- Project name: Intelligent Sensing and Communication as Training Network for Perceptive Mobile Networks in 6G
- Project acronym: ISAC-NEWTON
- GA number: 101169496
- Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01
- Topic: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01
- Type of action: HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks
- Granting authority: European Research Executive Agency
- Coordinator: Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (AUTH)
- Coordinator person: Zaharias D. Zaharis, MSc, PhD
- EU contribution: 3 253 593.60€
- Project start date: February 1, 2025
- Duration: 48 months
Specific research objectives (SROs) of the project
- SRO1: Study and optimise metasurface-based sensors and antennas, addressing challenges in both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) sensing scenarios.
- SRO2: Integrate ML in conventional sensing algorithms to increase their efficiency, accuracy, and adaptability in diverse applications.
- SRO3: Optimise monostatic, bistatic, or multistatic design, including RIS-assisted scenarios, for adaptive locationtime aware scheduling and improved coverage.
- SRO4: Design novel prediction and situational awareness algorithms for improved accuracy of localisation and enhanced reliability.
- SRO5: Develop novel resource-efficient schemes for improved spectral efficiency, seamless connectivity, reduced latency, and improved coverage considering cell-free (CF)- massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) networks under an open radio access network (O-RAN) paradigm.
- SRO6: Design zero-trust security models supporting low authentication latency and optimised synchronisation of network elements updates and integrate with sensing information for the implementation of digital cyber twin for smart factory or autonomous connected vehicles scenario.
- SRO7: Study sensing and communication trade-offs, and design appropriate resource allocation algorithms to support different performance requirements in an Industry 5.0 scenario.
- SRO8: Develop various Proof of Concept (PoC) studies on target recognition/tracking, environmental threat detection, and zero-trust security to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed innovative techniques to realise sustainable ubiquitous connectivity and encourage deployment, through prototyping and experimental research activities.
- SRO9: Align the proposed scientific innovations to ethical criteria as defined by standardisation to privacy and technology use.
Technological and industrial objectives (TIOs) of the project
- TIO1: Create a continuous network of transferable knowledge and skills between industry and academia and reduce the talent shortage required for multidisciplinarity.
- TIO2: Develop and exploit new hardware and software solutions for ISAC.
- TIO3: Establish an interdisciplinary research network of young researchers and experts to advance ISAC for 6G from both theoretical and experimental perspectives, aiming to close the current research gaps, and cover specific R&I challenges and create value in the research area of ISAC.
- TIO4: Enhance the impact of the expected outcomes through wide-scale dissemination and contributions to standardisation.