Dynamic coverage Extension and Distributed Intelligence for human Centric applications with assured security, privacy and trust: from 5G to 6G

Deliverables

Requirement analysis and first architecture design

Final pilot results, best practices and guidelines

This deliverable will present the final findings from the pilot validation both in terms of technical performance as well as non-technical validation in terms of stakeholder acceptance and perceived impact. A set of best practices and generic guidelines to be followed by stakeholders interested in deploying and exploiting project solutions will also be provided.

Integration, pilot set-up, human-centric applications and validation plan

This deliverable will outline the integration of the mechanisms developed into an overall working system the pilot setup including deployment of hardware and development and integration of use case specific components and simulations implemented the development of humancentric applications in the scope of the pilots It will also specify the corresponding validation plan for the pilots including the scope of validation activities the list of metricsKPIs to be evaluated and the methods to get these measures

Revised scenario description and requirements

Second iteration of the scenario description providing an updated list of requirements as well

Second release of mechanisms for dynamic distribution of intelligence

This deliverable describes the developed algorithms for optimizing placement of computation in heterogeneous beyond 5G/6G edge networks, summarizes the final results of distribution and migration techniques, and presents the evaluation/experimentation results.

Specification of security framework and trust management platform

This report will include initial specification of the DEDICAT 6G security and data protection framework and DEDICAT 6G trust management platform It will include requirements architectures tools KPIs and set of standards and best practices to follow towards realization of the security and privacy protection tasks

First release of mechanisms for dynamic distribution of intelligence

This deliverable summarizes the first results of architectural and methodological activities of tasks T31 and 32

First Release of mechanisms for dynamic coverage and connectivity extension

This document will provide a first specification of the mechanisms for dynamic coverage and connectivity extension It will also include the preliminary implementation and release of these mechanisms

Initial scenario description and requirements

Scenario textual description positioning and requirement collection

Revised system architecture

First full complete architecture aligned with the final version of the unified requirements

Initial plan and report on dissemination, standardisation and exploitation

This deliverable will present the dissemination plan the communication strategy and the initial activities of the project to engage relevant communities and to disseminate and promote the project and its results It will also present the process and the roadmap for the dissemination and communication activities as well as liaisons with standardization bodies

Second integration and interim validation results

This deliverable will give a status overview of the intermediate validation results the usability of the project solutions from the relevant stakeholders perspective the possible problems that are encountered and the remedies proposed to solve or circumvent the problems including potential refinements of the developed project solutions

Second release of mechanisms for dynamic coverage and connectivity extension

This document describes in detail the final implementation and release of the mechanisms and components for dynamic coverage and connectivity extension, including knowledge building.

Final system architecture

Final version that reflects all latest changes in WPs 3-5 and ensures soundness across all WPs

Publications

Evaluation of Live Video Streaming Performance for Low Latency Use Cases in 5G

Author(s): M. Uitto, A. Heikkinen
Published in: 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2021, ISSN 2575-4912
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482605

Dual-Attention Deep Reinforcement Learning for Multi-MAP 3D Trajectory Optimization in Dynamic 5G Networks

Author(s): Catté, Esteban; Sana, Mohamed; Maman, Mickael
Published in: IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2023, 2023, Page(s) 6417-6422
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc45041.2023.10278657

Application Placement in Fog Environments using Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning with Maximum Reward Formulation

Author(s): Eyckerman, Reinout; Reiter, Philippe; Latré, Steven; Marquez-Barja, Johann; Hellinckx, Peter
Published in: IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium : [proceedings] : NOMS, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: NOMS 2022-2022 IEEE/IFIP
DOI: 10.1109/noms54207.2022.9789757

Federated Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic and Flexible 3D Operation of 5G Multi-MAP Networks

Author(s): Catté, Esteban; Sana, Mohamed; Maman, Mickael
Published in: 34th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications {PIMRC} 2023, 2023, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc56721.2023.10293931

