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

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

Autores: 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
Publicado en: 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications &amp; 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT63408.2025.11036929

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

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

Advances on Unified Architecture for Open RAN-enabled Distributed and Scalable 6G Networks

Autores: Luis Blancoc, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Jorge Baranda, Farhana Javed, Selva Via, Engin Zeydan, Luis M. Contreras, Javier Velazquez, Gil Kedar, Efi Dvir, Gianluca Rizzo Antonio, Berk Buzcu, Maria A. Serrano, Angelos Antonopoulos, Godfrey Kibalya, Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Vasilis Maglogiannis, Dries Naudts, Jeroen Hoebeke, Tomaso de Cola, Balaji Kirubakaran, Sotirios Spantideas, Anastasios Giannopoulos, Panagiotis Trakadas, Harilaos Koumaras, Stefanos Plastras, Alice Piemonti, Vito Cianchini, Carla Amatetti, Bruno de Filippo, Zefu Gao, Pawel Kryszkiewicz, Marcin Pakula, Lukasz Kulacz, Paweł Placzkiewicz, Adrian Kliks, Matteo Pagin, Hua Wang, Sihem Cherrared, Taki Djaidja
Publicado en: 2026 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications &amp; 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2026
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT68295.2026.11577429

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

Autores: Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Abdullah Aydeger, Francesc Wilhelmi Roca, Luis Blanco
Publicado en: 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CSCN67557.2025.11230598

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

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

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

Autores: Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Pablo Avila Campos, Thijs Havinga, Ingrid Moerman, Jeroen Hoebeke
Publicado en: 2025 8th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking (CommNet), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMMNET68224.2025.11288880

A Service-Based Management Architecture for Intelligent Cross-Domain Orchestration in 6G Networks

Autores: Jorge Baranda, Adrian Kliks, Javier Velázquez Martinez, Luis M. Contreras, Matteo Pagin, Engin Zeydan, Gil Kedar, Tomaso de Cola, Purva Joshi, Sotirios Spantideas, Anastasios Giannopoulos, Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Vasilis Maglogiannis, Dries Naudts, Jeroen Hoebeke, Gianluca Fontanesi, Łukasz Kułacz
Publicado en: 2026 32nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2026
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICT70370.2026.11594765

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

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

Empowering Next-Generation AI Through Cognitive Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum: Architecture, Management, and Challenges

Autores: Zeydan, Engin;Türk, Yekta; Dev, Kapal
Publicado en: 2026
Editor: EUCNC
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20696710

Assessing the Benefits of Ground Vehicles as Moving Urban Base Stations

Autores: Laura Finarelli, Falko Dressler, Marco Ajmone Marsan, Gianluca Rizzo
Publicado en: 2025 23rd Mediterranean Communication and Computer Networking Conference (MedComNet), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MEDCOMNET65822.2025.11100287

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

Autores: Abdullah Aydeger, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage
Publicado en: 2025 IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/LATINCOM67778.2025.11345420

Automated Orchestration of O-RAN Near-RT RIC with Integrated Remote xApp Management

Autores: Jorge Baranda, Piotr Gawlowicz, Oriol Font-Bach, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
Publicado en: 2026
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.20070015

Agentic AI with Emulation-assisted Prevalidation for Edge-Cloud Service Orchestration

Autores: Berend J.D. Gort, Godfrey M. Kibalya, Anna Umbert, Angelos Antonopoulos
Publicado en: 2026 22nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON), 2026
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SECON68281.2026.11579137

Energy-Aware Multi-Domain Orchestration Architecture for Sustainable 6G Networks

Autores: Berk Buzcu, Laura Finarelli, Engin Zeydan, Jorge Baranda, Nikolaos Tzanis, Stamatiou Nikolaos, Nikolaos Kanakaris, Gianluca Rizzo
Publicado en: 2026
Editor: IEEE WONS Conference

