6G-Cloud Project
Explore AI-native 6G architectures that integrate multi-stakeholder cloud resources, enable flexible network function composition, and deliver scalable, resilient, and programmable services across the cloud continuum.
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Service-oriented 6G network architecture for distributed, intelligent, and sustainable cloud-native communication systems
Project Details
Funded under: Horizon Europe
Project ID: 101139073
Start Day: 01/01/2024
Project Duration: 3 Years
Tags: Next Gen Connectivity, 6G Networks
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The Story
As 5G introduced service-based architectures, disaggregated RAN, and network slicing, it became clear that future 6G systems must go further. Emerging applications demand end-to-end programmability, intelligent connectivity across multiple domains, and seamless integration of distributed cloud resources. However, today’s network infrastructures remain fragmented, with limited flexibility to dynamically compose services across hybrid and multi-stakeholder environments.
The 6G-Cloud project addresses this challenge by reimagining network architecture as AI-native and cloud-continuum-centric. It enables flexible composition of network functions across different 6G segments, supporting intelligent, scalable, and sustainable connectivity in increasingly pervasive cloud environments.
Project Overview
6G-Cloud designs and validates a holistic AI-native, service-oriented 6G architecture built on top of the cloud continuum. The project integrates cloud resources from multiple stakeholders and enables dynamic composition of network functions across hybrid environments.
It develops AI-driven management frameworks, programmable business interfaces, and native AI/ML support embedded directly into the 6G system architecture. By incorporating scalability, resilience, sustainability, and security by design, 6G-Cloud advances the “network-of-networks” vision and validates its approach through targeted proofs-of-concept aligned with future standardization and open-source initiatives.
Our Contribution
FDI contributes to 6G-Cloud by designing and implementing the cloud-continuum and management frameworks that enable intelligent orchestration across hybrid, multi-stakeholder environments. Our role focuses on enabling programmable, AI-native network management while ensuring performance, scalability, and energy efficiency.
Specifically, FDI contributes through:
The Results
Through its architectural innovations and validation activities, 6G-Cloud advances the transition toward AI-native, programmable 6G systems across the cloud continuum.
Project’s Progress so far
