SNS JU July 2024 Newsflash

SNS Webinar “SNS-OPS Questionnaire Results of Call 1 & 2 SNS Projects”

On 27 June 2024, took place the Webinar “SNS-OPS Questionnaire Results of Call 1 & 2 SNS Projects”.

The SNS-OPS Coordination & Support Action project, tasked with supporting the projects’ work and promoting the key messages of the SNS Joint Undertaking, has conducted an extensive survey during the first semester of 2024 to obtain additional information about each project’s technical aspects, vision, approach and achievements.

The goal of this survey was to understand better the work planned to be performed in each call 2 project, the combined challenges with Call 2 projects, and the progress achieved so far by Call 1 projects.

The questionnaire highlighted the excellent performance and achievements of the 35 Call 1 SNS projects, with numerous contributions to events, publications and technological advances.

The 2024 Interactive Map of the Running SNS Projects is out

The SNS Technical Board has issued its 2024 interactive map of running projects. Click and discover the running SNS projects, and their technologies and network domains through this link.

The SNS Standard Tracker Online Platform is out

The 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) Pre-Standardization Working Group in collaboration with the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) Research and Innovation projects and the SNS-OPS CSA project are proud to present the Standards Tracker online platform.

The Standards Tracker online platform is designed to help researchers in the SNS JU R&I community navigate the 5G/6G standardisation landscape, understand the timing, methods, and rationale for their contributions, and stay updated with relevant news from standardisation committees. By providing a comprehensive view of key stakeholders and contributions, the Standards Tracker supports the development of a European standardisation roadmap, aligning with the goals of the SNS JU Office and supporting vertical industries with technical requirements.

The SNS JU shared it First Annual Activity Report (AAR) with the European Institutions

On 1 July 2024, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) shared its first Annual Activity Report (AAR) with the European Institutions.

The AAR is an important document as it contains the SNS JU achievements over 2023.

Indeed, 2023 marked important milestones for the Smart Networks and Services Community and the Joint Undertaking. The SNS JU became a financially autonomous EU body and demonstrated continued commitment to delivering on Europe’s ambitions with regard to technological advancement and leadership, anchored in partnership between the European Commission, the 6G Industry Association and collaboration with Member States, international partners and a broad base of stakeholders. The SNS JU has made good progress towards its key objectives, and the European research and innovation initiative towards a full 6G system has advanced to its second phase.

2nd consultation on the SNS Working Programme 2025 Draft V2.0 Released to 6G-IA Members

On 22 July 2024, the SNS Working Programme draft V2.0 was released to 6G-IA members, the second consultation on this draft runs from 23 July to 30 August 2024.

6G4Society Citizen Survey

The 6G4Society project is a Coordination and Support Action aimed at ensuring that societal and sustainable values are properly embedded into the development of 6G technology, bringing a sociological perspective to technological development.

Two of 6G4Society’s goals are to understand aspects influencing public acceptance of 6G and to engage the public to build social acceptance of the new generation technology. To do so, the project launched in May 2024 its Citizen Survey, a unique opportunity for European citizens to share their experiences and opinions about current 5G technology and the upcoming transition to 6G. The aim of the Citizen Survey is to gather this input to guide European Union policymakers and technology providers toward developing more inclusive and sustainable communication networks.

The survey only takes 7 minutes to complete, and it’s available in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.

IEEE MEDITCOM 2024

IEEE MeditCom 2024 took place in Madrid, Spain on 8-11 July 2024. IEEE MeditCom is the conference of the IEEE Communications Society serving the Mediterranean area and surrounding countries. It gathers visionary researchers in academia and industry from all over the world to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. IEEE MeditCom features a comprehensive and timely technical program, addressing the hottest topics in the areas of communications and networking.

The paper related to VERGE work titled “XAI-driven Model Design for Resource Utilization Forecasting in Cloud-native 6G Networks” by L. Liatsas, G. Kibalya, A. Antonopoulos was presented in the conference.

The SNS JU phase 2 project 6G-TWIN was introduced by Chris Murphy (VIAVI Solution) during its keynote. 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.

Berlin 6G Conference 2024

The Annual Networking Event of the German 6G Program – organized by the 6G Platform Germany happened at the Berlin Congress Center (BCC), on 2-4 July 2024.

The progress of Hexa-X-II has been highlighted during a talk titled “Update from Hexa-X-II and 6G Design Principles”.

The event has been the occasion for OPTI-6G to published its first flyer resuming the project overview, challenges and objectives.

