The Hexa-X-II project, in which Eviden led the Work Package 6 (Smart Network Management), successfully passed its final review organised by the European Commission on 30 September. After 30 months of work involving colleagues from the former SNS team, the project received very positive feedback from the reviewers. 

Hexa-X-II and its predecessor Hexa-X have been flagship initiatives of the European Commission, leading the development of 6G technology in Europe, with Eviden playing a key role in both projects. Hexa-X-II was developed with the participation of 44 European organizations and has been funded by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) initiative under the Horizon Europe program.

Its main objectives included:

• Designing a pre-standardized 6G platform.
• Creating a comprehensive system vision for future standardization.
• Addressing key societal challenges associated with the 6G technology, such as sustainability (reducing the carbon footprint), inclusiveness (extending connectivity to underserved regions), and reliability (focusing on security, privacy, and network robustness).

The project's results have aligned well with these objectives, earning positive feedback from the European Commission and the reviewers, who commented that the work was excellent and that the project was up and running successfully, delivered on time and within budget, creating a clear, measurable impact. They noted the outstanding quality of the output and emphasized that getting the project operational was a significant success, not to mention the results. 

The R&D Spain's team has played a significant part in this success, contributing to different work packages and leading one of them. These contributions include:

• Leading the design of the Smart Network Management framework, which is a key component of 6G network architecture and a main project outcome.
• Designing a decentralized orchestration system that considers the orchestration of resources and services across the entire network continuum, including the highly heterogeneous and volatile resources at the extreme-edge.
• Development of a predictive service orchestration system, based on the decentralized orchestration concept, relying on Artificial Intelligence techniques.
• Designing and providing a proof-of-concept for a sustainable MLOps framework tailored to the heterogeneous ecosystem and operational practices of 6G stakeholders, while also integrating energy consumption metrics.