Nokia to Lead German 6G Lighthouse Project
- Nokia is the
overall leader for 6G-ANNA, a German national-funded 6G lighthouse project
- 6G-ANNA will
provide essential technologies to unleash and augment human potential.
Nokia announced it will lead 6G-ANNA, a German national-funded
6G lighthouse project, starting from 1st July 2022. Nokia will
collaborate with the 29partners
in 6G-ANNA to lead and drive 6G research and standardization.
Funding for
6G-ANNA will comefrom the German Federal
Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und
Forschung, BMBF), with an aim ofstrengthening
and pushingGerman and European 6G
agendas and driving global pre-standardization activities from a German and
European perspective. 6G-ANNA is part of the larger “6G Platform German”national initiative andhas a total volume of €38.4million with a duration of threeyears.
Nokia will
work closely with the consortium, which includespartners
from industry, subject matter experts, start-ups, research institutes and
distinguished universities in Germany.
Nokia will
play an instrumental role in both 6G-ANNA and Germany’swider 6G ecosystem. Within 6G-ANNA,
Nokia will focus on designing an end-to-end 6G architecture and work with other
project partners on three key technology areas: 6G access, network of networks,
and automation andsimplification.Selected topics such as sub-networks,
XR, and real-time digital twinning will be implemented and presented as proof
of concepts.
In addition,
Nokia will interact with the German ecosystem, including four academic “6G
Hubs” with more than 60 university chairs. Beyond Germany, 6G-ANNA aims to
interact with other major 6G flagship projects in Europe and the U.S. to shape
global 6G standards.
Peter
Merz, Head of Nokia Standards, said: “We are honored to lead 6G-ANNA, the most important
government-funded 6G lighthouse project in Germany. While the first 6G networks
are not expected to be commercially available before 2030, we are already
laying the technical foundation with 5G-Advanced, as well as long-term
innovation that will drive 6G developments.”
Nokia believes
6G will not onlybuild on existing
technologies and systems, but also expand and transform what a network can do.
It will fuse the human, physical and digital worlds to liberate our innate
human potential. Beyond 6G-ANNA, Nokia is engaging with major industry peers,
customers, academia and research institutions globally, spanning the U.S.,
Europe and APAC to form a common view and direction for 6G.
Source: Nokia media announcement
