New Sister Research Center on 6G Satellite Communications

Published Dec 22, 2024

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) has awarded a grant of 60 million SEK to the new research center Sustainable Mobile Autonomous and Resilient 6G SatCom (SMART 6GSAT).

SMART 6GSAT is the first Swedish center dedicated to satellite communications and is a collaboration between KTH, Luleå University of Technology, RISE, many Swedish companies in the telecom and satellite businesses, as well as regions and authorities. The center director is the SweWIN researcher Cicek Cavdar:

“Our goal is to provide everyone in the world with reliable and sustainable mobile connectivity, even in remote locations where today's connectivity is poor or non-existent.”

Full connectivity is made possible within the SMART 6GSAT center by seamlessly integrating terrestrial mobile network technology with space-based satellites. The center will develop network technologies that integrate terrestrial and space systems, and develop new intelligent applications that combine communication, localization, and remote sensing.

This is an exciting sister center to SweWIN (which focuses on ground-based technologies) since the goals of creating sustainable, resilient, and omnipresent wireless services are much aligned.

More information can be found in a KTH news article .

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