6GEM+ Team Participates in IEEE 6G Summit Dresden 2026

On 19 and 20 May 2026, the 6GEM+ Team participated in the IEEE 6G Summit Dresden 2026. The team brings together colleagues from TU Dortmund University, RWTH Aachen University, and Ruhr University Bochum, contributing to the 6GEM+ Transfer Hub with expertise in wireless communications, signal processing, connected digital industry, and technology transfer.

The IEEE 6G Summit Dresden provided an important platform for exchange between academia, industry, startups, research institutions, and national 6G initiatives. Across two days, participants discussed current developments in 6G communication, computing, sensing, network architectures, security, robotics, non-terrestrial networks, hardware, and wireless systems.

Stefan Böcker, Chair of Communication Networks of TU Dortmund, pitched the Startup.Connect project PANGOLIN in the opening plenary session of the summit. He introduced the PANGOLIN network companion that supports the entire cycle from ground-truth KPI measurements with STING, via fast network planning by DRaGoN to sustainable network extensions with HELIOS.

Stefan Böcker presents the PANGOLIN project at the 6G Summit opening session.

Prof. Christian Wietfeld, TU Dortmund Speaker of 6GEM+ and Chair of Communication Networks at TU Dortmund, provided in his invited presentation a new perspective on “6G Network co-design: from connectivity KPIs to end user value”. In his talk Christian demonstrated how 6G networks and robotics can be co-designed to enable reliable, low-latency, and value-driven applications. He highlighted recent advances in edge-cloud-assisted humanoid robot control, digital-twin-enabled XR teleoperation, and proactive Open RAN scheduling for mission-critical scenarios. The talk demonstrated how communication performance directly influences application success, quality of experience, and operational robustness in domains such as rescue robotics, logistics, and manufacturing. It concluded with an interdisciplinary perspective on how future 6G networks can move beyond pure connectivity metrics toward real end-user impact.

Christian Wietfeld presents his keynote talk „6G Network co-design: from connectivity KPIs to end user value“.

On the afternoon before the main conference day, the 6GEM+ hub was presented at the joint 6G Platform booth together with the other German hubs 6G-life, Open6GHub+ and xG-RIC. The booth offered an opportunity to present the 6GEM+ approach, discuss the OPEN Labs concept, and exchange ideas on industrial test fields, demonstrators, startups, and future transfer activities.