6G Ex ended Reali y Applica ions o In e ac i e
Lea ning Expe iences in Ru al Schools
C is ian Pa achia1[U−1700−038b−1786], Ma ius Io dache1[0000−0003−2747−6984],
Ioan Cons an in1[0000−0002−7540−4355], and Raz an Mihai1[0009−0000−7250−2825]
O ange Romania SA, Bucha es 010144, Romania
{c is ian.pa achia, ma ius.io dache, ioan.cons an in,
az an.mihai}@o ange.com
h ps://5glab.o ange. o/en/
Abs ac . The implemen a ion o he 6G-PATH p ojec in 2 u al schools
in Romania aims o c ea e cap i a ing and in e ac i e lea ning expe i-
ences ha will help s uden s imp o e hei academic pe o mance and
educe he disc epancies be ween s uden s lea ning in u al and u ban
en i onmen s, espec i ely. O ange Romania (ORO) will p o ide da a
connec i i y h ough he comme cially deployed ne wo ks and access o
a ully- ledged 6G Expe imen a ion Pla o m equipped wi h la es gen-
e a ion o so wa e and ha dwa e solu ions. A Vi ual Reali y (VR) Ca -
a an, ope a ed om Ias
,i, Romania, and bo h u al schools will ha e
he necessa y 5G co e age o ensu e a good quali y expe ience o he
s uden s and eache s. In addi ion o he necessa y Ex ended Reali y
(XR) equipmen , schools will also ecei e able compu e s and lap ops
o suppo hei eaching expe iences o ensu e app op ia e access o he
Digi aliada pla o m and con en c ea ion p ocesses.
Keywo ds: 6G ·XR ·Educa ion ·5G Tes bed ·O ches a ion.
1 In oduc ion
The 6G-PATH P ojec aims o os e he de elopmen o new echnologies sup-
po ing 6G, bo h in close collabo a ion wi h o he 6G Sma Ne wo ks and
Se ices Indus y Associa ion (6G-IA) p ojec s and h ough he p ocess o Open
Calls o engage Eu opean companies de eloping inno a ions o Beyond-5G (B5G)
and 6G sys ems, as well as b inging new Use-Cases (UCs) and pilo si es o he
ecosys em. Such echnologies and pilo s will be combined in ele an pla o ms
o be used by a se o applica ions in UCs co esponding o he ou e icals
whe e 6G-PATH will be p esen : Heal h, Educa ion, Sma Ci ies and Fa ming.
O e all, 6G-PATH will build an ex ensi e B5G/6G in as uc u e whe e a se
o co e a chi ec u es and domain- speci ic capabili ies will be b ough oge he
and made a ailable o in eg a ion o applica ions and Use Cases o ele ance
wi hin he ou add essed e icals, o conduc la ge-scale pilo s and ials. The
esul s o hese pilo s and ials will be collec ed and analysed in de ail, o
gene a e app op ia e lessons and equi emen s o u u e 6G communica ions, as
2 C. Pa achia e al.
well as o iden i y, cha ac e ize and e ine leading-edge business models owa ds
he comme cialisa ions and exploi a ion o 6G use cases and echnologies.
2 XR in Ru al Schools
XR Ru al School is one o he h ee UCs conside ed o he 6G-PATH pilo s in
he Educa ion Ve ical. This UC is championed by O ange Romania Founda ion
(OROF) and led by ORO. The p incipal goal o UC-EDU-1 is o enhance he
eaching expe ience and ma e ials, augh a gene al-school le el in Romania.
The use case will d i e, h ough OROF’s “Digi aliada” pla o m and p og am,
he necessa y aining so ha eache s and o he acul y s a can con ibu e.
The ials o his use case will include:
–In e ac i e mul imedia con en : A a ie y o mul imedia esou ces, such as
ideos, anima ions, and 3D models, ha allow s uden s o explo e lea ning
subjec s in a cap i a ing and in e ac i e way.
–Pe sonalized lea ning expe iences: The pla o m will be designed o adap
he lea ning expe ience o he knowledge le el and skills o each s uden .
