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Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Virtualisation Technologies; Hypervisor Domain Requirements specification; Release 3

The present document provides requirements for the hypervisor domain as it pertains to an operator's network. It focuses on gaps between Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) use cases and the industry state of art at the time of publication. Therefore requirements that are deemed to be supported by most hypervisor solutions at the time of publication are not repeated in the present document.

White Paper “Cloud for Data Driven Policy Management”
Cloud and Edge Computing
Industry Specification Group (ISG) Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)
ETSI
Standard
ETSI GS NFV-EVE 001 V3.1.1

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Virtualisation Technologies; Report on the application of Different Virtualisation Technologies in the NFV Framework

The present document reviews virtualisation technologies and studies their impact on the NFV architectural framework and specifications. It also provides an analysis of the pros and cons of these technologies.

White Paper “Cloud for Data Driven Policy Management”
Cloud and Edge Computing
Industry Specification Group (ISG) Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)
ETSI
Standard
ETSI GS NFV-EVE 004 V1.1.1

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 2; Acceleration Technologies; vSwitch Benchmarking and Acceleration Specification

The present document specifies performance benchmarking metrics for virtual switching, with the goal that the metrics will adequately quantify performance gains achieved through virtual switch acceleration conforming to the associated requirements specified herein. The acceleration-related requirements will be applicable to common virtual switching functions across usage models such as packet delivery into VNFs, network overlay and tunnel termination, stateful Network Address Translators (NAT), service chaining, load balancing and, in general, match-action based policies/flows applied to traffic going to/from the VMs. The present document will also provide deployment scenarios with applicability to multiple vendor implementations and recommendations for follow-on proof of concept activities.

White Paper “Cloud for Data Driven Policy Management”
Cloud and Edge Computing
Industry Specification Group (ISG) Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV)
ETSI
Standard
ETSI GS NFV-IFA 003 V2.4.1

Maxime Lefrançois

Fellow's country
France
Impact on SMEs (7th Open Call)
The contribution may have an indirect but positive impact on both European SMEs and societies. For SMEs, especially those in IoT or data interoperability, improvements to the SAREF framework and tools could simplify the reuse of standards and reduce the effort to contribute new domain-specific content. By streamlining documentation and validation workflows, the project may lower technical barriers and help smaller organizations align with semantic standards. For European societies, SAREF is used in domains of public interest—such as energy efficiency, smart cities, and environmental monitoring. Enhancing its quality and maintainability may support more interoperable and sustainable digital solutions over time. Though effects are not immediate, the project strengthens infrastructure that can benefit societal initiatives based on interoperable data.
Impact on society (7th Open Call)
The SAREF ontology suite suffers from inconsistencies across extensions, due to historically parallel development efforts. While recent STFs (641, 653) addressed these through new ontology patterns and a revised framework, important steps remain unfunded: publication of updated documentation, integration of conformance checks, and automation of ETSI specification generation.
With this fellowship, I directly support the ICT Rolling Plan's "Key Enablers – Data Interoperability" priority. This activity enhances semantic interoperability in IoT contexts, ensuring continuity in the evolution of a foundational European ontology standard (SAREF). It also aligns with EC expectations for faster standard evolution and broader stakeholder involvement, notably in sectors such as smart cities, energy, and digital twins.
The main challenge is sustainability: reducing the manual effort needed to maintain and extend SAREF. The current publication workflow lacks automation and centralization, leading to delays and fragmentation. The revision of the SAREF Pipeline software and the automation of specification generation are technically complex due to the lack of existing tools for parsing OWL ontologies into ETSI-compliant documents. This proposal addresses these challenges through targeted, expert-driven development efforts, based on proven tools and methods already piloted in past STFs.
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Maxime Lefrançois
Open Call
OC#7 2026
Organisation type
Academia/Research
Organization
MINES Saint-Étienne
Organization website
MINES Saint-Étienne
Personal website
Maxime Lefrançois
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Maxime Lefrançois
Proposal Title (7th Open Call)
Improving the ETSI TC SmartM2M SAREF publication framework and workflow
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www.etsi.org/committee/smartm2m
Role in SDO
convenor
Standards Development Organisation
ETSI
StandICT.eu Year
2026
Topic (7th Open Call)
Data Economy

ETSI Mastering Tech Standardisation

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Welcome to the eLearning area, where you can develop the skills needed to engage with standardisation processes. The videos cover key topics to help you understand and apply technology standards that support innovation and interoperability. Whether you are new to the field or already have experience, this expert-led content will guide you step by step.

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Gill Whitney

Description of Activities

 

The standards being developed should cover the requirements of the full range of stakeholders (including users, affected bystanders and manufacturers etc) over the complete lifetime of the product.