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

Autores: Laura Finarelli, Maoquan Ni, Michela Meo, Falko Dressler, Gianluca Rizzo
Publicado en: 2025 International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWiM), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MSWIM67937.2025.11309107

Interoperable RApp/xApp Control over O-RAN for Mobility-aware Dynamic Spectrum Allocation

Autores: Anastasios Giannopoulos, Sotirios Spantideas, Maria Lamprini Bartsioka, Panagiotis Trakadas
Publicado en: 2026 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications &amp; 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2026, ISSN 2575-4912
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT68295.2026.11577650

Unified Multi-RAT Control for Industrial NPNs: O-RAN-based Management of Openwifi APs

Autores: Pablo Avila-Campos, Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Vasilis Maglogiannis, Dries Naudts, Jeroen Hoebeke
Publicado en: 2026 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), 2026
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WFCS67029.2026.11511596

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

Autores: Michail Dalgitsis, Godfrey M. Kibalya, Maria A. Serrano, Jordi Serra, Angelos Antonopoulos
Publicado en: 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications &amp; 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT63408.2025.11037032

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

Autores: George Levis, Anastasios Giannopoulos, Sotirios Spantideas, Panagiotis Trakadas
Publicado en: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on MetaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum, 2025
Editor: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3721889.3721927

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

Autores: Jorge Baranda, Albert Bel, Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz, Miquel Payaró, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
Publicado en: IEEE INFOCOM 2025 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS65812.2025.11152761

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

Autores: Pitsilis, V., Panagiotis Pavlidis, Plastras, S., Makropoulos, G., Andreas Sakellaropoulos, Koumaras, H., & Spyridon Georgoulas.
Publicado en: IEEE NFV-SDN Conference
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17377652

Network Slicing for Industrial Automated Services

Autores: Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Abdullah Aydeger, Francesc Wilhelmi Roca, Luis Blanco
Publicado en: 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CSCN67557.2025.11230710

Dynamic Handover via AI-assisted Signal Quality Prediction in 6G Multi-RAT Networks

Autores: Bartsioka, Maria Lamprini, Giannopoulos, Anastasios, Spantideas, Sotirios, Trakadas, Panagiotis
Publicado en: 2026
Editor: IEEE VTC

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

Autores: Gil Kedar
Publicado en: 2025
Editor: Rio Pileline&Logistics

Energy-Aware Load Shifting in SWIPT-Enabled IoT Networks

Autores: Biagio Boi, Laura Finarelli, Falko Dressler, Christian Esposito, Gianluca Rizzo
Publicado en: 2025 IEEE International Conference on Smart Internet of Things (SmartIoT), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/SMARTIOT66867.2025.00014

A Use Case Analysis for Identity Management in Industrial Systems

Autores: Engin Zeydan, Abdullah Aydeger, Tharaka Hewa, Bartlomiej Siniarski, Madhusanka Liyanage
Publicado en: 2026 32nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT), 2026
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICT70370.2026.11594649

Advances in Network Orchestration for Security, Scalability, and Sustainability

Autores: Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Sadeep Batewela, Pasika Ranaweera, Madhusanka Liyanage
Publicado en: 2025 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications &amp; 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2025
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT63408.2025.11037064

An Open-Source CAMARA UE Location API Implementation Over 3GPP NEF for AI-Native Crowd Assessment in 6G Networks

Autores: Stefanos Plastras, Panagiotis Pavlidis, Spyridon Georgoulas, George Makropoulos, Vasilis Pitsilis, Harilaos Koumaras
Publicado en: 2026 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications &amp; 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2026, ISSN 2575-4912
Editor: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EUCNC/6GSUMMIT68295.2026.11577480

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

Autores: Farhana Javed, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco
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.2025.3540159

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

Autores: Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Vaishnavi Kasuluru, Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Roberto Pereira, Marius Caus, Kapal Dev
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Edición 9, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3568859

