Project description DEENESFRITPL Future 6G created by user-centric AI 5G cellular technology is already up and running, increasing speed and improving flexibility of wireless services. The next step is to design new disruptive technologies enabling mixed-reality, super-physical experiences in 6G systems. This could be made possible using digital twins, seamlessly connecting and controlling physical or biological entities. The EU-funded CENTRIC project proposes to design the future 6G by creating the user-centric AI Air Interface. It will leverage AI techniques to provide a top-down modular approach to wireless connectivity that focuses on users' communication needs and environmental limitations. CENTRIC will be crucial for future self-driving vehicles, the internet of nano bio-things or multi-sensory holographic communications. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective CENTRIC proposes to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques through a top-down, modular approach to wireless connectivity that puts the users’ communication needs and environmental constraints at the center of the network stack design. It all starts with the users’ objectives and application-specific requirements. Then, AI techniques are used to create and customize tailor-made waveforms, transceivers, signaling, protocols and RRM procedures to support these requirements. This is the user-centric AI Air Interface (AI-AI) that CENTRIC will enable. To guarantee that CENTRIC’s AI-AI can be implemented in practice, we will also explore and develop innovative hardware computing substrates with realistic and AI-AI-compatible energy-efficiency properties. This includes novel electronics such as neuromorphic computing and mixed analog-digital platforms. CENTRIC will make this possible by advancing theory, algorithms, hardware co-design, and training and monitoring environments based on digital twins. We will focus on providing the desired quality of experience (QoE) to a given user, or type of users, while optimizing spectrum usage, minimizing energy consumption and guaranteeing EMF compliance. The results of CENTRIC will be validated and demonstrated in laboratory prototypes and its breakthroughs will enable future 6G use-cases, such as self-driving vehicles, the internet of nano bio-things, or multi-sensory holographic communications. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehiclesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternet Keywords 6G AI Air Interface wireless waveforms transceivers protocols semiconductor digital twin hardware co-design Programme(s) HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022-STREAM-B-01-02 - Wireless Communication Technologies and Signal Processing Call for proposal HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions Coordinator EURESCOM-EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC STUDIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS GMBH Net EU contribution € 525 375,00 Address Wieblinger weg 19/4 69123 Heidelberg Germany See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 58 375,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all NOKIA NETWORKS FRANCE France Net EU contribution € 363 120,75 Address Site nokia paris saclay 12 rue jean bart 91300 Massy See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Essonne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 40 346,75 AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 600 000,00 Address Fredrik bajers vej 7k 9220 Aalborg See on map Region Danmark Nordjylland Nordjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 NVIDIA GmbH Germany Net EU contribution € 648 000,00 Address Adenauer strasse 20 a4 52146 Wuerselen See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 72 000,00 CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI Italy Net EU contribution € 362 500,00 Address Viale g. p. usberti 181a 43124 Parma See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Parma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. 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CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy Net EU contribution € 70 691,25 Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 1,00 SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS SA France Net EU contribution € 364 500,00 Address 15-55 boulevard charles de gaulle les portes de la defense 92700 Colombes See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 40 500,00 OULUN YLIOPISTO Finland Net EU contribution € 370 000,00 Address Pentti kaiteran katu 1 90014 Oulu See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES SPAIN SL Spain Net EU contribution € 524 812,00 Address Ctra nacional vi km 18,200 28230 Las rozas de madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 58 313,00 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS GMBH &CO KG Germany Net EU contribution € 387 000,00 Address Werinherstrasse 91 81541 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 43 000,00 Partners (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all SYNTHARA AG Switzerland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Dammstrasse 16 6300 Zug See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zentralschweiz Zug Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 INTERDIGITAL EUROPE LTD United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 64 great eastern street EC2A 3QR London See on map Region London Inner London — East Hackney and Newham Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
