization Intensity Evaluate Act Refine To work efficiently as an innovation channel, the Standards ecosystem must be mature and its alignment with research lifecycle should be regulary evaluated - Standardization is a pre-requisite for turning research results into products Good partnership between all stakeholders is a must - Asset Creation 2 to 5 years time frame

An example of impact of Research on standardisation The E 2 R / E 2 R II / E 3 Case  Opening of IEEE SCC41 standardization path. First standard completed by IEEE on the basis of E 3 results  Opening of ETSI RRS TC standardization path. E 3 concept are the main drivers for the definition of the work programme of ETSI RRS  Agenda item in WRC’11 for Cognitive Pilot Channel (CPC)  : 99 contributions to ETSI TC RRS, IEEE SCC41 P1900.4, ITU-R WP5A, CEPT…

The Global multi-plane Perspective

Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October Concluding Remarks: That is Life… Numerous Air Interfaces; Internet Protocols… Voice coders, circuit mode, VoIP, IMS, VoLTE… Video Coding and Streaming Operating Systems and APIs for Application Development