EM-5G 2018 - First International Workshop on Experimentation and Measurements in 5G (EM-5G)

5G mobile networks are upcoming and are expected to bring in a number of
novel features meant to enrich mobile broadband services, targeting also
vertical sectors such as e-Health, factories of the future, energy and
automotive. Enabling such verticals requires the introduction of high
speeds, ultra-low latency, ultra-high reliability, massiveness of
network scenarios, all while meeting the requirements of network and
service sustainability. The solutions proposed by the 5G community span
from (i) NR techniques, which include the use of mmWaves, (ii) massive
use of SDN and NFV to make the network more flexible and adaptive, (iii)
the introduction of computational elements close to the users (in the
edge) regulated by network slicing techniques to support specialized
services, (iv) the adoption of multiple and heterogeneous connectivity
techniques, including (v) unconventional connectivity schemes, e.g., the
use of D2D communications, and (vi) the support for IoT architectures.
All the novel aspects introduced by 5G are complex and intertwined, and
therefore hard to evaluate on paper or through simulations. They require
methodical experimental investigation, which is quite challenging
because of the heterogeneity of the 5G scenario. While the basic
network-oriented KPIs for 5G are defined, their validation in
operational systems and their impact on end-user performance remains
open. In such context, the sharing of knowledge and experiences on
experimental results, measurement methodologies and testbed deployments
for 5G networks are crucial. Such knowledge and experiences are key
enablers for the further development and deployment of 5G networks.
The objective of the EM-5G workshop is to bring together researchers,
mobile network operators and equipment vendors from both the 5G and
network measurement communities for discussion of 5G measurement
results, novel measurement methodologies for 5G and experiences and
results from 5G testbed deployments. We solicit contributions on the
state-of-the-art, results of ongoing research, open issues, trends and
new ideas. Novel approaches focusing on end-to-end performance
evaluation in 5G networks as well as the performance measurements of the
5G novel concepts, such as the 5G-NR, the Edge, measurement on Slicing
performance, etc. are highly encouraged.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Tools and services to support measurements and experimentation in 5G
networks
End-to-end and application-level performance measurements in 5G networks
Design, implementation and deployment experiences with 5G testbeds
Measurement-driven approaches to 5G design
Performance measurements and analysis of multiple and heterogeneous
connectivity techniques
Machine learning and data analytics for monitoring and analysis of 5G
mobile network traffic
Novel approaches towards the isolated measurement of performance metrics
within 5G slices belonging to different tenants
Tools, metrics and performance analysis for the Edge and Fog domain
Measurement procedures, techniques and APIs towards the definition of
context aware services in the Edge
Measurement techniques and metrics for evaluating the performance of
industry verticals (eHealth, energy, automation, etc) in 5G networks
Submission and Paper Format
Electronic submissions will be handled using HotCRP:
https://conext18-em5g.hotcrp.com/
Paper submissions may be up to 6 pages, including all figures, tables,
references, and appendices. Papers must obey the same CoNEXT formatting
requirements outlined here:
http://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2018/#!/submission (with the
exception of page length). The review process is single-blind. Accepted
papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.