Self-Organizing UAV Swarm Placement via Layered Loose Coupling and User Prioritization

Author(s): A. Anttonen, A. Mämmelä, M. Höyhtyä, F. Saffre and H. Karvonen
Published in: 2023 IEEE 34th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2023, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/pimrc56721.2023.10294055

Leveraging Edge Computing and Orchestration Platform for Enhanced Pedestrian Safety Application: The DEDICAT-6G Approach

Author(s): Salah Eddine Merzougui,Xhulio Limani, Andreas Gavrielides, Phillipe Reiter, Claudio E. Palazzi, Johann Marquez-Barja
Published in: IEEE 21st Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC), 2024, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE

Selfish Routing and Link Scheduling in mmWave Backhaul Networks

Author(s): Triantafyllopoulou, D., Kollias, K., & Moessner, K.
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communication (ICC 2023), 2023, Page(s) 4200-4205, ISBN 978-1-5386-7462-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc45041.2023.10279412

Nodes Number Estimation based on ML for Multi-operator Unlicensed Band Sharing to Extend Indoor Connectivity

Author(s): Baiyekusi, Oluwatobi; Lee, Haeyoung; Moessner, Klaus
Published in: 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2023, Page(s) 1-6, ISSN 1558-2612
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc55385.2023.10118807

Sustainability in 6G networks: Vision and directions

Author(s): I. Ahmad, A. Mämmelä, Md M. Mowla, A. Flizikowski, Md A. B. Abbasi, D. Zelenchuk, and M. Sinaie
Published in: IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 2023
Publisher: IEEE

Security Constraints for Placement of Latency Sensitive 5G MEC Applications

Author(s): Artych, Rafał and Bocianiak, Krzysztof and Carlinet, Yannick and Niewolski, Wojciech and Perrot, Nancy and Podlasek, Aleksandra and Wary, Jean-Philippe
Published in: 2022 9th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud), 2022, Page(s) 40-45, ISBN 978-1-6654-9350-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ficloud57274.2022.00013

Subsidiarity and Weak Coupling in Wireless Networks

Author(s): Aarne Mammela; Jukka Riekki
Published in: 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), Issue 5, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482591

Evaluating 5G uplink performance in low latency video streaming

Author(s): M. Uitto and A. Heikkinen
Published in: 2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-9871-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit54941.2022.9815703

Learning Hierarchical Resource Allocation and Multi-agent Coordination of 5G mobile IAB Nodes

Author(s): Sana, Mohamed; Miscopein, Benoit
Published in: "ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, IEEE, May 2023, Rome, Italy. ⟨10.48550/arXiv.2302.07573⟩", 2023, Page(s) 4218-4223
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc45041.2023.10279729

Contextual Multi-Armed Bandit based Beam Allocation in mmWave V2X Communication under Blockage

Author(s): A. M. Cassillas, A. Kose, H. Lee, C. H. Foh and C. Yen Leow
Published in: 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Spring), 2023, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/vtc2023-spring57618.2023.10200248

Towards 3D Flexible Networks: Status, Challenges and Technical Enablers

Author(s): Sokratis Barbounakis; Andreas Georgakopoulos; Panagiotis Vlacheas; Panagiotis Demestichas
Published in: 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), Issue 14, 2022, Page(s) 664-669, ISSN 2770-7679
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7443106

Intelligent Spectrum Sharing Between LTE and Wi-Fi Networks using Muted MBSFN Subframes

Author(s): Merkebu Girmay; Pablo Avila-Campos; Vasilis Maglogiannis; Dries Naudts; Adnan Shahid; Ingrid Moerman
Published in: 2023 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2023, Page(s) 13-16, ISBN 9798350398649
Publisher: ΙΕΕΕ
DOI: 10.1109/wamicon57636.2023.10124903

An Adaptive MBSFN Resource Allocation Algorithm for Multicast and Unicast Traffic

