Telecommunications Standards Development Society of India, India’s Telecom SDO and 5G Infrastructure Association, representing the European industry in the 5G-PPP Research Programme, have signed a MoU for cooperation on 5G development.
The partners will foster collaboration on research, standards, regulations and policies over the next 3 years. This MoU confirms the intention of TSDSI and 5G IA to explore collaboration opportunities in areas of mutual interests in the field of 5G communication systems and networks, including vision and requirements of 5G communication systems and networks; technology exploitation and dissemination to ensure awareness, understanding and involvement and finally adoption; discussions on basic system concepts and architecture; support for global regulatory process in identification of Frequency bands and spectrum arrangement for 5G technologies; identification of common interests, building of consensus and collaboration to support development of globally harmonised standards; promoting cooperation among European and Indian R&D organizations and industries; as well as use cases of 5G, including mMTC (massive Machine Type Communications), eMBB (enhanced Mobile Broadband) and URLLC (Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications), aligned to applications such as Smart Cities, Mission Critical IoT, Broadband, Consumer-centric 5G, Industry 4.0 and other topics.
The envisaged means of exploring these collaboration opportunities may include, but are not limited to, the exchanges of information /documents, meetings, workshops and other joint initiatives with mutual agreement. TSDSI and 5G IA will seek to develop and deploy mechanisms to promote 5G-related R&D initiatives based on the aligned opportunities identified by both parties.
The first bilateral meeting between the two sides was held in Beijing on 12 April, on the side-lines of the 3GPP PCG/OP meetings. Items like conducting a joint workshop, setting up of test beds and specific topics of mutual interest were discussed at the meeting.
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