Workshop on Results and findings from SNS B5G large-scale trials and experimentations
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 9:00 – 12:30, room 1.C
Organisers:
- Marco Gramaglia (Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, ES)
- Alessandro Trogolo (co-proposer) (TIM, )
Motivation and Background
The SNS JU phase 1 Stream C and Stream D projects, co-funded by the European Union, started their activities in January 2023. After 30 months of dedicated effort, these projects are reaching their conclusion, with results now ready to be leveraged by other ongoing initiatives. These includes projects launched under the following 2024 and 2025 calls (namely phase 2 and phase 3 respectively) as well as major standardization bodies that are starting their work on 6G.
This Workshop aims to provide valuable insights into the development of large-scale trials and experimentations, offering a common table to discuss the lessons learned and share the performed experiences with the aim to further strength the current 5G ecosystem and to contribute to the definition of the path towards the upcoming 6G era.
In line with the SNS JU two main missions of fostering Europe’s technology sovereignty in 6G and boosting 5G deployment in Europe, the key objectives of the Stream C and Stream D projects, through their trials and experimentation activities, have been, on one side, elaborate on the potential limitations of the current network technologies (in order to derive the requirements for the next generation mobile network) and, on the other side, understand the level of acceptance of the proposed innovative applications by the users through the involvement of new vertical sectors thus to consolidate and further deploy 5G and beyond solutions. Accordingly, this Workshop, alongside other initiatives within the 6G-IA and SNS JU, allows for the synthesis and dissemination of the findings and results across the various projects and external stakeholders.
This Workshop will focus on two primary topics, building on the legacy of other SNS JU-related activities conducted in 2024: large-scale trials and experimentation development (including platform and network solutions deployment) and the definition of proper KPIs/KVIs frameworks to analyze and evaluate the related results. These topics provide technology providers, operators, applications developers, and other relevant stakeholders, an opportunity to exchange insights on the challenges, best practices, and success experiences related to deploying cutting-edge large-scale and experimental 5G and beyond technologies as well as innovative and value-added use cases across Europe.
Structure
9:00 – 10:30: Session 1 – Platform and network solutions
The first session will focus on experiences related to the deployment of cutting-edge technologies, with a particular emphasis on the innovations there introduced. Invited speakers will present their key achievements, discuss the strategies employed for large-scale and experimental technology deployment, and share insights into decision-making processes when addressing risks. This session aims not only to highlight the advanced technologies implemented across Europe over the past 30 months but also to provide valuable guidance for newcomers, such as the 2025 awardees, as they engage with these activities.
- 6G-BRICKS – Kostas Ramantas (iquadrat)
- 6G-SANDBOX – Pedro Merino (UMA)
- FIDAL – David Artuñedo (Telefónica)
- IMAGINE-B5G – David Gomez Barquero (ITEAM)
- TARGET-X – Janina Gauß (Fraunhofer)
- TrialsNet – Alessandro Trogolo (TIM)
- SUNRISE-6G – Christos Verikoukis (AthenaRC)
- ENVELOPE – Konstantinos V. Katsaros (ICCS)
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:05: Session 2 – Results from the trials and experimentations
The second session will focus on the outcomes of the performed large-scale trials and experimentation of the various use cases proposed by the projects, assessed through both quantitative metrics (i.e., KPIs) and qualitative measures (i.e., KVIs) as well as their analysis and relations. This discussion will help to identify the most promising technology areas, requirements identification, and explore strategies to contribute to the standardization activities during the initial phases of the 6G definition
- 6G-BRICKS – Kostas Ramantas (iquadrat)
- 6G-SANDBOX – Filip Ivanovic (Keysight)
- FIDAL – Almudena Diaz (University of Malaga)
- IMAGINE-B5G – David Gomez Barquero (ITEAM)
- TARGET-X – Janina Gauß (Fraunhofer)
- TrialsNet – Marco Gramaglia (UC3M)
11:00 – 12:30: Panel – lessons learned and path towards 6G
The panel will serve to go deeper into the most important aspects, discuss the common lessons learned and provide suggestions and feedback to the audience through an interactive Q&A session.
