Distributed Artificial Intelligence-driven open and programmable architecture for 6G networks

Deliverables

D6.2: Dissemination, communication, standardisation, exploitation, IPR, clustering - Initial

Plan for the exploitation and dissemination of results including communication activities updated by M18, and reports containing the dissemination, communication, trainings, standardisation, exploitation, and clustering activities with communities/associations. Moreover, the report will contain innovation and IPR management matters.

D2.2 System Architecture - Initial

Description of the initial architecture of the ADROIT6G project

D2.1: Requirements, use cases and system architecture - Initial

The initial version of the deliverable will provide a detailed analysis of the functional requirements from the use cases perspectives (including the definition of relevant KPIs and KVIs to be validated) and their translation into technical requirements to be used in the design of the ADROIT6G platform architecture and its components, their detailed low-level design, and the testing and verification methodology containing the definition of test reports format and benchmarking for the validation of the KPIs and KVIs to ensure compatibility as well as future re-usability.

D3.2: Distributed AI framework for CrowdSourcing AI - Initial

First release of software and AI algorithmic components of ADROIT6G implementing energy efficient automated AI orchestration, multimodal generative models for scalable monitoring and secure data distribution, CrowdSourcing AI and AI algorithms for joint resource management.

D4.1: AI-driven Management & Orchestration and Control frameworks - Initial

First release of software and AI algorithms for inter-domain slice and resource management with UE-VBS and non-terrestrial networks, multi-scale scale strategies for distributed closed loop automation, AI models, BDIx features selection and open, programmable data plane for multi-X domains.

D6.1: Project website and social media presence

Project website and social media presence regularly updated.

Publications

Edge-device collaborative computing for multi-view classification

Author(s): Marco Palena, Tania Cerquitelli, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini
Published in: Computer Networks, Issue 254, 2024, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110823

Multi-Modal Latent Diffusion

Author(s): BB. Mustapha, G. Franzese, and P. Michiardi
Published in: MDPI Entropy, 2024, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/e26040320

DIN: A Decentralized Inexact Newton Algorithm for Consensus Optimization

Author(s): A. Ghalkha, C. B. Issaid, A. Elgabli and M. Bennis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 2024, ISSN 2831-316X
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TMLCN.2024.3400756

Quantized FedPD (QFedPD): Beyond Conventional Wisdom The Energy Benefits of Frequent Communication

Author(s): Anis Elgabli, Chaouki Ben Issaid, Mohamed Badi, Mehdi Bennis
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024, ISSN 2327-4662
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2024.3464239

SEM-O-RAN: Semantic O-RAN Slicing for Mobile Edge Offloading of Computer Vision Tasks

Author(s): C. Puligheddu, J. Ashdown, C. F. Chiasserini, F. Restuccia
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024, ISSN 1536-1233
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2023.3339056

Intelligent QoS-aware Slice Resource Allocation with User Association Parameterization for Beyond 5G O-RAN-based Architecture Using DRL

Author(s): Suvidha Mhatre, Ferran Adelantado, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024, ISSN 0018-9545
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3483288

Enhancing 5G and 6G networks through a dynamic dual-stage machine learning heuristic framework for selecting UEs as UE-VBSs

Author(s): Iacovos Ioannou, S.V. Jansi Rani, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Christophoros Christophorou, Vasos Vassiliou, Andreas Pitsillides
Published in: Ad Hoc Networks, Issue 177, 2025, ISSN 1570-8705
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ADHOC.2025.103908

A Novel Deep Hierarchical Machine Learning Approach for Identification of Known and Unknown Multiple Security Attacks in a D2D Communications Network

Author(s): S. Rani, I. I. Ioannou, P. Nagaradjan, C. Christophorou, V. Vassiliou, H. Yarramsetti, S. Shridhar, L. Mukund Balaji, A. Pitsillides.
Published in: IEEE Access, 2023, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3308036

Content-Aware Network Traffic Prediction Framework for Quality of Service-Aware Dynamic Network Resource Management

Author(s): W. A. Aziz, I. I. Ioannou, M. Lestas, H. K. Qureshi, A. Iqbal and V. Vassiliou
Published in: IEEE Access, 2023, ISSN 1536-1233
Publisher: IEE
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3309002

