6G NTN-TN Unification/Integration
Funds research on core technologies that let satellite (non-terrestrial) and terrestrial 6G networks operate as one seamless system.
This topic is one of nine filed under the same call, HORIZON-JU-SNS-2025-01, all sharing the 18 September 2025 deadline in the Funding and Tenders Portal. The SNS JU expects one grant from this topic's own EUR 8,000,000 line, funded as a Research and Innovation Action; sibling topics under the same call range from other single EUR 8,000,000 awards up to a single EUR 15,000,000 grant for Stream C-0…
This topic wants core technologies, architectures and protocols that erase the distinction between satellite and terrestrial 6G access — tight cooperation between satellite and mobile network operators, seamless roaming between the two segments, and multi-tenancy of the satellite segment. It covers low- and medium-TRL research now, with a plan toward later demonstration using low-cost platforms such as CubeSats.
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