| PROJECT: | INTEGRATING QUANTUM AI AND RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS IN 6G NETWORKS | |||||
| ACRONYM: | Quest-6G | |||||
| MAIN OBJECTIVE: | QUEST-6G aims to design, develop, and validate a multifunctional 6G radio access network framework
that integrates extra-large antenna arrays, reconfigurable intelligent systems, and mid-band (FR3) operation with hybrid NF/FF beamforming, joint communication–sensing–power transfer, and quantum/AI-native control. By combining hardware–software co-design with quantum optimization and AI-driven intent-based management, QUEST-6G will unlock new levels of spectral efficiency, coverage, reliability, and security, delivering futureproof 6G capabilities validated through large-scale experiments and PoC demonstrations. In a pioneering move, quantum optimization and QML will be exploited to address the combinatorial complexity of RAN resource allocation, beamforming/beamfocusing, and scheduling, while quantum-inspired computing approaches will provide real-time, scalable solutions for multi-objective performance trade-offs. |
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| Reference: | Horizon 101292676 | |||||
| Funding: | EC | |||||
| Approval Date: | 01-05-2026 | |||||
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| Team: | Atilio Manuel da Silva Gameiro, Adão Paulo Soares da Silva, Daniel Filipe Marques Castanheira, Diogo Rafael da Silva Santos, Joumana Kassam, Leonardo Leyva Lamas | |||||
| Groups: | Mobile Networks – Av | |||||
| Partners: | WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER, IMST GmbH, UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, ORANGE ROMANIA SA, NOKIA UK LIMITED, IMEC, UNIVERISTY COLLEGE LONDON – UCL, KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN – KTH, MASSIVE BEAMS GmbH, AKRONIC, INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES, KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES BELGIUM, KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES FINLAND OY | |||||
| Local Coordinator: | Atilio Manuel da Silva Gameiro |
This project falls under the following United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs):
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