Green Technologies for 5/6G Service-Based Architectures

Project Information

6Green

Grant agreement ID: 101096925

DOI

10.3030/101096925

EC signature date 16 November 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 30 April 2026

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 6 429 280,25

EU contribution

€ 5 996 896,00

Coordinated by

CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI
Italy

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (1)

Use and Business Cases, Design and Technology Requirements, and Architecture Specification

Description of the reference network sce-nario and the related stakeholder requirements. Description of a set of use-case scenarios and performance metrics to evaluate the mechanisms and functionalities devel-oped within the project.

Publications

Conference proceedings (18)

Intent Lifecycle Management over Programmable Infrastructure in the Computing Continuum

Author(s): Constantinos Vassilakis, Nikolaos Fryganiotis, Petros Maratos, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Eleni Stai, Symeon Papavassiliou
Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on MetaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3721889.3721928

A Stochastic Knapsack Model for Energy Efficient Management of Multi-Server Queues

Author(s): R. Bolla, R. Bruschi. A. Carrega, F. Davoli, C. Lombardo, B. Siccardi
Published in: 7th International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom 2024), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11233761

A Packet Delay Emulator for High-Bandwidth and Low-Latency Traffic in 5G Networks

Author(s): R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, F. Davoli, C. Lombardo, A. Mohammadpour, R. Rabbani
Published in: GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, 2023, ISSN 2576-6813
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437664

Building the Digital Twin of a MEC node: a Data Driven Approach

Author(s): R. Fedrizzi, A. Bellin, C. E. Costa, F. Granelli
Published in: IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NetSoft57336.2023.10175423

A Multi-Tenant System for 5/6G Testbed as-a-Service

Author(s): R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, C. Lombardo, S. Mangialardi, A. Mohammadpour, R. Rabbani, B. Siccardi
Published in: 15th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), Issue 03-08 January 2023, 2023, ISSN 2155-2509
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMSNETS56262.2023.10041360

Comparison of the Performance and Energy Efficiency Evaluation of 5G User-Plane Functions

Author(s): Raffaele Bolla, Roberto Bruschi, Franco Davoli, Paolo Ghiorzo, Lorenzo Ivaldi, Chiara Lombardo, Beatrice Siccardi
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conferences on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing & Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical & Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData) and IEEE Congress on Cybermatics, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ITHINGS-GREENCOM-CPSCOM-SMARTDATA-CYBERMATICS62450.2024.00076

A Dataset for Supporting Power Management Experimentations in Cloud and Edge Infrastructures

Author(s): Akbari, Milad, BOLLA, RAFFAELE, Bruschi, Roberto, Rabbani, Ramin, Lombardo, Chiara
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18484512

Towards Slice Admission Control and Split in O-RAN Using Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Giorgos Gotzias, Nikolaos Fryganiotis, Georgia Bousmpoukea, Eleni Stai, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Symeon Papavassiliou
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-IOT65416.2025.00138

Observe to Sustain – How to Enable Beyond 5G Networks to Target Sustainability Goals

Author(s): Milad Akbari, Raffaele Bolla, Roberto Bruschi, Chiara Lombardo, Nicole Simone Martinelli, Beatrice Siccardi
Published in: 2024 IEEE 35th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC59610.2024.10817341

Dynamic Energy-Efficient User Plane Function Selection in 5G Networks

Author(s): S. Borji, R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, C. Costa, C. Lombardo
Publisher: IFIP
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18484420

An Open-Source Prototype of Network Data Analytics Function for Next-Generation 5/6G Environments

Author(s): R. Bolla, C. Lombardo, P. Bono, N. S. Martinelli, R. Bruschi, B. Siccardi
Published in: 2023 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, 2023, ISBN 979-8-3503-7021-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/GCWkshps58843.2023.10465014

To Scale or Not to Scale? Understand the Overhead of Container Scaling Operations

Author(s): Raffaele Bolla, Roberto Bruschi, Alderico Gallo, Chiara Lombardo, Nicole Simone Martinelli
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-IOT65416.2025.00135

Performance and Power Analysis of a 5G UPF Varying the C-States of the Hosting Server

Author(s): R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, D. Cassinelli, F. Davoli, C. Lombardo, N. S. Martinelli, B. Siccardi
Published in: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWORKSHOPS67674.2025.11162237

Intent-Driven Distributed Applications Management Over Compute and Network Resources in the Computing Continuum

Author(s): Zafeiropoulos, Anastasios; Fotopoulou, Eleni; Vassilakis, Constantinos; Tzanettis, Ioannis; Lombardo, C.; Carrega, Alessandro; Bruschi, Roberto
Published in: 2023, ISSN 2325-2944
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00074

