Towards Automated Intelligence in 5G Systems (original) (raw)

White Paper: Intelligent Security Architecture for 5G and Beyond Networks

2020

5G's capabilities and flexibility hold the promise of further facilitating the society's digitalization by enabling new services (e.g. remote surgery, advanced industrial applications) and communication modes (e.g. gestures, facial expressions and haptics). Current wireless communication systems do not meet the performance requirements of these new services, such as bandwidth, latency and reliability. Furthermore, the current COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally changed the way the world communicates and operates, accelerating the shift towards a more digital world. Such shift and the new requirements make the need of reliable and high-quality digital services promised by 5G more crucial than ever.<br> To fulfil 5G promises, a shift towards full automation of network and service management and operation is a necessity. However, a major challenge facing full automation is the protection of the network and system assets – services, data and network infrastructure – against ...

Hierarchical, virtualised and distributed intelligence 5G architecture for low-latency and secure applications

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, 2016

CHARISMA aims to tackle low-latency and endto-end security for converged fixed/wireless 5G networks in order to meet the complex demands of emerging business paradigms, such as Smart Cities, eHealth, and Industry 4.0. In this paper, we present the key drivers and requirements towards a hierarchical, distributed-intelligence 5G architecture, supporting low latency, security, and open access as features intrinsic to its design. We also investigate the business perspective of the proposed 5G solution and the changes that can be foreseen for the telecom ecosystem.

Towards Autonomous Security Assurance in 5G Infrastructures

IEICE Transactions on Communications, 2019

5G infrastructures will heavily rely on novel paradigms such as Network Function Virtualization and Service Function Chaining to build complex business chains involving multiple parties. Although virtualization of security middleboxes looks a common practice today, we argue that this approach is inefficient and does not fit the peculiar characteristics of virtualized environments. In this paper, we outline a new paradigm towards autonomous security assurance in 5G infrastructures, leveraging service orchestration for semi-autonomous management and reaction, yet decoupling security management from service graph design. Our work is expected to improve the design and deployment of complex business chains, as well as the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques over large and intertwined security datasets. We describe the overall concept and architecture, and discuss in details the three architectural layers. We also report preliminary work on implementation of the system, by introducing relevant technologies.

Implanting Intelligence in 5G Mobile Networks—A Practical Approach

Electronics

With the advancement in various technological fronts, we are expecting the design goals of smart cities to be realized earlier than expected. Undoubtedly, communication networks play the crucial role of backbone to all the verticals of smart cities, which is why we are surrounded by terminologies such as the Internet of Things, the Internet of Vehicles, the Internet of Medical Things, etc. In this paper, we focus on implanting intelligence in 5G and beyond mobile networks. In this connection, we design and develop a novel data-driven predictive model which may serve as an intelligent slicing framework for different verticals of smart cities. The proposed model is trained on different machine learning algorithms to predict the optimal network slice for a requested service resultantly assisting in allocating enough resources to the slice based on the traffic prediction.

SECURING AND STRENGTHENING 5G BASED INFRASTRUCTURE USING ML

IRJET, 2023

A disconnected system currently poses a significant problem for IoT technologies. The potential of 5G to send data faster and allow more links can address the current difficulty while also simplifying connected device control. 5G, on the other hand, will be able to process data swiftly using 4G/LTE networks, which has been a barrier for IoT solutions. As a result, there have been substantial delays between sending data and receiving it. By utilizing the 5G network, more users would be able to send more data without the risk of overcrowding the network, which has previously resulted in delays. Everyone would be able to see the benefits of IoT technology thanks to 5G connectivity. The IoT's potential is enormous right now, but 5G technology will bring it to full. The fifth-generation (5G) networks are being developed and prepared for deployment by the mobile industry. The rise of IoT and other intelligent automation applications is being significantly fueled by the burgeoning 5G networks, which are becoming more widely accessible. All rely on 5G's superfast connectivity and low latency, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), driverless cars, virtual reality (VR), blockchain, and future innovations we haven't even thought of yet. The introduction of 5G represents more than just a generational change for the IT sector as a whole.

Enabling wireless prosuming in 5G networks

2014 International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia (TEMU), 2014

In this article, we present a novel architecture which enables wireless prosuming in the forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) networks. More specifically, we introduce the concept of wireless prosumers i.e. network elements which consume wireless resources while at the same time facilitate the network's resource management. In addition, we propose a prosumers-based network architecture which is divided into two subsystems. The first subsystem provides timely spectrum data gathering through prosumers and dedicated infrastructure. The second subsystem takes as input the output of the data gathering subsystem and triggers optimization decisions on spectral resources. As opensource modular cloud networking and computing characteristics are adopted for both subsystems, on one-hand, data processing and decision-making is performed in distributed cloud controllers and additionally, software-defined networking can change the core network's layout for increased efficiency. To outline the broad perspective of our approach, we discuss various use-cases where prosumers can be employed.

