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Cellular research and development (R&D) is throttled by six structural processes that each consume months of manual engineering work per iteration: (i) synthesizing new features from standards or research papers into production code; (ii)…

Emerging 5G/6G use cases span various industries, necessitating flexible solutions that leverage emerging technologies to meet diverse and stringent application requirements under changing network conditions. The standard 5G RAN solution,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Osel Lhamo , Tung V. Doan , Elif Tasdemir , Mahdi Attawna , Giang T. Nguyen , Patrick Seeling , Martin Reisslein , Frank H. P. Fitzek

IEEE 802.1 Time-sensitive Networking~(TSN) standards are envisioned to replace legacy network protocols in critical domains to ensure reliable and deterministic communication over off-the-shelf Ethernet equipment. However, they lack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Doğanalp Ergenç , Robin Schenderlein , Mathias Fischer

The transition of cellular networks to (i) software-based systems on commodity hardware and (ii) platforms for services beyond connectivity introduces critical system-level challenges. As sensing emerges as a key feature toward 6G…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Davide Villa , Mauro Belgiovine , Nicholas Hedberg , Michele Polese , Chris Dick , Tommaso Melodia

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm to detect anomaly in terms of Key Parameter Indicators (KPI)s over live cellular networks based on the combination of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), as…

In this paper, we investigate the security implications of virtualized and software-based Open Radio Access Network (RAN) systems, specifically focusing on the architecture proposed by the O-RAN ALLIANCE and O-Cloud deployments based on the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Felix Klement , Alessandro Brighente , Michele Polese , Mauro Conti , Stefan Katzenbeisser

Aviation, maritime, and aerospace traffic control, radar, communication, and software technologies received increasing attention in the research literature over the past decade, as software-defined radios have enabled practical wireless…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Andrei Costin , Hannu Turtiainen , Syed Khandker , Timo Hämäläinen

By making use of the sensors and AI (SensAI) algorithms for a specialized task, Application Specific INstrumentation (ASIN) framework uses less computational overhead and gives a good performance. This work evaluates the feasibility of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-11 Sandip Jana , Amit Kumar Mishra , Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan

The rapid advancement of 6G wireless networks, IoT, and edge computing has significantly expanded the cyberattack surface, necessitating more intelligent and adaptive vulnerability detection mechanisms. Traditional security methods, while…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Shuo Yang , Xinran Zheng , Jinfeng Xu , Jinze Li , Danyang Song , Zheyu Chen , Edith C. H. Ngai

The connectivity of public-safety mobile users (MU) in the co-existence of a public-safety network (PSN), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and LTE-based railway networks (LRN) needs a thorough investigation. UAVs are deployed as mobile base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-25 Ishtiaq Ahmad , Aftab Hussain

This work investigates the security and reliability analysis for a novel satellite-terrestrial (SatTer) network. Specifically, a satellite attempts to transmit confidential information to a ground user (GU) via the support of multiple relay…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Tan N. Nguyen , Dinh-Hieu Tran , Trinh Van Chien , Van-Duc Phan , Miroslav Voznak , Symeon Chatzinotas

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) uses the same software and hardware resources to achieve both communication and sensing functionalities. Thus, it stands as one of the core technologies of 6G and has garnered significant…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-19 Jiacheng Wang , Changyuan Zhao , Hongyang Du , Geng Sun , Jiawen Kang , Shiwen Mao , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

The proliferation of advanced information technologies (IT), especially the wide spread of Internet of Things (IoTs) makes wireless spectrum a precious resource. Cognitive radio network (CRN) has been recognized as the key to achieve…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-26 Qi Dong , Yu Chen , Xiaohua Li , Kai Zeng

Network slicing allows Telecom Operators (TOs) to support service provisioning with diverse Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The combination of network slicing and Open Radio Access Network (RAN) enables TOs to provide more customized…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Hai Cheng , Salvatore D'Oro , Rajeev Gangula , Sakthivel Velumani , Davide Villa , Leonardo Bonati , Michele Polese , Gabriel Arrobo , Christian Maciocco , Tommaso Melodia

The open radio access network (O-RAN) enables modular, intelligent, and programmable 5G network architectures through the adoption of software-defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), and implementation of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Md Habibur Rahman , Md Sharif Hossen , Nathan H. Stephenson , Vijay K. Shah , Aloizio Da Silva

To ensure proper functioning of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), it is crucial that the network is able to detect anomalies in communication quality (e.g., RSSI), which may cause performance degradation, so that the network can react…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Songwei Fu , Chia-Yen Shih , Yuming Jiang , Matteo Ceriotti , Xintao Huan , Pedro José Marrón

Cellular networks represent a critical infrastructure and their security is thus crucial. 5G - the latest generation of cellular networks - combines different technologies to increase capacity, reduce latency, and save energy. Due to its…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-03-31 Elisa Bertino , Syed Rafiul Hussain , Omar Chowdhury

Safely aligning large language models (LLMs) often demands extensive human-labeled preference data, a process that's both costly and time-consuming. While synthetic data offers a promising alternative, current methods frequently rely on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Kyubyung Chae , Hyunbin Jin , Taesup Kim

Fifth-generation (5G) systems will extensively employ radio access network (RAN) softwarization. This key innovation enables the instantiation of "virtual cellular networks" running on different slices of the shared physical infrastructure.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Leonardo Bonati , Salvatore D'Oro , Francesco Restuccia , Stefano Basagni , Tommaso Melodia

In this work, we propose a novel framework to identify and mitigate a recently disclosed covert channel scheme exploiting unprotected broadcast messages in cellular MAC layer protocols. Examples of covert channel are used in data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Reza Soosahabi , Magdy Bayoumi