Focus & Challenges
To provide advancement towards 6G, the 6G CONASENSE platform adopted as main technical priorities for 2023–2027 the following challenges:
- Integration of context-awareness into computational and networking systems. 6G end-user devices are carried and controlled by people. Social behaviour (e.g., mobility patterns, daily usage) can improve networking efficiency, including energy usage—context is key for higher automation.
- Mobility support. 6G will be a system-of-systems across terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks; advanced mobility management and estimation are essential.
- Adaptation & learning. Cognition via AI/ML requires interfaces from control/data planes to a cognition plane and must consider far-edge constraints, intermittent links, and interference.
- Joint computation & networking. The infrastructure must be flexible, intent- and context-driven—treated and operated as a single, coherent system.
Scope Areas
International trend-scouting
- Global perspective: track technology, markets, and societal factors to surface emerging opportunities and risks.
- Competitive intelligence: monitor R&D directions to maintain an edge for CONASENSE.
Interdisciplinary research topics
- Collaboration: blend CS, engineering, and social sciences for holistic solutions.
- Cross-fertilization: exchange ideas across fields to unlock new directions and applications.
Use cases
- Real-world applications: identify and analyse use cases to prioritise research and meet end-user needs.
- Business models: explore revenue mechanisms that ensure economic viability.
Sustainability & requirements
- Environmental impact: measure and reduce 6G’s footprint with sustainable designs.
- Ethical considerations: address privacy, security, and equity for responsible progress.
Standardisation
- Interoperability: enable compatibility across systems and devices.
- Global adoption: shared standards accelerate deployment and scale.