Join up to JOINER:

UK 6G Experimentation

Platform Launch

Dimitra Simeonidou,

University of Bristol

Ros Singleton,

Chair, JOINER Board

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Welcome & Introduction

Beyond academia: Meet JOINER

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Amin Emami, University of Bristol

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Simon Fletcher,

Real Wireless

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Beyond academia: Meet JOINER

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Amin Emami, University of Bristol

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Beyond academia: Meet JOINER

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Simon Fletcher,

Real Wireless

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Proving the model: Sneak peek at how we’re using JOINER

Simon Saunders, University of Bristol

Ning Wang,

University of Bristol

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Dan Warren,

Samsung

Robert Belson,

AWS Industries

Proving the model: Sneak peek at how we’re using JOINER

Simon Saunders, University of Bristol

DSIT’s Spectrum Statement 2023 calls for:

A renewed focus on innovation in wireless technology, enhanced sharing of spectrum bands, continuing to expand the frontiers of usable spectrum, advanced spectrum management techniques, improved interference management, monitoring and resilience will enable us to significantly improve spectrum availability, ensuring that spectrum access is not a limiting factor on the UK’s economic and societal potential.

Ofcom’s Spectrum Management Strategy 2014 identifies areas which need research:

Ofcom’s new Growth Duty (2024) needs both spectrum for innovation but also innovation for spectrum management

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DSIT Digital & Technologies Sector Plan 2025:

“collaborating with Ofcom to promote efficient, innovative spectrum allocation and regulation”

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The big picture – future spectrum management needs research

& innovation

Spectrum research questions

How to support continued growth in spectrum usage:

• Growth in data consumption
• Wider diversity of uses : Public, private, NTN
• Increased societal reliance on critical national infrastructure – security and resilience needs
• New and higher spectrum bands

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Enable denser spectrum sharing between adjacent networks and heterogeneous services, including sharing by frequency, time, location and power

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How to ensure spectrum usage more closely reflects actual usage, ensuring efficient assignment while delivering the necessary protections against harmful interference and investment certainty

To address these questions researchers need

Real-world spectrum interactions

Open data on the characteristics of spectrum usage

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Operation at scale for credibility:

• Geographical
• Temporal
• Computing (inc. AI) infrastructure
• Connectivity
• Traffic

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To emulate and test advanced system concepts in realistic – and preferably real - environments

We are seeking to galvanise and support the UK research and innovation community to

better meet these needs via JOINER and the Future Telecoms Hubs

Monitoring Solution

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RFeye 100-8 Node Plus

• 10 MHz to 8 GHz frequency range
• 100 MHz RF bandwidth
• Sweep rate 27 - 378 GHz per second (for RBW 3.8 kHz – 15.6 MHz)
• IQ data and spectrum occupancy data
• Local storage of 4 TBytes SSD on the Node Plus can store 100MHz IQ data for up to 2 hours

Rfeye Mission Manager – at NOC

• Job schedule management
• Intuitive visualization
• Automated reporting
• Automated geolocation

Rfeye Site Real time Spectrum and Geolocation Software 

Rfeye Deepview Forensic signal analysis

Example spectrum

capture

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TV

VHF FM

Spectrum Playback and System Emulation

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Emulation and replay hardware

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• Emerson (National Instruments) X410 USRP SDR
• Frequency range is 1 MHz – 8.0 GHz
• Simultaneous 4 channels TX and 4 channels RX
• Instantaneous 400MHz bandwidth
• FPGA support

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Interference

Emulated network links

(lab and/or on air)

Spectrum intelligence

Monitoring data

Host PC

Host PC

Host PC

SDR

SDR

Real spectrum activity

Spectrum twin

SDR

Spectrum twin

Non-exhaustive examples only: additional topics welcome

Example spectrum research topics enabled by

JOINER-NSF

Ning Wang,

University of Bristol

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Proving the model: Sneak peek at how we’re using JOINER

Dan Warren,

Samsung

Proving the model: Sneak peek at how we’re using JOINER

Robert Belson,

AWS Industries

Proving the model: Sneak peek at how we’re using JOINER

Under the hood: The vertical potential with JOINER

Jessica Pyett-Ellis, Dido Consult

Freyja Lockwood, WECA

Abdul Wahab,

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Connectivity lead, AMRC

Fireside chat: The international opportunity

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Adam Lowes,

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Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Marco Ruffini, CONNECT

Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Harald Haas,

University of Cambridge

Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Dritan Kaleshi,

Digital Catapult

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Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Lei Zhang

University of Glasgow

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Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Syed Ali Zaidi,

University of Leeds/

Imperial College

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Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Yun Tang,

Cranfield University

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Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Dominic O'Brien, University of Oxford

Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Simon Cotton,

Queen’s University Belfast

Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

Periklis Petropoulos,

University of Southampton

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Martyn Fice,

University College London

Quick-fire deep dives: How to get involved across the UK

SMEs: Art of the possible workshop

Simon Fletcher,

Real Wireless

Maria Lema,

Weaver Labs

Alessandro Pacini, Bubbleran

Alex Mavromatis, Madevo

Pooria Varaham, Benetel

Big Industry: Art of the possible workshop

Ros Singleton, JOINER

Henrik Almeida, Ericsson

Robert Belson,

AWS Industries