PROTEUS-6G

PROTEUS-6G (Programmable Reconfigurable Optical Transport for Efficiently offering Unconstrained Services in 6G) aims to design and develop a dynamic, flexible, scalable, cost-effective, high-bandwidth, and low-latency packet-optical fronthaul and midhaul for 6G networks. This initiative is geared towards enabling the dynamic management of radio functional splits, facilitating the adaptation of 6G networks to varying environments, including changes in services and traffic. In this novel scenario, the 6G network adaptation involves both selecting the most appropriate functional split and reconfiguring the underlying packet-optical fronthaul and midhaul network. This ensures the provision of the required transport capacity and latency demanded by the selected centralization level.