In this paper,we propose a new privacy-aware transmission scheduling algorithm for 6G ad hoc networks.This system enables end nodes to select the optimum time and scheme to transmit private data safely.In 6G dynamic h...In this paper,we propose a new privacy-aware transmission scheduling algorithm for 6G ad hoc networks.This system enables end nodes to select the optimum time and scheme to transmit private data safely.In 6G dynamic heterogeneous infrastructures,unstable links and non-uniform hardware capabilities create critical issues regarding security and privacy.Traditional protocols are often too computationally heavy to allow 6G services to achieve their expected Quality-of-Service(QoS).As the transport network is built of ad hoc nodes,there is no guarantee about their trustworthiness or behavior,and transversal functionalities are delegated to the extreme nodes.However,while security can be guaranteed in extreme-to-extreme solutions,privacy cannot,as all intermediate nodes still have to handle the data packets they are transporting.Besides,traditional schemes for private anonymous ad hoc communications are vulnerable against modern intelligent attacks based on learning models.The proposed scheme fulfills this gap.Findings show the probability of a successful intelligent attack reduces by up to 65%compared to ad hoc networks with no privacy protection strategy when used the proposed technology.While congestion probability can remain below 0.001%,as required in 6G services.展开更多
The advent of sixth-generation(6G)networks introduces unprecedented challenges in achieving seamless connectivity,ultra-low latency,and efficient resource management in highly dynamic environments.Although fifth-gener...The advent of sixth-generation(6G)networks introduces unprecedented challenges in achieving seamless connectivity,ultra-low latency,and efficient resource management in highly dynamic environments.Although fifth-generation(5G)networks transformed mobile broadband and machine-type communications at massive scales,their properties of scaling,interference management,and latency remain a limitation in dense high mobility settings.To overcome these limitations,artificial intelligence(AI)and unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)have emerged as potential solutions to develop versatile,dynamic,and energy-efficient communication systems.The study proposes an AI-based UAV architecture that utilizes cooperative reinforcement learning(CoRL)to manage an autonomous network.The UAVs collaborate by sharing local observations and real-time state exchanges to optimize user connectivity,movement directions,allocate power,and resource distribution.Unlike conventional centralized or autonomous methods,CoRL involves joint state sharing and conflict-sensitive reward shaping,which ensures fair coverage,less interference,and enhanced adaptability in a dynamic urban environment.Simulations conducted in smart city scenarios with 10 UAVs and 50 ground users demonstrate that the proposed CoRL-based UAV system increases user coverage by up to 10%,achieves convergence 40%faster,and reduces latency and energy consumption by 30%compared with centralized and decentralized baselines.Furthermore,the distributed nature of the algorithm ensures scalability and flexibility,making it well-suited for future large-scale 6G deployments.The results highlighted that AI-enabled UAV systems enhance connectivity,support ultra-reliable low-latency communications(URLLC),and improve 6G network efficiency.Future work will extend the framework with adaptive modulation,beamforming-aware positioning,and real-world testbed deployment.展开更多
As investigated by 3GPP,support of UPF(user plane function)onboard satellite can reduce the latency of communications via satellite,and then it becomes a key enhancement in 5G network integrating with satellite commun...As investigated by 3GPP,support of UPF(user plane function)onboard satellite can reduce the latency of communications via satellite,and then it becomes a key enhancement in 5G network integrating with satellite communication.However,current 5G system cannot support UPF onboard LEO(low earth orbit)satellites,as it would face challenges like UPF mobility handling,synchronization between mobile network and satellite network,and condition of activating local data switching.To solve such challenges,this paper proposes a solution to support UPF onboard LEO satellite,which consists of enhanced network architecture,I-UPF(intermediate UPF)based local data switching scheme and communication latency based data path selection.We subsequently develop analytic models for performance evaluation and conduct simulations using the constellation configuration of iridium II.The simulation results show that the data switching via I-UPF onboard LEO satellite can reduce E2E(end to end)packet delivery latency and E2E packet loss ratio significantly compared with that of routing the data back to 5GC on the ground.The proposed scheme yet has increased signaling cost for handling UPF mobility.els,compared with existing similar companding algorithms.展开更多
The rapid growth of distributed data-centric applications and AI workloads increases demand for low-latency,high-throughput communication,necessitating frequent and flexible updates to network routing configurations.H...The rapid growth of distributed data-centric applications and AI workloads increases demand for low-latency,high-throughput communication,necessitating frequent and flexible updates to network routing configurations.However,maintaining consistent forwarding states during these updates is challenging,particularly when rerouting multiple flows simultaneously.Existing approaches pay little attention to multi-flow update,where improper update sequences across data plane nodes may construct deadlock dependencies.Moreover,these methods typically involve excessive control-data plane interactions,incurring significant resource overhead and performance degradation.This paper presents P4LoF,an efficient loop-free update approach that enables the controller to reroute multiple flows through minimal interactions.P4LoF first utilizes a greedy-based algorithm to generate the shortest update dependency chain for the single-flow update.These chains are then dynamically merged into a dependency graph and resolved as a Shortest Common Super-sequence(SCS)problem to produce the update sequence of multi-flow update.To address deadlock dependencies in multi-flow updates,P4LoF builds a deadlock-fix forwarding model that leverages the flexible packet processing capabilities of the programmable data plane.Experimental results show that P4LoF reduces control-data plane interactions by at least 32.6%with modest overhead,while effectively guaranteeing loop-free consistency.展开更多
