Episode #27: Digital transformation of testing: federated testbeds as a service
Description
This Webinar answered a key question whether testing activities may migrate to virtual environments and whether testing as a service based on federated testbeds can facilitate enabling quicker time-to-market for products and services. It also examined up-to-date ecosystem of testbeds, including existing use cases and clarified on how federated testbeds framework defined in Recommendation ITU-T Q.4068 could help with such challenge.
Target Audience
Participation is open to the ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates, ITU Academia, and to any individual from a country that is a member of the ITU and who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations. Participation to the webinar is free of charge.
Note: The views and opinions expressed by the presenters during this event are solely those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily represent, reflect, or constitute the official stance, policy, or position of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) or its secretariat.
Organized by:
UN SDGs
ITU Strategic Goals
Related Information:
Digital Transformation Webinar Series
ITU-T Smart Sustainable Cities
ITU-T Study Group 20: IoT and smart cities and communities
Contact: Cristina Bueti
Programme
14:00 – 14:05
Opening Remarks
- Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of Study Groups, TSB, ITU
Moderator: Denis Andreev, ITU-T Study Group 11 Advisor, TSB, ITU
14:05 – 14:15
Overview of the trend on remote testing, issues and challenges of standalone testbeds
- Muslim Elkotob, Principal Solutions Architect, Vodafone [Presentation]
14:15 – 14:55
Use cases for Testbeds/Federations and market needs for Testing as a Service (TaaS)
- Anwer Al-Dulaimi, Senior Manager of Emerging technologies & Innovations, EXFO [Presentation]
- Sicong Shao, Research Assistant Professor, Arizona University [Presentation]
- Wayne Cutler, Technical Director-Legacy Networks, GSMA [Presentation]
14:55 – 15:05
Overview of the federated testbeds framework
- Cedric Crettaz, Lead Researcher in ICT, Mandat International [Presentation]
15:05 – 15:15
Key areas of ITU standardization and studies on TaaS and federated testbeds
- Giulio Maggiore, Telecom Italia [Presentation]
15:15 – 15:25
Questions and Answers
15:25 – 15:30
Concluding Remarks
- Denis Andreev, ITU-T Study Group 11 Advisor, TSB, ITU