6G SENTINEL

To help applications such as virtual reality, digital twins, or autonomous driving achieve a real breakthrough with 6G, research into key 6G technologies must be driven forward alongside the consistent further development of existing 5G technologies. The foremost goals are the development of terahertz frequencies and technology development for more flexible networks with variable infrastructure, particularly by including satellites and flying platforms. Mobile communication in the terahertz range offers excellent potential for an extreme increase in data rates due to the high bandwidth available.

In the 6G SENTINEL project, the five participating institutes Fraunhofer IIS, HHI, IAF, IZM, and FOKUS, are developing key technologies for the upcoming 6G mobile communications standard. They are working not only on improving data rates, availability, accuracy, service quality, and reliability of mobile communications but also on developing all relevant components of a mobile communications network. This includes improvements to the antennas and front-end modules of end devices, optimization of transmission technologies in the radio access network (RAN), and making the core network more flexible. In addition, solutions for localization in 6G networks and self-configurable, dynamic, and distributed multi-core networks are being developed and merged into a holistic 6G network architecture.

6G SENTINEL meets the future challenges of mobile communications with practical solutions and makes a decisive contribution to the development of the terahertz frequency spectrum, to the flexibilization of networks, to improved localization in 6G networks and to the creation of a comprehensive 6G architecture.

Participating FMD member institutes: Fraunhofer IIS, HHI, IAF, IZM

Whitepaper: https://cdn0.scrvt.com/fokus/6802ce7485f1a2e0/e5665a410eca/6g-sentinel-white-paper.pdf