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Shaping sustainable and resilient communication networks: Infosim^® & SKOOR are part of the Celtic Next project SUSTAINET-Advance

August 29^th 2025, Würzburg

After the completion of the award-winning research project “AI NET”, another great Celtic Next project was launched at the beginning of this year: “SUSTAINET”. The EU-funded flagship project is divided into three sub-projects “SUSTAINET Advance”, “SUSTAINET guarDian” and “SUSTAINET inNOvAte”, which focus on the use of sustainable technologies for advanced, resilient and energy-efficient networks. Together with its subsidiary SKOOR GmbH, Infosim^® is very pleased to be able to participate in the “SUSTAINET Advance” sub-project.

In this blog post, we would like to give you an insight into the exciting research project and the currently very relevant research topic as well as what SKOOR and Infosim^® are contributing to the project.

Sustainable, intelligent, resilient – communication networks as the backbone of our society

The reliability of communication networks is not only essential for everyday interpersonal interaction, but also for critical infrastructure such as energy supply, healthcare, and public safety. The importance of robust, fail-safe communication networks becomes particularly apparent in times of crisis such as natural disasters, cyberattacks, terrorist attacks, and similar events. These networks are essential for coordinating rescue teams and relief efforts, maintaining basic supply functions, and ensuring a reliable information flow. At the same time, the sustainability of these networks is becoming increasingly important due to rising energy requirements. The key here is to minimize energy consumption while maintaining reliable, high-quality communication. This energy-conscious planning and management of communication networks is not only an environmentally conscious decision, but can also have a positive impact on the performance and resilience of the networks.

Subject of the project

The SUSTAINET project aims to develop innovative technologies and solutions that improve the resilience, energy efficiency, and sustainability of networks. Over the next three years, more than 80 companies consisting of leading research institutions and industry partners from various European countries will pool their expertise and experience to address the question of how advanced technologies can be used to create sustainable networks. The development of a reference architecture for resilient communication networks is the core topic of the SUSTAINET Advance subproject. The focus here is on 6G networks and on the development of new concepts and possibilities for making critical network infrastructures more fail-safe and robust. To this end, research is being conducted into the use of zero-trust frameworks, large language models, and genAI to improve the monitoring of these network infrastructures. At the same time, this is being done with a focus on sustainability and the energy-efficient and resource-saving design of network architectures.

Infosim^®’s Contribution

As a company in the field of software and IT solutions, we are bringing our extensive experience in automated network management and monitoring into the project in order to investigate the effects of various scenarios on the performance of network infrastructures. In doing so, we are examining the interrelationships and factors that influence energy consumption in the network area in order to make management and monitoring as energy-efficient as possible.

Another focus is on researching the possible applications of Large Language Models and genAI in various areas of network management – from AI-supported discovery, processing, and monitoring to dashboard and reporting capabilities. In addition, we are building on and expanding upon the research findings from the previous Celtic Next project “AI-NET” in the area of forecasting and anomaly detection using ML algorithms.

The SUSTAINET Advance project fits perfectly with our active research activities at Infosim^®. The experience and insights gained from these past and current projects form a solid foundation for us. This also applies to our TM Forum Catalyst project on “AI-driven network automation for traffic and service resilience – Phase II”, in which we examined the use of AI to improve service reliability, reduce operating costs, and shorten time-to-market in telecommunications networks.

SKOOR’s Contribution

SKOOR is a KPI dashboard and reporting solution developed by the Swiss software company SKOOR GmbH, which has been part of the Infosim^® Group since 2023. SKOOR provides business and service managers with real-time dashboards to monitor and manage their business processes and services end-to-end from a central Command Center.

This extensive experience in data integration, data visualization, automation and the configuration of dynamic dashboards to strengthen real-time transparency. In the project, the focus is on the development ofan AI-supported real-time framework for holistic network monitoring and intelligent control.

SKOOR´s role is focusing on creating dynamic dashboards that automatically display sustainability KPIs, as well as real-time monitoring of energy consumption and CO2 emissions. In addition, SKOOR will explore visualization strategies for AI-driven functions, such as forecasting and anomaly detection.

Future Steps

The SUSTAINET Advance project is dedicated to the key question of how 6G networks can be made more resilient, autonomous, powerful, and sustainable in the future, thereby making a significant contribution to strengthening Europe’s technological future.

Following the successful completion of last year’s project, we are delighted to once again be part of a Celtic Next research project. As an industry partner focused on the practical application of theoretical concepts to real-world social issues, we are particularly pleased to be part heading the “PoCs and Demonstrators on Real-world labs, Use Cases and Outreach” working group within the project. We look forward to the further course of the project and close cooperation with our project partners.

Dr. David Hock

Director of Research at Infosim®

At SKOOR, we’re glad to support the SUSTAINET Advance project with our practical know-how in data visualization, KPI modeling, and real-time monitoring. Making complex infrastructures more transparent isn’t just about technology, it’s about helping people make better decisions based on reliable data. We want to make sustainability easier to understand and apply in everyday operations. We’re looking forward to working closely with research and industry partners to improve the way tomorrow’s networks are managed.

Philipp Morger

Projektlead at SKOOR