Two major UKRI-funded projects aimed at building future 6G communications systems are being supported by academics at the University of Glasgow.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) recently announced £40m of new funding to support the ongoing work of three future telecommunications research hubs, called CHEDDAR, TITAN and HASC. Together they form a new federated communications hub. The funding will also facilitate the creation of a national infrastructure for future telecommunications testing and development called JOINER.
Researchers in Glasgow are supporting CHEDDAR, led by Imperial College London, and JOINER, led by the University of Bristol.
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Last year, the University of Glasgow became one of the founding partners of CHEDDAR, a communications hub to power distributed cloud computing applications and research.
CHEDDAR initially received £2m of support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and has now received a further £10.5m to continue its research.
CHEDDAR research strives to investigate and design proofs of concept for 6G technologies that enable interconnection between people and devices at any scale. It is important that these technologies are supported and powered by a communications infrastructure that is safe, secure, reliable and sustainable.
Next-generation technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) do not operate in isolation, but are powered by communication infrastructure that supports them.
Research focuses on intelligently connected telecommunications management and control, dynamic programmability, and integrated sensing and communications, as well as energy usage reduction.
Dame Muffy Calder, Professor of Formal Methods and Head of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow, will be part of the university’s team contributing to CHEDDAR, along with Professor Comer H. Abbasi from the James Watt School of Engineering. Professor Muhammad Ali Imran, also of the James Watt School of Engineering, is leading the university’s support for CHEDDAR and his JOINER.
Professor Dame Muffy said: The University of Glasgow’s deep understanding of the sector and cutting-edge research to develop future communications technologies will help it play a key role in building the infrastructure that will enable a wide range of next-generation technologies. ”
Professor Abbasi also commented: “Glasgow researchers will contribute support across all three pillars of the CHEDDAR project, in areas including verifiable safety, integrated sensing and communications, cloud-native wireless intelligence controllers, and foundational models for communications. We are excited to lend our expertise to this collaboration and look forward to working with our partners in the coming months.”
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The University of Glasgow is one of ten UK universities and the only Scottish higher education institution to support the Joint Open Infrastructure for Network Research (JOINER) project.
JOINER is the UK’s first national accelerator program for 6G and beyond. It is a national research and development platform that interconnects academic institutions, laboratories and industrial partners and enables innovation within a collaborative experimental environment.
Bridging the gap between experimenters, services and equipment JOINER Fabric is a purpose-built transport network that interconnects all JOINER terminals across the UK, with a multi-tenant hybrid cloud platform enabling end-to-end service provisioning. Masu.
The JOINER project will accelerate the UK’s approach to communications and technology by establishing a state-of-the-art national experimentation platform designed to foster innovation, collaboration and research across academia, industry and government sectors The purpose is that.
Additionally, JOINER aims to integrate and upgrade existing national testbeds through a federated approach to enable comprehensive research and development into future network technologies, including ushering in the UK’s first full-scale 6G-enabled platform. Masu.
The University of Glasgow is a contributor to the JOINER project in Scotland, alongside the Scottish 5G Centre.
Professor Muhammad Imran said: “I am proud that the University of Glasgow is involved in these two very important projects, which will help the UK maintain its world-leading position in future communications technologies and networks. This reflects the excellence of our research base in this field, bringing together expertise across a wide range of disciplines. ”
