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A European Vision for 6G

The "European Vision for the 6G Network Ecosystem" white paper, authored by the 6G-IA Vision Working Group, of which PREDICT-6G is an active member, was published in November 2024.

The paper outlines the ambitious trajectory for developing, standardising, and implementing 6G networks, targeted for a commercial rollout by 2030. As the world prepares for the next leap in communication technology, Europe is a driving force in the future 6G networks, proactively addressing the technological, societal, and sustainability challenges.

What Makes 6G Different?

6G promises to revolutionise how we connect, communicate, and interact with the world around us. Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) will enable smarter and more responsive systems, whilst advanced technologies, such as sensing and communications (ISAC), will allow 6G devices to go beyond mere communication to sense their surroundings for real-time applications such as autonomous driving and healthcare monitoring.

"Sustainable 6G and 6G for sustainability"

6G aims to reduce the environmental impact by improving energy efficiency and incorporating circular economy principles. 6G networks will be sustainable by design while helping other industries reduce their carbon footprints. Addressing the socioeconomic and environmental challenges through advanced connectivity is a priority.

Groundbreaking innovations

Europe’s vision for 6G identifies six key areas of innovation:

• Immersive Experiences: attending meetings or events will feel like being onsite, thanks to augmented and virtual reality powered by ultra-fast, low-latency networks.
• Collaborative Robots (CoBots): robots will work alongside humans in farms, factories or hospitals, using real-time communication and AI to enhance efficiency and safety.
• Surroundings awareness: 6G enables scene analysis, supporting safer and smarter mobility, by avoiding collisions or improving traffic flow.
• Digital Twins: real-time, interactive virtual replicas of physical systems, such as  factories or cities, will enable better monitoring, control, and simulations in real time.
• Ubiquitous Connectivity: 6G aims to connect even the most remote areas, ensuring everyone can access the digital world.
• Trustworthiness: enhanced privacy, security and reliability will enable applications like precision healthcare and public safety.

Europe’s Leadership in 6G Development

The paper stresses the importance of global consensus on 6G standards while acting locally. By combining cutting-edge R&D with a focus on sustainability and inclusivity, Europe aims to lead the global race to 6G while fostering positive impacts across industries and communities.

The journey to 6G is about more than just faster internet speeds. It is about creating smarter, greener, and more inclusive technologies that transform industries and improve lives. As Europe paves the way, the focus remains on collaboration, innovation, and ensuring that 6G serves as a tool for positive change across the globe.

The future of connectivity is closer than you think!

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PREDICT-6G Plenary Meeting at Nokia Bells Lab in Budapest

The premises of Nokia in Budapest were the scenario of the last PREDICT-6G Plenary Meeting. The consortium partners gathered in the Hungarian capital for two days of intense work that would define the next steps for the coming months.

During the 15-16 of October 2024, PREDICT-6G held its latest plenary meeting hosted by Nokia Bells Lab in their Budapest office – Nokia Skypark. The agenda kicked-off with a review of the current status of the project. All the work package coordinators, with the support of the task leaders, presented an overview of their activities and achievements, as well as the upcoming milestones. Partners had the opportunity to provide insightful inputs to progress the planned activities as well as to ensure a smooth alignment amongst them. A dinner organised by the host in a boat in the Danube put the perfect end to the day.

The dedicated discussions around the Data Plane and the Control Plane were the focus on the second day. Furthermore, some new exciting demos were displayed for all attendees. The collaboration of PREDICT-6G with different SDOs and the SNS and 6G-IA working groups, the participation in a number of relevant events and the status of several papers were also addressed.

The Plenary was highly productive, with a positive outcome on the status of the project and a clear roadmap for the next months. It also provided a new chance to continuing to strengthen the collaboration amongst partners. Madrid will be the next stop in January 2025!

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Call for papers: MobiCom 2024

In the scope of the MobiCom 2024 -The Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking- which will be held on the 18-22 of November in Washington DC, DESIRE6G, DETERMINISTIC6G and PREDICT-6G will co-organise the 2nd workshop on 6G Programmable Deterministic Networking with AI (6G-PDN 2). In preparation for the workshop, the projects have launched a call for papers that contribute to the advancement of 6G network research.

The objective of this workshop is to discuss the roadmap and challenges in the technology areas of deterministic communications and deep network programmability in 6G to support future end-to-end time-critical applications. It also aims to bring together academic and industry researchers to stimulate discussions, introduce news ideas and technical solutions in the aforementioned areas and therefore contribute to the progress of 6G networking research.

Submitted papers may cover any of the following topics:

• Programmable data planes for TSN.
• Enhancements towards 6G TSN and DetNet integration.
• Network softwarization for 6G.
• Programmable networking protocols.
• Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures (P4 and others).
• Hardware acceleration for programmable network functions.
• Multitenant data planes.
• Orchestration and management of software-defined deterministic networks.
• Control and management of data plane programmable devices.
• Artificial intelligence for deterministic networks.
• In network machine learning.
• In-network service level tuning and optimization; QoS.
• High precision traffic monitoring/telemetry.
• Service assurance and fulfilment programmability.
• Slicing for 6G.
• Intent-based systems and digital twinning applied in 6G.
• Routing and scheduling algorithms for reliable and real-time IoT.
• Trustworthy edge and cloud computing architectures and services.