Analyzing the Power Consumption in Cloud-Native 5/6G Ecosystems

Author(s): R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, C. Lombardo, F. Davoli, N. Martinelli
Published in: 2023, ISSN 2694-2941
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283755

A Preliminary Study on the Power Consumption of Virtualized Edge 5G Core Networks

Author(s): A. Bellin, M. Centenaro, F. Granelli
Published in: IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NetSoft57336.2023.10175489

Energy-Efficient Deployment of Stateful FaaS Vertical Applications on Edge Data Networks

Author(s): C. Cicconetti, R. Bruno, A. Passarella (CNR)
Published in: 33rd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2024
Publisher: IEEE

A Monitoring, Observability and Analytics Framework to improve the Sustainability of B5G Technologies

Author(s): M. Akbari, R. Bolla, R. Bruschi, F. Davoli, C. Lombardo, B. Siccardi
Published in: IEEE ICC 3rd International Workshop on Green and Sustainable Networking (IEEE GreenNet 2024), 2024, ISSN 2694-2941
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWorkshops59551.2024.10615948

Other (2)

Sustainability of 6G: Ways to Reduce Energy Consumption

Author(s): Hecker, Artur, Bernardos, Carlos Jesus, Gavras, Anastasius, Schörner, Karsten, Bou Rouphael, Rony, AL-Naday, Mays, Lombardo, Chiara, Ghoraishi, Mir
Publisher: 6G-IA
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13986789

Network & Service Management Advancements - Key frameworks and Interfaces towards open, Intelligent and reliable 6G networks

Author(s): Tsolkas, Dimitris; Artuñedo Guillen, David; Gavras, Anastasius; Tranoris, Christos; Laki, Sándor; Skarmeta Gómez, Antonio; Barraca, João Paulo; Makropoulos, George; Vilalta, Ricard
Published in: SNS JU Reliable Software Networks Working Group, 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15011613

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Distributed Machine Learning and Native AI Enablers for End-to-End Resources Management in 6G

Author(s): Karachalios, Orfeas Agis; Zafeiropoulos, Anastasios; Kontovasilis, Kimon; Papavassiliou, Symeon
Published in: Electronics, 2023, ISSN 2079-9292
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/electronics12183761

6G Enablers for Zero-Carbon Network Slices and Vertical Edge Services

Author(s): Raffaele Bolla; Roberto Bruschi; Chiara Lombardo; Beatrice Siccardi
Published in: IEEE Networking Letters, Issue Volume: 5, Issue: 3, 2023, ISSN 2576-3156
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lnet.2023.3262861

Toward Sustainable O-RAN Deployment: An In-Depth Analysis of Power Consumption

Author(s): Baldini G.; Bolla R.; Bruschi R.; Carrega A.; Davoli F.; Lombardo C.; Rabbani R.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 2025, ISSN 2473-2400
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TGCN.2024.3426108

IEEE Network

Author(s): Nikolaos Fryganiotis, Ioannis Dimolitsas, Eleni Stai, Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, Symeon Papavassiliou
Published in: IEEE Network, Issue 39, 2025, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2025.3551518

A Management Data Analytics Function for ethical 6G networks

Author(s): Milad Akbari, Raffaele Bolla, Roberto Bruschi, Chiara Lombardo, Nicole Simone Martinelli, Beatrice Siccardi
Published in: Computer Networks, Issue 270, 2025, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.COMNET.2025.111487

AGORAN: An agentic open marketplace for 6G RAN automation

Author(s): Ilias Chatzistefanidis, Navid Nikaein, Andrea Leone, Ali Maatouk, Leandros Tassiulas, Roberto Morabito, Ioannis Pitsiorlas, Marios Kountouris
Published in: Computer Networks, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.COMNET.2025.111927

Sensors

Author(s): Brito Collantes, Jorge Andrés; Moreno Novella, Jose Ignacio; Contreras Murillo, Luis Miguel
Published in: Sensors, 2025, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/S25082375

Maestro: LLM-Driven Collaborative Automation of Intent-Based 6G Networks

Author(s): Ilias Chatzistefanidis; Andrea Leone; Navid Nikaein
Published in: IEEE Networking Letters, 2024, ISSN 2576-3156
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2024.3503292

Computer Networks

Author(s): A. Bellin, F. Granelli, D. Munaretto
Published in: Computer Networks, Issue 244, 2024, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2024.110312

Towards sustainable 6G: A collaborative call to action for addressing environmental challenges in (and thanks to) future mobile networks

Author(s): Regis Decorme; Sébastien Faye; Monique Calisti; Simon Pryor; Indrakshi Dey; Maria Pia Fanti; Francesco Malandrino; Chiara Lombardo
Published in: Open Research Europe, 2024, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: European Commission
DOI: 10.12688/OPENRESEUROPE.18767.1