A holistic flagship towards the 6G network platform and system, to inspire digital transformation, for the world to act together in meeting needs in society and ecosystems with novel 6G services
Research Project, 2022 – 2025

To deliver on our European 6G vision for the 2030s, and to tackle opportunities and challenges of increasing magnitude, e.g. sustainability, trustworthiness, green deal efficiency, digital inclusion, there is need for a flagship project, towards the elaboration of a holistic 6G network platform and system. To fill this need, Hexa-X-II is proposed with the ambition of being this flagship project, and of inspiring the world for digital transformation through novel 6G services. Hexa-X-II will work, beyond enabler-oriented research, to optimized systemization, early validation, and proof-of-concept; work will progress from the 6G key enablers that connect the human, physical, and digital worlds, as explored in Hexa-X, to advanced technology readiness levels, including key aspects of modules / protocols / interfaces / data.
Hexa-X II includes: (a) the provision of advanced / refined use cases, services, and requirements, ensuring value for society; (b) the delivery of the 6G platform blueprint, which will encompass enhanced connectivity for 6G services, mechanisms realizing the “networks beyond communications” vision (sensing, computing, trustworthy AI), efficient network management schemes; (c) the realization of extended validation at system and component level; (d) actions for global impact, while assuring strategic autonomy in critical areas for the EU.
Europe is starting from the pole position with 6G research and is leading wireless network technologies today. Now is the time to leverage our joint research ambition with a flagship project that will lead the R&D effort towards end-to-end systemization and validation. The Hexa-X-II flagship is a unique effort and a holistic vision, of a 6G system of integrated technology enablers, which accomplish “beyond the sum of the parts”, and of a “network beyond communications” platform for disruptive economic / environmental / societal impact; these are vital for establishing the European 6G technology leadership!

Participants

Tommy Svensson (contact)

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Collaborations

Aalto University

Espoo, Finland

Apple

Cupertino, USA

Associazione PIIU Promozione dell’Innovazione fra Industria e Università

Rom, Italy

Atos Spain

Madrid, Spain

BARKHAUSEN INSTITUT

Dresden, Germany

Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)

Barcelona, Spain

EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLGISTON-EMP

Athen, Greece

Ericsson

Stockholm, Sweden

Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum (IMEC)

Leuven, Belgium

Luleå University of Technology

Luleå, Sweden

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

Delft, Netherlands

Nextworks Srl

Pisa, Italy

Nokia

Espoo, Finland

NXP Semiconductors Germany

Hamburg, Germany

One Reality

Malmö, Sweden

Optare Solutions

Vigo Pontevedra, Spain

Orange

Paris, France

Qamcom Research & Technology

Göteborg, Sweden

Qualcomm Technologies

San Diego, USA

RHEINLAND-PFALZISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT

Kaiserslautern, Germany

SAS IDATE

Montpellier, France

Sequans Communications

Colombes, France

Siemens

Munich, Germany

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Österreich

Wien, Austria

Sony Corporation

Tokyo, Japan

Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)

Espoo, Finland

Technische Universität Dresden

Dresden, Germany

Telecom Italia S.P.A

Milan, Italy

Telefonica

Madrid, Spain

Telenor

Fornebu, Norway

UBIWHERE

Aveiro, Portugal

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Getafe (Madrid), Spain

University of Oulu

Oulu, Finland

Vodafone

Newbury, United Kingdom

WINGS ICT Solutions

Athens, Greece

Funding

European Commission (EC)

Project ID: 101095759-Hexa-X-II
Funding Chalmers participation during 2022–2025

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Latest update

2023-02-01