How will climate change/energy insecurity impact the UK’s telecoms networks? To what extent are our networks (directly or indirectly) vulnerable to climate change e.g. voltage instability during heat waves? For further relevant questions on network resilience see BDUK section 3.
Background
For the deployment of current and future technologies, DI wishes to develop a stronger evidence base around the benefits of and barriers to their deployment, with a focus on the adoption of 5G and open network infrastructure to build the resilience of networks and support innovation. DI needs to develop models and techniques to understand efficient spectrum allocation and understand the issues surrounding the use of specific spectrum bands.
DI needs to better understand the trends around technological convergence, future demand for digital connectivity, regulation around access to the internet and emerging cloud services and their impact on security.
DI wishes to complement its understanding of current technology deployment with research into the work driving future technologies to develop and increase the UK’s future capabilities.
All of this needs to be underpinned by further research into the security and resilience of UK networks, addressing future developments and threats, gaining insight into the value of security interventions and barriers to investment in security.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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UK-India Future Networks Initiative
In July 2024, the governments of UK and India announced the UK-India Technology Security Initiative (TSI)[1]. Pillar 1 of this TSI states that “the UK and India will build a new and enhanced Future Telecoms P...
Funded by: ISPF
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on future telecoms partnership and research, but does not specifically address climate change impact on UK's networks.
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UKRI-India Future Networks Initiative
This proposal will provide the networking and pump priming funds needed to establish a re-strengthened Indo-UK telecoms research network; academically led but including UK and Indian industry partners. The science scope...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on the impact of climate change on telecoms networks, specifically addressing issues such as energy efficiency, security, and future network technologies.
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IRENE: Improving the robustness of urban electricity networks
Most critical urban infrastructures like water supply, infrastructure monitoring (e.g. tunnels) and emergency communication services depend on electricity. For smart cities, this dependency will only grow. This means tha...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on improving the robustness of urban electricity networks, which are critical for infrastructure monitoring and emergency communication services, directly related to the impact of climate change on telecoms networks.