This could help imp o e s uden s’ academic pe o mance and con ibu e o
educing dispa i ies be ween s uden s om u al and u ban en i onmen s,
espec i ely.
–Use o VR de ices: The pla o m will be compa ible wi h a a ie y o i ual
and augmen ed eali y de ices, such as VR glasses o Augmen ed Reali y
(AR) suppo ed mobile phones, o allow s uden s o expe ience lea ning
subjec s in a mo e p ac ical and in e ac i e way.
–Collabo a ion and in e ac ion: The pla o m will allow s uden s o collab-
o a e and in e ac wi h each o he and hei eache s in a mo e inno a i e
and engaging way.
–E alua ion and moni o ing: The pla o m will be designed o allow eache s
o e alua e s uden s’ pe o mance and moni o hei p og ess du ing he
lea ning p ocess. This could help iden i y a eas o imp o emen and adap
he eaching ma e ial acco dingly.
2.1 Mo i a ion
In Romania, digi al educa ion is s ill a p i ilege, as almos 38% [1] o child en
unde 16 yea s old and 37.5% o young people aged 16-24 a e a isk o po e y
o social exclusion, a si ua ion ha is pa icula ly widesp ead among hose wi h
a low le el o educa ion: almos 55% o people who ha e only comple ed p ima y
school a e exposed, acco ding o Eu os a da a, o po e y o social exclusion,
wi h a signi ican p opo ion in u al a eas. 45% o Romania’s kids come om
u al a eas and almos 30% [2] o hem a e unable o ge a passing g ade a he
Na ional E alua ion, which p e en s hem o access a high school and uni e si y
s udies. This means ha se e al gene a ions o kids’ chances o employmen will
be ei he in di y, dull, and dange ous jobs o in domains which will p o ide
6G XR Applica ions 3
less chances o making a decen wage. A he same ime, some o hese jobs
will be, wi hin he nex 20 yea s, subjec o ex inc ion due o obo iza ion,
au oma iza ion and machine lea ning. Wha all s udies on he u u e o labo
p edic ( om Ox o d o Wo ld Economic Fo um) is ha IT and echnology skills
will be in high demand.
S udies [3] wi hin he “Digi aliada” p og am show ha he e is an impo an
ca ego y o eache s who ha e an open a i ude owa ds he use o new echnolo-
gies and digi al con en in he class oom, ac oss all ypes o schools, ega dless
o he le el o echnology.
I is ou use-case mo i a ion o d i e his a i ude owa ds exploi able esul s
in imp o ing he academic pe o mance o he s uden s, and o educe he gap in
adop ion and u iliza ion o echnologies in u ban and u al schools, espec i ely.
An equally impo an mo i a ion is ORO’s and OROF’s commi men o d i e
he usage o echnologies in educa ion, and o imp o e he exis ing me hods and
p ocesses using sus ainable new echnologies such as beyond-5G ne wo ks and
Ex ended Reali y echnology.
2.2 Key Pain poin s conside ed o he XR Ru al School Use-Case
Ou esea ch iden i ied he ollowing pain poin s ega ding he implemen a ion
o XR echnologies in Romanian schools:
–Low a ailabili y o XR educa ional con en ailo ed o he Romanian p ima y
and seconda y educa ion cu iculum. The e is a lack o con en being de el-
oped and dis ibu ed, mapped o he Na ional cu iculum o p ima y and
seconda y schools. While he echnological ad ances a e s ead as ly making
XR a ailable o many new egions in u al a eas, he con en a ailabili y is
lagging.
This Pain Poin should be add essed in 6G-PATH h ough he Open Calls
o de elope s o cons uc XR pla o ms and se ices ha allow con en o
be adap ed o XR-wo ld.
–Low a ailabili y o equipmen and IT esou ces in he u al schools o Roma-
nia. The u al a eas o Romania lack unding and in as uc u e equi ed o
adop signi ican IT esou ces, including equipmen , o enable he u iliza ion
o XR/VR/AR echnologies.
