Future mobile networks and connectivity systems will require ultra-high speed and seamless performance for a huge number of connected devices and applications. Higher frequencies, and more specifically the TeraHertz range (0.1 THz – 10 THz) is seen as one of the promising way to address these requirements. But today, many fundamental scientific and technological challenges are still to be explored and overcome.

At the same time, allocation of the bands for THz communication is not yet done. It is thus also important to start, as early as possible, the identification of candidate bands which will be optimal from a technological point of view, while at the same time answering to the needs in the most promising and highly desirable verticals applications and use cases.

This 2nd workshop (being organised by the ICT-09-2017 Cluster) aims at bringing together key actors currently working on, or having interest, in THz communications in order to explore future R&I plans for beyond 5G. The main goal of the workshop will be to have an overview of the current state of the art of the research in this area, to discuss the main challenges still to be explored, to highlight key research directions for future R&I actions and to share opinions on the foreseen frequency bands which could be good candidates to be supported by the EU in the global allocation exercise.

Preliminary agenda:

Plenary Session: Toward THz Communications
Introduction to the ICT-09-2017 Cluster
Dr. Alan Davy; Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland

EC perspective on the challenges of THz communications
TBA; European Commission

European flagship on THz science and technology-TERAFLAG
Dr.-Ing Yaning Zou; TU Dresden, Germany

Recent Japanese developments on THz communications
Prof. Tadao Nagatsuma; Osaka University, Japan

Terahertz wireless communications: a photonics perspective
Prof. Daniel Mittleman; New York University, USA

Session 1: THz Communication Electronic and Photonic Components and Systems
Photonic approaches to THz communications
Prof. Guillaume Ducournau; University of Lille, France

ULTRAWAVE – Technology for D-band Point to multipoint distribution; Prof. Claudio Paoloni; University of Lancaster, UK

DREAM – D-band Radio solution Enabling up to 100 Gbps reconfigurable Approach for Meshed beyond 5G networks; Dr. Vladimir Ermolov; VTT, Finland

Session 2: THz Communication Networks, Protocols and Architectures and User Cases
Opening the THz-spectrum for communication for 5G and beyond
Dr. Wolfgang Templ; Nokia Bell Labs, Germany

EPIC – Enabling Practical Wireless Tb/s Communications with Next Generation Channel Coding; Dr. Onur Sahin; InterDigital, UK

TERRANOVA – Terabit/s Wireless Connectivity by TeraHertz innovative technologies to deliver Optical Network Quality of Experience in Systems beyond 5G; Prof. Angeliki Alexiou; University of Piraeus, Greece

THz Communication Networks, Protocols and Architectures and User Cases; Dr. Yinggang Li; Ericsson, Sweden

Session 3: THz Communication Spectrum and Physical Layer
Standards aspects of THz communications
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Kürner; TU Braunschweig, Germany

WORTECS – Wireless Optical/Radio TErabit CommunicationS
Dr. Mir Ghoraishi; PureLifi, UK

End user perspective on THz communication spectrum and physical layer; Dr. Petr Jurčík; Deutsche Telekom, Czech Republic