International Conference on Transparent Optical Network 2024

The National Institute of Telecommunications, former Department of Transmission and Optical Technologies in Warsaw, together with DEI – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione of Politecnico di Bari, and the IEEE Photonics Society Poland Chapter organised the 24^th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks ICTON 2024 in Bari, Italy on 14-18 July 2024. The scope of the Conference and co-located events is focused on the applications of transparent and all-optical technologies in telecommunications, computing, sensing, and quantum applications.

The SEASON project co-organised with ALLEGRO EU the Women in Telecommunication and Optical Networks (WeInTel) workshop.

DESIRE6G was represented at the event through the demonsstration of Andrea Sgambelluri on “Augmented Reality App with AI-based Pervasive Latency Monitoring of RAN and Programmable Metro Packet-Optical Networks”.

Luis Miguel Contreras from Telefonica presented the paper “Reliability in deterministic networks: Comparison of FRER (TSN) and PREOF (DetNet)”, related to the research carried out within PREDICT-6G.

INTERACT 5th Training School: AI/ML for 6G Communication Networks (and Beyond)

The “AI/ML for 6G Communication Networks (and Beyond)” Training School took place on 1^st July 2024 in Barcelona, Spain at the premises of the Centre Tecnològic de Telecommunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC).

The training school covered a selection of topics about AI and ML for 6G communications networks, featuring keynote and tutorial lectures by renowned researchers from academia and industry, focused presentations on recent advances in these research fields and hands-on sessions.

Webinar promoting joint White Paper on the role of 6G in agriculture

The NCSR Demokritos Summer School 2024, held for the 59^th year took place on 8-12 July 2024 in Athens, Greece.

The event focused on Information Technology and telecommunications, Nanotechnology and Modern Materials, Energy, and Environment Safety, providing a dynamic platform for researchers and postgraduate students to exchange insights, forge new partnerships, and explore cutting-edge innovations.

The Front Research Group of NCSRD actively engaged researchers and postgraduate students in discussions about SUNRISE-6G and SAFE-6G objectives and 6G experimentation during the event’s poster session.

Dr. Harilaos Koumaras, head of FRONT Research Group and Leader of Athens 6G testbed, stated: “We had the opportunity to share SUNRISE-6G and SAFE-6G’s visions for 6G experimentation with young researchers and postgraduate students, who need access to 6G experimentation testbeds for performing their research. SUNRISE-6G and SAFE-6G, as pan-European federated B5G/6G experimentation facilities, can meet this need by offering applied testing and experimentation.”

Maria Christopoulou, PRIVATEER‘s Technical Manager, gave a talk on “Privacy-first Security Enablers for 6G Networks”. Maria presented aspects of privacy-first approaches to 6G security and shared on-going activities within PRIVATEER, focusing on the development of security enablers and the Release A of the PRIVATEER Framework.

IEEE Global Communications Conference 2024 – Call for Papers

The 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 8-12 December 2024. Themed “Intelligent Communications for Shared Prosperity” this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 13 symposia and a variety of tutorials and workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2024 will also include an attractive Industry program, with keynotes and panels from prominent research, industry and government leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits.

IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) is one of the IEEE Communications Society’s two flagship conferences dedicated to driving innovation in nearly every aspect of communications. Each year, more than 3000 scientific researchers and their management submit proposals for program sessions to be held at the annual conference. After extensive peer review, the best of the proposals are selected for the conference program, which includes technical papers, tutorials, workshops and industry sessions designed specifically to advance technologies, systems and infrastructure that are continuing to reshape the world and provide all users with access to an unprecedented spectrum of high-speed, seamless and cost-effective global telecommunications services.

Workshop on Open Research Infrastructures and Toolkits for 6G (OPENRIT6G) – Call for Papers

The topics include but are not limited to:

• Advanced wireless networking experimentation/ Testing Smart/intelligent infrastructure operation and management/ Design and validation of new Edge/Cloud/Open RAN and Core Infrastructures for different Vertical needs/ Methodology for designing and operating scientific instruments

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Deadline: 5 August 2024
• Paper Acceptance Notification: 1 September 2024
• Camera Ready: 1 October 2024

Submission link

6GArch – 4th International Workshop on 6G Architecture – Call for Papers

• 10th edition combined with 5GArch Workshop Series

Both theoretical and more applied contributions are solicited, covering, but not necessarily limited to, the following topics:

