Company Name: Centre for Future Transport and Cities (CFTC), Coventry University, UK
Expertise offered:
- Architectural innovations (e.g., Open RAN and Network Slicing). - Vertical applications (e.g., automotive/transport and smart cities) with a focus on sustainability.
Company Name: IRT Saint Exupéry
Expertise offered:
Within the Smart Technologies department in IRT, we have expertise in the following domains: - TN/NTN: we specialize in the development of SATCOM virtualized network functions to facilitate the integration of the satellite into 5G mobile telecommunication networks. This includes network slicing, traffic steering and smart management of virtualized network service chains based on machine learning solutions. We focus on 5G slicing for non-3GPP links (e.g., satellite links). In this regard, IRT has developed several 5G core functions to ensure the continuity of the slices on a non-3GPP satellite link. - Networking and Virtualization: we host a a cloud infrastructure[...]
Company Name: OPTICOMS GmbH
Expertise offered:
Opticoms is a very focused engineering and system integration company. The target customers of Opticoms are 1) small & medium enterprises, who are looking for affordable and robust B5G and 6G (NSA & SA, FR1 and FR2) connectivity / Private 5G solutions, and 2) ISPs / MNOs who are looking for scalable enterprise connectivity / campus network solution partners. The value Opticoms offers to its customers and partners are: - tailored engineering services for integrating various components of B5G and 6G solutions ( - customization and integration of various open-source software - Integrating commercial vendor components (RU, CU, DU, 5G[...]
Company Name: Instituto Tecnológico de Informática
Expertise offered:
In terms of network engineering, ITI has been researching about different technologies such as WSN, Bluetooth, LoRaWAN, SDN, WiFi and 5G communications. Considering this background, ITI is currently researching in integration, adaptation and homogeneization of industral protocols and enriched services into 5G networks, integration of edge computing and compatibility with cloud services to boost in-network computing mobility and AI deployment. Furthermore, ITI has research interests in the compatibility of non-3GPP networks within the 5G architecture. All in all, ITI is integrated in an ecosystem of SMEs available to play as placeholders for project use cases.
Company Name: AiVader GmbH
Expertise offered:
- End-to-End Service Management & Orchestration: Inclusive of FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security) Management Functions for Core Network and RAN along with service management, CI/CD and Cloud deployment. - 5G Protocol Stack and OpenRAN Development: Expertise in 5G Protocol stack, OpenRAN, and related interface development, including O1, A1, E2, Netconf, etc. - Self-Organized Networking (SON): Leveraging a robust research background, we design SON Functions optimizing Coverage, Capacity, Mobility, and Interference management. This includes Network Slicing, Energy Saving, Traffic Steering, and innovative scheduling & optimization techniques for meeting diverse QoS requirements in applications like URLLC, eMBB, and mMTC. -[...]
Company Name: Türk Telekom
Expertise offered:
As being one of the biggest mobile and fixed network operators in Türkiye, we aim to acknowledge 5G and B5G scenarios in advance with R&D-I projects. Türk Telekom (TT) has two R&D centers based in İstanbul and Ankara, and it carries out different national projects as well as international projects including ITEA, Celtic Next (+ some Horizon applications ongoing) in these R&D centers. In brief, in these projects, TT provides testbeds, for LTE-A and 5G connectivity, for real-case deployment scenarios of different verticals which avail 5G and B5G connectivity. It also carries out some PoC works of next generation communication[...]