Descrizione del progetto
Oltre il 5G grazie a un collegamento in rete basato sull’apprendimento automatico e a una gestione dell’infrastruttura di calcolo
Il progetto MARSAL, finanziato dall’UE, propone un nuovo paradigma di infrastrutture elastiche virtuali, sviluppato per fornire servizi di trasferimento, elaborazione e archiviazione da punto a punto in modo economico, flessibile e sicuro. Il progetto concentra la propria attenzione su tre pilastri: (i) la progettazione di rete, in cui MARSAL espande il concetto di collegamento in rete senza cella, attuato e integrato agli attuali elementi vRAN, nonché allineato a O-RAN Alliance; (ii) l’infrastruttura elastica virtuale, che sfrutta la nozione di edge computing elastico, con l’obiettivo di ottimizzare la funzionalità Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) e i sistemi di gestione della suddivisione della rete attraverso una gerarchia di motori analitici e di decisione; (iii) la sicurezza di rete, in cui il progetto MARSAL svilupperà innovativi meccanismi basati sull’apprendimento automatico che garantiscano riservatezza e sicurezza in ambienti multi-tenancy per utenti finali e locatari.
Obiettivo
5G mobile networks will be soon available to handle all types of applications and to provide service to massive numbers of users. In this complex and dynamic network ecosystem, an end-to-end performance analysis and optimization will be key features, in order to effectively manage the diverse requirements imposed by multiple vertical industries over the same shared infrastructure. To enable such a vision, the MARSAL targets the development and evaluation of a complete framework for the management and orchestration of network resources in 5G and beyond, by utilizing a converged optical-wireless network infrastructure in the access and fronthaul/midhaul segments. At the network design domain, MARSAL targets the development of novel cell-free based solutions that allows the significant scaling up of the wireless APs in a cost-effective manner by exploiting the application of the distributed cell-free concept and of the serial fronthaul approach, while contributing innovative functionalities to the O-RAN project. In parallel, in the fronthaul/midhaul segments MARSAL aims to radically increase the flexibility of optical access architectures for Beyond-5G Cell Site connectivity via different levels of fixed-mobile convergence. At the network and service management domain, the design philosophy of MARSAL is to provide a comprehensive framework for the management of the entire set of communication and computational network resources by exploiting novel ML-based algorithms of both edge and midhaul DCs, by incorporating the Virtual Elastic DataCenters/Infrastructures paradigm. Finally, at the network security domain, MARSAL aims to introduce mechanisms that provide privacy and security to application workload and data, targeting to allow applications and users to maintain control over their data when relying on the deployed shared infrastructures, while AI and and Blockchain technologies will be developed in order to guarantee a secured multi-tenant slicing environment.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitycryptography
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitynetwork security
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
08006 Barcelona
Spagna
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.