Descrizione del progetto
Reti non terrestri 5G in evoluzione verso il 6G
La tecnologia 5G cambierà drasticamente il modo in cui i fornitori di Internet via satellite erogano servizi, offrendo velocità dati più elevate, una capacità di rete massiccia, una latenza ridotta, una maggiore affidabilità e una maggiore disponibilità. Un ecosistema 5G standardizzato consentirà di adattare il 5G alle esigenze dei satelliti. Il progetto TRANTOR, finanziato dall’UE, cercherà di sviluppare soluzioni nuove e sicure per la gestione delle reti satellitari in grado di crescere insieme alle esigenze e capacità di traffico satellitare eterogeneo in modo economico e altamente dinamico. I ricercatori puntano anche a sviluppare architetture flessibili di accesso 6G non terrestri. L’attenzione si concentrerà sulla progettazione di un’antenna multi-orbitale e multi-banda per l’apparecchiatura utente satellitare, nonché sullo sviluppo di apparecchiature di rete non terrestre gNodeB (gNB) e utente satellitare 5G a supporto della multi-connettività.
Obiettivo
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.
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- 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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