The rapid growth of mobile and Internet of Things(IoT)applications in dense urban environments places stringent demands on future Beyond 5G(B5G)or Beyond 6G(B6G)networks,which must ensure high Quality of Service(QoS)w...The rapid growth of mobile and Internet of Things(IoT)applications in dense urban environments places stringent demands on future Beyond 5G(B5G)or Beyond 6G(B6G)networks,which must ensure high Quality of Service(QoS)while maintaining cost-efficiency and sustainable deployment.Traditional strategies struggle with complex 3D propagation,building penetration loss,and the balance between coverage and infrastructure cost.To address this challenge,this study presents the first application of a Global-best Guided Quantum-inspired Tabu Search with Quantum-Not Gate(GQTS-QNG)framework for 3D base-station deployment optimization.The problem is formulated as a multi-objective model that simultaneously maximizes coverage and minimizes deployment cost.A binary-to-decimal encodingmechanism is designed to represent discrete placement coordinates and base station types,leveraging a quantum-inspired method to efficiently search and refine solutions within challenging combinatorial environments.Global-best guidance and tabu memory are integrated to strengthen convergence stability and avoid revisiting previously explored solutions.Simulation results across user densities ranging from 1000 to 10,000 show that GQTS-QNG consistently finds deployment configurations achieving full coverage while reducing deployment cost compared with the state-of-the-art algorithms under equal iteration times.Additionally,our method generates welldistributed and structured Pareto fronts,offering diverse planning options that allow operators to flexibly balance cost and performance requirements.These findings demonstrate that GQTS-QNG is a scalable and efficient algorithm for sustainable 3D cellular network deployment in B5G/6G urban scenarios.展开更多
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface(RIS)is envisioned as a promising technology to improve the system capacity of 6G network,by controlling the electromagnetic wave propagation.Most existing works use the Central Limit...Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface(RIS)is envisioned as a promising technology to improve the system capacity of 6G network,by controlling the electromagnetic wave propagation.Most existing works use the Central Limit Theorem(CLT)to analyze the performance of RIS-assisted systems for large number of reflective elements.However,the assumption of extremely large number of elements may not be practical in the actual situation.In addition,the CLT-based approximation yields an inaccurate scaling law of the outage probability when the transmit Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SNR)tends to infinity.Motivated by these limitations,in this paper,we investigate the performance of RIS-assisted cellular networks with multiple Device-to-Device(D2D)users under the general fading channels,i.e.,Nakagami-m fading channels.We propose a tractable solution to evaluate the outage probability and the ergodic achievable rate,which is accurate for any number of reflective elements,any network topology,as well as any SNR.In addition,the accurate approximations for the high SNR case and the large number of reflective elements case are further derived in simpler closed form.Numerical results verify the accuracy of our analytical results and analyze the performance between CLT and the proposed method.展开更多
Future mobile networks in the sixth generation(6G)are poised for a paradigm shift from conventional communication services toward comprehensive information services,driving the evolution of radio access network(RAN)ar...Future mobile networks in the sixth generation(6G)are poised for a paradigm shift from conventional communication services toward comprehensive information services,driving the evolution of radio access network(RAN)architectures toward enhanced cooperation,intelligence,and service orientation.Building upon the concept of centralized,collaborative,cloud,and clean RAN(C-RAN),this article proposes a novel cooperative,intelligent,and service-based RAN(CIS-RAN)architecture.Focusing on cooperation,CIS-RAN extends the traditional cooperative communication paradigm by further integrating cooperative sensing and cooperative artificial intelligence(AI).To improve both performance and effectiveness across diverse application scenarios,CIS-RAN enhances network cooperation throughout the entire process of acquisition,transmission,and processing,thereby enabling efficient information acquisition,diverse cooperative interactions,and intelligent fusion decision-making.Key technologies are discussed,with network cooperative multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)examined as a case study,demonstrating superior performance over traditional architectures,as demonstrated by numerical results.Future research directions are outlined,emphasizing the continued exploration and advancement of the CIS-RAN architecture,particularly in enhancing network cooperation.展开更多
In the sixth generation mobile communication(6G) system,Non-Terrestrial Networks(NTN),as a supplement to terrestrial network,can meet the requirements of wide area intelligent connection and global ubiquitous seamless...In the sixth generation mobile communication(6G) system,Non-Terrestrial Networks(NTN),as a supplement to terrestrial network,can meet the requirements of wide area intelligent connection and global ubiquitous seamless access,establish intelligent connection for wide area objects,and provide intelligent services.Due to issues such as massive access,doppler shift,and limited spectrum resources in NTN,research on resource management is crucial for optimizing NTN performance.In this paper,a comprehensive survey of multi-pattern heterogeneous NTN resource management is provided.Firstly,the key technologies involved in NTN resource management is summarized.Secondly,NTN resource management is discussed from network pattern and resource pattern.The network pattern focuses on the application of different optimization methods to different network dimension communication resource management,and the resource type pattern focuses on the research and application of multi-domain resource management such as computation,cache,communication and sensing.Finally,future research directions and challenges of 6G NTN resource management are discussed.展开更多
Artificial Intelligence(AI)-native sixth-generation(6G)wireless networks require data-efficient and channel-resilient physical-layer modeling techniques that learn stable device-specific representations under channel ...Artificial Intelligence(AI)-native sixth-generation(6G)wireless networks require data-efficient and channel-resilient physical-layer modeling techniques that learn stable device-specific representations under channel variations and hardware imperfections to support secure and reliable device-level authentication under highly dynamic environments.In such networks,massive device heterogeneity and time-varying channel conditions pose significant challenges,as reliable authentication must be achieved with limited labeled data and constrained edge resources.To address this challenge,this paper proposes an Artificial Intelligence(AI)-assisted few-shot physical-layer modeling framework for channel robust device identification,formulated within the paradigm of Specific Emitter Identification(SEI)based on radio frequency(RF)fingerprinting.The proposed framework explicitly formulates few-shot SEI as a channel-resilient physical-layer modeling problem by integrating a lightweight convolutional neural network and Transformer hybrid encoder with a dual-branch feature