Integrated SEnsing, Energy & Communication for 6G Networks

Innovative 6G solutions, like joint communication and sensing, address diverse challenges for smart transportation, cities, healthcare, emergency response, security and environmental monitoring. In this context, the EU-funded iSEE-6G project proposes a holistic layered architecture that investigates, for the first time, Joint Communications, Computation, Sensing and Power transfer from the radio channel and the reconfigurable, intelligent antenna to the UAV-supported applications focusing on accurate localization, Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) and IoE on a unified radio platform for future 6G networks.

Specifically, the project integrates key enabling technologies, offering novel intelligent reconfigurable surfaces and antennas, optimised physical layer design, collaborative sensing, cross-layer schemes and system-level solutions.

Proof-of-concept trials conducted on iSEE-6G testbeds  demonstrate its potential, focusing on aerial corridor use cases with collection of key performance indicators on network, sensing, and power transfer performance. With plans for outdoor venue extension, iSEE-6G heralds advancements in public protection and disaster relief monitoring and JCCSP-as-a-service deployment.