 

Fellow's country
United Kingdom
Impact on SMEs (9th Open Call)
My contribution impacts in SMEs in a small but important way. The requirements of consumers with respect to how security information (such as updates or warnings) needs to be presented to end users in a clear, easy to understand and timely manner, without the use of unnecessary, unfamiliar terminology. Many SMEs will have access to or employ Cyber Security experts. They will therefore have similar requirements for information to be presented in a clear, useable, timely and concise way. I have referred to the issue of information to be presented in a useable way in a number of meetings. This is particularly relevant with respect to information impacting purchasing decisions or with reference to security updates.
Impact on society (6th Open Call)
Cybersecurity standards have traditionally focused on the operation of the hardware, software and firmware of the systems. The needs of the human elements have often not been fully considered and negative viewpoints are sometimes heard in cybersecurity standards meeting with respect to untrained and/or vulnerable consumers/end users. By considering and supporting the `human element’ in products with digital elements (an essential element), it is hoped to reduce the potential for harm to the system and also to reduce the harm to the end user. In particular improved communication should reduce the physiological harm caused to the end user when something goes wrong and they think it is their fault. Cybersecurity standards for digital systems can thus be seen to support vulnerable users and to acknowledge that all end users can be vulnerable in specific circumstances
Impact on society (9th Open Call)
My work supports ICT accessibility and digital skills. It did this by promoting the requirements of end users when these people were acting as part of a system involving the use of products with digital elements. These end users will include vulnerable end users. In these systems the end users will be involved in a range of set up and management activities with respect to the digital elements including choosing the products and their application, selecting and maintaining levels of Cybersecurity and making decisions on when the product has reached its end of life.
Products with digital elements include health monitoring and quality of life products which can improve the life and health of the end user, if they fail or become unsafe, they may impact the physical, sensory or cognitive health of the end user. If their operation becomes uncertain, they may cause stress, which impacts the cognitive health of the end user.
By supporting the end users to make sensible decisions when selecting or maintaining a product with digital elements, the followers of the relevant CRA standard will increase the digital skills of the end users. This can be achieved by enabling standards writers to create standards which consider the needs of all end users. The aim of this project was to assist the standard writers to do this.
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Open Call
OC#6 2026
OC#9 2026
Organisation type
Other
Organization
Independent Expert
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Gill Whitney
Proposal Title (6th Open Call)
Contribution to the modification of standards to facilitate their use by manufacturers and writers of associated vertical standards
Proposal Title (9th Open Call)
Using accessibility standards to increase the cybersecurity of the full range of consumers
Standards Development Organisation
ETSI
CEN/CENELEC
StandICT.eu Year
2026
Year
2024
Topic (6th Open Call)
Cybersecurity/Network and Information security
Topic (9th Open Call)
Accessibility of ICT products and services

Antoine Sciberras

Description of Activities


My work aims to rationalise the resulting compliance efforts through a dedicated Technical Report (TR) under ETSI CYBER. This report will help reduce legal ambiguity, support standardisation across sectors, and ensure proportional and efficient compliance.

Fellow's country
Malta
Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)
This project has significant implications for SMEs across the EU. Many of these companies provide ICT services to regulated entities but may lack the resources to navigate complex, overlapping regulatory regimes. By providing a unified interpretation of NIS2 and DORA obligations, the project reduces uncertainty and helps SMEs avoid redundant compliance efforts.
Impact on society (6th Open Call)
Yes. The initiative is centred on the development of a new Technical Report within ETSI CYBER, aimed at clarifying the joint application of NIS2 and DORA. A formal proposal has been submitted and approved as a work item under ETSI CYBER’s work programme.
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Open Call
OC#6 2026
Organisation type
Academia/Research
Organization
University of Malta
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Antoine Sciberras
Proposal Title (6th Open Call)
Contributing to the evolution of ICT standards by providing clarity where EU-level legislation currently creates operational ambiguity
Standards Development Organisation
ISO/IEC
ETSI
StandICT.eu Year
2026
Year
2024
Topic (6th Open Call)
Cybersecurity/Network and Information security

Joachim Koss

Description of Activities

My fellowship contributes to analysing the ICT (IoT) Standards landscape in order to find gaps to be filled by future standardisation work and also to identify existing standards, which manufacturers and service providers of connected products or related services may apply in order for their products being compliant to the new Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (European Data Act).

