Events

2024 EuCNC & 6G Summit

June 3 - 8:00 // June 6 - 17:00

Researchers from the i2CAT Foundation will participate in the new edition of the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) and the 6G Summit, a flagship European conference supported by the European Commission, in the field of communication networks, hosted in Antwerp (Belgium) from the 3rd to 6th June. The motto for the 2024 EuCNC & 6G Summit has been “6G: From vision to reality”, and for another year, the conference will bring together leaders, researchers, policymakers and industry pioneers from all over the world to discuss the path towards 6G. Jesus Alonso-Zarate, Director of Research at the i2CAT Foundation, will attend the event as a member of the Governing Board of the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA). The association’s main objective is contributing to Europe’s leadership in 5G, 5G evolution, and 6G research. Check out the participation of our research staff on the agenda below:

Monday, 3rd June

Miguel Catalán, from the Mobile Wireless Internet research area, will participate in the Workshop “From Open RAN to Open Networks for 5G and 6G Applications,” which will showcase the innovations underway in BeGREEN, a 6G SNS JU project oriented toward developing an energy-efficient and sustainable network architecture in which the i2CAT researcher actively participates. Together with David Reiss, he will also take part in the BeGREEN Intelligent Plane demonstration to be performed in the project’s booth during the conference.

Joan Adrià Ruiz-de-Azua, director of the Space Communications research area, participated in the Workshop “Non-Terrestrial Networks and Terrestrial Networks Unification—from Vision to Reality”, where he presented some advancements in the ETHER research project. This 6G SNS JU project will develop solutions for a Unified Radio Access Network (RAN) and energy-efficient, AI-enabled resource management across the terrestrial, aerial and space domains while creating business plans to drive future investments in the area.

Tuesday, 4th June

Miguel Catalan will participate in the session “Innovations in Resource Management, Beamforming Strategies, and Architectural Enhancements for Next-Generation Mobile Networks” to present the paper “BeGREEN Intelligent Plante for AI-driven Energy Efficient O-RAN Management.”

Jad Nasreddine, from the Mobile Wireless Internet research area, and Laura Sanz, from the Research and Innovation Strategy in Europe area, will participate in the special sessión “From 5G to 6G Support for CAM (5G6GCAM)”. Jad Nasreddine will present “Target-X: Accelerating the Uptake of 5G for Automotive” to introduce some of the advancements performed within the 6G SNS JU project Target-X. By her side, Laura Sanz will offer a presentation entitled “The 5G Strategic Deployment Agenda for Connected and Automated Mobility (5G SDA for CAM)”, in which she will present some of the results of the GUIDE research project, which aims to unite key stakeholders in the 5G Corridors ecosystem in the EU and coordinate the development of the 5G Strategic Deployment Agenda (SDA) for CAM. Jad Nasreddine will also participate in the Target-X Demonstration of energy monitoring for robotic and construction use cases.

Elena Fernández Niño, from the Space Communications research area, will participate in the session “Advancements in Satellite-Aided Communications and Integrated Network Architectures for Next-Generation Telecommunications” to present the paper “A Case Study of a Hybrid RF and Optical Inter-Satellite Link Terminal to Enhance Optical Pointing”.

Wednesday, 5th June 

Xavier Costa, director of the AI-driven systems research area, will participate in the special session “Towards new connected mobility”, reviewing the AI-driven technologies expected to shape 6G-enabled mobile systems, such as vehicles, drones and robots.

From the Software Networks research area, Javier Palomares will participate in the Poster Session to present the paper “Enabling Federation at the Edge: A Cloud-Native MEC Orchestrator for Federated MEC Systems.” The paper includes some advancements achieved within the Horizon Europe research project 6G-XR.

Finally, Javier Jordán, from the Space Communications research area, will intervene in the session “Cutting-Edge Techniques and Applications in Quantum Communication, Reconfigurable Transceivers, and AI-Driven Networking for the 6G-Era” to present the paper “Evaluation Method and Case Study of Satellite quantum key distribution for terrestrial networks”. The study includes some of the results of the UNICO I+D 6G research project 6GSatNet.