Author(s): Khalid, Ihtisham; Girmay, Merkebu; Maglogiannis, Vasilis; Naudts, Dries; Shahid, Adnan; Moerman, Ingrid
Published in: 2023 IEEE 20TH CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORKING CONFERENCE, CCNC, Issue 20, 2023, Page(s) 579--586, ISBN 9781665497343
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ccnc51644.2023.10060040

IoT Network Intrusion Detection with Ensemble Learners

Author(s): Sulyman Age Abdulkareem; Chuan Heng Foh; Haeyoung Lee; François Carrez; François Carrez
Published in: 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), 2022, Page(s) 510-514, ISBN 978-1-6654-9939-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ictc55196.2022.9952376

Heuristic Optimization of Bandwidth Reservation Cost for Vehicular Applications

Author(s): A. A. Al–khatib, M. U. Hassan and K. Moessner
Published in: GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2022, Page(s) 4909-4915, ISBN 978-1-6654-3540-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom48099.2022.10001328

A generalized approach for practical task allocation using a MAPE-K control loop

Author(s): Reinout Eyckerman; Phillipe Reiter; Siegfried Mercelis; Steven Latre; Johann Marquez-Barja; Peter Hellinckx
Published in: 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), 20-22 October, 2021, Issue 3, 2021, Page(s) 779-784, ISBN 978-1-6654-2383-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ictc52510.2021.9620217

ML-based estimation of the number of devices in industrial networks using unlicensed bands

Author(s): Oluwatobi Baiyekusi; Haeyoung Lee; Klaus Moessner
Published in: 2022 13th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Issue 29, 2022, Page(s) 519-524, ISSN 2162-1241
Publisher: ICTC
DOI: 10.1109/ictc55196.2022.9952455

Demo: Proactive Low Latency Video Encoding Service Based on 5G Coverage

Author(s): Uitto, Mikko; Heikkinen, Antti
Published in: 2021 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC), Issue 5, 2021, ISBN 978-1-6654-4450-7
Publisher: ΙΕΕΕ
DOI: 10.1109/vnc52810.2021.9644660

Cost-Efficient and QoS-Aware User Association and 3D Placement of 6G Aerial Mobile Access Points

Author(s): E. Catté, M. Sana, M. Maman
Published in: 2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-9871-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit54941.2022.9815572

Intelligence Functions Placement in B5G / 6G wireless networks

Author(s): Vasiliki Lamprousi, Sokratis Barmpounakis, Vera Stavroulaki, Panagiotis Demestichas
Published in: Emerging Tech Conference Edge Intelligence (ETCEI) 2023, 2023
Publisher: Hellenic Emerging Technologies Industry Association

DEDICAT 6G - Dynamic Coverage Extension and Distributed Intelligence for Human Centric Applications with Assured Security, Privacy and Trust: from 5G to 6G

Author(s): V. Stavroulaki, E. Calvanese Strinati, F. Carrez, Y. Carlinet, M. Maman, D. Draskovic, D. Ribar, A. Lallet, K. Moßner, M. Tosic, M. Uitto, S. A. Hadiwardoyo, J. Marquez-Barja, E. Garrido, M. Stamatelatos, K. Sarayeddine, P. Sanchez Vivas, A. Mämmelä, P. Demestichas
Published in: 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2021, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482611

Profiling Vehicles for Improved Small Cell Beam-Vehicle Pairing Using Multi-Armed Bandit

Author(s): Abdulkadir Kose; Chuan Heng Foh; Haeyoung Lee; Klaus Moessner
Published in: 2021 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC), Issue 11, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ictc52510.2021.9620863

Preliminary Performance and Memory Access Scalability Study of Thick Control Flow Processors

Author(s): M. Forsell, J. Roivainen, V. Leppänen and J. L. Träff
Published in: 2023 IEEE Nordic Circuits and Systems Conference (NorCAS), 2023, Page(s) 1-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/norcas58970.2023.10305463

