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EU funding (€4,660,693): ETHER – sElf-evolving terrestrial/non-Terrestrial Hybrid nEtwoRks Hor 28 Nov 2022 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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ETHER – sElf-evolving terrestrial/non-Terrestrial Hybrid nEtwoRks
ETHER aims to provide a holistic approach for integrated terrestrial-non-terrestrial networks targeting at 100% network coverage, 99.99999% service continuity and 99.99999% reliability, with 3 times higher energy efficiency and 95% Total Cost of Ownership reduction compared to current terrestrial only deployments. To achieve these goals, ETHER develops solutions for a Unified Radio Access Network (RAN) and for the energy-efficient, AI-enabled resource management across the terrestrial, aerial and space domains, while creating the business plans driving future investments in the area. To that end, ETHER introduces and combines a series of key technologies under a unique 3D multi-layered architectural proposition that brings together: i) a UE antenna design and implementation for direct handheld access in the integrated network, ii) a robust unified waveform, iii) energy-efficient seamless horizontal and vertical handover policies, iv) a zero-touch management and network orchestrator to self-adapt to rapidly evolving traffic conditions without human intervention, v) a flexible payload system to enable programmability in the aerial and space layers, vi) joint communication, compute and storage resource allocation solutions targeting at End-to-End network performance optimization leveraging efficient and novel predictive analytics schemes, and vii) energy-efficient semantics-aware information handling techniques combined with edge computing and caching for reduced latency across the distributed 3D compute and storage continuum.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Martel GmbH | ? |
| Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis | €433,125 |
| Avanti Hylas 2 Cyprus Ltd. | €341,719 |
| Collins Aerospace Ireland Ltd. | €593,712 |
| Fundacio Privada I2Cat, Internet i Innovacio Digital A Catalunya | €510,813 |
| Linkopings Universitet | €247,188 |
| National Center FOR Scientific Research Demokritos | €399,375 |
| Nearby Computing SL | €340,031 |
| Orange Polska SA | €268,538 |
| Satelio Iot Services SL | €258,413 |
| Ubiwhere Lda. | €368,156 |
| Universite Du Luxembourg | €899,625 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101096526
The filing refers to a past date, and does not necessarily reflect the current state. The latest known state is available on the following page: Martel GmbH, Dübendorf, Switzerland.