Résume en Français
La 6G arrive, L’union européenne vient tout juste de lancer les travaux de recherche sur la préparation de la 6G qui devrait offrir cinquante fois plus de débit que la 5G en 2030. D’après la réussite du projet 5G IoRL(iorl.5G-ppp.eu), ISEP a réussi le premier test 5G-VLC dans le monde avec les autres partenaires européens et internationales. Il permet d’ouvrir la porte de la recherche sur le réseau future. Cette année, ISEP participe le projet de recherche « 6G BRAINS » la préparation de la standard 6G, qui vient de commencer à partie de Janvier 2021 pour une durée de trois ans. Le projet est financé par le programme Horizon 2020 de l’UE, avec une subvention de 5,7 millions d’euros.
Il ne s’agit pas seulement de gagner en vitesse mais d’ouvrir de la porte à l’intelligence artificielle, d’utiliser de multiple bande de fréquence : THz, mmW et OWC (Optical Wireless ). Les technologies dans le nouveau projet européen 6G BRAINS développées seront largement applicables à divers secteurs verticaux tels que l’industrie 4.0, Smart city, les transports intelligents, diagnostic médical distance, et reconnaissance de la voix, etc.
Summary in English
Ubiquitous smart wireless connectivity is critical for future large-scale industrial tasks, services, assets and devices. Very significantly improved connectivity needs to be unlocked through novel spectrum combinations and the fully autonomous management of the underlying network resources by applying online AI at multiple decision layers. 6G BRAINS aims to bring AI-driven multi-agent Deep Reinforcement learning (DRL) to perform resource allocation over and beyond massive machine-type communications with new spectrum links including THz and optical wireless communications (OWC) to enhance the performance with regard to capacity, reliability and latency for future industrial networks. We propose a novel comprehensive cross-layer DRL driven resource allocation solution to support the massive connections over device-to-device (D2D) assisted highly dynamic cell-free network enabled by Sub-6 GHz/mmWave/THz/OWC and high resolution 3D Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) of up to 1 mm accuracy. The enabling technologies in 6G BRAINS focus on four major aspects including disruptive new spectral links, highly dynamic D2D cell-free network modelling, intelligent end-to-end network architecture integrating the multi-agent DRL scheme and AI-enhanced high-resolution 3D SLAM data fusion. The proposed solution will be validated by proof-of-concept trials. The primary and secondary applications of THz and OWC technologies for a very broad spectrum of scenarios will be validated at BOSCH’s self-contained smart factory. The developed technologies will be widely applicable to various vertical sectors such as Industry 4.0, intelligent transportation, eHealth, etc. In particular, new business opportunities emerging in 6G BRAINS will be identified for follow-up exploitation activities. The results of 6G BRAINS are expected to create a solid basis for future projects and global standardisation for B5G and 6G technologies in areas relevant to industrial environments.
Principal investigator and consortium Scientific and Technical Project Manager(STPM)– 2021-2023, EU H2020 project on “Bring Reinforcement-learning Into Radio Light Network for Massive Connections”(6G BRAINS) . The value of the grant is €5.7m funded by EU Horizon 2020.
Grant holder: Dr. Xun Zhang
Funded by: European Commission H2020
Dates: January 2021 - December 2023
Research Group: ECoS
Coordinating partner: Eurescom (DE)
Collaborative partners: University of Leicester(UK), Viavi Solutions(UK), ISEP(FR), Brunel University(UK), Fraunhofer IIS(DE), University of the West of Scotland(UK), EURECOM(FR), Oledcomm SAS(FR), Thales(FR), BOSCH(DE), REL(IL), Altran(PT), Telekom Deutschland(DE)
URL:https://5g-ppp.eu/6g-brains/