Paper Submission deadline is August 15, 2024

You can read all the detailed information here.

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PREDICT-6G's plenary meeting in Antwerp

On the 6th of June, the PREDICT-6G Consortium gathered for its first plenary meeting of 2024 in Antwerp, Belgium. 

Taking advantage of PREDICT-6G's presence at the EuCNC & 6G Summit, which took place in Antwerp from 3-6 June, the consortium decided to hold a one-day plenary meeting. This is the first plenary meeting of 2024, just after the mid-term review of the project with the European Commission and almost a year and a half after the start of the project, a date that undoubtedly marks a turning point between what PREDICT-6G has achieved so far and what we want to achieve by the end of it. 

The meeting was very productive. The consortium reviewed the status of the work packages, with particular emphasis on those that by their technical nature constitute the core of PREDICT-6G. The integration of the feedback received during the mid-term project review was also further discussed, which together with the exchanges in the plenary meeting about various aspects of the work ahead,  yielded a clear roadmap for the last year of the project.

The PREDICT-6G consortium will meet again in the autumn to further advance the common goal of creating a secure, modular, interoperable, and extensible 6G deterministic network.

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PREDICT-6G attends the ICC 2024

The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2024, focused on “Scaling the Peaks of Global Communications”, took place on 9-13 June 2024 in Denver, Colorado, United States of America. 

PREDICT-6G was at the "Edge Learning Over 5G Mobile Networks and Beyond" workshop, which featured two notable keynotes. Aylin Yener, professor at Ohio University, focused on how the Wireless Medium can be exploited to improve Federated Learning, whilst Julien Forgeat, from Ericsson, shared valuable insights into research directions on Distributed Learning from an industry perspective.

Ericsson delivered another interesting presentation focusing on  Multi-task Learning for AI-native Radio Access Network. The other presentations primarily focused on Federated Learning, covering some relevant aspects such as model selection, model aggregation and Over-the-Air computation. 

Giuseppe Di Giacomo, from Politecnico di Torino (POLITO), presented the paper “Generosity Pays Off: A Game-Theoretic Study of Cooperation in Decentralized Learning". This  research, which introduces an incentive mechanism for cooperation in Decentralized Learning, was orthogonal to such works, which still highlighted the need to address the challenge of incentivizing cooperation. During the event, di Giacomo also had the opportunity to engage in stimulating discussions with other PhD students and researchers about the future of Decentralized Learning.

The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) is one of two IEEE Communications Society’s flagship conferences (ICC and Globecom). Each year, close to 2,000 attendees from the industry and academia attend IEEE ICC to learn about the latest research and innovations in communications and networking technology, share ideas and best practices, and collaborate on future projects.

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The “6G Programmable Deterministic Webinar Series: Architectural Enhancements for 6G Programmable and Deterministic Networks”

The “6G Programmable Deterministic Webinar Series'' was launched on the 14 of June 2024, a collaborative initiative between PREDICT-6G, DESIRE6G, and DETERMINISTIC6G. This quarterly series aims to explore the intricate and transformative aspects of these sister projects, featuring expert speakers who will discuss the latest developments and innovations shaping the future of 6G technology. Each session provides in-depth information and fosters key discussions for practitioners and researchers dedicated to the next generation of wireless communications.

The first webinar, titled "Architectural Enhancements for 6G Programmable and Deterministic Networks" featured Peter Szilagyi from Nokia, Chrysa Papagianni from the University of Amsterdam, Joachim Sachs from Ericsson, and Gourav Prateek Sharma from KTH. This was followed by a panel discussion on the topic. The event saw over 120 registrations, with lively participation from attendees during the presentations and the discussion panel.

You can watch the full workshop here.

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PREDICT-6G celebrates the Citizen Science Month

Determinism, 6G, reliability or predictability are just some of the words at the core of PREDICT-6G work. Setting a common understanding on these concepts is therefore essential to efficiently communicate about the different activities carried out by the project team, inviting the participation of the community as well as the society at large into the research.

With this in mind, PREDICT-6G joined the Citizen Science Month with a social media campaign shedding light on some of the most common concepts used in the project. During April 2024, there were various publications explaining the meaning of the keywords that have come to constitute the shared vocabulary of the PREDICT-6G team. 

The engagement of the community with the campaign was highly positive, including several remarks about the value of contributing to set a common ground to speak about deterministic networks.

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PREDICT-6G presents at the Architecture WG

Continuing PREDICT-6G’s ambition to contribute to the different SNS-related Working Groups, José Luis Cárcel, R&D Engineer at the Smart Networks & Services unit of Eviden and member of the project, delivered a presentation in the last meeting of the Architecture WG, held on the 1 of March 2024.

The presentation provided an overview of PREDICT-6G System Architecture, describing the set of technologies and services integrated across the two main architectural planes - the Multi-Domain multi-technology data plane (MDP) and the and AI-driven inter-domain control plane (AICP) - to achieve determinism. 

The Working Groups offer a space to present the progress achieved whilst opening rich discussions amongst experts. These insights and feedback are extremely valuable to validate the developments of PREDICT-6G and help to define the next steps.

You can read the presentation here.

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