Fair and Scalable Orchestration of Network and Compute Resources for Virtual Edge Services

Author(s): S. Tripathi, C. Puligheddu, S. Pramanik, A. Garcia-Saavedra, C. F. Chiasserini
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2024, ISSN 1536-1233
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2023.3254999

Evaluating QoT-aware hybrid grooming schemes in dynamic C + L-band optical networks

Author(s): Farhad Arpanaei, Mohammadreza Dibaj, Amirhossein Dibaj, Hamzeh Beyranvand, John S. Vardakas, Christos Verikoukis, José Manuel Rivas-Moscoso, Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios, Alfonso Sánchez-Macián, David Larrabeiti, José Alberto Hernández
Published in: Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1943-0620
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.571277

AI/ML-aided capacity maximization strategies for URLLC in 5G/6G wireless systems: A survey

Author(s): R. B. Shaik, P. Nagaradjane, I. Ioannou, V. Sittakul, V. Vasiliou, A. Pitsillides.
Published in: Computer Networks, 2024, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110506

Intelligent congestion control in 5G URLLC Software-Defined Networks using adaptive resource management via Reinforced Dueling Deep Q-Networks

Author(s): Vitawat Sittakul, Iacovos Ioannou, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Issue 242, 2025, ISSN 1084-8045
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JNCA.2025.104276

A Survey on Satellite Computing: Connecting the Dots Between Networks and Applications

Author(s): Carlos Guimarães, Alessio Netti, Markus Sauer, Florian Zeiger, Hans-Peter Huth, Elizaveta Boriskova
Published in: IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Issue 28, 2026, ISSN 1553-877X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2025.3579525

DeepRISBeam: Deep Learning-based RIS Beam Management for Radio Channel Optimization

Author(s): I. Ioannou, M. Raspopoulos, P. Nagaradjane, C. Christophorou, W. A. Aziz, V. Vassiliou, A. Pitsillides.
Published in: IEEE Access, 2024, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: IEE
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3411929

On the Performance Analysis of UE-VBS-Based Wireless Communications: Network Outages, Resource Utilization, and Optimization

Author(s): Iacovos I. Ioannou, Ala’ Khalifeh, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Christophoros Christophorou, Vasos Vassiliou, Orestis Neokleous, Andreas Pitsillides
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3573846

Towards Bridging the FL Performance-Explainability Trade-Off: A Trustworthy 6G RAN Slicing Use-Case

Author(s): S. Roy, H. Chergui, C. Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024, ISSN 0018-9545
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2307.12903

MOSE: A Novel Orchestration Framework for Stateful Microservice Migration at the Edge

Author(s): Antonio Calagna, Yenchia Yu, Paolo Giaccone, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Issue 22, 2025, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2025.3579051

BayGO: Decentralized Bayesian Learning and Information-Aware Graph Optimization Framework

Author(s): T. AlShammari, C. Weeraddana and M. Bennis,
Published in: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, 2024, ISSN 1536-1233
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2024.3387277

Fuzzy logic-based IDS (FLIDS) for the detection of different types of jamming attacks in IoT networks

Author(s): Michael Savva, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: Computer Communications, Issue 241, 2025, ISSN 0140-3664
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.COMCOM.2025.108251

Access Point Selection and Localization for Cluster‐Based Realization of a Device‐to‐Device Cell‐Free 6G Communications Network

Author(s): Iakovos Ioannou, Marios Raspopoulos, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Christophoros Christophorou, Andreas Gregoriades, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: IET Communications, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1751-8628
Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
DOI: 10.1049/CMU2.70096

Digital Twin and Meta RL Empowered Fast-Adaptation of Joint User Scheduling and Task Offloading for Mobile Industrial IoT

Author(s): H. Xu, J. Wu, Q. Pan, X.Liu, C. Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2023, ISSN 1536-1233
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2023.3310081

Balancing Energy Efficiency and Distributional Robustness in Over-the-Air Federated Learning

Author(s): M. Badi, C. Ben Issaid, A. Elgabli, M. Bennis
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking (ICMLCN), 2024, ISBN 979-8-3503-4319-9
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICMLCN59089.2024.10624815

