Evolved Architecture for Global Green Systems
HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022-STREAM-A-01-04
- Programme
- HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- January 18, 2022
- Deadline
- April 26, 2022
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €6,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €6,000,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €6,000,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 1
- Keywords
- Communication engineering and systems telecommunic6GSmart networks and services
Description
- Reduced energy and carbon footprint of the evolved 5G network, through de-carbonisation of the evolved networks and increased renewable penetration capabilities within SNS user “vertical” domains.
- Extension of the 5G Service Based Architecture (SBA) applicability to an extensive value chain covering a holistic system covering data communication, distributed computing, and data storage, extending the communication infrastructure into a sustainable, interconnected, greener end-to-end intercompute system, supporting all types of services and interconnected networks.
Please refer to the "Specific Challenges and Objectives" section for Stream A in the Work Programme, available under ‘Topic Conditions and Documents - Additional Documents’.
Scope:The work focus is on an architectural transformation, targeting energy-efficiency, using the flexibility that the Service-Based Architecture (SBA), introduced in Rel15 (TS23.501), is offering.
- Improved architectures considering all elements of the future SNS systems, from the terminal to the data centre, how these will communicate efficiently with each other and how the overall system will be capable to jointly optimize their energy consumption.
- Extensions of the current SBA focus on the core network control plane, towards a unified coverage of system design and runtime composition/resolution, including multicast/broadcast services, cross-plane (i.e., from user plane to the management planes), and incorporation of new types of compute resources (e.g., at the edge).
- Definition of adequate interfaces for integrating compute, transport and RAN considerations in a globally optimized system.
- Beyond the architectural extensions of the SBA as mentioned above, the work may cover the transport extensions of the underlying infrastructure and the consistency and distribution effects for the involved databases.
- The efficient collection of increasing volumes of data to facilitate the use of AI, expanding on trends considered by standardization organizations (e.g., 3GPP and ETSI), while maintaining the necessary consistency to provide optimized and energy-efficient infrastructures, and enable public and private networks to jointly interconnect and operate towards a common efficiency goal.
The challenges posed by the expected novel services requiring strict timing, fast mobility, and highly dynamic situations (such as trains, moving vehicles, etc.), and by the security aspects of the overall service chains possible to establish with this architecture are in scope. Solutions for bridging the control, management and operational divide that needs to be addressed for seamless operation of joint Public and Non-Public interconnected networks (e.g., campus or emergency service networks, local, regional or even universal and global smart interconnected networks and services) are also in scope. In that evolving context, digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, programmable and energy optimized cloud and edge computing solutions may be considered.
The above topics listed in the scope represent the core focus of SNS-2022-STREAM-A-01-04, without precluding the potential inclusion of other related technologies still contributing to the listed Expected Outcomes.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
The limit for a full application is 70 pages for RIA’s submitted under Stream A.
2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
5. Evaluation and award:
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes
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For RIA’s under Streams A and B, the award criteria table is complemented with a sub criterion in the impact section reflecting the relevance for proposals to contribute to the overall IKOP objectives of the call. (text in italic below). Relevant proposals are expected to credibly contribute to the overall 5% IKOP objectives:
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Extent to which the members of the proposed consortium contribute to the expected level of in-kind contribution to operational activities to help reaching the target additional investments
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For RIA’s under Streams A, B and C, and for IA’s under stream D, the award criteria table is complemented with a sub criterion in the impact section reflecting the target SME participation:
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SME Participation and opportunities to leverage project results.
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- Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual
- When two RIA proposals are equally ranked and that it has not been possible to separate them using first the coverage criterion, second the excellence criterion, and third the generic Impact criterion, the level of SME participation will be taken as the next criterion to sort out the ties and if still un-conclusive, the level of IKOP will be considered as appropriate.
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes:
- Information on the outcome of the evaluation: Maximum 5 months from the final date for submission;
- Indicative date for the signing of grant agreements: Maximum 8 months from the final date for submission
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
Specific conditions
7. Specific conditions: described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.
Project collaboration.
The project contracted under this call will be expected to enter into a collaboration agreement to collectively work on topics of mutual interests. To that end, they will be subject to contractual clause outlined in article 7 of the Model Grant Agreement.
Funding rates
Please note that the funding rates in this topic are: 100% for non-for-profit organizations and 90% with respect to for-profit organizations. Unfortunately, the maximum funding rate in the budget table is set to 100%. We kindly ask all for-profit organizations to make a manual calculation and request only 90% of the budget.
Documents
Call documents:
A call-specific application form will be used in this topic — the call-specific application form is available in the Submission System.
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
MGA
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2021–2022 – 1. General Introduction
SNS-R&I-Work-Programme-2021-2022
HE Main Work Programme 2021–2022 – 13. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
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Please note that the funding rates in this topic are: 100% for non-for-profit organizations and 90% with respect to for-profit organizations. Unfortunately, the maximum funding rate in the budget table is set to 100%. We kindly ask all for-profit organizations to make a manual calculation and request only 90% of the budget.