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Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) promise flexible 6G network access through disaggregated, software-driven components and open interfaces, but this programmability also increases operational complexity. Multiple control loops coexist…

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Reliable data connectivity is vital for the ever increasingly intelligent, automated and ubiquitous digital world. Mobile networks are the data highways and, in a fully connected, intelligent digital world, will need to connect everything,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-05 Marco Giordani , Michele Polese , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan , Michele Zorzi

Softwarization, programmable network control and the use of all-encompassing controllers acting at different timescales are heralded as the key drivers for the evolution to next-generation cellular networks. These technologies have fostered…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Leonardo Bonati , Michele Polese , Salvatore D'Oro , Stefano Basagni , Tommaso Melodia

Fifth-generation (5G) systems are increasingly studied as shared communication and computing infrastructure for connected vehicles, roadside edge platforms, and future unmanned-system applications. Yet results from simulators, host-OS…

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User demand on network communication infrastructure has never been greater with applications such as extended reality, holographic telepresence, and wireless brain-computer interfaces challenging current networking capabilities. Open RAN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Noe Yungaicela-Naula , Vishal Sharma , Sandra Scott-Hayward

Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing, which often also includes spectrum sharing, is a strategic cooperative agreement among two or more mobile operators, where one operator may use another's RAN infrastructure to provide mobile services to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Rostand A. K. Fezeu , Lilian C. Freitas , Eman Ramadan , Jason Carpenter , Claudio Fiandrino , Joerg Widmer , Zhi-Li Zhang

In future wireless systems of beyond 5G and 6G, addressing diverse applications with varying quality requirements is essential. Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architectures offer the potential for dynamic resource adaptation based on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Huan X. Nguyen , Kexuan Sun , Duc To , Quoc-Tuan Vien , Tuan Anh Le

The upcoming sixth generation (6G) communications systems are expected to support an unprecedented variety of applications, pervading every aspect of human life. It is clearly not possible to fulfill the service requirements without…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Ahmet Yazar , Seda Doğan-Tusha , Hüseyin Arslan

As wireless communication systems become more advanced, Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) stand out as a notable framework that promotes interoperability and cost-effectiveness. An examination of the progression of RAN architectures, as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Mira Chandra Kirana , Patatchona Keyela , Fatemeh Rostamian , Deemah H. Tashman , Soumaya Cherkaoui

The advent of Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) introduces modularity and flexibility into 5G deployments but also surfaces novel security challenges across disaggregated interfaces. This literature review synthesizes recent research…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Ryan Barker , Fatemeh Afghah

Under conventional 5G system design, the authentication and continuous monitoring of user equipment (UE) demands a reliable backhaul connection between the radio access network (RAN) and the core network functions (AMF, AUSF, UDM, etc.).…

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Reconfigurable antennas (RAs), capable of dynamically adapting their radiation patterns, polarization states, and operating frequencies, have emerged as a promising technology to meet the stringent performance requirements of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Mengzhen Liu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Qian Liu , A. Lee Swindlehurst

The next generation of cellular networks will be characterized by softwarized, open, and disaggregated architectures exposing analytics and control knobs to enable network intelligence. How to realize this vision, however, is largely an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Salvatore D'Oro , Leonardo Bonati , Michele Polese , Tommaso Melodia

While fifth-generation (5G) communications are being rolled out worldwide, sixth-generation (6G) communications have attracted much attention from both the industry and the academia. Compared with 5G, 6G will have a wider frequency band,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-17 Yang Zhao , Wenchao Zhai , Jun Zhao , Tinghao Zhang , Sumei Sun , Dusit Niyato , Kwok-Yan Lam

As the fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication system continues its global deployment, both industry and academia have started conceptualizing the 6th generation (6G) to address the growing need for a progressively advanced and digital…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Salma Tika , Abdelkrim Haqiq , Essaid Sabir , Elmahdi Driouch

Radio Access Network faces challenges from privacy and flexible wide area and local area network access. RAN is limited from providing local service directly due to centralized design of cellular network and concerns of user privacy and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Hao Xu , Xun Liu , Qinghai Zeng , Qiang Li , Shibin Ge , Guohua Zhou , Raymond Forbes

The vision for 6G aims to enhance network capabilities with faster data rates, near-zero latency, and higher capacity, supporting more connected devices and seamless experiences within an intelligent digital ecosystem where artificial…

Extreme natural phenomena are occurring more frequently everyday in the world, challenging, among others, the infrastructure of communication networks. For instance, the devastating earthquakes in Turkiye in early 2023 showcased that,…

As a promising paradigm for the fifth generation wireless communication (5G) system, the fog radio access network (F-RAN) has been proposed as an advanced socially-aware mobile networking architecture to provide high spectral efficiency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-18 Mugen Peng , Kecheng Zhang

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)…