Project description
5G: Versatile support of diverse verticals
In the rapid evolution towards 5G and the anticipation of 6G, vertical industries such as connected and automated mobility (CAM) face significant challenges. While 5G promises to expand capabilities beyond mere connectivity, certain verticals like CAM encounter hurdles due to specific and stringent requirements. Besides, despite the modular architecture of 5G, configuring networks and devices to meet these demands remains a time-consuming manual process, hindering 5G adoption and innovation. In this context, the EU-funded ENVELOPE project will reimagine the 5G architecture, providing tailored interfaces and dynamic network (re-)configuration. With three trial sites across Greece, Italy and the Netherlands, ENVELOPE promises to enhance CAM services and pave the way for seamless integration of verticals across the board.
Objective
5G adv. and 6G aim to expand the set of supported verticals and provide enhanced capabilities beyond connectivity. 5G CAM vertical services are a broad range of services in and around vehicles, including both safety-related and other services enabled or supported by 5G. 5GS has been built as a modular architecture to support any vertical running on top in a vertical-agnostic manner. However, it is realized that certain verticals (like CAM) have specific and strict requirements. Although significant progress has been made in supporting verticals, the corresponding necessary configuration of the network and end-devices is a time-consuming manual process that requires tight coordination at technical and business levels across the verticals, the vendors, the network operator, and even the end-users. This hinders not only the greater adoption of 5GS but also the uptake of novel CAM UCs and the modernization of existing ones that require a tighter integration with the underlying network. The main objective of ENVELOPE is to advance and open up the reference 5G adv. architecture, and also to transform it into a vertical-oriented with the necessary interfaces tailored to the CAM UCs that i) expose network capabilities to verticals, ii) provide vertical-information to the network; iii) enable verticals to dynamically request and modify certain network aspects in an open, transparent and easy to use, semi-automated way. ENVELOPE aims to deliver 3 large-scale B5G trial sites in Italy, Netherlands and Greece for CAM services and beyond, implementing functionalities tailored to the CAM services and advanced exposure capabilities. Although focused on the CAM vertical, the resulting developments will be reusable by any vertical. The ENVELOPE architecture will serve as an envelope that can cover, accommodate and support any type of vertical services. The applicability of ENVELOPE capabilities will be demonstrated via the project CAM UCs and via at least 9 open call projects.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-JU-IA - HORIZON JU Innovation ActionsCoordinator
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Participants (22)
20063 Cernusco Sul Naviglio Mi
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20123 Milano
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10138 Torino
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56122 Pisa
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10152 TORINO
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10122 Torino
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151 24 MAROUSSI
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15341 Agia Paraskevi
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161 21 Kaisairiani
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92360 Meudon La Foret
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2595 DA Den Haag
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3072 AP Rotterdam
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5657 BX Eindhoven
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7252 ATTALA
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70563 Stuttgart
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45141 Essen
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151 25 Maroussi
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08006 Barcelona
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20009 Donostia San Sebastian
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1050 BRUXELLES
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2322 Nicosia
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8008 Strassen
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