Heuristic Distribution of Latency-Sensitive Tasks in Multi-Access Edge Computing Systems

Author(s): G. I. Ricardo, A. Benhamiche, N. Perrot and Y. Carlinet
Published in: 2022 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), 2022, Page(s) 680-685
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/gcwkshps56602.2022.10008694

Coverage Extension as a Service for Flexible 6G Networks Infrastructure

Author(s): Maman, Mickael; Catte, Esteban; Sana, Mohamed; Girmay, Merkebu; Maglogiannis, Vasilis; Naudts, Dries; Lee, Haeyoung; Carrez, Francois; Anttonen, Antti; Fernandez, Yolanda; Moreno, Javier; Lamprousi, Vasiliki; Stavroulaki, Vera
Published in: 2022 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), 2022, Page(s) 1329-1334
Publisher: ΙΕΕΕ
DOI: 10.1109/gcwkshps56602.2022.10008528

Performance Comparison of IEEE 802.11p, 802.11bd-draft and a Unique-Word-based PHY in Doubly-Dispersive Channels

Author(s): Ehsanfar, Shahab; Moessner, Klaus; Gizzini, Abdul Karim; Chafii, Marwa
Published in: 2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Issue 16, 2022, Page(s) 1815-1820, ISBN 978-1-6654-4266-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/wcnc51071.2022.9771810

Technology recognition and traffic characterization for wireless technologies in ITS band

Author(s): Girmay, Merkebu; Maglogiannis, Vasilis; Naudts, Dries; Aslam, Muhammad; Shahid, Adnan; Moerman, Ingrid
Published in: VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS, 2022, ISSN 2214-2096
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2022.100563

Latency-Constrained Task Distribution in Multi-Access Edge Computing Systems

Author(s): Iecker Ricardo, Guilherme and Benhamiche, Amal and Perrot, Nancy and Carlinet, Yannick
Published in: 2022 IEEE 11th International Conference on Cloud Networking (CloudNet), 2022, Page(s) 150-158, ISSN 2771-5663
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cloudnet55617.2022.9978788

6G networks: Beyond Shannon towards semantic and goal-oriented communications

Author(s): Emilio Calvanese Strinati, Sergio Barbarossa
Published in: Computer Networks, 2021, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2021.107930

Machine Learning Enabled Wi-Fi Saturation Sensing for Fair Coexistence in Unlicensed Spectrum

Author(s): M. Girmay, A. Shahid, V. Maglogiannis, D. Naudts and I. Moerman
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 9, 2021, Page(s) 42959-42974, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2021.3066052

Coexistence Scheme for Uncoordinated LTE and WiFi Networks Using Experience Replay Based Q-Learning

Author(s): Merkebu Girmay; Vasilis Maglogiannis; Dries Naudts; Adnan Shahid; Ingrid Moerman
Published in: Sensors, Issue no. 21: 6977, 2021, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s21216977

Why do we need 6G?

Author(s): R. Bassoli, F. H.P. Fitzek, E. Calvanese Strinati
Published in: ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Issue Volume 2 (2021), Issue 6 - Wireless communication systems in beyond 5G era, 2021, Page(s) 1-31, ISSN 2616-8375
Publisher: ITU Journal
DOI: 10.52953/iror5894

Beam-Based Mobility Management in 5G Millimetre Wave V2X Communications: A Survey and Outlook

Author(s): Abdulkadir Kose; Haeyoung Lee; Chuan Heng Foh; Mehrdad Dianati
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Issue 12, 2021, Page(s) 347-363, ISSN 2687-7813
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ojits.2021.3112533

Vehicular Communication Management Framework: A Flexible Hybrid Connectivity Platform for CCAM Services

