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TRials supported by Smart Networks beyond 5G

Project description

6G technologies and their potential to transform urban ecosystems

The emergence of 5G and the upcoming Beyond 5G and 6G communication technologies have the potential to revolutionise multiple sectors. The EU-funded TrialsNet project plans to conduct large-scale trials aimed at implementing novel 6G applications that utilise cutting-edge technologies like the Internet of Senses and massive twinning. These could have a significant impact on the management and improvement of urban ecosystems throughout Europe. The potential benefits of these applications are numerous. They could improve health and emergency infrastructures, streamline transportation, enhance safety and security and even grow tourist and cultural attractions. Overall, this will help improve user acceptance of 6G technologies and increase data on their operation.

Objective

TrialsNet will deploy full large-scale trials to implement a heterogenous and comprehensive set of innovative 6G applications based on various technologies such as cobots, metaverse, massive twinning, Internet of Senses, and covering three relevant domains of the urban ecosystems in Europe identified by i) Infrastructure, Transportation, Security & Safety, ii) eHealth & Emergency, and iii) Culture, Tourism & Entertainment. There will be 13 representative use cases developed over wide coverage areas with the involvement of extended sets of real users in 4 geographical clusters, in Italy, Spain, Greece and Romania. The use cases will be transversal, each single use case will be potentially implementable over different clusters, thus allowing for a holistic evaluation of the network KPIs.
Targeting to improve the “liveability” of the urban environment in the different domains, TrialsNet will also pursue the objective to i) understand where current networks are not sufficient to assure the performance needed by the use cases, and to ii) derive the new requirements for next generation mobile networks. To achieve this, TrialsNet will design and deploy platforms and network solutions with advanced functionalities based on dynamic slicing management, E2E orchestration, NFV, MEC and AI/ML methods to be trialled on 3GPP and O-RAN network architectures. Design objectives of sustainability and affordability of the deployed systems will be also treated with the highest priority.
Finally, TrialsNet will also develop appropriate technical assessment frameworks mapping quantitative and qualitative measures and visualizing the dynamics of the use cases for society acceptance. Proper KVIs will be monitored, proved and refined to provide a socio-technical vision towards early adoption of 6G solutions.

Coordinator

ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA
Net EU contribution
€ 1 014 037,50
Address
VIA ANAGNINA 203
00118 Roma
Italy

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Region
Centro (IT) Lazio Roma
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost
€ 1 448 625,00

Participants (27)

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