SNS 6G-SENSES Deliverable D2.1 presents to define a set of 6G use cases, including both key 6G service requirements and 6G business concepts that the 6G-SENSES vision, architectural solutions and deployment paradigms will be able to support. These use cases also aim at enabling the validation of the proposed architecture and technologies through intensive testing and demonstration activities that will be carried out in relevant lab and integrated testbed environments. 👀

To this end, initially the 6G trends and vision of the 6G ecosystem are studied. This includes, on the one hand, an informed study of the technical targets of 6G as well as of the envisioned use cases and capabilities to be enabled, and on the other hand the identification of key roles to bring the use cases and capabilities to the market in terms of assets ownership, business processes, provisioning of service to other roles/ entities and the relevant business interfaces. In parallel, the 6G-SENSES system functionalities and capabilities are analysed to identify the value created for the various roles / layers of the on the way to be shaped 6G ecosystem.

The output of these sub-activities is fused to the identification of a concrete set of use cases that will be enabled by 6G-SENSES, along with the KPIs and the requirements that need to be met. Complementarily, considering the growing need to align technology with broader societal values, to address global and local societal challenges and visions, the use cases are analysed in terms of their impact on Key Values (KVs). Specific Key Value Indicators (KVIs) are derived/ defined as absolute or relative, quantitatively (preferably) or qualitatively measures of the impact of technology solution on the identified KVs (under the notion of 6G for Sustainability). 💡

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