We aim o add ess his Pain Poin , in 6G-PATH, h ough acqui ing and
deploying a unc ional se -up o po able compu e s – lap ops, able com-
pu e s and XR in e aces – VR headse s, ac ua o s, con ol su aces and
con ol de ices – o 2 u al schools and one mobile “VR Ca a an”, o pilo
he usage o beyond-5G-enabled echnologies in Educa ion.
–Low adap a ion o XR echnologies in Educa ion in he u al schools o
Romania We aim o add ess his pain poin , in 6G-PATH, h ough “ each
he eache ” engagemen , co-o dina ed by OROF h ough he “Digi aliada”
pla o m, o enable easy and eplicable adap a ion o hei eaching ools
and me hods, o he usage o XR con en .
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3 The Use-Case Scena ios
UC-EDU-1 elies on 2 scena ios [4] o implemen ing imme si e educa ion o
2 a ge u al schools and he deploymen o a simila ly equipped “VR Ca a-
an”. Bo h scena ios will le e age he u ilisa ion o ORO’s beyond-5G capabil-
i ies, in he es bed, ex ending o ORO’s comme cial ne wo ks and will enable
OROF and ORO o deploy “Digi aliada”, he educa ional pla o m de eloped
by OROF h ough he 6G-PATH expe imen a ion amewo k. “Digi aliada” will
be deployed as a Ne wo k-awa e applica ion, wi h componen s and se ices in
he ORO 5G S and-Alone (5GSA) edge ne wo k, and will be imp o ed wi h
addi ional capabili ies including:
–5G eadiness
–XR-class de ices managemen
–XR con en managemen
–5G-enabled con en deli e y
Fu he mo e, Thi d-pa y Ne wo k Applica ions will be able o in e ac wi h
“Digi aliada” o enable he c ea ion o , and deploymen o XR con en such
as in e ac i e and pe sonalized lea ning expe iences and simula ions. The 6G-
PATH open calls will suppo he selec ion and in eg a ion ac i i ies o hese
hi d-pa y Ne wo k applica ions. Du ing he Tes beds Upg ades and Ex ensions
phase, ORO’s es bed will be upda ed o suppo he unc ional and ope a ional
equi emen s o UC-EDU-1, and o enable in eg a ion wi h he 6G-PATH pla -
o m’s componen s. Du ing he in eg a ion phase o he wo scena ios, he a ious
6G-PATH componen s will be deployed o ORO’s Tes beds and es ed o in e -
ope abili y wi h he 5G Co e and edge componen s o ORO’s es bed. Du ing
he in e nal ials and pilo s o he Educa ion Ve ical, he p incipal ac i i ies
a ge ing he wo scena ios o UC-EDU-1 will be:
–Composi ion o ORO’s es bed and UC-EDU-1 o he 6G-PATH Pla o m –
his ac i i y will make use o se e al Expe imen a ion Enabling Componen s
o onboa d he equi ed asse s o he UC componen s.
–Deploymen o he UC componen s o he 6G-PATH pla o m – his ac i i y
will encompass he c ea ion he Use-Cases Reposi o y asse s o UC-EDU-1,
such as he Use-Case images o he Ne wo k Applica ions o be deployed
– “Digi aliada” and hi d-pa y applica ions h ough he 6G-PATH Open
Calls.
–Tes ing and alida ion o UC-EDU-1 – his ac i i y will all o wa d o he
wo es cases (“scena ios”) o alida e he o e all use-case ambi ions and
expec ed ou comes, suppo ed h ough he KPIs and KVIs o be collec ed
du ing he pilo ing.
