Expected Outcome:
The main outcome will be the availability of core technologies, architectures and protocols that can be indistinctly used for terrestrial or non-terrestrial networks for the provision of seamless services across an access and network fabric continuum overcoming the distinction between satellite and terrestrial access with seamless roaming capabilities between the two segments (beyond Hybrid network). It targets:
- Architectures and technologies requiring a very tight cooperation between the SNO and the MNO's, towards a seamless TN-NTN communication continuum, and catering for a multiplicity of possible business models across the various domains.
- End to end service capabilities either through a TN segment or through an NTN segment, depending on relevant parameters including coverage, RT or NRT constraints, bandwidth and sustainability aspects.
- Innovative models such as managed multi tenancy of the space segment.
- Independent reconfiguration of the NTN part for performance, security and resilience optimisation.
- Compatibility with the most innovative use cases and their demanding requirements such as high rate Direct to Device, PPDR and other NTN specific use cases.
- Adaptability of the technologies, protocols and architecture (or a subset of those) to non-satellite scenarios such as drones or other flying 3D nodes.
The proposed Topic should cover R&I issues for low and medium TRL topics and plan,
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