TrialsNet

TrialsNet intends to deploy full large-scale trials to implement a heterogeneous and comprehensive set of innovative 6G applications based on various technologies such as cobots, metaverse, massive twinning, internet of senses, and covering three relevant domains of the urban ecosystems in Europe:

• Infrastructure, Transportation, Security & Safety,
• eHealth & Emergency,
• Culture, Tourism & Entertainment.

The goal is to develop 13 representative use cases over wide coverage areas with the involvement of extended sets of real users in 4 geographical clusters, in Italy, Spain, Greece and Romania. The transversal use cases are potentially implementable over different clusters, thus allowing for a holistic evaluation of the network. Targeting to improve the “liveability” of the urban environment in the different domains, TrialsNet also aims at:

• understanding where current networks are not sufficient to assure the performance needed by the use cases
• deriving the new requirements for next generation mobile networks

European Partners

Ericsson Telecomunicazioni Spa (IT), Telecom Italia Spa (IT), Orange Romania Sa (RO), Nextworks (IT), Wings ICT Solutions Information & Communication Technologies Ike (EL), Universidad Carlos Iii de Madrid (ES), Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum (BE), Yerba Buena Vr Europe (SL) – Es, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (IT), Telefonica Investigacion y Desarrollo Sa(ES), Ericsson Espana Sa (ES), Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IT), Athens International Airport S.A. (EL), Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento S. Anna (IT), Promozione per l’ Innovazione fra Industria e Università Associazione (IT), Universitatea Tehnica Gheorghe Asachi Din Iasi (RO), Prosegur Compania de Seguridad Sa (ES), Crossmedia Belgique (BE), Real Wireless Limited (UK), Dimos Athinaion Epicheirisi Michanografisis (EL), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (IT), Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio per la Ricerca Medica e di Sanità Pubblica (IT).

The project in Torino

The objective in Torino is to demonstrate how at outdoor and indoor cultural/recreational locations the deployment of XR, metaverse, and digital twin solutions could show the ability of 5G/6G technologies to enhance the visitor experience of public cultural & heritage sites from the viewpoint of edutainment and could assist safety & security operators in training, simulation, prevention, and management of emergency conditions. The trials shall enable the demonstration in real-time of an innovative technological framework that advances common practices of tourism operators and of local police.

Pratical steps

The TrialsNet framework is composed of a set of 13 innovative use cases that leverage 5G and beyond, to improve the urban environment in many ways. In a nutshell, TrialsNet core goals are:

• trialling of 6G Applications (Cobots, Metaverse/XR, Massive Twinning, Drones, Sensors/IoT, Pervasive UHD Cameras, AI), supporting them in large scale environments and porting of new applications into the B5G ecosystem;
• the enhancement of B5G networks to support 6G applications, by understanding the requirements of the 6G applications and improving the network components to support 6G applications;
• the introduction of societal benefits in different areas, thanks to 6G Apps;
• large scale deployment of B5G networks, providing pervasive B5G KPIs in different scenarios for a better understanding and enforcing the sustainability of the deployed system;
• achievement of an industrial impact by leveraging the B5G network deployment to lead the next wave of products and achievement of scientific and standardization impact;
• creation of an ecosystem of verticals and technology providers in the trial sites.

Numbers

• EU Contribution to the City of Torino: € 188.750,00
• Project duration: 36 months
• Partners: 23
• Partners in Torino: Fondazione Piemonte Innova and Fondazione Torino Musei (as affiliated entities)