Project INSTINCT: Joint sensing and communications for future connectivity beyond communications
The INSTINCT project aims to
advance 6G technology by integrating Joint Communications and Sensing (JCAS) technologies to achieve enhanced Quality of Experience (QoE) beyond traditional communications. The project
envisions interactive, immersive, and intelligent 6G networks that incorporate advanced radar, sensing technologies, intelligent materials, and artificial intelligence. This integration seeks to
create a unified, multifunctional system capable of dynamic, resilient, and energy-efficient connectivity in high-frequency bands.
The goal is to transition towards a wireless era where communication and sensing are seamlessly combined, allowing devices and systems to be hyperconnected and interactive.
The project has three main objectives:
1) Interactive and Agile Sensing-Aided Connectivity: Develop connectivity that can sense, map, monitor, and interact with the environment in real-time, adapting to changing conditions. This includes creating situational awareness, enabling automatic configuration, and utilizing AI for real-time data processing and decision-making.
2) Immersive and Resilient Sensing-Enabled Connectivity: Enhance connectivity with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) and sensing capabilities to enable environment monitoring and dynamic adaptation, even in challenging scenarios. This includes improving energy efficiency, achieving sustainability goals, and supporting applications like Mixed Reality and Digital Twins.
3) Co-Design of Communications and Sensing for Intelligent Connectivity: Integrate and optimize communications and sensing for mutual benefit. This involves sharing resources, developing dual-function waveforms, and using advanced signal processing algorithms. The integration aims to enhance capabilities like imaging, localization, and human activity detection, supporting intelligent interactions and novel connectivity features.
Telefónica will play a pivotal role in the project through several key contributions. Leveraging its extensive field expertise, Telefónica will be instrumental in defining use cases and system requirements aligned with the project's three primary pillars. The company will develop algorithms for building simulation tools tailored to JCAS environments and explore the deployment of these solutions on edge platforms to meet the specific needs of AI-based applications. Additionally, Telefónica will focus on identifying and specifying the features and requirements for scenarios involving RIS-aided JCAS demonstrations.
The goal is to transition towards a wireless era where communication and sensing are seamlessly combined, allowing devices and systems to be hyperconnected and interactive.
The project has three main objectives:
1) Interactive and Agile Sensing-Aided Connectivity: Develop connectivity that can sense, map, monitor, and interact with the environment in real-time, adapting to changing conditions. This includes creating situational awareness, enabling automatic configuration, and utilizing AI for real-time data processing and decision-making.
2) Immersive and Resilient Sensing-Enabled Connectivity: Enhance connectivity with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) and sensing capabilities to enable environment monitoring and dynamic adaptation, even in challenging scenarios. This includes improving energy efficiency, achieving sustainability goals, and supporting applications like Mixed Reality and Digital Twins.
3) Co-Design of Communications and Sensing for Intelligent Connectivity: Integrate and optimize communications and sensing for mutual benefit. This involves sharing resources, developing dual-function waveforms, and using advanced signal processing algorithms. The integration aims to enhance capabilities like imaging, localization, and human activity detection, supporting intelligent interactions and novel connectivity features.
Telefónica will play a pivotal role in the project through several key contributions. Leveraging its extensive field expertise, Telefónica will be instrumental in defining use cases and system requirements aligned with the project's three primary pillars. The company will develop algorithms for building simulation tools tailored to JCAS environments and explore the deployment of these solutions on edge platforms to meet the specific needs of AI-based applications. Additionally, Telefónica will focus on identifying and specifying the features and requirements for scenarios involving RIS-aided JCAS demonstrations.
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