6G-SANDBOX

This project, titled "Integration of the University of Granada's LoRaWAN network in the 6G SANDBOX connectivity infrastructure" (6G-LoRaGRAN), has been granted in the 1st 6G-SANDBOX Open Call for New Infrastructures and Functionalities (part of the European project 6G-SANDBOX). It started in Sept. 2023 and lasted 6 months.

The main functionality that the present project adds to the current 6G-SANDBOX infrastructure is integrating the University of Granada's LoRaWAN network into the 6G-SANDBOX connectivity infrastructure. The UGR network comprises a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a backend (LoRaWAN network and application servers). The RAN consists of an outdoor gateway (managed by CSIRC) and several indoor gateways (from the WiMuNet research group). The LoRaWAN network is integrated with the 5G cores from the 6G-SANDBOX sites to enable its use. This enables remote LoRaWAN experimentation using the UGR's LoRaWAN motes and infrastructure. Finally, a LoRaWAN network slicing solution is also implemented (each slice composed of several radio channels, isolated from other slices), allowing specific radio resources to be allocated for motes belonging to different verticals.