Bristol Uni heads up 6G comms consortium

REASON (Realising Enabling Architectures and Solutions for Open Networks) has awarded nearly £12m from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to develop and industrialise technologies and solutions for future 6G mobile networks. The project will aim to bring together stakeholders from across the entire telecommunication R&D supply chain, developing a roadmap for open 6G networks which will set the framework for new developments across the entire technology stack.

“Our project, REASON, is engaging a consortium of partners representing the entire telecoms R&D ecosystem, including leading UK Universities, large equipment vendors, service and content providers and innovative SMEs,” said project lead Professor Dimitra Simeonidou of Bristol’s Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

“REASON will address key technological challenges of delivering End-to-End Open Network solutions, considering all segments of the network. The project will pursue breakthroughs on elevating bottlenecks of current systems, such as interoperability, agility, sustainability, resilience, security, and will position UK-born technologies as candidates for delivering future solutions.”