Description du projet
Les réseaux non terrestres 5G évoluent vers la 6G
La technologie 5G changera radicalement la manière dont les fournisseurs d’accès internet par satellite offrent leurs services en proposant des vitesses de données plus élevées, une capacité de réseau massive, une latence réduite, une meilleure fiabilité et une plus grande disponibilité. Un écosystème 5G normalisé permettra d’adapter la 5G aux besoins des satellites. Le projet TRANTOR, financé par l’UE, cherchera à développer des solutions innovantes et sûres de gestion des réseaux satellitaires afin d’augmenter les demandes et les capacités de trafic satellitaire hétérogène de manière rentable et très dynamique. Les chercheurs s’intéressent également au développement d’architectures d’accès non terrestres flexibles pour la 6G. L’accent sera mis sur la conception d’une antenne multiorbite et multibande pour l’équipement utilisateur (UE pour «user equipment») du satellite, ainsi que sur le développement d’un équipement de réseau non-terrestre gNodeB (gNB) et UE 5G pour prendre en charge la multiconnectivité.
Objectif
5G mobile networks will be soon fully available, handling all types of applications and providing services to massive number of users. In this complex and dynamic network ecosystem, an optimized end-to-end satellite support is key to manage requirements imposed by multiple vertical industries requiring full global connectivity. The European space sector acknowledged this as a key opportunity to expand its business towards the massive deployment of broadband services, what resulted in standardization efforts to adapt 5G to satellite needs. In this context, the aim of TRANTOR is to perform a significant step forward by paving the path for the 5G NTN evolution towards 6G. To do so, TRANTOR targets the in-orbit validation of a complete satellite value chain involving an automated management of satellite resources across multiple bands, satellites, and orbits, and a converged radio access network. Specifically, at the ground segment, TRANTOR targets the development of novel satellite network management solutions, fully integrated in the 3GPP management framework, which allow the significant scaling up of heterogeneous satellite traffic demands and capacities in a cost-effective, highly dynamic, band and orbit agnostic manner. AI governance will be a main pillar here enabling real time radio resource management across multiple satellite systems for efficiently and trustworthy addressing satellite client needs. In parallel, in the user segment, TRANTOR aims to radically increase the flexibility of access architecture by enabling pre-6G non-terrestrial multi-connectivity. It will be supported by the design of a multi-orbit and multi-band antenna for satellite UEs as well as by the development of gNB and UE 5G NTN equipment able to attend the multi-connectivity needs. Finally, TRANTOR aims to introduce security mechanisms to provide resilience to all types of cyber-threads, specially those emerging from the integrated management and multi-connectivity framework proposed.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
08860 Castelldefels Barcelona
Espagne