• Cognitive, automated, and specialized architectures/ Architectural simplification/ Network Monetization/ 5G to 6G Migration/ APIs and Exposure Framework/ Network Digital Twins/ New spectrum technologies, e.g., midband, terahertz, and beyond frequencies and related channel models/ Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)/ Spectrum efficiency and spectrum re-utilization/ Joint-/Integrated Communication and Sensing (JCAS, ISAC)/ Inherent AI-driven network governance and management/ Evolution of multiaccess communications (ATSSS) towards 6G/ Architectural enablers for cloud transformation in 6G/ AI & ML empowered RAN Intelligent optimization including native AI-based air interface design/ Dynamic dependability and high resilience/ Time-sensitive wireless/mobile networks/ High-resolution localization/ E2E Network Slicing and Deep Slicing to support diverse verticals/ Open Testbeds and facilities to assess new technology enablers/ Non-terrestrial and 3D networking/ 6G architectural enablers and key metrics for an energy efficient and sustainable 6G system/ Industry landscape and Standardization efforts for intelligent and cloud-based RAN/ Testbeds/Experimentation to validate or support the intelligent and cloud-based RAN/ The role of architecture towards sustainable 6G/ The role of 6G for sustainability in the vertical industries

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Deadline: 5 August 2024
• Paper Acceptance Notification: 1 September 2024
• Camera Ready: 1 October 2024

Submission link

5th Workshop on Emerging Topics in 6G Communications – Call for Papers

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• AI applications for 6G/ Novel signal processing techniques for 6G/ Smart antenna designs for 6G/ 6G communications at the Terahertz band/ Advanced Full Duplex strategies for 6G/ Meta-surfaces implementation at 6G/ New Quality of Service (QoS) metrics for 6G/ Multiple Access schemes suitable to 6G/ Dynamic spectrum access/sharing at 6G band/ New network architectures in 6G/ Self-organizing 6G-enabled IoT/ Interference management at 6G/ New security concepts within 6G/ 6G Testbeds and Applications/ Spectrum regulatory for 6G bands.

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Deadline: 12 August 2024
• Paper Acceptance Notification: 1 September 2024
• Camera Ready: 15 October 2024

Submission link

Desire-6G and Predict-6G – Call for papers for Special Issue of the IEEE Network Magazine

The DESIRE6G and PREDICT-6G projects are involved in the organization of a Special Issue of the IEEE Network magazine on Deterministic, Reliable, Resilient and Programmable Networks for 6G.

The SI welcomes submissions from both academic and industry researchers, contributing to the progress of 6G networking research and development. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Programmable data planes for TSN/ Network softwarization for 6G/ Programmable Networking Protocols/ Programmable SDN and NFV: languages and architectures (P4 and others)/ Hardware acceleration for programmable network functions/ Multi-tenant 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 fulfillment programmability/ Slicing for 6G/ Intent-based systems and Digital twinning applied in 6G/ Resiliency, reliability, time sensitiveness and predictability in 3GPP and WiFi systems.

The organizers are looking forward to submissions from the 6G-IA community and SNS JU projects.

Important Dates

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 1 November 2024
• Initial Decision Notification: 15 January 2025
• Revised Manuscript Due: 15 February 2025
• Final Decision Notification: 28 February 2025
• Final Manuscript Due: 31 March 2025
• Publication Date: May 2025

Summer School on Optical Communications with FLEX-SCALE & PROTEUS-6G

The Summer School on Optical Communication organised by FLEX-SCALE, PROTEUS-6G and ALLEGRO EU, will take place on 10-12 September 2024, at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. This event offers an opportunity for professionals and students alike to delve into the rapidly advancing field of optical communication, featuring keynote speakers from across the full value chain—from photonic integrated circuits to fiber and wireless optical networks.

6GNet 2024 Call for Posters & Demos

The 3^rd Edition of the International Conference on 6G Networking (6GNet) will take place on 21-24 October 2024 in Paris, France.

The event supported by 6G-PATH, 6G Flagship, 6G-life, and Systematic Paris-Region, is now accepting submissions for posters and demos.

Important Dates

• Poster and Demo papers due: 23 August 2024
• Notification of Acceptance: 6 September 2024
• Camera Ready papers due: 13 September 2024
• Submission link: here

WiTaR participation @ IEEE PIMRC 2024

IEEE PIMRC 2024 will be held on 2-5 September 2024, in Valencia, Spain. WiTaR announced its participation at the conference together with WICE and INTERACT groups on the Special Session called: “BRIDGING GAPS: FEMALE RESEARCHERS IN MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AT INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA”.

The session will be held on Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 16:20-18:00h CET.