EU-India International Collaboration -

Expected Outcome:

• In depth analysis of the 6G Indian vision, including Indian SDO (e.g. TSDSI), Indian Government institutions and Indian stakeholders (including Bharat 6G), with commonalities and differences between the European and Indian perspectives, including downstream industrial opportunities and risks. A comprehensive priority list supported by factual elements (e.g. mapping supply chains in both the EU and India, analyses of state-of the-art technologies, economic, policy and legal landscape etc.) for cooperation opportunities is expected.

• A comprehensive analysis of the industrial ecosystems in India and EU in relation to 6G, including supply chain cooperation opportunities.

• Support to the SNS JU, EC and 6G-IA to define and implement measures aiming at strengthening the position of Europe’s industry in the Indian 6G value chain.

• A detailed analysis of specific requirements on 6G in India and the EU and the potential impact on 6G specifications.

• Support future cooperation opportunities on 6G Vision, including relevant enabling technologies, platforms and testbeds for experimental research. Cooperation opportunities on societal and economic aspects of 6G should also be supported.

• Identification of commonalities, differences, and lessons learnt from the realization of trials and pilots in EU and India and proposals for future cooperation in 6G trials & pilots.

• Identification of potential synergies, areas of common research interests, and complementarities towards 6G systems design.

• Identification of common approaches towards the sustainability of 6G networks.

• Engaging with vertical industries to shape and promote 6G use-cases and business cases of common interest.

• Bridging EU and Indian 6G research communities (including Bharat 6G) and support the SNS JU in implementing actions related to research cooperation.

• Alignment of views on future exploitation in international standardisation as well as contributions to standardisation bodies and fora, supporting global views on open standards and interoperability, with particular focus on developments in ITU-T, ITU-R, 3GPP and other related standardization organizations.

• Factual elements (e.g. mapping supply chains in both regions, analyses of state-of the-art and emerging technologies in 6G) that help the SNS JU in assessing potential areas of cooperation.

Objective:

Please refer to the "Specific Challenges and Objectives" section for Stream CSA-03 in the Work Programme, available under ‘Topic Conditions and Documents - Additional Documents’.

Scope:

The goal of this CSA is to facilitate structured cooperation and exchanges between EU and Indian stakeholders in the field of advanced connectivity research. The scope covers the following topics:

• Analytical assessment of the industrial policies and approaches in India and the EU in the 6G context, including opportunities and risks.

• Comprehensive analysis of the industrial ecosystems in both regions focusing on 6G-related requirements, complementarities, and long-term areas where cooperation can support future research or address technological dependencies (e.g. supply-chain considerations).

• Identification of priority domains of 6G technological cooperation that can be in the short term stimulated by cooperative R&D and would result in tangible benefits for Europe.

• Joint exploratory EU-India work on 6G Vision, its relevant technologies, platform or testbeds for experimental research and societal and economic aspects of 6G.

• Preparation of research-oriented roadmaps for possible future collaborations (such as in the development of tools for experimentation, open-source software tools and repositories, prototyping and evaluation, tools for probing and data analytics, emulation, management and technology trials and pilots), workshops and scientific exchanges.

• Applicants are invited to describe how the EU-India cooperation will be organised within the project and the approach they will use to engage with Indian stakeholders. The selected project is expected to interact with relevant Indian organisations, including standardisation bodies (e.g. TSDSI), Indian institutions and other Indian stakeholders (including Bharat 6G). Proposals should include description of specific cooperation activities to be carried out such as exchange of information and results, sharing of data, sharing of methodologies, researcher exchanges and visits, joint workshops, joint testbeds etc. A strong and demonstrated innovation and industrial understanding of the 6G ecosystem of India is expected.

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