Objective EXIGENCE is committed to reducing the overall energy consumption and carbon-footprint of ICT service delivery. Contrary to existing approaches, which address individual domains, EXIGENCE takes on the behemoth by improving the energy consumption and considering the type of energy sources used by not only the individual tenants in each heterogeneous domain of the ICT value chain but the energy/carbon footprint of the entire ICT ecosystem.The project will conceive a system and define suitable metrics and inter-domain data exposure means for assessing end-to-end ICT service delivery. The insights from this work will be formulated as pivotal sustainability requirements and brought into authoritative standardization bodies (3GPP and ETSI) so as to shape the emerging next-generation mobile system (6G).We conceive a functional architecture encompassing all stakeholders and translate this into suitable interfaces, metrics and mechanisms to enable energy metering during service delivery at each tenant level and aggregate these readings into an overall ICT service energy metric, which we make available to all participants. We provide suitable optimisations techniques for each individual tenant. To further improve energy efficiency during the end-to-end ICT service delivery, we devise incentive-compatible user involvement mechanisms. Overall, EXIGENCE commits to reducing the energy consumption/carbon footprint of ICT services by a factor of three for typical services (e.g. video streaming), by a factor of five for challenging services (e.g. NPN), and bringing the CO2e to Zero for some realistic use cases that will be studied in the project.With a prototype of the conceived system, we validate the developed solutions to demonstrate the achieved improvements. The outcomes and insights derived from the project will be disseminated at suitable venues and further used to influence the burgeon of the 6G system with participation in relevant standardisation efforts. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunications Keywords energy consumption carbon footprint next-generation mobile telecommunications (6G) system architecture Programme(s) HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023-STREAM-B-01-01 - System Architecture Call for proposal HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions Coordinator F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED Net EU contribution € 283 106,25 Address WORK HUB 77 CAMDEN STREET D02 XE80 LOWER DUBLIN Ireland See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes 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 Total cost € 314 562,50 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all TELEFONICA INNOVACION DIGITAL SL Spain Net EU contribution € 320 625,00 Address RONDA DE LA COMUNICACION S/N EDIFICO CENTRAL 28050 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 Total cost € 356 250,00 INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES Portugal Net EU contribution € 439 000,00 Address CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO 3810 193 Gloria E Vera Cruz See on map 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 Total cost € 439 000,00 ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON Greece Net EU contribution € 319 250,00 Address 6 CHRISTOU LADA STR 10561 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών 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 Total cost € 319 250,00 NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO Netherlands Net EU contribution € 671 750,00 Address ANNA VAN BUERENPLEIN 1 2595 DA Den Haag See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage 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 Total cost € 671 750,00 INTERNET INSTITUTE, COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING LTD Slovenia Net EU contribution € 454 050,00 Address CRNA VAS 128 1000 Ljubljana 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 Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska 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 Total cost € 504 500,00 ATOS IT SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES IBERIA SL Spain Net EU contribution € 326 137,50 Address RONDA DE EUROPA 5 28760 Tres Cantos 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 Total cost € 362 375,00 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES DUESSELDORF GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 429 075,00 Address HANSAALLEE 205 40549 Dusseldorf See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, 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 Total cost € 476 750,00 ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS - RESEARCH CENTER Greece Net EU contribution € 321 125,00 Address KEFALLINIAS STREET 46 11251 Athens See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type 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 Total cost € 321 125,00 DETECON INTERNATIONAL GMBH Germany Net EU contribution € 420 012,00 Address BAYENWERFT 12-14 50678 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, 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 Total cost € 466 680,00