distributed ledger technologies and user-driven automation towards self-SOVEREIGN mobile data access in beyond 5G networks

Project Information

SOVEREIGN

Grant agreement ID: 101131481

DOI

10.3030/101131481

EC signature date 24 August 2023

Start date 1 January 2024

End date 31 December 2027

Funded under

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 1 656 000,00

Coordinated by

ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON
Greece

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data management and research output management plan

Plan specifying how data/outputs are used and processed

Documents, reports (4)

Dissemination, communication, standardization, public engagement plan

Draft plan for entire project duration

Dissemination, communication, standardization, public engagement report Y2

Intermediate version

SOVEREIGN system architecture and technical specs

Final version of the SOVEREIGN architecture, including APIs, methods, technical specs, functional upgrades / compatibility with existing standards, service pricing/chaining. Outputs of T2.2/3

SOVEREIGN scenarios framework and business models

Review of EU-funded actions, market products and standards (no algorithms/protocols). Definition of the SOVEREIGN scenarios, business models, context and data. Outputs of T2.1

Publications

Conference proceedings (17)

Semantic Text Transmission via Prediction with Small Language Models: Cost-Similarity Trade-off

Author(s): Bhavani A Madhabhavi, Gangadhar Karevvanavar, Rajshekhar V Bhat, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWORKSHOPS59551.2024.10615608

Minimizing the Age of Missed and False Alarms in Remote Estimation of Markov Sources

Author(s): Jiping Luo, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3641512.3690161

On the Resource Consumption of 2D Human Pose Estimation Services in MEC-enabled Networks

Author(s): I. Vittorakis, D. Xenakis, G. Kalpaktsoglou
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18230887

Version Age-Based Client Scheduling Policy for Federated Learning

Author(s): Hu, Xinyi; Pappas, Nikolaos; Yang, Howard H.
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), 2024
DOI: 10.1109/ICASSPW62465.2024.10626990

Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection for Zephyr-based Resource-Constrained Devices in IoMT Networks

Author(s): G. Zachos, G. Mantas, J. Bastos, J. Rodriguez, A. Tsiota, D. Xenakis
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networks, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18221777

Optimizing Information Freshness in IoT Systems with Update Rate Constraints: A Token-Based Approach

Author(s): Delfani, Erfan; Pappas, Nikolaos
Published in: 2024 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking), 2024
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2405.04431

MARL-aided Spectral Efficiency Maximization in Multi-Tier NTN Operating Multi-Connectivity with Different Waveforms for PAYG Service

Author(s): Michael N. Dazhi, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Bhavani Shankar, Symeon Chatzinotas
Published in: 2024 IEEE 100th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Fall), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/VTC2024-FALL63153.2024.10757662

On the Service Probability of MEC-enabled Beyond 5G Systems supporting 3GPP Location Services

Author(s): D. Xenakis, P. Xepapadakou, K. Palias
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17432175

Semantics-Aware Status Updates with Energy Harvesting Devices: Query Version Age of Information

Author(s): Erfan Delfani; Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: 2024 22nd International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), 2024, ISSN 2690-3342
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2407.08587

Anomaly-based Intrusion Detection for IoMT Networks: Leveraging Blockchain Technology

Author(s): Georgios Zachos, Filippos Pelekoudas-Oikonomou, Georgios Mantas, Kyriakos Porfyrakis, Georgia Sakellari, Joaquim M.C.S. Bastos, Naveed Ahmad, Jonathan Rodriguez
Published in: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICCWORKSHOPS67674.2025.11162309

Goal-Oriented Estimation of Multiple Markov Sources in Resource-Constrained Systems

Author(s): Jiping Luo, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: 2024 IEEE 35th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC59610.2024.10817179

Boosting Dynamic TDD in Small Cell Networks by the Multiplicative Weight Update Method

Author(s): Jiaqi Zhu, Nikolaos Pappas, Howard H. Yang
Published in: 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10571025

Age of Information-Aware Cognitive Shared Access Networks with Energy Harvesting

Author(s): G. Smpokos, D. Xenakis, M. Kountouris, N. Pappas
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18221739

Physical-Layer Security in OFDM-Based PNC-Enabled IoT: Analysis and Detection of Symbol-Level Jamming Attacks

Author(s): E. A. Doost, G. Mantas, J. Bastos, J. Rodriguez, A. Tsiota, D. Xenakis
Published in: 2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops: Workshop on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Wireless Security, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18231164

