TSDSI has been championing standards driven research in India, bridging the gap between Research, IP and Standards. This will help India take a leadership position in the global standards arena and facilitate the monetization of IP. Standards play a crucial role in transforming research being carried out in institutes to be adopted for practical, real world applications. Research & innovation motivates standardization, and standardization of solutions requires further research & innovation, thereby keeping this cycle active.
In alignment with this vision, TSDSI organised the 3rd edition of Standards driven workshop @ COMSNETS 2024 on 7 January 2024 in Bengaluru. The objective of the workshop was to bring together innovative minds who are researching into networking and communication systems for exchanging ideas on topics that have potential for standardized solutions. It also helped to foster a better understanding of the multifaceted benefits that standards can bring about in areas such as AI, Communications, Cloud interoperability and many more.
The workshops had
- Keynote talks by expert speakers
- Presentations by authors of papers shortlisted for the workshop
- Panel discussion on “how to leverage Standards Driven Research in global standards forums”
Following key takeaways emerged from the workshop deliberations:
- It is important to identify the right fora with which the ongoing research and activities can be aligned.
- New “joinees” need handholding and mentoring to help them “Read standards artifacts” and understand the ongoing standardization activities in various fora.
- Among the recommendations for effectively leveraging standardization opportunities discussed in the workshop, importance of “support” and “consensus” resonated among the delegates. The importance of attending meetings in person to achieve the above goals was also emphasized.
- Academia can play the role of analysis of various alternative approaches or find solutions to problems which the industry may not have the patience to do. This may involve pre and post standards initiatives, position papers and PoC. This may be an opportunity to do innovative research in academia and lead the SDR activities.
Workshop Co-Chairs: Satish Kanugovi (Nokia India), Arzad Alam Kherani (IIT Bhilai), Dhiman Saha (IIT Bhilai)
Program Agenda
| Sunday, 7 January 2024 | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker/Authors |
| 8:45-9:05 | Registration | |
| 9:05-9:10 | Welcome Remarks | Satish K (Nokia India) |
| 9:10-10:00 | Keynote Talk: Transforming Research Concepts into Commercial Success: A Journey through Standards | Kiran Kuchi (IIT Hyderabad) |
| 10:00-10:40 | Keynote Talk: How to mess up a standardization opportunity? | Vishnu Ram OV (TSDSI) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Paper 1: A Framework for Design of Portable and Scalable Physical Layer in O-RAN | Makarand Kulkarni; Pramit Biswas; Parag Naik; Anindya Saha |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea Break | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Keynote Talk: Network Simulation of WiFi 6/7 using ns-3 | Sumit Roy (University of Washington, USA) |
| 12:30-12:50 | Paper 2: Parity Check Coded Super-MAC for reliability enhancements in Next-Generation Networks | Abdul Mateen Ahmed; Aaqib Patel; Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan |
| 12:50-13:10 | Paper 3: Green 6G: Energy Awareness in Design | Rashmi Kamran; Shwetha Kiran; Pranav Jha; Prasanna Chaporkar |
| 13:10-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00-14:40 | Keynote Talk: Democratising Technology using Open Source and Open Standards | Pamela Kumar (FSID, IISc) |
| 14:40-15:00 | Paper 4: Evolution of NGN Control Plane for Future Telecommunications Networks | Rashmi Yadav; Rashmi Kamran; Pranav Jha; Shwetha Kiran; Abhay Karandikar |
| 15:00-15:20 | Paper 5: Hybrid Clarke’s Models for Fixed Wireless Deployments in Beyond-5G Systems | Vivek Chaudhary; Roshan S Sam; Abhinaba Dey; Sreenath Ramanath |
| 15:20-15:40 | Paper 6: Standardization aspects of Caching and Coded Delivery in MEC integrated 5G system | Lalhruaizela Chhangte; Ashish Singh Patel |
| 15:40-16:00 | Tea Break | |
| 16:00-16:50 | Keynote Talk: Decoding the 5G NR Radio specifications | Subhas Mondal (HFCL Limited) |
| 16:50-17:30 | Panel Discussion: How to leverage Standards Driven Research in global standards forums | Moderator: Satish K (Nokia India)
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| 17:30-17:35 | Closing Remarks & Best Paper Award Announcement | Satish K (Nokia India) / Dhiman Saha (IIT Bhilai) |
About COMSNETS
COMSNETS is a premier international conference dedicated to advances in Networking and Communications Systems. The conference is a yearly event for a world-class gathering of researchers from academia and industry, practitioners, and business leaders, providing a forum for discussing cutting edge research, and directions for new innovative business and technology.
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Schedule: 7 January 2024, 9:00-17:30 IST
Venue: The Chancery Pavillion Hotel, Residency Road, Bengaluru, India.
Participation: Registrations are now closed.
Workshop Contact: Jaskirat Singh, jaskirat.singh@tsdsi.in