6G-RIC Perspective on 6G
Slawomir Stanczak, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
11am 6th Nov 2025
Abstract
The 6G Research and Innovation Cluster (6G-RIC) is dedicated to laying the scientific and technical foundations for the next generation of mobile communication networks (6G) across all technology levels, including radio access, core, and fiber-optic transport networks. Through cutting-edge research and international networking, 6G-RIC establishes Germany and Europe as a leading global driver of sustainable 6G technologies. The focus of 6G-RIC is on the development of key 6G-technologies and their evaluation in the form of technology demonstrators in “living labs”. Selected technology components are brought together in overarching, end-to-end demonstrators and presented in the context of selected 6G use cases. The research work is flanked by the creation of an open infrastructure that will enable small/medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups to develop technology components and test them using state-of-the-art measurement technology in the lab and under real conditions.
Short Bio
Sławomir Stanczak is currently a Professor in Network Information Theory with the Technical University of Berlin and the Head of the Wireless Communications and Networks Department, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI). He is the coauthor of two books and more than 400 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers in the field of information theory, wireless communications, signal processing, and machine learning. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing from 2012 to 2015 and the Chair of the ITU-T Focus Group on Machine Learning for Future Networks, including 5G, from 2017 to 2020. Since 2020, he has been the Chairperson of the 5G Berlin Association. Between 2021 and 2025 he was a coordinator of the CampusOS project. He is the coordinator of 6G-RIC (6G Research & Innovation Cluster), a major national hub for 6G-related research and technology transfer. He is also member of the steering committee of xG-ALOE, a national initiative serving as a hub for innovation in the field of Open RAN and Campus Networks.