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

Autores: Sadeep Batewela, Pasika Ranaweera, Madhusanka Liyanage, Engin Zeydan, Mika Ylianttila
Publicado en: IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Edición 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-1268
Editor: 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

Autores: Boris Bellalta, Francesc Wilhelmi, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Giovanni Geraci
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.2025.3609964

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

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

Revocable Gateway-Centric Trust for Consumer Electronics Using Distributed Ledger Technology

Autores: Farhana Javed, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Kapal Dev
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, 2026, ISSN 0098-3063
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2026.3700319

FL-DApp: Open-source decentralized application for reputation in O-RAN federated learning

Autores: Farhana Javed, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy
Publicado en: SoftwareX, Edición 34, 2026, ISSN 2352-7110
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SOFTX.2026.102554

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

Autores: Vaishnavi Kasuluru, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Angelos Antonopoulos, Albert Bel
Publicado en: IEEE Access, Edición 14, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3648065

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

Autores: Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Marius Caus, Kapal Dev
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, Edición 9, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2025.3606165

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

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

AI-Empowered Multivariate Probabilistic Forecasting: A Key Enabler for Sustainability in Open RAN

Autores: Vaishnavi Kasuluru, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Albert Bel
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Edición 23, 2026, ISSN 1932-4537
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2026.3669847

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

Autores: Anastasios Giannopoulos; Panagiotis Gkonis; Alexandros Kalafatelis; Nikolaos Nomikos; Sotirios Spantideas; Panagiotis Trakadas; Theodoros Syriopoulos
Publicado en: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2025, ISSN 2077-1312
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE13061103

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

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

6G-Core-in-the-Loop: Enabling Service and Network Orchestration in a Cloud-Native Ecosystem

Autores: Michail Dalgitsis, Eftychia Datsika, Cristina Santana Casillas, Angelos Antonopoulos
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2026, ISSN 2471-2825
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2026.3657234

Improving Wi-Fi 8 Latency With Coordinated Spatial Reuse

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

Security Orchestration in 5G and Beyond Smart Network Technologies

Autores: Sadeep Batewela, Madhusanka Liyanage, Engin Zeydan, Mika Ylianttila, Pasika Ranaweera
Publicado en: IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society, Edición 6, 2025, ISSN 2644-1268
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/OJCS.2025.3563619

TrustNet: Trust-Based Networking

Autores: Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2025, ISSN 2471-2825
Editor: 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

Autores: Anastasios Giannopoulos, Sotirios Spantideas
Publicado en: Applied Sciences, Edición 15, 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Editor: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/APP152111560

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

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

Distributed Agentic AI Framework for Autonomous Edge-Cloud Service Orchestration

Autores: Berend J.D. Gort, Godfrey M. Kibalya, Angelos Antonopoulos
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, 2026, ISSN 2831-316X
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TMLCN.2026.3705714

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

Autores: Jorge Baranda, Marius Caus, Luis Blanco, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Kapal Dev, Zheng Li, Tomaso De Cola
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.2025.3616383

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

Autores: Gianluca Rizzo, Marco Ajmone Marsan, Christian Esposito, Biagio Boi
Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Edición 9, 2025, ISSN 2473-2400
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/TGCN.2025.3552557

FedRA: A Fully Decentralized Federated Learning Framework for Robust Intelligence Sharing across O-RAN dApps

Autores: Sotirios T. Spantideas, Anastasios E. Giannopoulos, George A. Levis, Panagiotis Trakadas
Publicado en: IEEE Communications Magazine, 2026, ISSN 0163-6804
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2500368

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

Autores: Zeydan, Engin Blanco Botana, Luis Vaca Rubio, Cristian Jesús Baranda, Jorge Bel, Albert Javed, Farhana Henarejos, Pol Bleda,Horacio Selva Via, Josep Mangues
Publicado en: 2025
Editor: EuCNC Special Session/Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18266397

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