5G attracted a lot of research in order to address the different verticals defined as the ones relevant for future cellular systems. After an intense research period, which is still ongoing, standardization activities were carried out and resulted the first version of Rel-15 3GPP that was adopted in December 2017.

The focus in 5G research and standardization up to now was on core verticals. Three of the most important verticals considered up to now are: Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), Massive machine type communications (mMTC) and ultra- reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC). Research on Cellular networks beyond 5G, also known as 5G advanced, is starting to gain momentum in order to address other verticals/features that were not addressed in 5G. The workshop will target papers addressing advanced features relevant to 5G Advanced research from academia and industry that fully achieve or surpass 3GPP and ITU requirements.

Special Session: The Local Impact of 5G

We believe that 5G will have an equally important role to play in providing solutions for societal, economic or environmental issues specific to a country or a region, i.e. a local impact. These can even be adaptations of the generic 5G applications to suit specific local conditions. In this special session we invite proposals demonstrating such local 5G impact, to be presented and discussed in a lively interactive manner. These can be local 5G applications that your organisations are already developing or simply issues you have identified where the capabilities of 5G can bring unique solutions.

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Final Program

Thursday, December 13
8.30 - 8.35 am : Welcome talk
8.35 - 10.00 am : Paper session (15-17min/paper including Q &A)
Uplink ultra-reliable low latency communications assessment in unlicensed spectrum
Capacity Optimization of Spatial Preemptive Scheduling for Joint URLLC-eMBB Traffic in 5G New Radio
A linear Algorithm for reliable predictive Network Control
Centralized and distributed schedulers for non-coherent joint transmission
Probabilistically Shaped Multi-Level Coding with Polar Codes for Fading Channels
10.00 - 10.30 am : Networking Break
10.30 - 11.00 am : Keynote speech by Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) on "Hybrid RF/Optical Wireless Networks for 5G Networks and Beyond"
11.00 am - 12.15 pm : Paper session (15-17min/paper including Q &A)
Modeling of MTC Energy Consumption for D2D communications with Chase Combining HARQ Scheme
Content Delivery in Mobility-Aware D2D Caching Networks
Extremely Large Aperture Massive MIMO: Low Complexity Receiver Architectures
Power Control in Massive MIMO with Dynamic User Population
12.15 - 1.30 pm : Lunch
1.30 - 2.45 pm : Special Session: The Local Impact of 5G
2.45 - 3.30 pm : Networking Break
3.30 - 5.30 pm : Paper session (15-17min/paper including Q &A)
Joint Resource Configuration and MCS Selection Scheme for Uplink Grant-Free URLLC
C-RAN-Assisted Non-Coherent Grant-Free Random Access Based on Compute-and-Forward
On the Performance of PDCCH in LTE and 5G New Radio
Inter-Numerology Interference Analysis for 5G and Beyond
On Matching Users to Specialised MNOs in Service Tailored Networks of the Future
Human Interactions in Terms of Biological Jamming and User Association in D2D Communications
ARNAB: Transparent Service Continuity across Orchestrated Edge Networks

Čedomir Stefanović (Aalborg University)
Gilberto Berardinelli (Aalborg University)
Jimmy Jessen Nielsen (Aalborg University)
Juwendo Denis (Centrale Supélec)
Malte Schellmann (Huawei)
Manuel Fuentes (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Miltiadis C. Filippou (Intel)
Mohamad Assaad (Centrale Supélec)
Nesrine Ben Khalifa (Centrale Supélec)
Nurul Huda Mahmood (Aalborg University)
Salah Eddine Hajri (Centrale Supélec)
Samer Bazzi (Huawei)
Sergio Fortes (University of Málaga)
Stelios Stefanatos (Freie Universität Berlin)
Wen Xu (Huawei)
Wenjie Li (Centrale Supélec)

5G Advanced: The Next Evolution Step of 5G NR

Featured Topics

Special Session: The Local Impact of 5G

Final Program

General Chairs

TPC Chairs

Special Session Chair

Publication Chair

Khan Reaz (Freie Universität Berlin)

TPC Members (to be updated)

Important Dates

Submission Guideline

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