WG2: Application Layer

 

About WG2
Work under WG2 Responsibility
Meeting Information
WG2 Leaders
Terms of Reference
Published Technical Report
Published Standards
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WG2: Application Layer

Working group 2 Dedicated to addressing –

  • Definition of requirements for telecom industry and related services and applications, including:
    • Service level requirements and features for various domains and applications (e.g. Automotive, Health, Finance).
  • Development of end-to-end application specific functional service capabilities and architecture, based on the requirements, including:
    • Technical specifications for application layer functional elements and interfaces.
    • Application specific system aspects such as QoS, interoperability, etc.
    • Application specific Data management aspects such as schemas, analytics, provisioning, etc.
    • Localization components in services and systems e.g. Indian languages.

Work under the WG2 Responsibility –

S No SI/WI Proponents Status
1 SI87 – Communications Requirements and Recommendations for the Energy Sector (NIP262) Mr Pradeep Hirisave, R Jio Report Published
2 SI93 – Study UAV/Drone 3GPP-5G standards applicability to India use cases (NIP274) Mr Saurabh Khare Report Published
3 SI98 – Study on system requirements related to Metaverse use cases in mobile network (NIP 296) Mr Bighnaraj Panigrahi, Nokia Report Published
4 SI112 – Research Directions and Collaboration on Intelligent Transport Systems Communication Standards: MAC and ISAC Perspective (NIP323) Mr Satyajit Thakor, IIT Mandi Report Published
5 SI113 – Enablement of common payload for Agricultural Automation Solutions (NIP324) Mr Anish Satyan, CDAC Report Published
6 SI114 – Study on semi-autonomous collaborative telerobotics (NIP325) Mr Abhijan Bhattacharyya, TCS Report Published
7 WI1-NIP279 – A local language repository as an enabler for financial workflows Prof Devendra Jalihal, IIT Madras Active
8 WI-NIP310 – Integrated communication and sensing at the Application level Mr Satish Jamadagni, R Jio Active
9 WI1-NIP330 – Standardization of common data payload for adaptive traffic control system and other Intelligent transportation system products for interoperability Mr Hemant Jeevan, CDAC Standard Published
10 SI134 – Slice Identification in 5G RAN and Core for End-to-End Secure and Resilient Slice Services (NIP352) Prof Antony Franklin, IIT Hyderabad Report Published
11 SI135 – Suggested recommendations for sustainable 6G networks (NIP353) Ms Garima Mishra, TCS Report Published
12 SI137 – Recommendations for use of Dynamic AI/ML models for self-sustainable V2X applications in 6G Networks (NIP354) Ms Garima Mishra, TCS Report Published
13 SI143 – Public Safety Use Cases for 6G Networks (NIP369) Ms Ankita Lachhwani, CEWiT Active
14 SI155 – AI-Powered Air Interface for ITS Dr Satyam Agrawal, IIT Ropar Active
15 SI157 – Study of Slice-specific Handovers for 5G and Beyond Networks [IIT Hyderabad] Prof Antony Franklin, IIT Hyderabad Active
16 WI1-NIP390 – Architecture and information flow to enable application-layer driven dynamic QoS provisioning for multi-user intelligent telerobotics and similar applications requiring exchange of multi-modal data traffic [TCS] Mr Abhijan Bhattacharyya, TCS Active
17 SI160 – Study on Solution for Artificial Intelligence supporting Use cases in Agriculture Domain – Plant Leaf disease Identification (NIP401) Mr Lakshmaiah Alluri, C-DAC Trivandrum Active
18 WI1-NIP412 – Recommendations for Network architecture and requirements for enabling AI-powered seamless operation and tracking for mine supply chains leveraging non-public and public networks Mr Abhijan Bhattacharyya, TCS Active
19 WI1-NIP443 – Updation of TSDSI Standard TSDSI STD 5004 V1.0.0 on “Common data payload for adaptive traffic control system and other Intelligent Transportation system” based on TEC Consultative Committee Recommendations Mr Hemant Jeevan, CDAC Active

Meeting Information –

Meeting Type Date Mode
WG2 Meeting #01 25 July 2023 – 3-4 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#02 9 November 2023 – 3 -4 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#03 13 March 2024 – 3 -5 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#04 28 June 2024 – 2-3 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#05 12 September 2024 – 3-4 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#06 4 December 2024 – 3-4 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#07 27 February 2025 – 3-4 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#08 30 May 2025 – 3 -5 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#09 8 September 2025 – 3 – 4 PM Online
WG2 Meeting#10 26 November 2026 – 3- 4:30 PM IST Online
WG2 Meeting#11 13 March 2026, 3 PM – 4 AM IST Online

WG2 Leaders –

Name Contact
Dr Paventhan Arumugam

Chair

ERNET India

Tel: +91 99169 19763

Email: paventhan@ernet.in

Mr Abhijan Bhattacharyya

Vice-chair

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Tel: +91 98304 68972

Email: abhijan.bhattacharyya@tcs.com