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--------------------------------------------- *The MCN Workshop on RAN Evolution to the Cloud* 24 June 2013 Issy Les Moulineaux, France https://www.mobile-cloud-networking.eu/national-workshop-paris --------------------------------------------- The Cloud RAN paradigm is an architecture evolution where data from the radio sites is centrally handled in datacenters by cloud base stations, sharing the physical infrastructure, possibly between different mobile network operators, ultimately allowing them to request RAN as a Service, i.e., on-demand and elastic resources with pay-as-you-go pricing. The EU FP7 Mobile Cloud Networking (MCN) project workshop is dedicated to the RAN evolution to the Cloud to understand emerging trends in network sharing, the technical challenges, the current works by vendors, mobile network operators, e.g., in research, standardization and deployment. The workshop will also present new possibilities made possible by the cloud model, such as service-aware RAN for over-the-top content optimization. Please see the agenda <https://www.mobile-cloud-networking.eu/sites/default/files/agenda.pdf>for more information. *Target audience* The objective of the workshop is to bring together business and technology innovators, both from industry and academia to come to a common understanding on the Cloud RAN evolution and its challenges. *Key goals of this workshop* • Identify and discuss current research projects for the RAN evolution to the Cloud, • Identify and discuss current standardization activities, • Identify and discuss key technical and business challenges for the Cloud RAN evolution, • Identify and discuss new technical and business strategies enabled by the Cloud RAN evolution. *Location:* Orange Labs, Avenue de la République, 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France Room S012 See the access information<https://www.mobile-cloud-networking.eu/sites/default/files/Access-information.pdf>on the web site for more information. Please note that there are two entrances. *You will be only allowed to enter via Avenue de la République entrance. * *Registration:* The entrance to Orange Labs premises is restricted and the room capacity limited. Only registered people with valid ID card will be allowed to enter. Therefore people are kindly invited to register by sending an email to : [email protected] before June 17th providing their identities. Please use the registration form<https://www.mobile-cloud-networking.eu/national-workshop-paris/registration>as indicated in the web site. Best regards, Dominique PICHON _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
