6G-BRICKS: Building Reusable testbed Infrastructures for validating Cloud-to-device breaKthrough technologieS

Información del proyecto

6G-BRICKS

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101096954

DOI

10.3030/101096954

Fecha de la firma de la CE 18 Noviembre 2022

Fecha de inicio 1 Enero 2023

Fecha de finalización 30 Junio 2026

Financiado con arreglo a

• Digital, Industry and Space

Coste total

€ 8 848 313,05

Aportación de la UE

€ 8 404 533,38

Coordinado por

ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS
Greece

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Los enlaces a los documentos y las publicaciones de los proyectos del Séptimo Programa Marco, así como los enlaces a algunos tipos de resultados específicos, como conjuntos de datos y «software», se obtienen dinámicamente de OpenAIRE .

Resultado final

Documents, reports (11)

Experimentation Facility testing as a service and explainable resource management frameworks design and initial prototyping
Dissemination Standardization and exploitation Plans and Material

Dissemination Standardization and exploitation Plans and Material report

Initial report on communication and sensing algorithms, cell-free distributed computation and synchronization
Experimentation facility end-to-end security framework development and initial system integration
Description and definition of targeted PoCs

This deliverable will include the description and definition of targeted PoCs

Initial report on the RIS controller and PaaS abstraction enablers
Requirements and Specifications Analysis

This deliverable includes the requirements and Specifications Analysis of 6G-BRICKS

Initial deployment and Configuration of enablers at 6G sites
Initial 6G-BRICKS overall architecture design

The initial 6G-BRICKS overall architecture design will be reported

Dissemination, standardization, exploitation and IPR activities - Initial

Dissemination, standardization, exploitation and IPR activities initial report

Interfacing with the Experimentation tools, deployment of security perimeters and dry run testing

Publicaciones

Conference proceedings (20)

Leveraging LLMs to eXplain DRL Decisions for Transparent 6G Network Slicing

Autores: Mazene Ameur, Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini
Publicado en: 2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2024, ISSN 2693-9789
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NetSoft60951.2024.10588921

Building a real-time physical layer labeled data logging facility for 6G research

Autores: Franco Minucci, Raquel Marina Noguera Oishi, Haoqiu Xiong, Dieter Verbruggen, Cel Thys, Rizqi Hersyandika, Robbert Beerten, Achiel Colpaert, Vida Ranjbar, Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: IEEE CAMAD, 2024, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.01298

RAN Explainable Anomaly Prediction for 6G Networks

Autores: Panagiotis Marantis, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2025, ISSN 2378-4873
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10942895

DQN and Heuristic Precoding-aware Scheduling in Cell-free mMIMO Networks

Autores: Adam Girycki, Md Arifur Rahman, Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024, ISSN 1558-2612
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10571123

6G-BRICKS: An Innovative Platform Based on CF and RIS Technologies for Validation and Testing of 6G

Autores: Ioannis Chochliouros, John Vardakas, Kostas Ramantas, Sofie Pollin, Franco Minucci, Sylvie Mayrargue, Adlen Ksentini, Walter Nitzold, Md Arifur Rahman, Jimmy O’Meara, Ashima Chawla, Dimitrios Kritharidis, Carolina Fernández, Francisco Ibañez, Georgios Gardikis, Dimitris Diagourtas, Loizos Christofi, Arman Shojaeifard, Didier Nicholson, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou, Pavlos Lazaridis, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: Mechanisms and Machine Science, Proceedings of the UNIfied Conference of DAMAS, IncoME and TEPEN Conferences (UNIfied 2023), 2024, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49421-5_85

Trusted access to 6G testbeds through a security intent-driven Software-Defined Perimeter framework

Autores: Fernandez-Martinez, Carolina, Bikos Anastasios, Verikoukis Christos, Siddiqui Shuaib
Publicado en: IEEE CAMAD, 2024, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13626977

Enhancing AI Transparency: XRL-Based Resource Management and RAN Slicing for 6G O-RAN Architecture

Autores: Suvidha Mhatre, Ferran Adelantado, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC52391.2025.11161452

Anomaly Detection With Quantified Explanations for Multivariate Time Series Networking Data

Autores: Panagiotis Marantis, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2025, ISSN 2576-6813
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM52923.2024.10901585

