5G Italy Book

In the framework of the second edition of the 5G Italy event, CNIT is editing a new version of the 5G Italy Book, with the aim of overviewing the status of development of 5G and of documenting the Italian involvement in 5G research and experimentation. The book starts with Part 1, edited by Raffaele Bolla of Università di Genova, and devoted to an overview of what is 5G today. Part 1 touches on very relevant topics, such as the state of standardization and of deployment in the world, the most relevant use cases (from automotive and smart factories to health and IoT, the concerns about electromagnetic emissions, and privacy). Part 2, edited by Paola Iovanna of Ericsson, focuses on 5G in Italy, taking mostly an industrial viewpoint, and reporting on the status of deployment and on Italian research contributions. Part 3, edited by Luca Valcarenghi of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, looks at 5G applications and services, considering the main service classes defined for 5G. Part 4, edited by Giovanni Schembra of Università di Catania, provides an up to date primer on 5G technologies, and contains mostly a revised, updated version of similar chapters contained in last year’s volume. Finally, Part 5, edited by Carla Fabiana Chiasserini of the Politecnico di Torino, looks at what is coming beyond 5G: from aspects on which the 5G standardization still is far from stable, to proposals that are beginning to appear for 6G.

Importantly, this book will have a first version, printed, and presented at the 5G Italy 2019 event, but then it will continue to live and grow on the web, updated with contributions coming from the conference.

• Marco Ajmone Marsan (Polytechnic University of Milano), marco.ajmone[AT]polito.it
• Nicola Blefari Melazzi (University of Rome Tor Vergata), blefari[AT]uniroma2.it
• Stefano Buzzi (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio), buzzi[AT]unicas.it
• Sergio Palazzo (University of Catania), sergio.palazzo[AT]unict.it