GRENOBLE, France – Feb 25th, 2021 – CEA-Leti today announced the creation of a new European Union initiative to lay the groundwork for future wireless networks with a broad-based approach that converges multiple technologies, fields and disciplines.
- Called NEW-6G, which stands for nanoelectronics & wireless for 6G, the industrial, research-institute and academic collaboration will evaluate how nanotechnology, telecommunications, hardware, software, networks and equipment can be leveraged to meet 6G-performance and quality-of-service standards, while meeting societal expectations and sustainability requirements.
- NEW-6G will offer unprecedented opportunities to rethink the role of nanoelectronics and to establish roadmaps, encourage cooperation, share knowledge and promote the emergence of innovative ideas, said Emilio Calvanese-Strinati, 6G future wireless research director at CEA-Leti.
With an eye toward adapting and exploiting leading-edge R&D already underway at consortium partners, the NEW-6G initiative anticipates creating common projects to pursue further work in the following areas, among others:
- Network architecture and optimization, protocols and data flows,
- Security of information and infrastructures,
- Integrated circuits, digital components, high-performance radio frequencies and low energy consumption,
- Efficient, integrated antenna solutions, and
- Dedicated, high-performance, sustainable semiconductor technologies.
Officially launched in January 2021, the NEW-6G initiative will be piloted by CEA-Leti, working closely with a strong consortium of European partners. The NEW-6G initiative accounts for many industrial, vertical markets and academic leading partners from Europe.