A total of 27 European projects are benefitting from this funding boost, one of which is the 6G-TWIN project led by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).
Selected by the European Commission’s Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), these 27 research, innovation and trial projects represent a significant step forward for the advancement of 6G, smart networks and associated services.
Commencing in 2024, the projects are part of the EU’s goal of building “first-class 6G technology capacities across Europe” and international standardisation efforts.
One of these 27 projects is LIST’s 6G-TWIN project which will play an important role in shaping the future of 6G wireless communication in Europe. As more and more industries digitalise, efficient communication and computing services are becoming top priorities.
“Networks are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring a large variety of technologies to operate. With 6G, which is now on the horizon for around 2030, it is essential to design, experiment and standardize new network architectures with more intelligence and automation – which is what we will be proposing in this project,” explains Sébastien Faye, 6G-TWIN Project Coordinator.
AI-native networks
European 6G roadmaps prioritize an AI-native management system for such networks and require these to be sustainable, energy-efficient, and adaptable to various services and business cases.
The 6G-TWIn project will explore the concept of Network Digital Twinning (NDT) – creating a real-time digital replica of the physical network infrastructure – which will allow them to train models and test different scenarios before deploying them on physical networks.
“6G will enable real-time interaction between physical networks and these digital copies, with the aim of optimizing various parameters, anticipating failures, improving energy efficiency and so on,” explains Sébastien.
The project has already garnered multiple partners, among which Proximus Luxembourg with whom LIST has already signed a collaborative agreement. With a total budget of €4m over three years, this project is an exciting opportunity for LIST and the Luxembourg ecosystem.
