InterDigital, Inc., a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the European H2020 5G Public Private Partnership infrastructure project, XHAUL, commenced on July 1, 2015. A European Union 5GPPP consortium has begun work, which will stretch over a projected 30-month period, to develop a 5G integrated backhaul and fronthaul transport network, with the goal to flexibly and dynamically interconnect the 5G radio access and core network functions.