On October 16, 2024, Carla Amatetti of University of Bologna presented the 6G-NTN paper titled “The Role of 6G NTN in Emergency and Crisis Management” at the Symposium on Public Protection and Disaster Relief – Emergency and Crisis Management organized as part of the IEEE Future Networks World Forum 2024 held on October 15-17, 2024 in Dubai, UAE.
The paper, authored by Carla Amatetti (UNIBO), Fanny Parzysz (ORANGE), Laurent Reynaud (ORANGE), Sandro Scalise (DLR), Alessandro Guidotti (UNIBO), Nicolas Chuberre (THALES), Farid Benbadis (THALES SIX), Massimo Neri (MARTEL), Miguel A. Vazquez (CTTC), and Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli (UNIBO), presents an advanced Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) deployment scenario based on an integrated 6G NTN architecture along with the enabling technologies that empower the 6G NTN architecture to effectively meet the requirements associated with the PPDR operations, and discusses business, economical, regulatory, and governmental aspects that highly constrain the proposed architecture.
Paper abstract
The forthcoming generation of communication networks, known as 6G, aims to establish a 3D multi-layered network, composed of Non-Terrestrial and Terrestrial nodes, capable of delivering high throughput, low latency, and reliable services with global coverage and enhanced system availability, scalability, and resilience. Such a network offers the opportunity to revise the way organizations from Public Safety and various other Verticals provision their network connectivity to make sure they can serve anywhere, anytime, reliable and efficient communications to respond to Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) events as well as temporary unplanned events, in which the user traffic demand is expected to surge at some point in time, and exceed the capacity offered by the default terrestrial infrastructure. In this paper, we present an advanced PPDR deployment scenario based on an integrated 6G NTN architecture along with the enabling technologies that empower the 6G NTN architecture to effectively meet the requirements associated with PPDR operations. In particular, we propose a novel distributed architecture for 6G NTN networks, developed within the EC-funded project 6G-NTN. Finally, we discuss business, economical, regulatory, and governmental aspects that highly constrain the proposed architecture.
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IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF) is the IEEE Future Networks’ flagship conference dedicated to highlighting and showcasing exciting developments in 5G and B5G technologies that are occurring in both industry and academia. The 2024 edition took place in Dubai, UAE, and focused on the academic and industry work that entails envisioning a highly sophisticated and interconnected digital ecosystem that transcends the capabilities of current networks.