PRAXIS: Proximal Reinforcement-aided Adaptive eXpert Intelligent System for Efficient Traffic Management in URLLC

Author(s): Razeena Begum Shaik, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2025, ISSN 2694-2941
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWORKSHOPS67674.2025.11162220

Joint Explainability and Sensitivity-Aware Federated Deep Learning for Transparent 6G RAN Slicing

Author(s): S. Roy; F. Rezazadeh; H. Chergui; C. Verikoukis
Published in: ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2023, ISSN 1938-1883
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279790

ML-Aided Dynamic Clustering and Classification of UEs as VBs in D2D Communication Networks

Author(s): I. Ioannou, P. Nagaradjane, A. Khalifeh, C. Christophorou, V. Vassiliou, G. V. S. Sashank, C. Jain, A. Pitsillides
Published in: 2023 International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-0045-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WiSPNET57748.2023.10134336

Deep Learning-Aided Channel Estimation for Large Scale Fading Decoding in Massive MIMO Systems

Author(s): Iacovos Ioannou, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Ala' Khalifeh, R Dhivyaharshini, A Harini, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2024 IEEE 30th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICT62760.2024.10606029

An Accurate Intelligent Plan Library for Belief-Based Desire Prioritization to Intentions in BDIx Agents

Author(s): Iacovos Ioannou, Andreas Gregoriades, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Christophoros Christophorou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WISPNET64060.2025.11005173

Revolutionising IoT Network Security By Assessing ML Localisation Techniques Against Jamming Attacks

Author(s): Iacovos Ioannou, Michael Savva, Marios Raspopoulos, Christophoros Christophorou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2024 22nd Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference (MedComNet), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MedComNet62012.2024.10578201

Communication-Efficient Second-Order Newton-Type Approach for Decentralized Learning

Author(s): M. Krouka, A. Elgabli, C. B. Issaid and M. Bennis
Published in: 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2023, ISSN 1558-2612
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118646

Implementing a Cell-Free 6G Distributed AI Network With the Use of Deep ML Under a Traditional Multi-Cell Mobile Network

Author(s): Iacovos Ioannou, Andreas Gregoriades, Christophoros Christophorou, Marios Raspopoulos, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2025 5th IEEE Middle East and North Africa Communications Conference (MENACOMM), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MENACOMM62946.2025.10910986

ADROIT6G DAI-driven Open and Programmable Architecture for 6G Networks

Author(s): C. Christophorou, I. Ioannou, V. Vassiliou, L. Christofi, J. S. Vardakas, E. E. Seder, C. F. Chiasserini, M. Iordache, C. Ben Issaid, I. Markopoulos, G. Franzese, T. Järvet, C. Verikoukis
Published in: 2023 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), 2024, ISBN 979-8-3503-7021-8
Publisher: IEEE

6G Initial Developments for Flagship Applications Experiments

Author(s): CristC. Patachia; R. Mihai; M. Iordache
Published in: 2023 15th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-2138-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ECAI58194.2023.10194117

Performance Evaluation of Machine Learning Cluster Metrics for Mobile Network Augmentation

Author(s): I. Ioannou, C. Christophorou, P. Nagaradjane, V. Vassiliou.
Published in: 2024 International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), 2024, ISBN 979-8-3503-5084-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WiSPNET61464.2024.10532825

Evaluating Localization Algorithms in IoT Networks Under Jamming Attacks

Author(s): Michael Savva, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2024 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/IFIPNetworking62109.2024.10619065

Traffic-Aware DNN Inference Task Offloading in the Mobile Device-Edge Continuum

Author(s): Olga Chukhno, Gurtaj Singh, Claudia Campolo, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Antonella Molinaro
Published in: IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2025, ISSN 2833-0587
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS65812.2025.11152885

Detecting multiple jammers using Fuzzy-Logic Intrusion Detection System (FLIDS)

Author(s): Michael Savva, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT61029.2024.00062

Emergent Communication Protocol Learning for Task Offloading in Industrial Internet of Things

