We are pleased to welcome Poznań University of Technology (PUT) as the newest member of the UNITY-6G consortium. The university joins our collaborative effort to advance research and innovation in 6G technologies.
PUT is one of the leading technical universities in Poland, with a mission centered on education, research, and development in the service of society, science, and the world. Guided by its strategy, “Unity of goals – variety of possibilities,” the university aims to achieve a leading international position, delivering impactful solutions to key challenges of the modern world through high-quality education and cutting-edge research.
Within UNITY-6G, PUT is represented by the Institute of Radiocommunications at the Faculty of Computing and Telecommunications. The Institute focuses on scientific research, higher education, and research supervision in the field of wireless communications. Equipped with modern research infrastructure, specialized laboratories, and a team of experienced academic staff, the Institute actively collaborates with industry partners and undertakes research and development projects funded by the private sector, national funding agencies, and the European Commission.
Learn more about PUT and its role within UNITY-6G from the interview below.
What will be the role of PUT’s role in UNITY-6G? What unique contribution does it bring to the project/consortium?
PUT contributes to the project in different domains. First, having experience in O-RAN and xApp/rApp development, as well as being a member of the O-RAN Alliance and AI-RAN Alliance, PUT provides its expertise in Open RAN-related aspects. PUT members have gained practical experience in app development and integration on commercial O-RAN platforms and will utilize an O-RAN-compliant tool, DART by RimedoLabs, for O-RAN testing. Thus, provisioning of appropriate algorithms and applications is within the scope of work.
Second, PUT will lead the work package dealing with aspects associated with the service-based architecture (SBA), focusing on service-lifecycle development, architecture design, and integrated services. Particularly, the aim will be on the definition and implementation of the cross-domain orchestrator.
Another domain covers problems related to intra-domain digital twinning and efficiency analysis of such a solution. Topically, problems related to sustainable semating communications, distributed AI, security-related aspects, and conflict mitigation, will also be addressed.
Why is participation in UNITY-6G important for your organization?
Aiming for 6G networks, UNITY-6G provides its participants with excellent opportunities for investigating problems related to multi-domain management. PUT’s engagement in this project allows addressing new use cases, including cross-domain network orchestration, resource management, and AI-native solutions. Moreover, advances in conflict mitigation and digital twinning will be further utilized in company offerings to meet the dynamically evolving needs of the wireless network market. Finally, as PUT provides academic training to students, the project’s outcomes can further enhance the didactic impact through actual and practical use cases.
Who are the key people involved?
Dr. Adrian Kliks will lead PUT’s participation in UNITY-6G, as well as serve as the Work-Package #5 leader. Next, Prof. Hanna Bogucka will be responsible for aspects related to distributed AI and security, Dr. Paweł Kryszkiewicz – for digital twining, Dr. Paweł Sroka for semantic communications, and Dr. Lukasz Kulacz and Dr. Karolina Lenarska will focus on orchestrator design. Moreover, PhD Students will be involved, mainly Marcel Garczyk, Paweł Hatka, Marcin Pakuła and Paweł Płaczkiewicz.