Fellow's country
Germany
Open Call Topics
IoT Internet of Things
Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)
The Data Act applies to the group of holders of data (not only but also SMEs) acting on the European market irrespective of the place of establishment of those manufacturers and providers.
Impact on society (4th Open Call)
Since the addressed existing or to be developed standards enable particularly semantic interoperability across the IoT, they also provide cross domain and cross-vendor IoT semantic interoperability for exchanging data with common understanding of its meaning. This will become increasingly important as greater quantities of data are generated and shared across the IoT. It opens new market opportunities in the domains of e.g. Healthcare, Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Intelligent Transport Systems, Industrial Automated Systems, and Smart Cities, which depend on collecting and processing data. With that, it directly supports the strong European goal of the “digital single market”.
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Open Call
OC#4 2026
OC#2 2029
Organisation type
IT Consultancy/Development
Organization
Independent principal consultant, JK Consulting and Projects
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Organisation
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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)
EU Data Act - Evaluation and filling of standardisation gaps to satisfy technical provisions of it
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Technical Committee (TC) Smart Machine-to-Machine Communications (SmartM2M)
ETSI TC DATA
Standards Development Organisation
ETSI
Topic
Data interoperability
StandICT.eu Year
2026
2029
Year
2024
2026
Topic (4th Open Call)
IoT Internet of Things

David Artuñedo Guillén

Description of Activities

My contribution has a direct impact in 3GPP Release 19 specifications in the TR 23.946 CAPIF Guidelines. 

 

Open Call Topics
5G and Beyond (6G)
Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)
By adopting CAPIF, following the guidelines that will be created in SA6, European companies will increase their competitiveness making better products, easier to deploy over 5G Networks, improving their interoperability with commercial solutions from vendors that support CAPIF.
Impact on SMEs (8th Open Call)
The new TR will provide Guidelines for SMEs in Europe to develop Applications and Services based in 3GPP SA6 API frameworks. This alignment of OpenCAPIF to the standard is critical to provide European Developers a consistent framework where the 3GPP CAPIF Guidelines will instruct European Developers on how to use CAPIF, and OpenCAPIF as the practical and open source reference implementation for European Developers to use it for Development, Integration and Testing of European Applications for 5G Networks. European companies do have an Open Source implementation of CAPIF to develop Applications and Services compatible with 5G standard API Exposure making their products more competitive.
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LinkedIN
Open Call
OC#4 2026
OC#8 2026
Organization
Telefónica I+D. S.A.u.
Organization website
https://www.telefonica.com/es/
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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)
Participation in SA6 to support CAPIF Guidelines from ETSI OpenCAPIF
Proposal Title (8th Open Call)
Chair of ETSI OpenCAPIF SDG
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Further readings
Role in SDO
chair
Standards Development Organisation
ETSI
3GPP
StandICT.eu Year
2026
Year
2024
Topic (4th Open Call)
5G and Beyond (6G)

Cornelis J.M. Lanting

Fellow's country
Belgium
Open Call Topics
ICT Environmental impact
Impact on SMEs (4th Open Call)
These new standards impact directly SMEs and other organisations that are affected as users of ICT equipment. It can also benefit SMEs deploying the potential of the USB-C with PD power supplies and chargers available on the market. Also SMEs are able introduce their own more intelligent and communicative power supplies and chargers
Impact on SMEs (6th Open Call)
SMEs encompasses users, service providers and developers of ICT equipment and services
All three categories have an interest in bringing down costs while increasing sustainability, reliablility and economic life time, and need guidelines to help them to suport and achieve this
Impact on society (4th Open Call)
Given the EU choice for the USB-C interface for charging and connection, it is now essential to make its use easy, successful and efficient, and reduce the risk of mismatch, unnecessary negative experiences and safety issues. A wide adoption will support the EU's initiative, and will increase the benefits beyond 'just' the Smartphone and Tablet domain, and enter the general rechargeable domain as the preferred standard.
Impact on society (6th Open Call)
This technical report (TR) will provide information and guidance on what is required to apply Circular-Economy Principles (CEP) to ICT equipment, services and usage. Applying Circular-Economy Principles is much more than being a bit Green, e.g. some reduction in the operational power consumption of network equipment.All parties involved, including the users, will have to make contributions to the realisation of CEP.Moreover, this TR is intended to be the basis for a set of standards on the implementation of Circular-Economy Principles to ICT equipment, services and usage.

The targeted impact includes:
increased effective economic life time of products
reduced resource consumption, including energy and scarse materials
better management of usage and recycling of materials, including scarse resources
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LinkedIn
Open Call
OC#4 2026
OC#6 2026
Organisation type
SMEs
Organization
DATSA Belgium
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Proposal Title (4th Open Call)
Adaptive and multiple output power supplies based on USB Type C connector and USB PD support
Proposal Title (6th Open Call)
Contribution to ICT Standardisation for Sustainability and Energy Management of Multi-Service Digital Environments
Role in SDO
convenor
Standards Development Organisation
ETSI
StandICT.eu Year
2026
Year
2024
Topic (4th Open Call)
ICT Environmental impact
Topic (6th Open Call)
ICT Environmental impact
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