The COREnext project took centre stage at the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2025 in Poznań, Poland showcasing a forward-looking approach to connectivity and digital infrastructure. Located at Booth No. 53, the COREnext team engaged with visitors through six demonstrations and a series of in-depth discussions, offering insights into the project’s role in creating the next generation of secure network systems.
The COREnext booth attracted significant interest throughout the event, with guided tours introducing attendees to the project’s live demonstrations. These highlighted how COREnext addresses critical challenges across architecture design, system integration, data protection, and trust management – key pillars for establishing a robust digital infrastructure.
6 live demonstrations
Each demonstration focused on a specific technological innovation or application area:
- Eavesdropper Avoidance
A sub-THz demonstrator featuring real-time beam steering. It illustrated how directional transmission significantly reduces the risk of data interception, enhancing communication security in high-frequency environments.
- High Datarate Interconnects over Plastic Fibre
This demo highlighted a high-speed link using polymer microwave fibres (PMF) in the H-band, demonstrating how these materials and methods can support future high-frequency, high-bandwidth communication systems.
- Radio Identification
Demonstrating the use of AI to distinguish individual radio devices based on transmitter-level imperfections. Even with identical chipsets, the system can reliably identify valid versus unauthorised transmitters, reinforcing trust at the physical layer.
- Digital Processing with M³
This demonstration presented the M³ platform’s approach to secure, hardware-isolated processing. It showed how digital systems can be protected from internal and external threats through architectural separation and isolation.
- Secure Acceleration
We showcased secure hardware acceleration on an FPGA platform. The demo showed how privacy-preserving cryptographic processing can support sensitive data use cases, such as those in healthcare, while enabling multi-tenant deployment.
- Trust Evaluation and IoT Management
This demo introduced a Trust Manager that assesses IoT devices in real time. By assigning tasks based on trust levels and system resource availability, it ensures that devices operate reliably and securely across decentralised environments.
Engaging with experts
In addition to the demonstrations, the booth provided visitors the chance to speak with key contributors from across the COREnext consortium. Representatives from imec, AUSTRALO, Barkhausen Institut, Nokia, Infineon Technologies, Ericsson, Nokia Bell Labs, and WINGS ICT Solutions were present to offer technical insights and discuss the project’s strategic goals.
Apart from presenting these project results, the COREnext partners also discussed with academic researchers, industry representatives, and policy makers about shared goal of trustworthiness. EuCNC is a wonderful opportunity for projects to meet a diverse audience, to tune in with current challenges faced by industry, and to discuss forward-looking ideas with other researchers. The EuCNC experience will encourage COREnext to continue creating impact with innovative trustworthiness solutions and share results.
Looking ahead
The engagement with the research community, industry stakeholders, and policymakers reinforced the relevance of COREnext’s work in contributing to secure communication networks. The team extends its sincere thanks to all who visited the booth, participated in discussions, and provided feedback. Such interactions are valuable to assess the project’s direction as it progresses towards its final goals.
Watch the interview with Michael Roitzsch – COREnext Project Coordinator – during the EuCNC & 6G Summit Conference 2025: