The standardization of 5G by 3GPP is now well underway, with the release of releases 15 (2018) and 16 (2020). Release 17 is almost complete but has been delayed due to the pandemic and release 18 is in its very first phase. In this context, French R&D must remain involved and even become a major player for the continuation of 5G and the networks of the future (beyond 5G, 6G). The alliance of the Institut Mines-Télécom, CEA and CNRS within a research program will allow the acceleration of this strategy and will guarantee the national sovereignty in the digital domain.

Access to the Internet is regarded by many as a fundamental right as stated by the ‘Joint declaration on freedom of expression and the Internet’ published by the UN in 2011. Besides, communication networks and ICT in general are often presented as required means to reduce the environmental impact of various industry sectors (e.g. energy, transport, agriculture, etc.). On the other hand, the deployment of new generations of mobile broadband networks (e.g., 4G in 2010 and 5G in 2020) has been so far the common practice of increasing the communication resources of wireless access networks.

The MAMUT project aims at designing an open platform for solving recurrent and dynamic vehicle routing problems in urban environments. In order to address these urban transportation problems, we propose to combine operations research (OR) and artificial intelligence (AI). OR is able to propose fast and efficient resolution methods but these methods are often problem-specific and they do not take advantage of past solutions. AI, and especially machine learning, helps to define good solutions through the training of large historical data.

Underwater hull cleaning is an important part of ship maintenance, which includes all techniques used to keep the part of the ship under the waterline in good condition. The EU-funded BugWright2 project will develop and demonstrate an adaptable autonomous robotic solution for servicing the outer hulls of ships. It will combine the survey capabilities of autonomous micro air vehicles (MAV) and small autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) with teams of magnetic-wheeled crawlers operating directly on the surface of the structure.

ECOMOME project will conduct the first independent study to measure the energy consumption of mobile networks. This will allow the design of clear and accurate energy consumption models, to be used by decision makers and the general public. The project will distinguish the most energy-hungry network functions, in an effort of designing and evaluation management solutions for beyond 5G networks with the objective of reducing their energy consumption.

Described as the "fuel of the digital era", personal and private data is the fuel of all desires. Collected, analyzed and exploited, users’ data offer unprecedented opportunities for innovation, but raise real concerns about data privacy. The emergence of AI enabled-applications accentuates data privacy issues.

PIVOT is German-French project in the joint Call on Cybersecurity, sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

PIVOT aims for assuring both privacy of data and of identifiers that may disclose the data sources and contexts in the Internet of Things (IoT). The secure protection of data and metadata in PIVOT will in particular extend to low-end devices and low-power radio networks of the ultra-constrained IoT.

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