3.1 XR in Ru al Schools Scena io
This scena io a ge s he deploymen o an XR-enabled pla o m o wo p ima y
schools in u al a eas o Romania. The wo schools will be selec ed h ough
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an in e nal e alua ion p ocess o OROF’s, building on op hei demons a -
able expe ience in wo king wi h p ima y educa ion ins i u ions, on se e al o he
p ojec s and oppo uni ies. Du ing he pilo ing o his scena io, he p incipal
ac o s will be he Tes bed Ope a o s and he End-Use s, as ollows:
–Tes bed Ope a o s – will in e ac wi h he 6G-PATH pla o m o deploy he
UC componen s, selec he Key Pe o mance Indica o s (KPIs) and Me ics
o moni o ing, choose he es bed ea u es equi ed o he pilo ing and
ini ia e he pilo ing ac i i ies.
–End-Use s 1 – A selec ed g oup o eache s, om he wo schools will be able
o use “Digi aliada” o selec and deploy XR-enabled con en o End-Use s
2’ schedule and c ea e in e ac i e lea ning expe iences and simula ions om
p e-de ined p imi i es.
–End-Use s 2 – P ima y School pupils, in he wo schools o be selec ed,
will use “Digi aliada” h ough XR-enabled in e ac ions wi h he XR Use -
Equipmen (UE) o be deployed in he schools.
3.2 XR Ca a an Scena io
This second scena io a ge s he deploymen o an XR-enabled pla o m o a
pu pose-equipped ehicle ( o his pu pose, a Ca a an-class au omobile) which
will ansi be ween u al a eas nea he own o Ias
,i, Romania, and suppo
he dissemina ion o XR-enabled lea ning o he eache s and s uden s, pupils
in hese u al a eas. The p incipal pu pose o his scena io is o demons a e
he mobili y capabili ies and ea u es o he 6G-PATH pla o m. As o he i s
scena io, he p incipal ac o s o his pilo a e:
–Tes bed Ope a o s – will in e ac wi h he 6G-PATH pla o m o deploy
he UC componen s, selec he KPIs and Me ics o moni o ing, choose he
es bed ea u es equi ed o he pilo ing and ini ia e he pilo ing ac i i ies.
–End-Use s 1 – A selec ed g oup o eache s will be able o use “Digi aliada”
o selec and deploy XR-enabled con en o a demons a ion se -up, a ailable
in he XR-Ca a an.
–End-Use s 2 – P ima y school s uden s and pupils will in e ac wi h he XR-
enabled pla o m, “Digi aliada”, du ing he Ca a an’s isi s o hei locali ies.
The expec ed ou come o UC-EDU-1 is a success ul implemen a ion o “Dig-
i aliada” as a XR lea ning pla o m, in 2 u al schools in Romania and in one
mobile deploymen (“XR Ca a an”), achie ing he 6G-PATH KPIs, and lead-
ing o he alida ion o he Use-Case. Th ee goals ha e been conside ed o he
alida ion o he pilo :
–Imp o e lea ning ou comes o schools in u al a eas h ough he p o isioning
o a digi alized, al e na i e con en - ich pla o m wi h 6G XR imme si e
and in e ac i e engaging expe iences [5][6], “Digi aliada” can signi ican ly
imp o e he a i ion a es in spa sely popula ed u al a eas o Romania
and isibly add o he lea ning expe iences and pe o mance esul s o he
pupils.
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–Imp o e eache a i ion in schools in u al a eas – “Digi aliada” will ocus o
p o ide a each- he- eache medium, ich in XR expe iences hus achie ing
a slowe slope o new hi es and incumben eache s, o gain knowledge in
usage o new echnologies o eaching hei cu en cu icula. In u n, his
can imp o e e en ion o eache s o schools in u al a eas.
–Enhance awa eness, a ailabili y, and accessibili y o 6G XR-enabled lea n-
ing ools by deploying “Digi aliada” XR lea ning expe iences o a ca a an
h ough he No h-Eas e n pa s o Romania, eache s and pupils in a eas
no co e ed h ough he ixed deploymen s, will expe ience he XR-enabled,
imp o ed eaching and lea ning me hods and ools.
