Hannover Messe 2023: 6G technology on the way to application - platform networks research activities

In order to drive digitalisation forward, the next generation of the mobile phone standard 6G is indispensable. In Germany, work is being done on this at various universities and research institutions. This involves 6G standards and processes, data security, highly reliable data transmission, network availability and new types of computer networks. All of this is bundled in a 6G platform coordinated at the University Kaiserslautern-Landau by Professor Dr Hans Schotten and his team. They will be presenting the platform and their work at the Hannover Messe from 17 to 21 April (Stand H06 (04), Hall 014).

In the future, 6G technology could be used for biosensors in personalised medicine, personal avatars for protection in road traffic or as support in the world of work. But 6G is also likely to play a key role in the implementation of climate targets.

"In order to better bundle 6G research, we are working closely together in the platform," says coordinator Professor Dr Hans Schotten, who heads the Radio Communication and Navigation Department at RPTU in Kaiserslautern and the Intelligent Networks Research Department at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). "The goals are also to better dovetail cooperation with international partners, to create an innovation network for small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, and to train specialists who are familiar with the technology."

Among other things, it is important that the technology functions safely and reliably. But energy efficiency and sustainability also play a role in this context. In developing the new methods, processes from artificial intelligence, microelectronics, quantum technologies and also digital twins are used, for example.

In Germany there are four large research associations on 6G, so-called hubs (Open6GHub, 6G-RIC, 6GEM and 6G-Life), and 18 6G projects in which industry is involved. In addition, there are three projects on the so-called AI-NET, which is about automated, resilient and secure networks, and seven projects that deal with the resilience, i.e. the reliability, of such networks. All of this work is bundled in the 6G Platform. This "Platform for Future Communication Technologies and 6G" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It is coordinated at the University Kaiserslautern-Landau in Kaiserslautern.

In addition to the RPTU and the DFKI, the technical universities in Berlin and Dresden, the University of Bremen, the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, the Barkhausen Institute, the Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS are participating in the platform.
At the Hannover Messe, the Kaiserslautern engineers will present the 6G platform and the work of the participating research institutions at their own research stand. In doing so, their offer is also directed at interested companies and institutes.

Questions can be directed to:
Michael Karrenbauer
Department of Radio Communication and Navigation / University Kaiserslautern-Landau in Kaiserslautern
Tel.: +49(0)631-205-2702
E-Mail: michael.karrenbauer@rptu.de