1st 6G-XR Open Call - 6G-XR Platform and Network Enablers
ClosedDescription
The purpose of the open call is to address identified gaps in the 6G-XR infrastructures and targets the development and extension of the four research infrastructures to make them ready for advanced experimentation in upcoming project open calls for experimentation. In particular, the project is looking for 1) networking and computing enablers; 2) XR enablers; 3) RAN enablers; and 4) Sustainability enablers for local green energy, controlling energy sources and charging/discharging, energy measurement and optimization solutions in terms of the following implementations Automated IP network measurement system Edge discovery API Holographics API CAMARA QoD implementation over Open5GS Fab Lab digital twin environment Advancing Heterogeneous XR Capture Systems XR fusion Wireless Connectivity for XR Sensors Encoding solutions optimized for Point Cloud/Volumetric Video compression Low-latency or scalable streaming protocols and methods for XR QoE assessment models and methods for XR experiences XR Interaction and Collaboration Software Modules and APIs Multi-sensory communications and interactions End-to-end slicing with RAN resource sharing RAN or Sustainability enablers for local green energy, controlling energy sources and charging/discharging, energy measurement and optimization solutions All approved projects performed during this open call must be made available to other experimenters during the rest of the 6G-XR project duration. A more detailed description of the above topics is available on https://www.6g-xr.eu/open-calls/oc1/.
Beneficiary & submission
In order to submit your proposal, please download and carefully read the provided documentation and templates through the link below: https://www.6g-xr.eu/open-calls/oc1/ The proposal must be submitted in English and through the 6G-XR online form that is located on the same page. All form fields should be filled with no exceptions. The online form contains key information about the proposer, the proposal, and the requested budget. A feasibility check is required before submission. Proposers are STRONGLY encouraged to submit their draft proposal by Tuesday 31st October 2023 at 17:00 CET. Once the deadline for submitting a proposal is reached, the call will be closed and the evaluation process will start. Evaluation and ranking will be carried out by an external jury of experts, which cannot be part of the consortium and cannot evaluate proposals where a conflict of interest can be identified. For each of the received proposals, at least two assigned experts will perform reviews independently of each other. Afterwards, consensus meetings for all proposals among involved experts will be held, where a common opinion and rating will be built up for all the proposals. The last step in the evaluation process will be to create ranking among all received proposals, which will be done in cooperation with all independent experts involved in the evaluations. A proposal will be considered eligible for the 6G-XR Open Call if it complies will ALL the following rules: · The proposal is submitted by a legal entity established and based in one of the EU Member States or a Horizon Europe Associated country. The targeted organisations in this Call are (i) SMEs; (ii) Industry; (iii) Research/scientific organisation; (iv) Academia. · The proposal is submitted by a single party. The submission of proposals by consortia is not eligible. · The proposer CANNOT BE AFFILIATED TO ANY OF THE CONSORTIUM PARTNERS OF THE 6G-XR PROJECT. · The proposal complies with the type of activity qualified for financial support: (i) Personnel costs for development of software and equipment; (ii) Travel costs; (iii) Overhead costs (25% of the direct costs). · The proposal is submitted in English. · The proposal is submitted through the official Open Call Submission Tool on the 6G-XR website providing all the required documents (completed proposal template and declaration of honour). · The proposal has been submitted within the deadline set in this document. Late proposals will not be admitted. · The proposal complies with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) regarding all personal data that might be included in the proposal. Proposals submitted by Parties meeting the requirements will be further evaluated according to the following criteria: 1. Clarity and methodology: Soundness of the approach and credibility of the proposed methodology 2. Ambition: Advancement regard the state-of-the-art and expected output. 3. Impact: Technology and domain fit to 6G-XR scope and objectives. 4. Replicability of the proposed solution. 5. Contribution to standardisation of the proposed solution. 6. Team capacity to perform; knowledge, technological and business expertise; commitment; research domain & track-record. 7. Value for money: quality and effectiveness of the requested resources. 8. SME participation is encouraged. 9. Gender dimension awareness requested to the proposers. 10. Maturity/trajectory of the proposing organization/proposed development in the specific field of their proposal. You can find more detailed information on the submission and evaluation process on https://www.6g-xr.eu/open-calls/oc1/
Further information
Detailed information about the 1st 6G-XR Open Call is already included in the Open Call documents (Information Document, Proposal Template, Declaration of Honour, Draft Third Party Agreement) available on https://www.6g-xr.eu/open-calls/oc1/. Please review thoroughly these documents as well as the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Open Call 1 page. If the answer to your question cannot be found in the documentation, you can send your question to the following email address: opencalls@6g-xr.eu. In case your question refers to technical details of the offered research infrastructure, you can send your question to the same email address opencalls@6g-xr.eu, clearly mentioning which infrastructure the question relates to.