The Chair of Communication Networks (LKN) is a member of the consortium of the new 6G Lighthouse Project 6G-ANNA. This industry-led project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) to research on the potentials of the next generation (mobile) communication "6G". 6G-ANNA is coordinated by Nokia and brings together industrial partners including Airbus, Bosch, Ericsson, Siemens, Vodafone and further research institutions. A press article can be found here: https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/mobilfunk-airbus-siemens-vodafone-forschungsministerium-gruendet-industriekonsortium-fuer-6g/28488300.html also a press release by Nokia: https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2022/07/11/nokia-to-lead-german-6g-lighthouse-project/
This project complements the research activities of LKN on 6G with an industry-led flagship project. LKN is involved in several further 6G research activities - most of them in the role of coordinator:
- BMBF Research Hub 6G-life (Prof. Kellerer is co-coordinator)
- 6G Future Lab Bavaria (Prof. Kellerer is coordinator)
- 6G and Quantum Technology
- and several projects directly funded by industry