Standardisation, Innovation, Exploitation and Technology Transfer Activities (Final)
Creators: name: Setaki, Fofy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Network App
Standards
3GPPP
Value Proposition Canvas
Exploitation
Innovations

description: EVOLVED-5G builds around the potentials seen through the development of Network Applications and the supporting ecosystem Industry 4.0 applications mandate. The purpose of this deliverable, D7.6, is to shed the spotlight on the research and business impact of the respective project technology and development propositions. It is produced by Work Package 7 “Innovation, Exploitation, Standardisation and Outreach Activities” and especially the Tasks 7.3 “Innovation Shaping and Standardization Alignment” and 7.4 “Exploitation activities, Technology Transfer and IPR Management” and is the third and last in a sequence of three deliverables aiming to provide the full final results of the project in a synoptical manner, while providing an analytic account of the actions performed in the last project year which is the target reporting period. The document provides a detailed account on the progress for the four key topics in scope, namely standardisation, innovation, exploitation, and technology transfer and is a self-standing document that where appropriate references to the analytic work produced in the preceding D7.2 “Standardisation, Innovation, Exploitation and Technology Transfer plan” and D7.4 “Standardisation, Innovation, Exploitation and Technology Transfer Activities (Intermediate)” documents.

Regarding standardisation activities, the deliverable reports the profound achievement of the foundation of a new Software Development Group within ETSI, named OpenCAPIF, as part of the project’s partners efforts to promote the respective developments. Furthermore, thirty-seven (37) contributions have been submitted to 3GPP SA2 & SA6 Working Groups, nineteen (19) of which achieved in the last project year, while all related SDOs in the field of 5G, IoT and Industry 4.0, such GSMA, 5G ACIA and AIOTI have been closely monitored in parallel. In terms of innovations, overall, the project has identified seven (7) candidates that are retouched in this document inspired by the EU Innovation Radar constructs and methodology. As an important project accomplishment, during the previous reporting period the two fundamental project concepts, the NEF Emulator, and the Open-Source CAPIF Core Function have been published in the EU Innovation Radar as high potential innovations.The exploitation methodology devised by the project, that had followed a stepwise approach, targeted for the last year activities the preparation of the Value Proposition Canvas analysis for the more mature outcomes. In total, eight (8) platform-level exploitable outcomes and 12 SME-related network applications prototypes and associated turn-key demonstrators, have been identified and appropriately prioritised for VPC analysis. Beyond the project-level exploitation methodology, the document delivers the partners individual exploitation plans highlighting the relevance of the project’s work in line to the vision, mission and specifics of the participating company and organization.

Significant effort has also been put in developing a technology transfer plan to support the project partners in selecting the appropriate course for commercialization for their developments. Especially for the third year’s activities, the effort has been put in the execution of the IP Commercialisation Blueprint Tool, and feedback and recommendations for its effective wider execution.

Overall, the EVOLVED-5G results have been proven impactful in terms of research and business impact and concrete plans, proliferating beyond the project’s lifespan have been devised, creating promising expectations both in terms of building an innovation paradigm as well as revealing new monetization opportunities for the SMEs and industrial partners.