Project description
Network Digital Twins for AI-based 6G Architectures
An AI-native reference architecture for 6G systems has the potential to streamline operations, enhance productivity, and ensure reliable performance at scale. In this context, the EU-funded 6G-TWIN project aims to establish such an architecture by leveraging Network Digital Twins (NDT) for real-time control of complex network scenarios. The project will develop modelling and simulation solutions to create multi-layered virtual representations of 6G systems, accommodating heterogeneous domains and communication technologies. Additionally, it will demonstrate solutions addressing challenges related to mobility and energy efficiency in two specific use cases. The involvement of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the project will ensure their participation in replication, reengineering, and exploitation of project outcomes, thus fostering broader industry adoption and impact.
Objective
The overarching objective of 6G-TWIN is to provide the foundation for the design, implementation and validation of an AI-native reference architecture for 6G systems that incorporates Network Digital Twins (NDT) as a core mechanism for the end-to-end, real-time optimisation, management and control of highly dynamic and complex network scenarios. To achieve this objective, 6G-TWIN will deliver methods, modelling and simulation solutions for the definition, creation and management of multi-layered virtual representations of future 6G systems, where heterogeneous domains (i.e. edge, fog and cloud) and communication technologies (e.g. cellular, optical and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)) coexist. The project solutions will be demonstrated in two complementary use cases addressing mobility and energy-efficiency challenges, aligned with the expected use cases of 6G and the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) defined in previously funded projects (including SNS JU STREAM-C/D-2022). Finally, the participation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) will ensure that the 6G-TWIN consortium pays particular attention to the replication, reengineering and exploitation of the project outcomes, regularly aligning the requirements of standardisation bodies with predicted market needs.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
4362 Esch Sur Alzette
Luxembourg