Author(s): Dries Naudts; Vasilis Maglogiannis; Seilendria A. Hadiwardoyo; Daniel van den Akker; Simon Vanneste; Siegfried Mercelis; Peter Hellinckx; Bart Lannoo; Johann M. Marquez-Barja; Ingrid Moerman
Published in: Future Internet, Issue 14, 2021, ISSN 1999-5903
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fi13030081

Loose Coupling: An Invisible Thread in the History of Technology

Author(s): Mämmelä Aarne; Riekki Jukka; Kiviranta Markku
Published in: Mämmelä , A , Riekki , J & Kiviranta , M 2023 , ' Loose Coupling: An Invisible Thread in the History of Technology ' , IEEE Access , vol. 11 , pp. 59456-59482 ., Issue 11, 2023, Page(s) 59456-59482, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3284685

Experimental V2X Evaluation for C-V2X and ITS-G5 Technologies in a Real-Life Highway Environment

Author(s): Vasilis Maglogiannis; Dries Naudts; Seilendria A. Hadiwardoyo; Daniel van den Akker; Johann M. Marquez-Barja; Ingrid Moerman
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Issue 34, 2022, Page(s) 1521-1538, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2021.3129348

6G for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications: Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities

Author(s): Md. Noor-A-Rahim, Z. Liu, H. Lee, M. O. Khyam, J. He, D. Pesch, K. Moessner, W. Saad, H. V. Poor
Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE, Issue Vol. 110, no. 6, June 2022, 2022, Page(s) 712-734, ISSN 0018-9219
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jproc.2022.3173031

Enabling Uncoordinated Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Between LTE and NR Networks

Author(s): H. Vincent Poor; Eli De Poorter; ingrid moerman; adnan shahid; Timo De Waele; Dries Naudts; Vasilis Maglogiannis; Merkebu Girmay
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2023, ISSN 1558-2248
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/twc.2023.3329385

Hybrid Self-Organizing Networks: Evolution, Standardization Trends, and a 6G Architecture Vision

Author(s): Chaoub Abdelaali; Mämmelä Aarne; Martinez-Julia Pedro; Chaparadza Ranganai; Elkotob Muslim; Ong Lyndon; Krishnaswamy Dilip; Anttonen Antti; Dutta Ashutosh
Published in: EEE Communications Standards Magazine, Issue 12, 2023, Page(s) 14-22, ISSN 2471-2833
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/mcomstd.0002.2200049

Deadline-Constrained Cost Minimisation for Cloud Computing Environments

Author(s): Samuel Manam; Klaus Moessner; Serdar Vural
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue Vol. 11, 2023, Page(s) 38514-38522, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3258682

New network architectures will be weakly coupled

Author(s): Mämmelä Aarne; Riekki Jukka
Published in: IEEE Future Networks Tech Focus, Issue Issue 14, April 2022, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6444308

Beyond 5G/6G KPIs and Target Values

Author(s): Nielsen, Lars; Gavras, Anastasius; Dieudonne, Michael; Mesogiti, Ioanna; Roosipuu, Priit; Houatra, Drissa; Kosmatos, Evangelos
Published in: 5G Public Private Partnership Test, Measurement and KPIs Validation Working Group Whitepaper Beyond 5G/6G KPIs and Target Values, Issue Version 1.0, 2022
Publisher: 5G PPP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6577506

5G PPP Architecture Working Group - View on 5G Architecture, Version 4.0

Author(s): Gavras, Anastasius; Bulakci, Ömer; Gramaglia, Marco; Iordache, Marius; Ghoraishi, Mir; Garcia, Antonio; Cogalan, Tezcan; Gutiérrez, Jesús; Tzanakaki, Anna; Warren, Dan; Li, Xi; Landi, Giada; Mangues, Josep; Tsagkaris, Kostas; Frascolla, Valerio; Lee, Haeyoung
Published in: 5G Public Private Partnership Architecture Working Group Whitepaper, 2021
Publisher: 5G PPP
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5155657

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