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Fraunhofer FOKUS conducts applied 5G/6G research across the complete research and innovation path: from motivating new research questions and developing concepts, through proof-of-concept implementations and early validation, to realistic testbeds and trials in operationally relevant environments.
Our research combines scientific work with implementation and experimentation. We build software, integrate technologies, operate end-to-end systems and produce experimental evidence. Open6GCore provides an executable environment in which new ideas can be investigated without rebuilding the network foundation for every project.
Fraunhofer FOKUS delivers research and experimental development across TRL 1–7 and supports partners across the complete TRL 1–9 path, including integration, interoperability, validation and the transfer of research results toward products and operational systems.
Our objective is pragmatic: identify relevant research questions, turn promising concepts into working systems, validate them under realistic conditions, and create results that can be reused and transferred.
Our research areas:
AI for Networks
More Information: AI for NetworksAI-based network optimization, prediction, adaptation, and autonomous operation
Agentic Core
More Information: Agentic CoreAgentic AI for 5G/6G core networks with AI agents as active components of network operation
Networks for AI
More Information: Networks for AIInvestigating how 5G/6G networks can support AI systems operating in the physical world.
Network Automation
More Information: Network AutomationInvestigating automation for complex 5G/6G networks.
Cloud-native and Distributed Networks
More Information: Cloud-native and Distributed NetworksInvestigating how 5G/6G network functions can operate across a distributed Telco-Edge-Cloud continuum.
Integrated Transport Networks
More Information: Integrated Transport NetworksInvestigating how 5G/6G core networks can interact directly with heterogeneous transport infrastructures.
Deterministic and Adaptive Networking
More Information: Deterministic and Adaptive NetworkingResearching how 5G/6G networks can provide deterministic end-to-end communication over shared and dynamically changing infrastructure.
RAN-Core Continuum
More Information: RAN-Core ContinuumUser-related core-network control closer to near-real-time RAN control
Integrated Sensing and Communication – ISAC
More Information: Integrated Sensing and Communication – ISACIntegrating sensing into the end-to-end mobile-network architecture
NTN, 3D and Hybrid Networks
More Information: NTN, 3D and Hybrid NetworksResearching networks with continuos topology, coverage and available connectivity change
Adaptive and Distributed Network Architectures
More Information: Adaptive and Distributed Network ArchitecturesInvestigating networks that can change their own functional distribution and structure at runtime