en.Wedoany.com Reported - IMDEA Networks Institute (IMDEA Networks) is participating in four 6G research projects funded by the European Union's Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), named PROSPERO, PAISES-6G, IoT-ZERO, and PRIME-6G, covering areas such as sustainability, security, industrial transformation, and future network architectures.

The SNS JU is a public-private partnership that allocates up to €900 million from the EU budget, with private sector matching bringing the total to €1.8 billion. IMDEA appears frequently in SNS JU calls, participating in 20% of selected projects, making it one of Europe's leading 6G research centers.

The latest call (the seventh) was launched at the end of last month, focusing on 6G front-end module design, with a dedicated budget of €14 million. Interested parties must submit proposals by September 3. Previously, the EU-supported project Enable-6G, led by IMDEA, concluded in May last year, with participants including Telefónica, NEC Europe, technology consultancy BluSpecs, and LED R&D company PI Lighting, focusing on low-power communication and sensing, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, and privacy-preserving machine learning (PPML).

The four new projects make extensive use of artificial intelligence technology. The PROSPERO project will leverage AI-native automation and sustainability design principles to develop a unified, integrated, and simplified 6G architecture, aiming to reduce costs and improve sustainability and network resilience, combining connectivity, intelligence, and resource efficiency within a single framework to overcome fragmentation and reduce reliance on proprietary technologies.

The PAISES-6G project involves developing secure, intelligent, and scalable 6G infrastructure, integrating AI and machine learning to enhance network performance and efficiency. The PRIME-6G project focuses on optimizing 6G performance in industrial manufacturing environments, with solutions leveraging deterministic connectivity, multimodal sensing, and digital twins to be tested in real factory settings, contributing to the EU's smart manufacturing strategy.

The IoT-ZERO project is the most notable, where researchers will develop IoT devices using ultra-low-power communication and energy harvesting to achieve near-zero energy consumption. The devices will combine event-driven sensing and neuromorphic computing—an approach that mimics the structure and function of the human brain—supporting battery-free, long-life deployments for use cases such as asset tracking.

IMDEA stated that through these projects, IMDEA Networks Institute (IMDEA Networks) is committed to building a 6G ecosystem that is not only high-performance but also secure, sustainable, and aligned with European strategic priorities. Given that the industry expects commercial 6G networks to be operational before the end of this decade, the nature of these projects highlights the robust capabilities required for 6G infrastructure.

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