decoupling mechanism.Device specific RF fingerprints are separated from channel-dependent factors through orthogonality-constrained learning,which effectively suppresses channel-induced prototype drift and stabilizes metric geometry under channel variations.A meta-learned prototypical inference module is further employed under episodic few-shot training,enabling rapid adaptation to new devices and unseen channel conditions using only a small number of labeled samples.Experimental results on multiple realworld RF datasets,including ORACLE Wi-Fi transmitter measurements and civil aviation ADS-B broadcasts(DWi-Fi,DADS-B,and DDF17 ADS-B),demonstrate that the proposed method achieves identification accuracy ranging from 99.1%to 99.8%using only 10 labeled samples per device,while maintaining episode-level performance variance below 0.02.In addition,the proposed model contains approximately 1.45×10^(5) trainable parameters,making it suitable for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices.These results indicate that the proposed framework provides a concrete and scalable AI-driven solution for physical-layer security and device-level authentication in AI-native 6G wireless networks.展开更多
Integration of natural gas and electricity transmission systems has strengthened interdependence between the two systems.Due to the close interconnection through coupling elements between the power system(PS)and natur...Integration of natural gas and electricity transmission systems has strengthened interdependence between the two systems.Due to the close interconnection through coupling elements between the power system(PS)and natural gas system(NGS)when a disturbance happens in one system,a series of complicated sequences of dependent events may follow in another system.Therefore,an integrated planning model jointing security-constrained considering cascading effects is proposed in this paper.Meanwhile,natural gas and electricity transmission systems considering stochastic failures and various operating characteristics of components can be viewed as a multistate systems.Moreover,power-to-gas(P2G),as a promising technology proposed to store surplus renewable energy,is considered in the integrated planning.First,multi-state models for different components are developed to describe realistic operating conditions in natural gas and electricity transmission systems.Furthermore,a mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)approach considers N-1 contingency and cascading effects between natural gas and the electrical power systems.Therefore,a security-constrained integrated planning model of natural gas and electricity transmission systems is represented.The proposed methods are validated using an integrated gas and power test system.展开更多
The developing Sixth-Generation(6G)network aims to establish seamless global connectivity for billions of humans,machines,and devices.However,the rich digital service and the explosive heterogeneous connection between...The developing Sixth-Generation(6G)network aims to establish seamless global connectivity for billions of humans,machines,and devices.However,the rich digital service and the explosive heterogeneous connection between various entities in 6G networks can not only induce increasing complications of digital identity management,but also raise material concerns about the security and privacy of the user identity.In this paper,we design a user-centric identity management that returns the sole control to the user self and achieves identity sovereignty toward 6G networks.Specifically,we propose a blockchain-based Identity Management(IDM)architecture for 6G networks,which provides a practical method to secure digital identity management.Subsequently,we develop a fully privacy-preserving identity attribute management scheme by using zero-knowledge proof to protect the privacy-sensitive identity attribute.In particular,the scheme achieves an identity attribute hiding and verification protocol to support users in obtaining and applying their identity attributes without revealing concrete data.Finally,we analyze the security of the proposed architecture and implement a prototype system to evaluate its performance.The results demonstrate that our architecture ensures effective user digital identity management in 6G networks.展开更多
Network architectures assisted by Generative Artificial Intelligence(GAI)are envisioned as foundational elements of sixth-generation(6G)communication system.To deliver ubiquitous intelligent services and meet diverse ...Network architectures assisted by Generative Artificial Intelligence(GAI)are envisioned as foundational elements of sixth-generation(6G)communication system.To deliver ubiquitous intelligent services and meet diverse service requirements,6G network architecture should offer personalized services to various mobile devices.Federated learning(FL)with personalized local training,as a privacypreserving machine learning(ML)approach,can be applied to address these challenges.In this paper,we propose a meta-learning-based personalized FL(PFL)method that improves both communication and computation efficiency by utilizing over-the-air computations.Its“pretraining-and-fine-tuning”principle makes it particularly suitable for enabling edge nodes to access personalized GAI services while preserving local privacy.Experiment results demonstrate the outperformance and efficacy of the proposed algorithm,and notably indicate enhanced communication efficiency without compromising accuracy.展开更多
The sixth-generation(6G)networks will consist of multiple bands such as low-frequency,midfrequency,millimeter wave,terahertz and other bands to meet various business requirements and networking scenarios.The dynamic c...The sixth-generation(6G)networks will consist of multiple bands such as low-frequency,midfrequency,millimeter wave,terahertz and other bands to meet various business requirements and networking scenarios.The dynamic complementarity of multiple bands are crucial for enhancing the spectrum efficiency,reducing network energy consumption,and ensuring a consistent user experience.This paper investigates the present researches and challenges associated with deployment of multi-band integrated networks in existing infrastructures.Then,an evolutionary path for integrated networking is proposed with the consideration of maturity of emerging technologies and practical network deployment.The proposed design principles for 6G multi-band integrated networking aim to achieve on-demand networking objectives,while the architecture supports full spectrum access and collaboration between high and low frequencies.In addition,the potential key air interface technologies and intelligent technologies for integrated networking are comprehensively discussed.It will be a crucial basis for the subsequent standards promotion of 6G multi-band integrated networking technology.展开更多
