On the 6th of November, the 5G-STARDUST project is going to take part on several levels to the 5th NTN Workshop organised by consortium partner Fraunhofer FOKUS in their Berlin premises - which will take stock of the latest developments in the quest to create a unified Terrestrial-Non-Terrestrial system for the future of connectivity.
The event
The workshop – jointly organised by Fraunhofer FOKUS with European Space Agency and Eurescom - brings together mobile and satellite network operators, integrators, technology providers, and academia in a collaborative setting to present and openly discuss the evolution of the Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) domain. With 3GPP 6G standardisation now underway, this moment marks a decisive turning point, as, for the first time, NTN communication is fully embedded in the standardisation process from the get-go. The workshop is structured around key presentations, expert panels, and live demonstrations, highlighting the roles of newly available laboratory infrastructure, space assets, and cost-effective testbeds as foundations for experimentation and validation. As a recognised industry forum, the NTN Workshop focuses on unification by bridging Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial sectors and harnessing the momentum created by 6G and O-RAN standardisation to shape new ecosystems and accelerate cross-industry convergence.
5G-STARDUST’s presence
5G-STARDUST will be highlighted onstage in the afternoon segment of the workshop, dedicated to the long-term TN-NTN research perspective: Project Coordinator Tomaso de Cola, from German Aerospace Center (DLR), will be talking about the role of AI in giving NTN a boost to the next level, while partner Alessandro Guidotti of Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT) and University of Bologna will be covering challenges and innovation for future 6G NTN.
About the project
5G-STARDUST’s ambition is to deliver a fully integrated 5G-NTN autonomous system with novel self-adapting end-to-end connectivity models for enabling ubiquitous radio access. To this aim, the project will design, develop, and demonstrate a flexible satellite system integrated with the terrestrial infrastructure by means of self-organised network architecture, and will deliver an innovative framework to support the operation of multi-orbit constellations, with transparent and regenerative space nodes, to deliver 5G/6G NTN services.
5G-STARDUST project has received funding from the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101096573.
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This work has received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).