Distribuerad MIMO med intelligenta kantdatorberäkningar för energi- och kostnadseffektiva 6G-nätverk (DICE-6G)

6G services will only be commercially successful and widely available if they can deliver the new communication and computation services that customers demand in an energy- and cost-effective manner.

The slow adoption of 5G services and millimeter-wave radios demonstrates what happens when technology, services, and economics are misaligned.

In this project, 7 leading researchers will jointly revisit how wireless networks are designed with the aim of identifying the 6G architecture that delivers omnipresent high-performance connectivity with support for AI-driven real-time services with minimal energy consumption and cost.

The vision is that 6G networks (and beyond) must comprise and seamlessly integrate three main innovations: 1) A cell-free network operation with distributed MIMO consisting of both terrestrial and non-terrestrial base stations; 2) Ubiquitous deployment of AI-native edge compute services; 3) Intelligent, dynamic, and learning-based network orchestration.

Over 4-years, the project team will develop and integrate these innovations from basic research (e.g., building on communication theory, networking, finance, optimization, and AI) to validation and standardization.

The PI is a leading Swedish researcher and the participating researchers at KTH have expertise in each of the three areas.

A professor at the University of Surrey provides complementary expertise and two researchers at Ericsson will ensure industrial relevance and standardization impact.