4 High Le el Topology o UC-EDU-1
The high-le el p ocess o each expe imen e , ei he in e nal o he p ojec (ex-
ample o OROF, as a champion o UC-EDU-1) o ex e nal, coming om he
Open Calls should pe mi he expe imen e o in e ac ia he 6G-PATH pla -
o m’s on end o access he expe imen a ion dashboa ds which, in u n will
allow hem o selec asse s om he composi ion eposi o ies:
–Tes bed ea u es, Topology ea u es which will de e mine he a ge es bed
o he desi ed expe imen a ion ac i i y.
–Me ics and KPIs ea u es which will de e mine he baseline and benchma k
cha ac e is ics o he desi ed expe imen a ion measu emen o ou comes.
–Use-Cases Composi ion ea u es o de e mine he o e all scope and main
lows o he expe imen a ion.
–Con ol he expe imen a ion li ecycle o s a o s op he expe imen main
lows.
4.1 The Key Componen s o UC-EDU-1
In eg a ion in he scope o EC-EDU-1 will un in h ee dis inc domains, com-
p ising o he 6G-PATH Pla o m, ORO es bed in as uc u e and ORO 5GSA
Mobile Edge Compu ing (MEC) [7][8] deploymen (and, i a ailable a un ime,
he 5G SA Comme cial MEC deploymen [9]). The 6G-PATH pla o m and com-
ponen s should be deployed in ORO’s es bed o suppo expe imen a ion o
hi d-pa y apps selec ed in he Open Calls p ocess and should suppo he ea-
u e se selec ed by he hi d-pa y applica ion de elope s and expe imen e s.
Du ing he p ojec ’s li ecycle, he 6G-PATH p ojec conso ium will suppo he
deploymen o componen s o a ge es beds and / o o a cen alized pla o m
in e acing wi h he ede a ed componen s in he es beds.
4.2 ORO Tes bed Facili y o UC-EDU-1
ORO Tes bed acili y is in Uni e si y POLITEHNICA o Bucha es [10] in a
“5G Lab” [11] and emo ely ex ended o 5G Lab in Ias
,i [12], a la ge ci y in he
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Fig. 1. High le el opology o UC-EDU-1
Fig. 2. ORO 5G Lab es bed a chi ec u e
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No h-Eas e n egion o Romania, and implemen s a ull 5G SA 3GPP Release
16 compa ible in as uc u e.
ORO’s 5G Lab es bed is based on i ualized ne wo k in as uc u e, o
bo h 5G op ions [13], he NSA and SA a ian s. Fo he Non-S and Alone (NSA)
a ian , he 5G Labs a e connec ed o he comme cial Long- e m E olu ion
(LTE) Co e Ne wo k.
The NSA Co e a chi ec u e is based on he i ual E ol ed Packe Co e
( EPC) solu ion om E icsson, deployed in an OpenS ack in as uc u e. The
exis ing co e a chi ec u e can suppo b oadband connec i i y ea u ing con ig-
u able h oughpu alues. Fo he exis ing co e a chi ec u e, he 5G se ices
a e manually con igu ed, by using dedica ed QoS, a ic p io i iza ion, p i a e
Access Poin Names (APNs) and ne wo k p o isioned capabili ies in e ms o
h oughpu , as he main se ice ha can be se ed is enhanced Mobile B oad-
band (eMBB).
The SA Co e a chi ec u e uses he 5G SA Compac Mobili y Uni (CMU)
[14] Co e Ne wo k solu ion om Nokia, unning on a p op ie a y i ualized
in as uc u e in he Bucha es 5G Lab da acen e. Th ee main componen s a e
in eg a ed, he Cloud Mobile Ga eway (CMG), he Cloud Mobili y Manage
(CMM), and he Au hen ica ion and Policy Con ol (APC). This pla o m is
capable o deli e ing 3GPP-complian ne wo k slicing [15][16], implemen ing one
slice o eMBB a ic and ano he p io i ized slice o Ul a Reliable Low La ency
Communica ions (URLLC).
