Hexa-X-II 6G workshop at VTC-Fall
Monday, 7 October 2024
Organisers
Patrik Rugeland (Ericsson Research, SE)
Mikko Uusitalo (Nokia Bell Labs, FI)
Mauro Boldi (Telecom Italia S.p.A., IT)
Brief description
The Hexa-X-II project is the European flagship 6G research project, aimed to define the 6G end-to-end system delivering novel services for 6G as well as conducting research on enabling technologies for 6G. The Next G Alliance (NGA) is the leading North American 6G initiative aimed at advancing the technology readiness through private sector-led efforts. Together Hexa-X-II and NGA will provide an overview of the work by the largest European and North American initiatives towards 6G, presented by the Hexa-X-II Technical Manager and the NGA Roadmap to 6G working group chair. The workshop will also present academic and industrial visions on how to address the 6G usage scenarios outlined by ITU-R (as defined in ITU-R M.2160), namely Immersive communication, Artificial intelligence and communication, Integrated sensing and communication, Ubiquitous connectivity, Massive communication, and Hyper reliable and low-latency communication.
Learning objectives
The workshop will showcase the leading European and North American initiatives on 6G as well as present solutions and way-forwards to realize the envisioned 6G usage scenarios.
The Hexa-X-II and NGA presentations will give a state-of-play of the European and North American 6G research, representing a great opportunity to align the respective views.
The technical presentations on the 6G usage scenarios will highlight industrial and academic views of the applications and technical solutions to achieve the envisaged use cases, as well as potential risks and pitfalls, and potential related mitigation strategies for these.
Program outline
Session 1 – 6G system
Keynote 1: Hexa-X-II: the European 6G flagship project – Patrik Rugeland (Ericsson, Technical Manager in Hexa-X-II)
Keynote 2: Next G alliance: North American view on 6G – Amitava Ghosh (Nokia, chair of National 6G Roadmap WG, Next G Alliance)
Session 2 – Enabling the 6G use cases
Path to 6G: Key innovations to enable next-generation immersive communication – Dr. Junyi Li (Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm)
Building Trustworthy communications networks: AI in 6G PHY –Prof. Rafael Schaefer (Professor, TU Dresden)
Integration is all you need: a vision of joint sensing, learning, and communication networks – Prof. Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University California San Diego)
6G for Ubiquitous connectivity – Dr. Amina Boubendir (Head of Research and Standardisation, Airbus)
Key 6G Technologies from Device Perspective to Enable Differentiated User Experience – Dr. Doru Calin (lead 6G research scientist and head of New Jersey Research Center, Mediatek USA)
Imagine Hyper reliable and low-latency communication in industrial verticals – where can it help and what is needed? – Michael Bahr (Siemens AG, Siemens Technology, Industrial Networks & Wireless)