Towards 6G – Hexa-X project's key findings

This paper presents key findings of the European 6G flagship project Hexa-X. An overview of the envisioned end-to-end architecture and key technical enablers is provided and the key performance and value indicators (KPIs and KVIs) for evaluating 6G systems are highlighted. We present key findings based on the contributions made toward societal values in terms of KVIs, and performance evaluations in relation to the KPIs. Finally, we discuss the innovation potential of the enablers and the outlook of research and standardization toward 6G.

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The architecture and key technological enablers developed by Hexa-X have built a solid base to continue towards the next steps of 6G with an increasing role of pre-standardization, initial E2E system view and validation.

Full abstract in IEEEXplore DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.003.2300735

Authors

Mikko A. Uusitalo, Nokia Bell Labs, Finland

Hamed Farhadi, Mårten Ericson, Patrik Rugeland – Ericsson Research, Sweden

Mauro Boldi, TIM, Italy

Gerhard Fettweis, Ahmad Nimr – TU Dresden, Germany

Bahare M. Khorsandi, Nokia, Germany

Ignacio Labrador Pavón, Atos, Spain

Markus Mueck, Dario Sabella – Intel, Germany

Aarno Pärssinen, University of Oulu, Finland

Bjoern Richerzhagen, Siemens, Germany

Henk Wymeersch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Published in IEEE Communications Magazine ( Volume: 63, Issue: 5)

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