Location-Based Load Balancing for Energy-Efficient Cell-Free Networks

Autores: Robbert Beerten, Vida Ranjbar, Andrea P. Guevara, Hazem Sallouha, Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: 2024 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2024, ISSN 2575-4912
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit60053.2024.10597030

6G-BRICKS: Building Reusable testbed Infrastructures for Cloud-to-device breaKthrough technologieS

Autores: Christos Verikoukis (University of Patras, Greece); Kostas Ramantas (Iquadrat Informatica, Greece); Anastasios N. Bikos (Iquadrat Informatica SL & University of Patras, Spain); Walter Nitzold (National Instruments, Germany); Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven, Belgi
Publicado en: IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, taking place from December 4th to 8th, 2023, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., 2023, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/GCWkshps58843.2023.10465223

Beamforming and Functional Split Selection for Scalable Cell-free mMIMO Networks

Autores: Adam Girycki, Md Arifur Rahman, Andrea P. Guevara, Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: 2024 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2024, ISSN 2575-4912
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit60053.2024.10597132

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

Autores: Irene Keramidi, John S. Vardakas, Ioannis Moscholios, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: 2025 25th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON67126.2025.11125229

Combining Network Data Analytics Function and Machine Learning for Abnormal Traffic Detection in Beyond 5G

Autores: Abdelkader Mekrache, Karim Boutiba, Adlen Ksentini
Publicado en: IEEE GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, taking place from December 4th to 8th, 2023, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., 2023, ISSN 2576-6813
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10436766

User-Movement-Robust Virtual Reality Through Dual-Beam Reception in mmWave Networks

Autores: Rizqi Hersyandika,Yang Miao , and Sofie Pollin , Qing Wang
Publicado en: Globecom 2024, 2024, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2412.03364

On Using the Edge Application Server Discovery Function to Enforce Edge Computing in 5G Networks and Beyond

Autores: Giulio Carota, Karim Boutiba, Adlen Ksentini
Publicado en: ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2024, ISSN 1938-1883
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10623085

Intent-Driven Deployment and Live Migration Using LLM

Autores: Fonseca, J. P., Adhane, G., Togias, K., Ojeda, J., Roy, S., Famitafreshi, G., Ramantas, K., Vardakas, J., & Verikoukis, C
Publicado en: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2024, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14006631.

6G-BRICKS: Developing a Modern Experimentation Facility for Validation, Testing and Showcasing of 6G Breakthrough Technologies and Devices

Autores: Ioannis P. Chochliouros, John Vardakas, Kostas Ramantas, Sofie Pollin, Sylvie Mayrargue, Adlen Ksentini, Walter Nitzold, Md Arifur Rahman, Jimmy O’Meara, Ashima Chawla, Dimitrios Kritharidis, Vasileios Theodorou, Shuaib Siddiqui, Francisco Ibañez, George
Publicado en: AIAI 2023: Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, 2023, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34171-7_1

XAI-Driven Client Selection for Federated Learning in Scalable 6G Network Slicing

Autores: M.Chiarani, S.Roy, Fabrizio Granelli and Ch.Verikoukis,
Publicado en: ICC 2025, 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2503.12435

Mitigating the Effects of Irregular Reflection Beam Patterns Through Data Association in RIS-Aided mmWave Positioning

Autores: H. Kim, B. Denis, M. Rahal, T. Mazloum, R. D'Errico, H. Wymeersch
Publicado en: 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/EUCAP63536.2025.10999478

A Vpn-As-A-Service Tailored Enabler for Computing-Constrained Environments

Autores: Carolina Fernández-Martínez, César Cajas Parra, Shuaib Siddiqui
Publicado en: 2025 IEEE 11th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2025, ISSN 2693-9789
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT64993.2025.11080536

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Neural-Driven Control of RIS in 6G Networks: A GoSimRIS and xApp-Based Framework

Autores: Salim El Ghalbzouri, Karim Boutiba, Adlen Ksentini, Mustapha Benjillali
Publicado en: IEEE Networking Letters, 2025, ISSN 2576-3156
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/LNET.2025.3527683

Machine Reasoning in FCAPS: Towards Enhanced Beyond 5G Network Management

Autores: A.Mekrache, A. Ksentini and C.Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2024, ISSN 1553-877X
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3395414

Explainable AI in 6G O-RAN: A Tutorial and Survey on Architecture, Use Cases, Challenges, and Future Research