Integrating a Zero-Trust Adaptive Security Framework in Edge Based Federated Learning

Author(s): Paul Shepherd; Tasos Dagiuklas; Bugra Alkan; Jonathan Rodriguez
Published in: 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10942760

Semantic-Aware Remote Estimation of Multiple Markov Sources Under Constraints

Author(s): Jiping Luo; Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: 2024 22nd International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), 2024, ISBN 978-3-903176-65-2
Publisher: IEEE

Secure Status Updates under Eavesdropping: Age of Information-based Secrecy Metrics

Author(s): Qian Wang, He Chen, Parthajit Mohapatra, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS61880.2024.10620867

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Fast Beam Placement for Ultra-Dense LEO Networks

Author(s): Trinh Van Chien, Nguyen Minh Quan, Tri Nhu Do, Cuong Le, Tan N. Nguyen, Symeon Chatzinotas
Published in: IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2162-2337
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/LWC.2024.3516818

On the Cost of Consecutive Estimation Error: Significance-Aware Non-Linear Aging

Author(s): Jiping Luo; Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2410.03637

Adaptive Trust Management for Data Poisoning Attacks in MEC-Based FL Infrastructures

Author(s): Basma Hathout; Paul Shepherd; Tasos Dagiuklas; Khaled Nagaty; Abeer Hamdy; Jonathan Rodriguez
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3523368

Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Communication: A Survey

Author(s): Gianluca Fontanesi, Flor Ortíz, Eva Lagunas, Luis Manuel Garcés-Socarrás, Victor Monzon Baeza, Miguel Ángel Vázquez, Juan Andrés Vásquez-Peralvo, Mario Minardi, Ha Nguyen Vu, Puneeth Jubba Honn
Published in: IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Issue 28, 2026, ISSN 1553-877X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2025.3534617

LEO Satellite-Enabled Random Access With Large Differential Delay and Doppler Shift

Author(s): Boxiao Shen, Yongpeng Wu, Wenjun Zhang, Symeon Chatzinotas, Björn Ottersten
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1536-1276
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2025.3525738

Version Age of Information Minimization Over Fading Broadcast Channels

Author(s): Gangadhar Karevvanavar, Hrishikesh Pable, Om Patil, Rajshekhar Vishweshwar Bhat, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Issue 24, 2025, ISSN 1536-1276
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2311.09975

Massive RF Inter-Satellite Links for Massive Non-Terrestrial Networks

Author(s): Steven Kisseleff, Victor Monzon Baeza, Hayder Al-Hraishawi, Konstantinos Ntontin, Wallace A. Martins, Symeon Chatzinotas
Published in: IEEE Communications Magazine, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 0163-6804
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.002.2400313

Semantics-Aware Active Fault Detection in Status Updating Systems

Author(s): George Stamatakis; Nikolaos Pappas; Alexandros Fragkiadakis; Nikolaos Petroulakis; Apostolos Traganitis
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3363731

Semantic-Aware Remote Estimation of Multiple Markov Sources Under Constraints

Author(s): Jiping Luo; Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2403.16855

Adaptive Federated Learning Over the Air

Author(s): Chenhao Wang, Zihan Chen, Nikolaos Pappas, Howard H. Yang, Tony Q. S. Quek, H. Vincent Poor
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Issue 73, 2025, ISSN 1053-587X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2403.06528

Goal-Oriented Semantic Communications for 6G Networks

Author(s): Hui Zhou, Yansha Deng, Xiaonan Liu, Nikolaos Pappas, Arumugam Nallanathan
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, Issue 7, 2025, ISSN 2576-3199
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/IOTM.001.2300269

State-Aware Timeliness in Energy Harvesting IoT Systems Monitoring a Markovian Source

Author(s): Erfan Delfani, George J. Stamatakis, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2473-2400
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TGCN.2024.3479460

Version Age-Optimal Cached Status Updates in a Gossiping Network With Energy Harvesting Sensor

Author(s): Erfan Delfani, Nikolaos Pappas
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Communications, Issue 73, 2025, ISSN 0090-6778
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2024.3471969

Other (2)

Exploiting Data Significance in Remote Estimation of Discrete-State Markov Sources

Author(s): Luo, Jiping; Pappas, Nikolaos
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2406.18270

Semantics-Aware Status Updates with Energy Harvesting Devices: Query Version Age of Information

Author(s): Delfani, Erfan; Pappas, Nikolaos
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2407.08587