Control signaling is mandatory for the operation and management of all types of communication networks,including the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP)mobile broadband networks.However,they consume important a...Control signaling is mandatory for the operation and management of all types of communication networks,including the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP)mobile broadband networks.However,they consume important and scarce network resources such as bandwidth and processing power.There have been several reports of these control signaling turning into signaling storms halting network operations and causing the respective Telecom companies big financial losses.This paper draws its motivation from such real network disaster incidents attributed to signaling storms.In this paper,we present a thorough survey of the causes,of the signaling storm problems in 3GPP-based mobile broadband networks and discuss in detail their possible solutions and countermeasures.We provide relevant analytical models to help quantify the effect of the potential causes and benefits of their corresponding solutions.Another important contribution of this paper is the comparison of the possible causes and solutions/countermeasures,concerning their effect on several important network aspects such as architecture,additional signaling,fidelity,etc.,in the form of a table.This paper presents an update and an extension of our earlier conference publication.To our knowledge,no similar survey study exists on the subject.展开更多
With the large-scale deployment of satellite constellations such as Starlink and the rapid advancement of technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), the integration of hig...With the large-scale deployment of satellite constellations such as Starlink and the rapid advancement of technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), the integration of high, medium, and low Earth orbit satellite networks with terrestrial networks has become a critical direction for future communication technologies. The objective is to develop a space-terrestrial integrated 6G network that ensures ubiquitous connectivity and seamless services, facilitating intelligent interconnection and collaborative symbiosis among humans, machines, and objects. This integration has become a central focus of global technological innovation.展开更多
The rapid advancement of 6G communication networks presents both considerable problems and opportunities in network management,necessitating sophisticated solutions that extend beyond conventional methods.This study s...The rapid advancement of 6G communication networks presents both considerable problems and opportunities in network management,necessitating sophisticated solutions that extend beyond conventional methods.This study seeks to investigate and evaluate autonomous network management solutions designed for 6G communication networks,highlighting their technical advantages and potential implications.We examine the role of Artificial Intelligence(AI),Machine Learning(ML),and network automation in facilitating self-organization,optimization,and decision-making within critical network domains,including spectrum management,traffic load balancing,fault detection,and security and privacy.We examine the integration of edge computing and Distributed Ledger Technologies(DLT),specifically blockchain,to improve trust,transparency,and security in autonomous networks.This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the technological developments driving fully autonomous,efficient,and resilient 6G network infrastructures by methodically analyzing existing methodologies,identifying significant research gaps,and exploring potential prospects.The results offer significant insights for researchers,engineers,and industry experts involved in the development and deployment of advanced autonomous network management systems.展开更多
P2P trading is driving the decentralization of the electricity market,the autonomy and privacy requirements of prosumers may intro-duce safety risks such as voltage violations.Existing security management methods base...P2P trading is driving the decentralization of the electricity market,the autonomy and privacy requirements of prosumers may intro-duce safety risks such as voltage violations.Existing security management methods based on price guidance may face unsolvable situa-tions in trading scenarios and have difficulty assessing the impact of P2P transactions on voltage security.To this end,this paper proposes a novel distribution system operator(DSO)-prosumers bi-level optimization framework incorporating the dynamic operating envelope(DOE)and risk coefficient-based network usage charge(RC-NUC).In the upper-level,the DOE is employed for dynamic voltage man-agement to prevent violations while the RC-NUC further guides prosumers to engage in grid-friendly transactions.The lower-level decen-tralized market enables prosumers to optimize trading decisions autonomously.Only price signals and energy quantities are exchanged between the two levels,ensuring the privacy of both parties.Additionally,an alternating direction method of multipliers(ADMM)with adaptive penalty factor is introduced to improve computational efficiency.Case studies on a modified IEEE 33-bus system demonstrate that the proposed method reduces voltage violation risks by 18.31%and enhances trading efficiency by 32.3%.These results highlight the feasibility and effectiveness of the approach in advancing secure and efficient distributed energy transactions.展开更多
Smart edge computing(SEC)is a novel paradigm for computing that could transfer cloud-based applications to the edge network,supporting computation-intensive services like face detection and natural language processing...Smart edge computing(SEC)is a novel paradigm for computing that could transfer cloud-based applications to the edge network,supporting computation-intensive services like face detection and natural language processing.A core feature of mobile edge computing,SEC improves user experience and device performance by offloading local activities to edge processors.In this framework,blockchain technology is utilized to ensure secure and trustworthy communication between edge devices and servers,protecting against potential security threats.Additionally,Deep Learning algorithms are employed to analyze resource availability and optimize computation offloading decisions dynamically.IoT applications that require significant resources can benefit from SEC,which has better coverage.Although access is constantly changing and network devices have heterogeneous resources,it is not easy to create consistent,dependable,and instantaneous communication between edge devices and their processors,specifically in 5G Heterogeneous Network(HN)situations.Thus,an Intelligent Management of Resources for Smart Edge Computing(IMRSEC)framework,which combines blockchain,edge computing,and Artificial Intelligence(AI)into 5G HNs,has been proposed in this paper.As a result,a unique dual schedule deep reinforcement learning(DS-DRL)technique has been developed,consisting of a rapid schedule learning process and a slow schedule learning process.The primary objective is to minimize overall unloading latency and system resource usage by optimizing computation offloading,resource allocation,and application caching.Simulation results demonstrate that the DS-DRL approach reduces task execution time by 32%,validating the method’s effectiveness within the IMRSEC framework.展开更多
基金funding from the European Commission by the Ruralities project(grant agreement no.101060876).