The 5G Labs 5G SA RAN a chi ec u e ollows he 3GPP Op ion 2; in his
app oach, as showcased in Figu e 4, he RAN consis s o only gNBs ha a e
connec ed o he 5G Co e ne wo k. The gNBs connec o AMF o e he NG-C
in e ace o con ol plane signaling and o UPF o e he NG-U in e ace o
use plane da a ans e . gNBs p o ide he NR (New Radio) ai in e ace access
o he UEs. The deployed 5G SA RAN componen s also include suppo o
ne wo k slicing, le e aging on p io i y managemen wi h di e en ia ed 5G QoS
lows, p io i ized UE TCP sessions and 5G QoS lows o DRB mapping – in his
app oach he ne wo k maps di e en IP lows wi h he same QoS equi emen s
in o he same QoS low.
Connec ed o he 5G Co e Ne wo k and RAN in as uc u e, h ough an
IPFABRIC [17] anspo ne wo k, is he 5G Labs edge compu ing acili y. This
acili y is sha ed be ween he wo labs om Bucha es and Iasi and consis s o 18
compu e se e s, o alizing in 270 CPU co es, 8 TB o RAM, 42 TB o s o age
and 6 GPUs (160 GB VRAM).
The 5G Labs edge compu ing ecosys em suppo s mul iple ypes o applica-
ions, anging om ba e me al solu ions o i ualized o con aine ized a ian s
based on h ee i ualiza ion pla o ms - OpenS ack [18], VMwa e ESXi [19] and
Kube ne es [20]. The esul ing modula ized se ices, lexible and adap able, can
le e age on he con igu able ne wo king capabili ies o he es bed, on he as
deploymen cycles, and dynamic se ices launched in he ne wo k.
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4.3 Upg ades and Ex ensions o he Tes bed Facili y
Du ing he li ecycle o he 6G-PATH p ojec , ORO’s Tes bed acili y will be
upg aded o suppo he equi emen s o UC-EDU-1 and 3 d pa y expe imen s
om he Open Call p og am o he P ojec .
Mul iple upg ade and ex ensions ac i i ies will be pe o med simul aneously
and he s a us o implemen a ion will be a ailable in he epo ing and de-
li e ables o 6G-PATH. The ex ensions and upg ade include in e aces de ini-
ion, de elopmen and in eg a ion o he in eg a ion wi h he 6G-PATH Se ice
F amewo k, ex ension o he 5G SA co e age o new loca ions o include he ge-
og aphical a eas o he Use-Case bene icia ies ( he wo u al schools), 6G-PATH
ne wo k and se ices KPIs and da a collec ion, and exposu e o applica ion lay-
e s [21] ( o 3 d pa y expe imen e s) and ull in eg a ion o he 6G-PATH Key
Exploi able Resul s (KER) componen s o he UC-EDU-1 F amewo k.
Pa o hese upg ades a e u he de ailed in he ollowing subsec ions.
4.4 Moni o ing Analy ics
The in eg a ion o ORO’s es bed moni o ing analy ics capabili ies in o he 6G-
PATH local ecosys em o he 5G Lab es bed in ol es he u iliza ion o ad anced
unc ions and sys ems o manage and analyze da a ac oss a ious elemen s o
he ne wo k in as uc u e.
This in eg a ion includes he u iliza ion o NSDAF (Ne wo k Slicing Da a
Analy ics Func ion) o enhance he moni o ing and managemen o ne wo k
slices, ocusing pa icula ly on es ima ing ene gy and ca bon oo p in s, ana-
lyzing esou ce usage, and op imizing pe o mance ac oss di e en i ualized
en i onmen s.
The NSDAF is designed o ex end he capabili ies o NWDAF (Ne wo k Da a
Analy ics Func ion) [22][23] and MDAF (Managemen Da a Analy ics Func ion)
[24][25][26] by speci ically ocusing on ne wo k slices. NSDAF, based on he com-
munica ion a chi ec u e showcased in Figu e 3, in e s KPIs p o ided by NWDAF
and MDAF o o e insigh s ailo ed o he needs o ne wo k slicing, such as:
–Pe o mance Me ics: E alua ing he e iciency and esponsi eness o ne wo k
slices based on eal- ime da a analy ics.
