• This Work Item (WI403) aims to develop a networked, virtualized simulation and trial platform for the deployment and testing of 6G use cases and scenarios, with demonstrable benefits and a vision when the proposed solution matures. The expected outcome is to define a methodology for a sharable research, demonstrations, and prototyping infrastructure whose elements will be made available to members even if the full set of tools is still under development. In addition, an initial true virtualized and distributed testbed should be established based on the agreed interfaces and API. Moreover, an appropriate methodology should be defined to enable the connection of real-time capable testbeds and prototypes provided by one6G members.
• Release public reports and White Papers covering the annual prototyping activities.
• Organize calls for demos for the annual one6G Summit.
• Organize and manage hackathons.
• Create a 6G multi-purpose simulation and trial platform by collaborating with interested industrial and academic partners on use cases, system prototyping, and heterogeneous integration of vertical solutions.
• Based on this, platform requirements, interoperability, and maintenance will be explored together with the involved one6G partners and summarized in a guideline-type document. The platform may consist of parts provided by individual partners or groups of partners.

• Definition of rules for approving an experimental setup, test system, or a facility to prove 6G-related technologies as endorsed by one6G (1^st release approved by the one6G Board on April 15, 2024).
• The purpose of the one6G internal document is to establish a set of rules to help us get the most out of the prototype and testbed projects. Finally, we must acknowledge the engagement of the one6G partners by awarding testbeds as part of one6G.
• The intention is to create a unique label for the approved one6G testbeds and trial systems. An award that allows one6G members to promote their work inside and outside of their organization will be granted.

The work within this Work Item (WI104) is conducted in close collaboration with WG1. Its main objectives are to:

• Analyze the role of digital twin and metaverse in 6G ecosystem,
• Identify the use cases in which digital twin and metaverse can have substantial impact on verticals, such as healthcare systems, outdoor multi-robot collaboration, or digital twin of wireless networks.
• Determine the communication and sensing functionalities required to realize the use cases attributed to digital twin and metaverse, e.g. for robotics.
• Identify the desired 6G system capabilities with the realization of digital twin and metaverse and the potential impacts of these use cases on 6G architecture (both within and across network operators).
• Analyze the KPIs for communication and sensing requirements for the use cases.
• Propose a 6G digital twin framework.

The Trusted Open Data Sharing Initiative (TODSI) was launched by WG4 during the one6G Summit 2022. Its objective is to collect relevant references of data bases to ensure that the results of the research performed witin one6G is comparable. References could be a link to public data bases hosted by the internet but also references to data provided by members and stored in the one6G internal data base. Both, sharing of the data for one6G members only and publish data
on the one6G repository for everybody is intended. Share measurement (e.g., channel, traffic, etc.), sensing (e.g., monostatic, multistatic), as well as training data recorded by other one6G members.

TODSI’s values:

• Not all one6G members have the capabilities and plans to build radio prototypes and measurement equipment necessary to get real sensing data from real objects and environments.
• Not all one6G members are capable to get sufficient and high quality training data for their AI studies.
• The initiative will help to accelerate specific 6G research processes by integrating the open data into the research simulation and post processing.
• Moreover, TODSI inspires 6G researchers to establish an ecosystem and platform to work together.

TODSI’s principles were defined in the WG4 report “Evaluation guidelines for all simulation, emulation and prototyping activities”, released in September 2022.

• What kind of data should be shared?
  • In the context of one6G the most valuable data are measurement data and models.
  • Each data set has to be described by Metadata. Clear and detailed documentation is the key for the interpretation and later use of the data.
  • There should be no possibility to derive direct or indirectly any personal data, GDPR and applicable data protection regulations have to be respected.
  • Refer to WG4 “Evaluation guidelines for all simulation, emulation and prototyping activities.”

The work within this Work Item (WI210) is conducted in close collaboration with WG2 to build demonstrators for integrated sensing, gesture control, and communication.

• WG2 will perform the theoretical analysis and simulations.
• Furthermore it is necessary to demonstrate and prove candidates of the key components and functions by prototypes and functional demonstrations.
• Besides many other trends integrated communication and sensing is identified as essential technology  for 6G.
• This joint Work Item between WG2 and WG4 aims to demonstrate the functionalities and advantages of integrated  communication and sensing. It should demonstrate how imaging of objects or human bodies can be  done by using mobile radio technologies and whether it is possible to interpret gestures of humans in order to give meaningful instruction to machines, robots, or moving vehicles.
• Several ISAC features have been shown during the one6G Summit and other events.

One of the major objectives of this Work Item was the definition of the evaluation guidelines for all simulation and emulation activities in the project. The document with Internal Guidelines was released on October 14, 2022, and approved by the one6G Board. It:

• Proposes a framework for the cooperation and dependencies between the Working Groups and Work Items.
• Proposes cooperation between the one6G partners to create joint simulation frameworks. It is not limited to simulation; more intensive cooperation can also include the exchange of measurement and AI training data or even the interconnection of prototypes from different partners and to invite for hackathons events.
• Provides guidelines for verification and validation based on prototypes including the definition of different test types. Last but not least, the report gives a proposal about the tasks to align with architecture models provided by other Working Items.

Brief overview of the Table of Content:
– Alignment and procedures within one6G
– Technical Readiness Level (TRL) addressed by one6G
– Simulation tools for 5G networks and beyond
– Open source-based cooperation between partners
– Open Data
– Hackathon
– Methodology framework for simulations, emulations and demonstration
– Additional assumptions to evaluate vehicle positioning
– Guideline for verification and validation