Large-Scale SNS Trials and Pilots
4 projects are implementing large-scale SNS trials and pilots with specific verticals of high economic and societal importance. The aim is to explore and demonstrate 5G/6G technologies, advanced applications and services in vertical sectors such as energy, construction, automotive, manufacturing, eHealth, culture, and media.
Additionally, these large-scale trials aim to become the catalyst for the creation of viable business ecosystems. Stream D projects incorporate technologies that are currently key enablers for 6G networks, such as AI/ML, cybersecurity, cloud/edge and advanced IoT solutions etc.
Project Mission
EOB The fifth generation of wireless technology (5G) has arrived and is being rolled out globally. First industrial sectors such as manufacturing are testing the capabilities of 5G showing great potential for ubiquitous connectivity. With the sixth generation (6G), wireless communication will bring new features, improved performance, and functional benefits to several industrial sectors.
The TARGET-X project envisions accelerating the digital transformation of key verticals: energy, construction, automotive, and manufacturing using large-scale trials in multiple testbeds. By demonstrating, validating, and evaluating the potential of 5G/6G in real environments, the most advanced 5G/6G technologies such as real-time communication, localization, self-description, digital twinning, and sensor-network data fusion can be tested and evaluated. The focus of the evaluation is on KPIs and especially KVIs, such as sustainability, safety, security, and privacy. Based on these KVIs, new business models and a methodological assessment framework for economic and societal evaluation will be developed. The development of the solutions will be supported and guided by the TARGET-X community, a network of SMEs, IT- and OT-partners, and up to 100 FSTP projects, bringing together a strong consortium with SMEs and innovation drivers.
To reach TARGET-X’s goals, a selection of use cases will be established for all verticals in the existing 5G testbeds. New 5G/6G features will be developed and integrated into the testbeds and validated in evolved use cases. The FTSP projects will both deliver new use cases and technical contributions. A large number of FTPS participants will strengthen the 5G/6G ecosystem. Results of the project will be discussed with 6G-SNS projects and used for standardization, also in the different verticals.
Contact Details
Website: https://target-x.eu/ Social Media: 
Participants
- FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, DE
- ERICSSON GMBH, DE
- RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AAC, DE
- IDIADA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SA, ES
- CONSTRUCTION ROBOTICS GmbH, DE
- FUNDACIO PRIVADA I2CAT, INTERNET I INNOVACIO DIGITAL A CATALUNYA, ES
- MARPOSS SOCIETA PER AZIONI, IT
- FUNDINGBOX ACCELERATOR SP ZOO, PL
- ERICSSON ARASTIRMA GELISTIRME VE BILISIM HIZMETLERI ANONIM SIRKETI, TR
- 5G COMMUNICATIONS FOR FUTURE INDUSTRY VERTICALS SL, ES
- MARPOSS MONITORING SOLUTIONS GMBH, DE
- NEUTROON TECHNOLOGIES SL, ES
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V. German Branch, DE
- FUNDINGBOX COMMUNITIES SL, ES
- QUALCOMM CDMA TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, DE
Project Mission
TrialsNet will deploy full large-scale trials to implement a heterogenous and comprehensive set of innovative 6G applications based on various technologies such as cobots, metaverse, massive twinning, Internet of Senses, and covering three relevant domains of the urban ecosystems in Europe identified by i) Infrastructure, Transportation, Security & Safety, ii) eHealth & Emergency, and iii) Culture, Tourism & Entertainment. There will be 13 representative use cases developed over wide coverage areas with the involvement of extended sets of real users in 4 geographical clusters, in Italy, Spain, Greece and Romania. The use cases will be transversal, each single use case will be potentially implementable over different clusters, thus allowing for a holistic evaluation of the network KPIs.
Targeting to improve the “liveability” of the urban environment in the different domains, TrialsNet will also pursue the objective to i) understand where current networks are not sufficient to assure the performance needed by the use cases, and to ii) derive the new requirements for next generation mobile networks. To achieve this, TrialsNet will design and deploy platforms and network solutions with advanced functionalities based on dynamic slicing management, E2E orchestration, NFV, MEC and AI/ML methods to be trialled on 3GPP and O-RAN network architectures. Design objectives of sustainability and affordability of the deployed systems will be also treated with the highest priority.
Finally, TrialsNet will also develop appropriate technical assessment frameworks mapping quantitative and qualitative measures and visualizing the dynamics of the use cases for society acceptance. Proper KVIs will be monitored, proved and refined to provide a socio-technical vision towards early adoption of 6G solutions.
Contact Details
Website: https://www.trialsnet.eu/ Social Media: 
Participants
- ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA, IT
- TELECOM ITALIA SPA, IT
- ORANGE ROMANIA SA, RO
- NEXTWORKS, IT
- WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IKE, EL
- UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID, ES
- INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, BE
- YERBA BUENA VR EUROPE SL, ES
- CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI, IT
- TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA, ES
- ERICSSON ESPANA SA, ES
- FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, IT
- ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT S.A., EL
- SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA, IT
- PROMOZIONE PER L INNOVAZIONE FRA INDUSTRIA E UNIVERS ASSOCIAZIONE, IT
- COMUNE DI TORINO, IT
- UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA GHEORGHE ASACHI DIN IASI, RO
- PROSEGUR COMPANIA DE SEGURIDAD SA, ES
- CROSSMEDIA BELGIQUE, BE
- DIMOS ATHINAION EPICHEIRISI MICHANOGRAFISIS, EL
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, IT
- ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, EL
- REAL WIRELESS LIMITED, UK
Project Mission
Long-term towards Evolved 5G and 6G research needs mobilization of massive volumes of ideas, from which the best can emerge and be taken into standardization. It is the convergence of the cyber and physical worlds that could be achieved with the very low latency and high data capacity of Beyond 5G and 6G networks and thus the creation of services such as digital twins and internet of senses/haptic applications. This future eco-system is on course to be more collaborative and inclusive than previous generations of network, and FIDAL aims to lead the way by promoting open architectures, large experimentation sites and taking a multi-stakeholder approach.
