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Programme Name
Programme Description
The European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) aims to ensure industrial leadership for Europe in 5G and 6G.
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Call
Summary
The target 5G Advanced / 6G systems validation work through large scale trials is expected to cover at least the following domains:
- Priority 1 for this topic is on connected and automated mobility (CAM) vertical and intelligent terrestrial transportation.
- Priority 2 include the following verticals (to be considered independently or in combination): Health, Smart Cities, Farming, or Education.
To ensure a balanced portfolio covering both aforementioned Priorities grants will be awarded to proposals not only in order of ranking but at least also to one project that is the highest ranked within each of the two Priorities (Priority 1 on CAM and Priority 2 on complementary use cases in the specific vertical sectors Health, Smart Cities, Farming or Education (to be considered independently or in combination) provided that the proposals attain all thresholds.
Detailed Call Description
Validation should demonstrate clear benefits of the considered 5G advanced/pre-6G technologies and architectures in terms of scalability, security, and performance improvements in line with medium to long-term socio-economic scenarios.
- Management level: the validation should demonstrate the efficiency of the end-to-end resource management technologies and architectures, through two aspects: i) significant improvement of new resource usage efficiency, towards zero-touch management and effective OPEX; ii) additional capabilities offered to vertical users through open interfaces enabling more efficient implementation of use cases (e.g., AI for networks vs. network for AI at the application level).
- Societal level: the validation should demonstrate significant improvement of key parameters like energy consumption (both for the SNS platform and the vertical use cases), safety (incl. EMF exposure), coverage and access, cost and affordability, trustworthiness, security and privacy being part of the priority SDGs to demonstrate in a “user context”, i.e. sufficiently representative of a target operational context.
The Large-Scale Pilots should be carried out from an end-to-end perspective, with representative technologies covering the full value chain, including devices, connectivity, and service delivery. They should demonstrate the integration of different IoT/cloud/edge/computing environments (public and/or private) towards a distributed environment with a landscape unified management able to support the emergence of a European offer and capability.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100% non-for-profit organisations
70% profit organisations
Expected EU contribution per topic: € 10 000 000 – € 14 000 000 (€ 27 000 000)
Thematic Categories
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Technology
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Investment Funds
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Application level: this topic addresses verticals of strategic importance given their economic or societal impact, and the level of public/private R&D investments to date in the EU.
Projects would involve SMEs, scaleups and start-ups which are expected to play a key role in this process with new market-driven applications that can build value on the 5G infrastructure.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
(Publish Date: 23/02/2023-for internal use only)