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CONNECT Research Ireland Centre for Future Networks headquartered at Trinity College Dublin is advancing the capabilities of OpenIreland, Ireland’s national open networking testbed for 6G and beyond. CONNECT’s focus lies in seamlessly integrating optical and wireless network technologies to enable end-to-end, low-latency, resilient and high-throughput connectivity.
As part of this effort, OpenIreland provides a cutting-edge experimentation platform for the development and validation of AI-driven, intelligent network control frameworks, leveraging digital twin models to simulate, predict, and optimise network behaviour in real time. The platform also supports research into joint sensing and communication capabilities, enabling the fusion of environmental awareness with high-speed connectivity, a critical enabler for next-generation applications such as autonomous systems, smart cities, and immersive XR.
Through this work, CONNECT reinforces Ireland’s leadership in developing the resilient and intelligent communications infrastructure of the future.