UNified archITecture for Open RAN-enabled Distributed, Scalable and SustainabilitY-enhanced 6G Networks

Project Information

UNITY-6G

Grant agreement ID: 101192650

DOI

10.3030/101192650

EC signature date 10 December 2024

Start date 1 January 2025

End date 31 December 2027

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 8 544 605,00

EU contribution

€ 7 978 392,01

Coordinated by

CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA
Spain

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Publications

Conference proceedings (7)

UNITY-6G: UNified archITecture for Open RANenabled Distributed, Scalable and SustainabilitYenhanced 6G Networks

Author(s): Luis Blanco, Selva Via, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Luis Miguel Contreras Murillo, Gil Kedar, Gianluca Rizzo Antonio, Angelos Antonopoulos, Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Vasilis Maglogiannis, Dries Na
Published in: 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT63408.2025.11036929

Full Orchestration of a Distributed 5G Cloud-Native Mobile Network: O-Ran, Core, and Transport

Author(s): Jorge Baranda, Javier Velázquez Martínez, Albert Bel, David Gregoratti, Luis M. Contreras, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
Published in: 2025 IEEE 11th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/NETSOFT64993.2025.11080589

Exploiting 6G RAN and Core Network Information for Intelligent Edge-Cloud Service Orchestration

Author(s): Michail Dalgitsis, Godfrey M. Kibalya, Maria A. Serrano, Jordi Serra, Angelos Antonopoulos
Published in: 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT63408.2025.11037032

SLEEPY-rApp: Delay-aware Sleep Scheduling for Energy Efficiency in MEC-enabled O-RAN

Author(s): George Levis, Anastasios Giannopoulos, Sotirios Spantideas, Panagiotis Trakadas
Published in: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on MetaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum, 2025
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3721889.3721927

End-to-End Slice Orchestration in a 5G cloud-native Mobile Network with O-RAN Split 7.2

Author(s): Jorge Baranda, Albert Bel, Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz, Miquel Payaró, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
Published in: IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS65812.2025.11152761

Reducing Offshore People on Board (POB) Costs Using Dynamic AI-Driven Wireless Mesh Digital Connectivity

Author(s): Gil Kedar
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Rio Pileline&Logistics

Advances in Network Orchestration for Security, Scalability, and Sustainability

Author(s): Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Sadeep Batewela, Pasika Ranaweera, Madhusanka Liyanage
Published in: 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT63408.2025.11037064

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Trustworthy Reputation for Federated Learning in O-RAN Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts

Author(s): Farhana Javed, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-125X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2025.3540159

Probabilistic Forecasting for Network Resource Analysis in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks

Author(s): Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Vaishnavi Kasuluru, Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Roberto Pereira, Marius Caus, Kapal Dev
Published in: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3568859

Addressing Security Orchestration Challenges in Next-Generation Networks: A Comprehensive Overview

Author(s): Sadeep Batewela, Pasika Ranaweera, Madhusanka Liyanage, Engin Zeydan, Mika Ylianttila
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-1268
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCS.2025.3564788

Blockchain for Federated Learning in the Internet of Things: Trustworthy Adaptation, Standards, and the Road Ahead

Author(s): Farhana Javed, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Kapal Dev, Luis Blanco
Published in: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3593809

Semantic Non-Terrestrial Communications With Open RAN-Enabled 6G

Author(s): Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Marius Caus, Kapal Dev
Published in: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Issue 9, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3606165

From 6G to SeaX-G: Integrated 6G TN/NTN for AI-assisted Maritime Communications – Architecture, Enablers, and Optimization Problems

Author(s): Anastasios Giannopoulos; Panagiotis Gkonis; Alexandros Kalafatelis; Nikolaos Nomikos; Sotirios Spantideas; Panagiotis Trakadas; Theodoros Syriopoulos
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2025, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE13061103

COMIX: Generalized Conflict Management in O-RAN xApps - Architecture, Workflow, and a Power Control case

Author(s): Giannopoulos, A., Spantideas, S., Levis, G., Kalafatelis, A., & Trakadas, P.
Published in: IEEE Access, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17711386

Security Orchestration in 5G and Beyond Smart Network Technologies

Author(s): Sadeep Batewela, Madhusanka Liyanage, Engin Zeydan, Mika Ylianttila, Pasika Ranaweera
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-1268
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCS.2025.3563619

TrustNet: Trust-Based Networking

Author(s): Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk
Published in: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3635478

On the Architectural Split and Radio Intelligence Controller Placement in Integrated O-RAN-Enabled Non-Terrestrial Networks

Author(s): Jorge Baranda, Marius Caus, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Kapal Dev, Zheng Li, Tomaso De Cola
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-125X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2025.3616383