Author(s): S. Mostafa, M. P. Mota, A.Valcarce, and M. Bennis
Published in: GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2023, ISSN 2576-6813
Publisher: ΙΕΕΕ
DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437954

DIN: A Decentralized Inexact Newton Algorithm for Consensus Optimization

Author(s): A. Ghalkha, C.Ben Issaid, A. Elgabli, and M. Bennis
Published in: ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2023, ISSN 1938-1883
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10278721

Enhancing Edge Caching Efficiency: Leveraging Social and Context-Aware Popularity Rank Prediction via Transfer Learning

Author(s): Waqar Ali Aziz, Iacovos Ioannou, Marios Lestas, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2024 IEEE 30th International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICT62760.2024.10606023

Location-enabled IoT (LE-IoT): Indoor Localization for IoT Environments using Machine Learning

Author(s): Tanveer Ahmad, Xue Jun Li, Muhammad Ashfaq, Michalis Savva, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2024 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT61029.2024.00065

Energy-Efficient Edge-Domain Automation and Service Provision in 6G Networks by Deploying Offline Discovered Assignment Skills

Author(s): Navideh Ghafouri, John S. Vardakas, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC52391.2025.11161657

Machine Learning Performance at the Edge: When to Offload an Inference Task

Author(s): O. Chukhno, G. Singh, C. Campolo, A. Molinaro, C. F. Chiasserini
Published in: NET4us '23: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Networked Sensing Systems for a Sustainable Society, 2023, ISBN 9798400703652
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
DOI: 10.1145/3615991.3616403

Revolutionizing 6G Networks: Implementing Cell-Free Architecture with Advanced Clustering Through Deep Machine Learning

Author(s): Iacovos Ioannou, Prabagarane Nagaradjane, Christophoros Christophorou, Andreas Gregoriades, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WISPNET64060.2025.11004945

Recovery RPL Internet of Things Network under the Jamming Attack

Author(s): Michael Savva, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou
Published in: 2025 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/DCOSS-IOT65416.2025.00082

Fed-Sophia: A Communication-Efficient Second-Order Federated Learning Algorithm

Author(s): A. Elbakary, C. Ben Issaid, M. Shehab, K. Seddik, T. ElBatt, M. Bennis
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2024, ISSN 1938-1883
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622862

Deep Learning-Based Spectrum Sharing for Dynamic Resource Allocation in 6G Cognitive Radio Networks

Author(s): Deepak Upadhyay, Abhay Upadhyay, Nookala Venu, Kamlesh Kukreti
Published in: 2025 Fourth International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), 2025, ISBN 979-8-3315-3040-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC2T63847.2025.10958615

Dual-Step Transfer Learning-Based Prediction Model for Next-Generation Intelligent Cellular Networks

Author(s): W. A. Aziz, I. Ioannou, M. Lestas, V. Vassiliou
Published in: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2023, ISSN 2694-2941, ISBN 979-8-3503-0045-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283745

A Quantitative Comparison of Traffic Management Schemes in a Converged Optical-Wireless 6G Network

Author(s): Irene Keramidi, John S. Vardakas, Ioannis Moscholios, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: 2025 25th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON67126.2025.11125229

Towards Accelerating the Network Performance on DPUs by optimising the P4 runtime

Author(s): D. Iliadis-Apostolidis, K. Manaa, M. Kadosh, I. Ioannou, V. Vassiliou, S. Kosta, J. J. Vegas Olmosa; Matty Kadosh; Iacovos Ioannou; Vasos Vassiliou; Sokol Kosta; Juan Jose Vegas Olmos
Published in: 2024 32nd Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing (PDP), 2024, ISSN 2377-5750
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PDP62718.2024.00040

Leveraging ADROIT6G for Enhanced Reliability and Efficiency of Rail Automation Infrastructure

Author(s): Carlos Guimarães, Elizaveta Boriskova, Yannic Breiting, Erin E Seder, Giacomo Bernini, Iacovos Ioannou, Christophoros Christophorou, Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Dinesh Selvaraj, Chaouki Ben Issaid, Mounssif Krouka, Chamith Mawela, Swastika Roy, John Vardakas, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NFV-SDN66355.2025.11349564

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