AGORA-6G

Reproducible and governable Open RAN testbeds for AI-native 6G.

Official announcement: 4TU.NIRICT News - AGORA-6G Awarded 4TU.NIRICT Research Funding

At a Glance

AGORA-6G focuses on reproducible and governable Open RAN testbeds for AI-native 6G. The project was funded through the 4TU.NIRICT Research Funding Call 2025, which supports cross-disciplinary ICT research at the intersection of electrical engineering and computer science.

Key Takeaways

  • The project connects computer science and electrical engineering expertise.
  • It develops experimental software and data pipelines on existing testbeds.
  • It aims to produce open and reusable datasets for the wider research community.
  • It promotes transparent and reproducible AI-native 6G experimentation.

Why This Matters

AI-native 6G research requires testbed experiments that are not only powerful but also trustworthy and comparable across institutions. AGORA-6G addresses this by improving how experimental configurations are disclosed and how runs are captured as sharable artifacts.

The expected outcome is a more transparent framework where testbed results can be audited, retrained, and compared across laboratories, operators, and vendors.

Main Goals

  1. Build front-end experimental software for Open RAN testbed workflows.
  2. Collect high-quality data from existing testbeds at TU/e and UT.
  3. Generate open datasets that support broader community use and validation.
  4. Standardize configuration disclosure for reproducible AI-native 6G research.
  5. Enable traceable and auditable model behavior across settings.

Team and Collaboration

AGORA-6G brings together researchers from the University of Twente, TU Eindhoven, TU Delft, and Wageningen University & Research, strengthening cross-institutional collaboration in the Dutch 4TU ecosystem.