文摘In this paper,we propose a new privacy-aware transmission scheduling algorithm for 6G ad hoc networks.This system enables end nodes to select the optimum time and scheme to transmit private data safely.In 6G dynamic heterogeneous infrastructures,unstable links and non-uniform hardware capabilities create critical issues regarding security and privacy.Traditional protocols are often too computationally heavy to allow 6G services to achieve their expected Quality-of-Service(QoS).As the transport network is built of ad hoc nodes,there is no guarantee about their trustworthiness or behavior,and transversal functionalities are delegated to the extreme nodes.However,while security can be guaranteed in extreme-to-extreme solutions,privacy cannot,as all intermediate nodes still have to handle the data packets they are transporting.Besides,traditional schemes for private anonymous ad hoc communications are vulnerable against modern intelligent attacks based on learning models.The proposed scheme fulfills this gap.Findings show the probability of a successful intelligent attack reduces by up to 65%compared to ad hoc networks with no privacy protection strategy when used the proposed technology.While congestion probability can remain below 0.001%,as required in 6G services.
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT)(RS-2025-00559546)supported by the IITP(Institute of Information&Coummunications Technology Planning&Evaluation)-ITRC(Information Technology Research Center)grant funded by the Korea government(Ministry of Science and ICT)(IITP-2025-RS-2023-00259004).
文摘The advent of sixth-generation(6G)networks introduces unprecedented challenges in achieving seamless connectivity,ultra-low latency,and efficient resource management in highly dynamic environments.Although fifth-generation(5G)networks transformed mobile broadband and machine-type communications at massive scales,their properties of scaling,interference management,and latency remain a limitation in dense high mobility settings.To overcome these limitations,artificial intelligence(AI)and unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)have emerged as potential solutions to develop versatile,dynamic,and energy-efficient communication systems.The study proposes an AI-based UAV architecture that utilizes cooperative reinforcement learning(CoRL)to manage an autonomous network.The UAVs collaborate by sharing local observations and real-time state exchanges to optimize user connectivity,movement directions,allocate power,and resource distribution.Unlike conventional centralized or autonomous methods,CoRL involves joint state sharing and conflict-sensitive reward shaping,which ensures fair coverage,less interference,and enhanced adaptability in a dynamic urban environment.Simulations conducted in smart city scenarios with 10 UAVs and 50 ground users demonstrate that the proposed CoRL-based UAV system increases user coverage by up to 10%,achieves convergence 40%faster,and reduces latency and energy consumption by 30%compared with centralized and decentralized baselines.Furthermore,the distributed nature of the algorithm ensures scalability and flexibility,making it well-suited for future large-scale 6G deployments.The results highlighted that AI-enabled UAV systems enhance connectivity,support ultra-reliable low-latency communications(URLLC),and improve 6G network efficiency.Future work will extend the framework with adaptive modulation,beamforming-aware positioning,and real-world testbed deployment.
基金supported by the national key research and development program of China under Grant 2020YFB1807901the National Science Foundation Project in China under grant 61931005.
文摘As investigated by 3GPP,support of UPF(user plane function)onboard satellite can reduce the latency of communications via satellite,and then it becomes a key enhancement in 5G network integrating with satellite communication.However,current 5G system cannot support UPF onboard LEO(low earth orbit)satellites,as it would face challenges like UPF mobility handling,synchronization between mobile network and satellite network,and condition of activating local data switching.To solve such challenges,this paper proposes a solution to support UPF onboard LEO satellite,which consists of enhanced network architecture,I-UPF(intermediate UPF)based local data switching scheme and communication latency based data path selection.We subsequently develop analytic models for performance evaluation and conduct simulations using the constellation configuration of iridium II.The simulation results show that the data switching via I-UPF onboard LEO satellite can reduce E2E(end to end)packet delivery latency and E2E packet loss ratio significantly compared with that of routing the data back to 5GC on the ground.The proposed scheme yet has increased signaling cost for handling UPF mobility.els,compared with existing similar companding algorithms.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant 2022YFB2901501in part by the Science and Technology Innovation leading Talents Subsidy Project of Central Plains under Grant 244200510038.
文摘The rapid growth of distributed data-centric applications and AI workloads increases demand for low-latency,high-throughput communication,necessitating frequent and flexible updates to network routing configurations.However,maintaining consistent forwarding states during these updates is challenging,particularly when rerouting multiple flows simultaneously.Existing approaches pay little attention to multi-flow update,where improper update sequences across data plane nodes may construct deadlock dependencies.Moreover,these methods typically involve excessive control-data plane interactions,incurring significant resource overhead and performance degradation.This paper presents P4LoF,an efficient loop-free update approach that enables the controller to reroute multiple flows through minimal interactions.P4LoF first utilizes a greedy-based algorithm to generate the shortest update dependency chain for the single-flow update.These chains are then dynamically merged into a dependency graph and resolved as a Shortest Common Super-sequence(SCS)problem to produce the update sequence of multi-flow update.To address deadlock dependencies in multi-flow updates,P4LoF builds a deadlock-fix forwarding model that leverages the flexible packet processing capabilities of the programmable data plane.Experimental results show that P4LoF reduces control-data plane interactions by at least 32.6%with modest overhead,while effectively guaranteeing loop-free consistency.
