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 (17)

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

Design and Evaluation of an Orchestrated E2E Cloud-Native Mobile Network with O-RAN

Author(s): Jorge Baranda, Albert Bel, Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz, Miquel Payaró, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
Published in: 2025 21th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WIMOB66857.2025.11257475

Network Slicing in the IIoT Era: Architectures, Blueprints, and Tooling Ecosystem

Author(s): Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Abdullah Aydeger, Francesc Wilhelmi Roca, Luis Blanco
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CSCN67557.2025.11230598

R-TWT in Wi-Fi 7 and Beyond: Enabling Bounded Latency, Energy Efficiency, and Reliability

Author(s): Erfan Mozaffariahrar, Francesc Wilhelmi, Lorenzo Galati-Giordano, Pasquale Imputato, Michael Menth, Stefano Avallone
Published in: 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA65518.2025.11205686

Distributed Multi-link Operation (MLO) for Frame Replication in Wireless Time-Sensitive Networking

Author(s): Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Pablo Avila Campos, Thijs Havinga, Ingrid Moerman, Jeroen Hoebeke
Published in: 2025 8th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking (CommNet), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMMNET68224.2025.11288880

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

Assessing the Benefits of Ground Vehicles as Moving Urban Base Stations

Author(s): Laura Finarelli, Falko Dressler, Marco Ajmone Marsan, Gianluca Rizzo
Published in: 2025 23rd Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference (MedComNet), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MEDCOMNET65822.2025.11100287

A Novel Architecture with Blockchain-based Identity Management for Industrial Systems

Author(s): Abdullah Aydeger, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage
Published in: 2025 IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/LATINCOM67778.2025.11345420

Sharing is Caring: Analysis of Hybrid Network Sharing Strategies for Energy Efficient Multi-Operator Cellular Systems

Author(s): Laura Finarelli, Maoquan Ni, Michela Meo, Falko Dressler, Gianluca Rizzo
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MSWIM67937.2025.11309107

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

B5G Core Network Openness: A Proof of Concept Implementation of Location Reporting via Network Exposure Function

Author(s): Pitsilis, V., Panagiotis Pavlidis, Plastras, S., Makropoulos, G., Andreas Sakellaropoulos, Koumaras, H., & Spyridon Georgoulas.
Published in: IEEE NFV-SDN Conference
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17377652

Network Slicing for Industrial Automated Services

Author(s): Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Abdullah Aydeger, Francesc Wilhelmi Roca, Luis Blanco
Published in: 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CSCN67557.2025.11230710

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

Energy-Aware Load Shifting in SWIPT-Enabled IoT Networks

Author(s): Biagio Boi, Laura Finarelli, Falko Dressler, Christian Esposito, Gianluca Rizzo
Published in: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Internet of Things (SmartIoT), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SMARTIOT66867.2025.00014

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 (17)

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

Modeling and Performance Analysis of Non-Primary Channel Access in Wi-Fi Networks

Author(s): Boris Bellalta, Francesc Wilhelmi, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Giovanni Geraci
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.2025.3609964

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

Cloud-Native Multivariate Probabilistic Forecasting for Next-Generation Resource Allocation in O-RAN

Author(s): Vaishnavi Kasuluru, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Angelos Antonopoulos, Albert Bel
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3648065

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

XR Streaming Performance With Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation

Author(s): Marc Carrascosa-Zamacois, Lorenzo Galati-Giordano, Francesc Wilhelmi, Gianluca Fontanesi, Anders Jonsson, Giovanni Geraci, Boris Bellalta
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.2025.3594950

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): Anastasios E. Giannopoulos, Sotirios T. Spantideas, George Levis, Alexandros S. Kalafatelis, Panagiotis Trakadas
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3585774

Improving Wi-Fi 8 Latency With Coordinated Spatial Reuse

Author(s): David Nunez, Francesc Wilhelmi, Lorenzo Galati-Giordano, Giovanni Geraci, Boris Bellalta
Published in: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3637901

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

Moving Colorable Graphs: A Mobility-Aware Traffic Steering Framework for Congested Terrestrial–Sea–UAV Networks

Author(s): Anastasios Giannopoulos, Sotirios Spantideas
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/APP152111560

AGILE-6G: Agentic AI for Autonomous Management of 6G Network/Application Services

Author(s): Angelos Antonopoulos, Elli Kartsakli, Nikolaos Bartzoudis, Dimitrios Brodimas, Dejan Vukobratovic, Dimitris Tsolkas, Ferran Diego, George Roumelas, Lechosław Tomaszewski
Published in: IEEE Network, 2025, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2025.3644039

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

Green Operations of SWIPT Networks: The Role of End-User Devices

Author(s): Gianluca Rizzo, Marco Ajmone Marsan, Christian Esposito, Biagio Boi
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.2025.3552557

Other (1)

Network Resource Management for Unified 6G Network: The UNITY-6G Approach

Author(s): Zeydan, Engin Blanco Botana, Luis Vaca Rubio, Cristian Jesús Baranda, Jorge Bel, Albert Javed, Farhana Henarejos, Pol Bleda,Horacio Selva Via, Josep Mangues
Published in: 2025
Publisher: EuCNC Special Session/Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18266397