A Business Analysis Framework for 6G Architectures

6G is expected to emerge by as key enabler for the intelligent digital society of 2030 and beyond, providing superior performance via groundbreaking access technologies, such as joint communication and sensing, cellfree, Radio Intelligent Surfaces, etc. and ubiquitous wireless intelligence. Most importantly, 6G is expected to trigger a total rethink of network architecture design, which builds on the key idea of new stakeholders entering the value chain of future networks. 6G promotes a much more sustainable approach to architect future networks that encourages infrastructure sharing and collaboration among MNOs via Network-Infrastructure-as-a-service (NIaaS) models. To facilitate research and experimentation at scale, SUNRISE6G [1] adopts common tools as well as converged data collection and resource management APIs, while sharing of experimentation data and interoperability is facilitated via the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). These are reflected as part of a coherent Experimentation Plane, offering multiple “as a service” functions to experimenters, accessible via a Tenant Web Portal. Apart from the technical challenges, it is important to also consider the business aspects of the telecom ecosystem. In this paper, we provide a business analysis framework for 6G architectures.