The design of 6th Generation (6G) wireless networks points towards flexible connect-and-compute technologies capable to support innovative services and use cases. Targeting the 2030 horizon, 6G networks are poised to pave the way for sustainable human-centered smart societies and vertical industries, such that wireless networks will be transformed into a distributed smart connectivity infrastructure, where new terminal types are embedded in the daily environment. In this context, the RISE-6G project aims at investigating innovative solutions that capitalize on the latest advances in the emerging technology of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), which offers dynamic and goal-oriented radio wave propagation control, enabling the concept of the wireless environment as a service. The project will focus on: i) the realistic modeling of RIS-assisted signal propagation, ii) the investigation of the fundamental limits of RIS-empowered wireless communications and sensing, and iii) the design of efficient algorithms for orchestrating networking RISs, in order to implement intelligent, sustainable, and dynamically programmable wireless environments enabling diverse services that go well beyond the 5G capabilities. RISE-6G will offer two unprecedented proof-of-concepts for realizing controlled wireless environments in near-future use cases.

翻译：第六代(6G)无线网络的设计指向能够支持创新服务和使用案例的灵活连接和计算技术。2030年展望,6G网络准备为可持续以人为本的智能社会和纵向产业铺平道路,使无线网络转变为分布式智能连接基础设施,在日常环境中嵌入新型终端类型。在这方面,RISE-6G项目旨在探索创新解决办法,利用可配置智能表面(RIS)新兴技术的最新进展,该技术提供动态和面向目标的无线电波传播控制,使无线环境概念成为一项服务。该项目将侧重于:(一) 现实的RIS辅助信号传播模型,(二) 调查RIS动力无线通信和遥感的基本限制,以及(三) 设计高效的算法,以协调联网的RIS,以便实施智能、可持续和动态可编程的无线环境,使各种服务远远超过5G能力。RISE-6G将提供两种前所未有的无线控制环境,在近无线控制情况下实现。