基金supported by the National Science and Technology Council,Taiwan,under Grants 113-2221-E-260-014-MY2 and 114-2119-M-033-001.
文摘The rapid growth of mobile and Internet of Things(IoT)applications in dense urban environments places stringent demands on future Beyond 5G(B5G)or Beyond 6G(B6G)networks,which must ensure high Quality of Service(QoS)while maintaining cost-efficiency and sustainable deployment.Traditional strategies struggle with complex 3D propagation,building penetration loss,and the balance between coverage and infrastructure cost.To address this challenge,this study presents the first application of a Global-best Guided Quantum-inspired Tabu Search with Quantum-Not Gate(GQTS-QNG)framework for 3D base-station deployment optimization.The problem is formulated as a multi-objective model that simultaneously maximizes coverage and minimizes deployment cost.A binary-to-decimal encodingmechanism is designed to represent discrete placement coordinates and base station types,leveraging a quantum-inspired method to efficiently search and refine solutions within challenging combinatorial environments.Global-best guidance and tabu memory are integrated to strengthen convergence stability and avoid revisiting previously explored solutions.Simulation results across user densities ranging from 1000 to 10,000 show that GQTS-QNG consistently finds deployment configurations achieving full coverage while reducing deployment cost compared with the state-of-the-art algorithms under equal iteration times.Additionally,our method generates welldistributed and structured Pareto fronts,offering diverse planning options that allow operators to flexibly balance cost and performance requirements.These findings demonstrate that GQTS-QNG is a scalable and efficient algorithm for sustainable 3D cellular network deployment in B5G/6G urban scenarios.
基金supported in part by Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program(No.BE2023022-2)in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62471204,92367302)in part by Major Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province(No.24KJA510003)。
文摘Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface(RIS)is envisioned as a promising technology to improve the system capacity of 6G network,by controlling the electromagnetic wave propagation.Most existing works use the Central Limit Theorem(CLT)to analyze the performance of RIS-assisted systems for large number of reflective elements.However,the assumption of extremely large number of elements may not be practical in the actual situation.In addition,the CLT-based approximation yields an inaccurate scaling law of the outage probability when the transmit Signal-to-Noise Ratio(SNR)tends to infinity.Motivated by these limitations,in this paper,we investigate the performance of RIS-assisted cellular networks with multiple Device-to-Device(D2D)users under the general fading channels,i.e.,Nakagami-m fading channels.We propose a tractable solution to evaluate the outage probability and the ergodic achievable rate,which is accurate for any number of reflective elements,any network topology,as well as any SNR.In addition,the accurate approximations for the high SNR case and the large number of reflective elements case are further derived in simpler closed form.Numerical results verify the accuracy of our analytical results and analyze the performance between CLT and the proposed method.
基金National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2022YFB2902001。
文摘Future mobile networks in the sixth generation(6G)are poised for a paradigm shift from conventional communication services toward comprehensive information services,driving the evolution of radio access network(RAN)architectures toward enhanced cooperation,intelligence,and service orientation.Building upon the concept of centralized,collaborative,cloud,and clean RAN(C-RAN),this article proposes a novel cooperative,intelligent,and service-based RAN(CIS-RAN)architecture.Focusing on cooperation,CIS-RAN extends the traditional cooperative communication paradigm by further integrating cooperative sensing and cooperative artificial intelligence(AI).To improve both performance and effectiveness across diverse application scenarios,CIS-RAN enhances network cooperation throughout the entire process of acquisition,transmission,and processing,thereby enabling efficient information acquisition,diverse cooperative interactions,and intelligent fusion decision-making.Key technologies are discussed,with network cooperative multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)examined as a case study,demonstrating superior performance over traditional architectures,as demonstrated by numerical results.Future research directions are outlined,emphasizing the continued exploration and advancement of the CIS-RAN architecture,particularly in enhancing network cooperation.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62225103,U22B2003,U2441227,and U24A20211the Beijing Natural Science Foundation under Grant L241008+3 种基金the Defense Industrial Technology Development Program JCKY2022110C010the National Key Laboratory of Wireless Communications Foundation under Grant IFN20230201the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant FRFTP-22-002C2the Xiaomi Fund of Young Scholar。
文摘In the sixth generation mobile communication(6G) system,Non-Terrestrial Networks(NTN),as a supplement to terrestrial network,can meet the requirements of wide area intelligent connection and global ubiquitous seamless access,establish intelligent connection for wide area objects,and provide intelligent services.Due to issues such as massive access,doppler shift,and limited spectrum resources in NTN,research on resource management is crucial for optimizing NTN performance.In this paper,a comprehensive survey of multi-pattern heterogeneous NTN resource management is provided.Firstly,the key technologies involved in NTN resource management is summarized.Secondly,NTN resource management is discussed from network pattern and resource pattern.The network pattern focuses on the application of different optimization methods to different network dimension communication resource management,and the resource type pattern focuses on the research and application of multi-domain resource management such as computation,cache,communication and sensing.Finally,future research directions and challenges of 6G NTN resource management are discussed.