FIDAL steps in, targeting the augmentation of human capabilities, allowing Media & PPDR vertical industry players to perform advanced technological and business validation in large-scale field trials of highly innovative and advanced applications, that exploit Evolved 5G technologies.
This, in turn, will provide extensive and valuable feedback to the broader industry, academia, innovators and community before wide commercial deployments of Evolved 5G networks throughout Europe. FIDAL key objective is to extend and deliver (i) advanced future proof Evolved 5G test infrastructures, anticipating evolution into next SNS phase, (ii) open & accessible to support 3rd party vertical experiments, (iii) test environments for rapid prototyping and large-scale validation of advanced, forward-looking applications.
The project will build on the success of 5G-PPP Phase 3 projects, producing a unified experimentation framework with Zero-Touch orchestration, reusable NetApps and secure AI as a Service capabilities.
FIDAL will deploy 3 testbeds and 3 large-scale test infrastructures in Greece, Norway and Spain aiming to validate Evolved 5G technologies in a user context to maximise downstream take up, thus cultivating the ground for 6G.
Contact Details
Website: https://fidal-project.eu Social Media:
Participants
- NOVA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SINGLE MENBER AE, EL
- EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, CY
- ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOG TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS, EL
- PROMOZIONE PER L INNOVAZIONE FRA INDUSTRIA E UNIVERS ASSOCIAZIONE, IT
- IQUADRAT INFORMATICA SL, ES
- IDRYMA TECHNOLOGIAS KAI EREVNAS, EL
- TELENOR ASA, NO
- EKTACOM, FR
- AIRBUS DS SLC, FR
- PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION EUROPE FORUM AISBL, BE
- P-NET NEW GENERATION EMERGING NETWORKS & VERTICAL PRIVATE COMPANY, EL
- PANEPISTIMIO PATRON, EL
- GIOUMPITEK MELETI SCHEDIASMOS YLOPOIISI KAI POLISI ERG PLIROFORIKIS ETAIREIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS, EL
- NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS HELLASSOLE SHAREHOLD SOCIETE ANONYMEORKS HELLAS SA, EL
- TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA, ES
- UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA, ES
- APPART AE NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, EL
- SATWAYS – PROIONTA KAI YPIRESIES TILEMATIKIS DIKTYAKON TILEPIKINONIAKON EFARMOGON ETAIRIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHINIS EPE, EL
- BOREAL TECHNOLOGY & INVESTMENTS, ES
- ORAMAVR SA, CH
Project Mission
The evolution of mobile telecoms networks Beyond-5G creates a tremendous opportunity for Europe to establish leadership in innovation by addressing the requirements of use case from PPDR, smart agriculture, media, eHealth, education, transportation, logistics, Industry 4.0, and energy sectors. IMAGINE-B5G project aims to create an advanced and accessible end-to-end (E2E) 5G platform for Large-Scale Trials and Pilots, providing a set of B5G applications, enabled by the integration of advanced 5G disrupting technologies. The project will support 3GPP Rel- 17 and beyond features which are crucial for implementation of private networks under real-life operational conditions to enable advanced 5G services which are driven by the industrial needs and requirements of a wide variety of verticals. The functionalities built into the B5G platform will enable these advanced 5G vertical applications to be demonstrated at scale and will allow the project to identify and validate new 5G KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and KVIs (Key Value Indicators) across three different but equally fundamental domains – societal, application and management. All KPIS and KVIs will be verified as relevant to the use cases supported, through demonstration of their importance to end-to-end large-scale trials and pilots.
IMAGINE-B5G brings together four advanced 5G experimental facilities, in Norway, Spain, Portugal and France. These facilities will capitalise on previous 5G-PPP infrastructure (ICT-17) and vertical trial projects (ICT-19) reusing the platform components and extending the existing capabilities of these facilities. This will ensure a successful implementation of SNS-D-01-01 goals and expected outcomes. The IMAGINE-B5G strategy to achieve this is built up implementation of the latest 5G Rel-16 technology enablers. The project is envisioned to become an incubator, facilitating technology innovations and a diverse set of advanced 5G applications, services and ecosystem developments.
Contact Details
Website: https://imagineb5g.eu/ Social Media:
General Contact: imagine-b5g-comm@ubiwhere.com
Contact persons – Project Manager: David Gomez-Barquero; – Communication: Ana Pereira
Participants
- UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA, ES
- TELENOR ASA, NO
- TELEFONICA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA, ES
- ALTICE LABS SA, PT
- NOKIA SPAIN SA, ES
- ALTRANPORTUGAL, SA, PT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED, UK
- KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES DENMARK APS, DK
- UBIWHERE LDA, PT
- AIRBUS DS SLC, FR
- FUNDACION DE LA COMUNIDAD VALENCIANA PARA LA INVESTIGACION, PROMOCION Y ESTUDIOS COMERCIALES DE VALENCIAPORT, ES
- EURECOM, FR
- INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES, PT
- UNIVERSITETET I OSLO, NO
- WATERFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, IE
- ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS – RESEA CENTER, EL
- NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, FI
