The 6G-REFERENCE project will participate in the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026, taking place in Málaga, Spain, from 2 to 5 June 2026, contributing to discussions and technical sessions that are shaping the future of 6G networks in Europe.
The project partners will take part in two workshops, present a scientific paper, and contribute to the conference poster sessions, highlighting our ongoing research activities to improve coherent wireless communication and sensing beyond what is currently possible with 5G in urban areas.
6G-REFERENCE at the ISAC and Microelectronics Workshops
Second Workshop on Integrated Sensing and Communications Initiatives on the European Research Framework
On Tuesday 2 June, 6G-REFERENCE will contribute to the workshop “Second Workshop on Integrated Sensing and Communications Initiatives on the European Research Framework”, held from 09:00h to 12:30h in Sala de Conferencias 2 (2.2), on the first floor.
Marc Bauduin, Research Engineer at Imec, will participate in Panel 3 “Architectural and Management Perspective”, that will start at 11:00h, where he will share the latest developments from the 6G-REFERENCE project.
Further information about the workshop is available on the official EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 website.
Microelectronics and Photonics Hardware Challenges and Solutions towards 6G
Also on Tuesday 2 June, 6G-REFERENCE will participate in the workshop “Microelectronics and Photonics Hardware Challenges and Solutions towards 6G”, taking place from 09:00h to 12:30h in Sala 2 (first floor).
After the introductory keynote by Fredrik Tillman (Ericsson) “How Microelectronics Unleashes the Potential of 6G Systems”, Hua Wang, Full Professor at ETH Zürich will contribute to Session I – Enabling Hardware Technologies and Integration, to explain 6G-REFERENCE’s time-modulated arrays for multi-beam MIMO.
More information can be found on the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 page about this workshop.
Scientific Paper Presentation
On Wednesday 3 June, Robin Lohuis, PhD at the University of Twente, will present the scientific paper “Analysis of over-the-Air Frequency and Time Synchronization Requirements for Cooperative ISAC Radio Units with an RF Crystal Oscillator”.
The presentation will take place from 17:00h to 18:30h during Session PHY-2: ISAC, Radar and Localization, in Sala de Conferencias 2 (2.1), on the first floor.
Robin Lohuis will participate as the second speaker, as co-author of the paper drafted in collaboration with two more researchers from the University of Twente, Erwin Hardeveld and Eric Klumperink, our Technical Manager.
Additional details about the session are provided on the EuCNC & 6G Summit programme.
Poster Presentation
In addition, Zabdiel Brito-Brito, Researcher at CTTC, the organisation coordinating 6G-REFERENCE, will present a poster about our demo cases during the Poster Session I, on 3 June from 14:30h to 15:00h in Sala de Exposiciones 1, in the poster booth 9.
The poster, titled “Planar Low-Cost RF Sensor for Volatile Organic Compound Detection”, is co-authored by several researchers from CTTC: Zabdiel Brito-Brito, Jesús Salvador Velázquez-González, Fermin Mira, and Ignacio Llamas-Garro, together with Yi Wang, from the University of Birmingham.
In this manuscript, a Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-coated microwave ring resonator (MRR) operating at a resonant frequency of 3.05 GHz was investigated to detect acetone vapor, a common Volatile Organic Compound (VOC), within a closed chamber at ambient temperature. Integrating a solid PDMS layer with an MRR provides an effective platform for vapor detection by leveraging absorption-induced changes in the PDMS layer’s dielectric properties. These changes shift the resonant frequency, which, in this case, occurs at 260 MHz in the presence of acetone vapor. The measured results indicate that the proof-of-concept sensor has strong potential for detecting VOCs in air at ambient temperature and for being incorporated into future 6G integrated sensing and communication systems.
By participating in the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026, 6G-REFERENCE continues to strengthen collaboration with European research initiatives, while contributing to the development of innovative technologies for future 6G networks.
See you in Málaga!