文摘Artificial Intelligence(AI)-native sixth-generation(6G)wireless networks require data-efficient and channel-resilient physical-layer modeling techniques that learn stable device-specific representations under channel variations and hardware imperfections to support secure and reliable device-level authentication under highly dynamic environments.In such networks,massive device heterogeneity and time-varying channel conditions pose significant challenges,as reliable authentication must be achieved with limited labeled data and constrained edge resources.To address this challenge,this paper proposes an Artificial Intelligence(AI)-assisted few-shot physical-layer modeling framework for channel robust device identification,formulated within the paradigm of Specific Emitter Identification(SEI)based on radio frequency(RF)fingerprinting.The proposed framework explicitly formulates few-shot SEI as a channel-resilient physical-layer modeling problem by integrating a lightweight convolutional neural network and Transformer hybrid encoder with a dual-branch feature decoupling mechanism.Device specific RF fingerprints are separated from channel-dependent factors through orthogonality-constrained learning,which effectively suppresses channel-induced prototype drift and stabilizes metric geometry under channel variations.A meta-learned prototypical inference module is further employed under episodic few-shot training,enabling rapid adaptation to new devices and unseen channel conditions using only a small number of labeled samples.Experimental results on multiple realworld RF datasets,including ORACLE Wi-Fi transmitter measurements and civil aviation ADS-B broadcasts(DWi-Fi,DADS-B,and DDF17 ADS-B),demonstrate that the proposed method achieves identification accuracy ranging from 99.1%to 99.8%using only 10 labeled samples per device,while maintaining episode-level performance variance below 0.02.In addition,the proposed model contains approximately 1.45×10^(5) trainable parameters,making it suitable for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices.These results indicate that the proposed framework provides a concrete and scalable AI-driven solution for physical-layer security and device-level authentication in AI-native 6G wireless networks.
基金supported in part by the Key Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 51936003.
文摘Integration of natural gas and electricity transmission systems has strengthened interdependence between the two systems.Due to the close interconnection through coupling elements between the power system(PS)and natural gas system(NGS)when a disturbance happens in one system,a series of complicated sequences of dependent events may follow in another system.Therefore,an integrated planning model jointing security-constrained considering cascading effects is proposed in this paper.Meanwhile,natural gas and electricity transmission systems considering stochastic failures and various operating characteristics of components can be viewed as a multistate systems.Moreover,power-to-gas(P2G),as a promising technology proposed to store surplus renewable energy,is considered in the integrated planning.First,multi-state models for different components are developed to describe realistic operating conditions in natural gas and electricity transmission systems.Furthermore,a mixed-integer linear programming(MILP)approach considers N-1 contingency and cascading effects between natural gas and the electrical power systems.Therefore,a security-constrained integrated planning model of natural gas and electricity transmission systems is represented.The proposed methods are validated using an integrated gas and power test system.
文摘The developing Sixth-Generation(6G)network aims to establish seamless global connectivity for billions of humans,machines,and devices.However,the rich digital service and the explosive heterogeneous connection between various entities in 6G networks can not only induce increasing complications of digital identity management,but also raise material concerns about the security and privacy of the user identity.In this paper,we design a user-centric identity management that returns the sole control to the user self and achieves identity sovereignty toward 6G networks.Specifically,we propose a blockchain-based Identity Management(IDM)architecture for 6G networks,which provides a practical method to secure digital identity management.Subsequently,we develop a fully privacy-preserving identity attribute management scheme by using zero-knowledge proof to protect the privacy-sensitive identity attribute.In particular,the scheme achieves an identity attribute hiding and verification protocol to support users in obtaining and applying their identity attributes without revealing concrete data.Finally,we analyze the security of the proposed architecture and implement a prototype system to evaluate its performance.The results demonstrate that our architecture ensures effective user digital identity management in 6G networks.
基金supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant 2024YFE0200700in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62201504.
文摘Network architectures assisted by Generative Artificial Intelligence(GAI)are envisioned as foundational elements of sixth-generation(6G)communication system.To deliver ubiquitous intelligent services and meet diverse service requirements,6G network architecture should offer personalized services to various mobile devices.Federated learning(FL)with personalized local training,as a privacypreserving machine learning(ML)approach,can be applied to address these challenges.In this paper,we propose a meta-learning-based personalized FL(PFL)method that improves both communication and computation efficiency by utilizing over-the-air computations.Its“pretraining-and-fine-tuning”principle makes it particularly suitable for enabling edge nodes to access personalized GAI services while preserving local privacy.Experiment results demonstrate the outperformance and efficacy of the proposed algorithm,and notably indicate enhanced communication efficiency without compromising accuracy.
基金supported by China’s National Key R&D Program(Project Number:2022YFB2902100)。
文摘The sixth-generation(6G)networks will consist of multiple bands such as low-frequency,midfrequency,millimeter wave,terahertz and other bands to meet various business requirements and networking scenarios.The dynamic complementarity of multiple bands are crucial for enhancing the spectrum efficiency,reducing network energy consumption,and ensuring a consistent user experience.This paper investigates the present researches and challenges associated with deployment of multi-band integrated networks in existing infrastructures.Then,an evolutionary path for integrated networking is proposed with the consideration of maturity of emerging technologies and practical network deployment.The proposed design principles for 6G multi-band integrated networking aim to achieve on-demand networking objectives,while the architecture supports full spectrum access and collaboration between high and low frequencies.In addition,the potential key air interface technologies and intelligent technologies for integrated networking are comprehensively discussed.It will be a crucial basis for the subsequent standards promotion of 6G multi-band integrated networking technology.