Autores: Bouziane Brik, Hatim Chergui, Lanfranco Zanzi, Francesco Devoti, Adlen Ksentini, Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui, Xavier Costa-Pèrez, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2024, ISSN 1553-877X
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2024.3510543

On Combining XAI and LLMs for Trustworthy Zero-Touch Network and Service Management in 6G

Autores: Abdelkader Mekrache, Mohamed Mekki, Adlen Ksentini, Bouziane Brik, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Magazine, 2024, ISSN 0163-6804
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.002.2400276

Explanation-Guided Fair Federated Learning for Transparent 6G RAN Slicing

Autores: S. Roy, H. Chergui and C. Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2024, ISSN 2332-7731
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TCCN.2024.3400524

RIS-Enabled NLoS Near-Field Joint Position and Velocity Estimation under User Mobility

Autores: M. Rahal, B. Denis, M.F. Keskin, B. Uguen, H. Wymeersch
Publicado en: The Unified Conference of DAMAS, IncoME and TEPEN Conferences (UNIfied 2023), ISSN 1932-4553
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2312.09720

5G INSTRUCT Forge: An Advanced Data Engineering Pipeline for Making LLMs Learn 5G

Autores: Azzedine Idir Ait Said, Abdelkader Mekrache, Karim Boutiba, Kostas Ramantas, Adlen Ksentini, Moufida Rahmani
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2024, ISSN 2332-7731
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TCCN.2024.3516055

Mobile Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A Practical O-RAN-Based Approach

Autores: Robbert Beerten, Vida Ranjbar, K Andrea P. Guevara, Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Edición 6, 2024, ISSN 2644-125X
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3523217

Transfer Learning Applied to Deep Reinforcement Learning for 6G Resource Management in Intra- and Inter-Slice RAN-Edge Domains

Autores: Suvidha Mhatre, Ferran Adelantado, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Edición 71, 2025, ISSN 0098-3063
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2025.3553407

Movement-Robust mmWave VR via Dual-Beam Reception and Predictive Beam Transition

Autores: Rizqi Hersyandika, Haoqiu Xiong, Yang Miao, Qing Wang, Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Edición 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-125X
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2025.3556761

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

Autores: Suvidha Mhatre, Ferran Adelantado, Kostas Ramantas, Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2024, ISSN 0018-9545
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3483288

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

Autores: Swastika Roy; Hatim Chergui; Christos Verikoukis
Publicado en: IEEExplore, 2024, ISSN 1939-9359
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2024.3364363

Trajectory-Unaware Path Loss Forecast in a Distributed Massive MIMO System based on a Multivariate BiLSTM Model

Autores: Rodney Martinez Alonso ,Robbert Beerten,Achiel Colpaert,Andrea P Guevara,Sofie Pollin
Publicado en: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2024, ISSN 1939-9359
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.170831581.17232306/v1

Other (6)

Edge IoT Industrial Immersive and Spatial Computing Applications

Autores: AIOTI WG Research
Publicado en: 2025, ISSN 0000-0006
Editor: Alliance for IoT, AI and Edge Continuum Innovation (AIOTI)

IoT and Edge Computing EU-Funded Projects Landscape (Release 3.0)

Autores: AIOTI WG Standardisation
Publicado en: 2025, ISSN 0000-0005

AI, IoT and Edge Continuum Impact and Relation on 5G/6G: Enabling Technologies and Challenges (Release 5.0)

Autores: AIOTI WG Standardisation
Publicado en: 2025, ISSN 0000-0003
Editor: Alliance for IoT, AI and Edge Continuum Innovation (AIOTI)

Innovative Approaches for 6G Security: Challenges, Solutions, and Impact

Autores: 6G-IA Security Working Group
Publicado en: 2025, ISSN 0000-0002
Editor: 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA)

IoT and Edge Computing EU-Funded Projects Landscape (Release 4.0)

Autores: AIOTI WG Standardisation
Publicado en: 2025, ISSN 0000-0004
Editor: Alliance for IoT, AI and Edge Continuum Innovation (AIOTI)

Towards 6G Architecture: Key Concepts, Challenges, and Building Blocks

Autores: 6G Architecture Working Group
Publicado en: 2025, ISSN 0000-0001
Editor: Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU)

Monographic books (1)

Explainable AI for Communications and Networking

Publicado en: 2025
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/C2023-0-51348-5