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The vision of 6G foresees telecommunication infrastructures that move from provisioning classical telecommunication and data services to delivering more intelligent, flexible and energy-aware services, opening up and exploiting new sources of information that link physical and digital worlds together. Sensing, localization and network self-organization are key enablers driving this trend. In this context, Research and Development activities focus on enabling sensing and high accuracy localization solutions either exploiting in-bound or out-bound network channels, while network intelligence emerges in various forms, among which as inherent enabler for network optimization, as facilitator of data management and analysis, and as part of service functionalities. These advancements are expected to make room for new roles in 6G ecosystems and novel use cases involving multiple service layer roles. This paper provides insights on preliminary sensing and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled network capabilities to be adopted by 6G networks, as explored by the SNS-JU 6G-SENSES project, and touches upon potential changes in ecosystem formulations in support of forth-coming 6G use cases.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon Europe, Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, research and innovation program under grant agreement #101139282, 6G-SENSES “Seamless integration of efficient 6G wireless technologies for communication and Sensing” project.
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Gutiérrez, J. et al. (2024). Seamless Integration of Efficient 6G Wireless Technologies for Communication and Sensing Enabling Ecosystems. In: Maglogiannis, I., Iliadis, L., Karydis, I., Papaleonidas, A., Chochliouros, I. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2024 IFIP WG 12.5 International Workshops. AIAI 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 715. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63227-3_13
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