基金the Deanship of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research at Qassim University for financial support(QU-APC-2024-9/1).
文摘Control signaling is mandatory for the operation and management of all types of communication networks,including the Third Generation Partnership Project(3GPP)mobile broadband networks.However,they consume important and scarce network resources such as bandwidth and processing power.There have been several reports of these control signaling turning into signaling storms halting network operations and causing the respective Telecom companies big financial losses.This paper draws its motivation from such real network disaster incidents attributed to signaling storms.In this paper,we present a thorough survey of the causes,of the signaling storm problems in 3GPP-based mobile broadband networks and discuss in detail their possible solutions and countermeasures.We provide relevant analytical models to help quantify the effect of the potential causes and benefits of their corresponding solutions.Another important contribution of this paper is the comparison of the possible causes and solutions/countermeasures,concerning their effect on several important network aspects such as architecture,additional signaling,fidelity,etc.,in the form of a table.This paper presents an update and an extension of our earlier conference publication.To our knowledge,no similar survey study exists on the subject.
文摘With the large-scale deployment of satellite constellations such as Starlink and the rapid advancement of technologies including artificial intelligence (AI) and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), the integration of high, medium, and low Earth orbit satellite networks with terrestrial networks has become a critical direction for future communication technologies. The objective is to develop a space-terrestrial integrated 6G network that ensures ubiquitous connectivity and seamless services, facilitating intelligent interconnection and collaborative symbiosis among humans, machines, and objects. This integration has become a central focus of global technological innovation.
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT)(RS-2025-00559546)supported by the IITP(Institute of Information&Communications Technology Planning&Evaluation)-ITRC(Information Technology Research Center)grant funded by the Korea government(Ministry of Science and ICT)(IITP-2025-RS-2023-00259004)+1 种基金the support by the Deanship of Scientific Research through King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia funded by the Large Group Research Project RGP2/267/46。
文摘The rapid advancement of 6G communication networks presents both considerable problems and opportunities in network management,necessitating sophisticated solutions that extend beyond conventional methods.This study seeks to investigate and evaluate autonomous network management solutions designed for 6G communication networks,highlighting their technical advantages and potential implications.We examine the role of Artificial Intelligence(AI),Machine Learning(ML),and network automation in facilitating self-organization,optimization,and decision-making within critical network domains,including spectrum management,traffic load balancing,fault detection,and security and privacy.We examine the integration of edge computing and Distributed Ledger Technologies(DLT),specifically blockchain,to improve trust,transparency,and security in autonomous networks.This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the technological developments driving fully autonomous,efficient,and resilient 6G network infrastructures by methodically analyzing existing methodologies,identifying significant research gaps,and exploring potential prospects.The results offer significant insights for researchers,engineers,and industry experts involved in the development and deployment of advanced autonomous network management systems.
文摘P2P trading is driving the decentralization of the electricity market,the autonomy and privacy requirements of prosumers may intro-duce safety risks such as voltage violations.Existing security management methods based on price guidance may face unsolvable situa-tions in trading scenarios and have difficulty assessing the impact of P2P transactions on voltage security.To this end,this paper proposes a novel distribution system operator(DSO)-prosumers bi-level optimization framework incorporating the dynamic operating envelope(DOE)and risk coefficient-based network usage charge(RC-NUC).In the upper-level,the DOE is employed for dynamic voltage man-agement to prevent violations while the RC-NUC further guides prosumers to engage in grid-friendly transactions.The lower-level decen-tralized market enables prosumers to optimize trading decisions autonomously.Only price signals and energy quantities are exchanged between the two levels,ensuring the privacy of both parties.Additionally,an alternating direction method of multipliers(ADMM)with adaptive penalty factor is introduced to improve computational efficiency.Case studies on a modified IEEE 33-bus system demonstrate that the proposed method reduces voltage violation risks by 18.31%and enhances trading efficiency by 32.3%.These results highlight the feasibility and effectiveness of the approach in advancing secure and efficient distributed energy transactions.
文摘Smart edge computing(SEC)is a novel paradigm for computing that could transfer cloud-based applications to the edge network,supporting computation-intensive services like face detection and natural language processing.A core feature of mobile edge computing,SEC improves user experience and device performance by offloading local activities to edge processors.In this framework,blockchain technology is utilized to ensure secure and trustworthy communication between edge devices and servers,protecting against potential security threats.Additionally,Deep Learning algorithms are employed to analyze resource availability and optimize computation offloading decisions dynamically.IoT applications that require significant resources can benefit from SEC,which has better coverage.Although access is constantly changing and network devices have heterogeneous resources,it is not easy to create consistent,dependable,and instantaneous communication between edge devices and their processors,specifically in 5G Heterogeneous Network(HN)situations.Thus,an Intelligent Management of Resources for Smart Edge Computing(IMRSEC)framework,which combines blockchain,edge computing,and Artificial Intelligence(AI)into 5G HNs,has been proposed in this paper.As a result,a unique dual schedule deep reinforcement learning(DS-DRL)technique has been developed,consisting of a rapid schedule learning process and a slow schedule learning process.The primary objective is to minimize overall unloading latency and system resource usage by optimizing computation offloading,resource allocation,and application caching.Simulation results demonstrate that the DS-DRL approach reduces task execution time by 32%,validating the method’s effectiveness within the IMRSEC framework.
