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Keysight coordinates pan-European 6G testbed
environment , 6G-SANDBOX will underpin an accelerated pan-European green and Digital Transformation , in line with the United Nation ’ s Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ).”
The 6G-SANDBOX project participants include : COSMOTE ; Eurescom ; FOGUS Innovations & Services P . C .; Fraunhofer FOKUS ; INFOLYSIS P . C .; Institute of Software Engineering and Technologies ( ITIS ) at the University of Malaga ; Keysight Technologies Inc .; Lenovo ; National Centre for Scientific Research ( NCSR ) Demokritos ; Nokia eXtended Reality Lab ; OpenNebula ; OWO ; Queen ’ s University Belfast ; Telefonica and University of Oulu .
Keysight Technologies , a leading technology company that aims to deliver advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world , has announced it has joined forces with16 organisations to create 6G-SANDBOX , a pan-European testbed for 6G experimentation and validation of 5G-Advanced and 6G capabilities . As a part of 6G-SANDBOX , Keysight will act as the project coordinator .
Funded by Horizon Europe , 6G-SANDBOX is one of 35 new projects launched by Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking ( SNS JU ), which the European Commission ( EC ) established in 2021 to support the development of smart communication components , systems and networks considered essential in building out a firstclass European supply chain for advanced 5G and 6G technologies .
The project aims to develop EU-wide experimentation platforms to test promising technical 6G enablers , including zerotouch management , flexible multi-tenancy architecture , network intelligence , security , Digital Twins , Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces .
The 6G testbed will combine digital and physical nodes to deliver fully configurable , manageable and controllable end-to-end networks for validating new technologies and research advancements for 6G . The project offers organisations opportunities to conduct trials at four experimental platforms located in Malaga , Spain ; Berlin , Germany ; Oulu , Finland ; and Athens , Greece .
“ Keysight is pleased to partner with leading service providers , vendors , research institutes and universities to drive a key EC-funded research , innovation and trial project designed to support the development and deployment of next-generation network technologies and connected devices ,” said Michael Dieudonne , 6G-SANDBOX Project Coordinator , representing Keysight . “ As an open 6G experimentation
“ Keysight ’ s innovative spirit is at the heart of where multiple technologies will converge to support an intelligent , secure , cloud-native and sustainable 6G network architecture ,” said Giampaolo Tardioli , Vice President of Keysight ’ s 6G and Next Generation Technology Programme . “ Well-established partnerships across 5G ecosystems , combined with a unique set of capabilities derived from advanced and scalable technology platforms , enable Keysight to underpin the creation of an open testbed for 6G research .”
“ Experimentally driven research has been at the forefront of European innovation of new networks . Testbeds enable the trial and evaluation of service concepts , technologies , system solutions and business models to a point where risks associated with launching these commercially are minimised ,” said Anastasius Gavras , Programme Manager at Eurescom . “ Therefore , Eurescom firmly believes that operational 6G testbeds , such as 6G-SANDBOX , need to be an inherent part of the 6G ecosystem for the industry to innovate .” p
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