6G-TWIN NEWSLETTER #1
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the 6G-TWIN project newsletter! 6G-TWIN is an ambitious Horizon Europe SNS JU project that aims to develop an AI-native reference architecture for 6G systems using Network Digital Twins (NDT) to accelerate the evolution of next-generation mobile networks !
6G-TWIN seeks to legerage the Network Digital Twin (NDT) concept to create dynamic, real-time replicas of network environments. These NDTs will enable advanced AI-driven optimisation, predictive maintenance, and rapid response to network conditions, ensuring the sustainability, resilience, and adaptability of 6G networks.
In a few numbers, 6G-TWIN is a €4.2M research initiative that will run for 3 years (2024-2026), with a consortium of 11 partners from 8 Member States and associated countries. The project will deliver 2 demonstrators, produce 21 public deliverables, and and target ambitious KPIs related for instance to energy efficiency or AI/ML.
In this first newsletter, explore our initial scientific publications and get updates on the latest events where we had the chance to contribute. Don’t forget to follow us on LinkedIn and X to stay up-to-date with our progress!
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Why 6G bring the WOW factor?
Watch our coordinator Sébastien Faye from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), to discover how 6G-TWIN will create digital network twins to test and perfect 6G before it even hits the streets.
Our partner R2M Solution contributed to the ETSI 2024 Security Conference, ETSI’s annual flagship event on cybersecurity, taking place from 14 to 17 October 2024 in Sophia Antipolis, France. This year’s event covered topics such as AI – Impacts of Regulation on Zero Trust and Consumer Devices, Societal Impact of Technology, Fraud, Security and Standards Convergence, 5G to 6G, Privacy and Encryption Technologies, Transport, Public Safety, and Critical Communications, and Consumer Verticals.
6G-TWIN was proud to be represented at the 15th IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference #IEEEVNC taking place in Kobe, Japan, from May 29th to 31st, 2024, alongside LIST and TU Dresden.
The IEEE VNC is the primary venue for experts interested in cooperative and autonomous driving, as well as vehicular communication at large. It serves as a platform to discuss challenges and brainstorm future exploration in the foundations, technologies, and applications of vehicular communication networks. The perfect place to discuss 6G-TWIN’s first use-case!
The energy efficiency of future 6G mobile networks and the built environment are interconnected through various factors such as infrastructure deployment, network optimisation, smart technologies, and urban planning strategies. Efforts to improve energy efficiency in one area can positively impact the other, contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly urban ecosystem.
6G-TWIN organised a workshop at the Sustainable Places conference (23-25 Sept. 2024, Luxembourg) which convened six other EU-funded projects to discuss and explore the intersection of sustainability and 6G mobile networks, addressing the pressing need to integrate environmental considerations into the design, deployment, and operation of future wireless communication systems.
We are proud to be featured in the newest edition of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) 2024 journal.
This second issue presents call2 projects which were launched early 2024 and gives a flavour of call1 projects’ first achievements after one year of operation.
All SNS projects have contributed to the successful start of Europe’s 6G journey and to the establishment of strong foundation for further EU-based technological advancements.
Our project made a significant contribution at the EuCNC & 6G Summit, which took place in Antwerp, Belgium. The event was an opportunity to present our project, its overall objectives and ambition, and also to focus on its first use case: “Teleoperated driving demonstrator”.
Several 6G-TWIN partners, including LIST, IMEC, and Accelleran, actively participated by distributing project leaflets and networking with other EU-funded projects within the SNS JU community.
VIAVI Solutions CTO, Sameh Yamany, delivered a keynote speech at the IEEE ICC conference, painting a vision of digital twin technologies at the heart of next-generation communications.
He explained how 6G-TWIN is working towards realizing that goal by defining the architectures and models needed to develop digital twins as enablers in operational networks to deliver teleoperated driving and energy-saving use cases.
Our coordinator Sébastien Faye delivered a speech about the myths and realities of 6G during a side event of MyConnectivity G.I.E., organised as part of the inaugural edition of Nexus2050 Luxembourg.
Chris Murphy delivered a keynote on digital twin to IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (Meditcom), in Madrid.
Chris discussed the need for disruptive techniques to deliver the 6G drivers, how digital twin is already delivering for the telecommunication industry and the many ways that this will evolve in the future.
Chris closed his talk with some material on 6G-TWIN and how this is already laying the foundation for digital twin to empower the operational networks with a focus on reactive and predictive network digital twin to enable tele-operated driving and energy saving use cases.
Discover our first research publications.
These papers cover topics such as optimizing radio resource allocation, integrating AI orchestration in 6G systems, and leveraging Network Digital Twins for improved performance in future mobile networks. From computational efficiency in deep learning for 5G to teleoperated driving in 6G, these contributions highlight our progress toward building the AI-native 6G architecture.