–Resou ce U iliza ion: Moni o ing how ne wo k slices consume bandwid h,
compu e, and s o age esou ces, helping iden i y bo lenecks o unde u ilized
asse s.
–Quali y o Se ice: Ensu ing ha he ne wo k slices mee he ag eed-upon
se ice le el ag eemen s (SLAs) and use expec a ions.
A key aspec o NSDAF’s ole in he ecosys em is o es ima e he ene gy and
ca bon oo p in o ne wo k slices, including he con ibu ion om edge-cloud
esou ces ha hos e ical applica ions. This in ol es:
–Analyzing Powe Consump ion: De ailed moni o ing o how much ene gy
each ne wo k slice consumes, aking in o accoun he ene gy used by he
unde lying in as uc u e, such as se e s and ne wo k equipmen .
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Fig. 10. Tes ing and alida ion o he UC-EDU-1 le e aging on he ELCM pla o m
The pla o m le e ages s anda d in e aces like TMFo um APIs [31][32][33]
and 3GPP speci ica ions o enhance in e nal in e ope abili y and expose unc-
ionali ies o hi d pa ies. This app oach no only aligns wi h ongoing s an-
da diza ion e o s bu also p omo es b oade adop ion and alida ion o hese
s anda ds h ough eal-wo ld es ing.
The in eg a ion o INTENTIONAL in o he 6G-PATH in ol es de ailed plan-
ning ac oss se e al phases—speci ica ion and design, implemen a ion and es ing,
and suppo and e alua ion. Each phase is designed o ensu e ha he pla o m
no only mee s he echnical equi emen s o he ORO es bed bu also con-
ibu es o he b oade objec i es o he 6G-PATH p ojec , such as enhancing
he es bed’s p og ammabili y and suppo ing mo e sophis ica ed in en -based
managemen o se ices and ne wo ks.
The p ojec se s speci ic KPIs o measu e i s success, including he numbe
o new s anda d APIs implemen ed, he in eg a ion o so wa e componen s sup-
po ing in en s, and he numbe o expe imen s u ilizing hese new capabili ies.
By simpli ying he decla a ion and managemen o se ice in en s, INTEN-
TIONAL aims o lowe he ba ie o e icals and se ice p o ide s o u ilize
ad anced 5G and 6G unc ionali ies. This no only enhances he ope a ional ca-
pabili ies o he ORO es bed bu also posi ions i a he o e on o applying
AI and au oma ion in managing nex -gene a ion ne wo k se ices. The p ojec ’s
success could lead o signi ican ad ancemen s in how ne wo k se ices a e p o-
isioned and managed, po en ially in luencing u u e s anda ds and indus y
p ac ices in he ealm o 6G ne wo ks.
6 Conclusions
The XR Ru al Schools Use-Case, as an applica ion and la ge-scale ial o he 6G-
PATH P ojec conside s he echnological enhancemen s o beyond-5G ne wo ks,
6G XR Applica ions 17
as enable s o ad ancemen in he educa ional p ocesses, le e aging he use o
XR echnology o d i e imp o ed a i ion a es o school pupils, he ease o
access o lea ning ma e ial and – o an impo an ex en – he e en ion o
eache s o schools in u al a eas o Romania.
By in eg a ing Key Exploi able Resul s o he 6G-PATH P ojec o exis ing
componen s such as “Digi aliada”, he online pla o m o con en deli e y o
school eache s and pupils, ORO and OROF aim o alida e he case o using
6G echnology o c ea e, deli e and manage XR con en o end-use s while
suppo ing an open and accessible pla o m o hi d pa y expe imen e s and
de elope s o es , alida e and showcase hei 6G-enabled applica ions.
Acknowledgemen s This wo k was unded by he Eu opean Commission un-
de he Eu opean Union’s Ho izon Eu ope p og amme – g an ag eemen No.
101139172 (6G-PATH p ojec ). The pape solely e lec s he iews o he au-
ho s. The Commission is no esponsible o he con en s o his pape o any
use made he eo .
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