Seamless integration of efficient 6G wireless technologies for communication and Sensing

6G- senses提出了新型6G RAN技术的集成，如无蜂窝（CF）大规模多输入多输出（MIMO）和联合通信与传感（JCAS），以支持基于3GPP和O-RAN的当前（和未来）架构框架所支撑的6G愿景。该项目考虑了能够提供传感功能的多技术RAN生态系统。这些技术包括Sub-6、Wi-Fi、毫米波和5G NR，它们将共存于JCAS框架中，其目标是从周围环境中获取尽可能多的信息，以提高能源效率，降低功耗，并有利于高数据速率的通信。此外，其中一些技术可以集成到使用毫米波和Sub-6技术的完全分布式CF-mMIMO方案的首次实现中。为了增强可用性和覆盖范围，并提高传感性能，将利用可重构智能表面（RISs）利用接入点的分布式特性和多天线的可用性。提出了一种适合ris辅助CF网络结构的分布式信号处理和资源分配优化方案。该框架将利用新的PHY技术来增加接入点之间的合作及其固有能力，以提高传感能力的精度/准确性。来自这些技术的传感信息将被推送到O-RAN框架，使用无线电智能控制器（RICs）进行优化。总共将展示三个概念验证演示，其中包括在单一基础设施中提出的项目目标

6G-SENSES proposes the integration of novel 6G RAN technologies such as Cell-Free (CF) Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) and Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) to support the 6G vision that is sustained by the current (and future) architectural framework based on 3GPP and O-RAN. The project considers a multi-technology RAN ecosystem with technologies that are able to offer sensing functionalities. These technologies are Sub-6, Wi-Fi, millimeter wave and 5G NR, which will coexist in a JCAS framework whose goal is to retrieve as much information as possible from the surrounding environment to improve energy efficiency, reduce power consumption and favour communication at high data rates. Additionally, some of these technologies will be amenable to be integrated in the first implementation of a fully distributed CF-mMIMO scheme using mmWave and Sub-6 technologies. WIth the aim to enhance availability and coverage and to improve sensing performance, will leverage Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) making use of the distributed nature of the access points and availability of multiple antennas. An optimization of distributed signal processing and resource allocation schemes tailored for RIS-assisted CF network architecture is proposed. This framework will make use of new PHY technologies to increase the cooperation among access points and their inherent capabilities to improve the precision/accuracy of the sensing capabilities. Sensing information stemming from these technologies will be pushed to the O-RAN framweork for optimization purposes using the Radio Intelligent Controllers (RICs). A total of three Proof-of-Concept demonstrations will be showcased, which encompass the proposed objectives of the project in a single infrastructure