Empowering the Future 5G Networks: An AI based Approach

Telecom Business Review: SITM Journal, 2017

The next telecommunications standard, 5G, envisions that the future networks will support advanced use cases, such as Internet of things while supporting voluminous simultaneous connections with high bandwidth as well as low latency. Further, these 5G deployments will not be static in nature, with new use cases and service requirements evolving in future. Such requirements pose many deployment and operational challenges to MNOs. These use cases would not only require the networks to be aware of connectivity related parameters, but also adapt intelligently based on parameters beyond the network. This requires the 5G networks to be capable of addressing conditions which are not foreseen at the time of designing them. Such capability requirements can be adequately addressed by advances in the field of AI and machine learning. The objective of this paper is to explore ways to leverage AI and machine learning for enhancing the 5G network deployments and operations. This paper attempts to decipher future demands from the 5G networks analyzing specific requirements in the areas of network planning, network operations and network optimization. This paper also discusses the strategic perspective for MNOs to benefit from applications of AI in 5G networks.

The Disruptions of 5G on Data-Driven Technologies and Applications

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2020

With 5G on the verge of being adopted as the next mobile network, there is a need to analyze its impact on the landscape of computing and data management. In this paper, we analyze the impact of 5G on both traditional and emerging technologies and project our view on future research challenges and opportunities. With a predicted increase of 10-100x in bandwidth and 5-10x decrease in latency, 5G is expected to be the main enabler for smart cities, smart IoT and efficient healthcare, where machine learning is conducted at the edge. In this context, we investigate how 5G can help the development of federated learning. Network slicing, another key feature of 5G, allows running multiple isolated networks on the same physical infrastructure. However, security remains the main concern in the context of virtualization, multi-tenancy and high device density. Formal verification of 5G networks can be applied to detect security issues in massive virtualized environments. In summary, 5G will make the world even more densely and closely connected. What we have experienced in 4G connectivity will pale in comparison to the vast amounts of possibilities engendered by 5G.

6G Vision: An AI-Driven Decentralized Network and Service Architecture

IEEE Internet Computing, 2020

Recently, following the rapid commercial deployment of 5G networks, next-generation mobile communication technology (6G) has been attracting increasing attention from global researchers and engineers. 6G is envisioned as a distributed, decentralized, and intelligent innovative network. However, existing application provisioning is still based on a centralized service architecture, ubiquitous edge computing, and decentralized AI technologies have not been fully exploited. In this article, we analyze the problems faced by existing centralized service provisioning architecture, and propose design principles for a decentralized network and service architecture for a future 6G network. Finally, we discuss several open research problems to inspire readers to address these. & DUE TO THE large number of commercial applications of 5G networks worldwide, potential 6G technologies are attracting attention from both academia and industry. Although 5G has achieved significant improvements in terms of communication performance, it remains difficult to meet demand for more intelligent communication in terms of information speed, multidomain coverage, artificial intelligence (AI), and security. 1 Recently, several governments have launched 6G projects to explore the requirements and key technologies of the next-generation mobile communication network. However, existing visions and discussions of 6G mainly focus on innovative wireless communication technologies, mobile

A Classification of the Enabling Techniques for Low Latency and Reliable Communications in 5G and Beyond: AI-Enabled Edge Caching

IEEE Access, 2020

Various advanced and mission-critical applications are enabled by the emerging technologies in fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication systems. To ensure improved quality of experience (QoE) of users, 5G and beyond networks require ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). The successful realization of the URLLC entails the advent of new technological concepts. Therefore, this article presents an overview of the enabling techniques for the URLLC. Classification of the enabling techniques is done and an extensive review of the literature is presented to identify the state-of-the-art techniques, limitations, and the potential approaches for alleviating the limitations. It is observed that artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled edge computing and caching solutions are widely explored as promising techniques to effectively guarantee low latency and reliable content acquisition while reducing redundant network traffic and improving the QoE. Therefore, we present a classification of the AI-enabled edge caching solutions and discuss various mechanisms of the caching agents. In particular, we investigate the use of deep learning (DL), deep reinforcement learning (DRL), and federated learning (FL) algorithms. Subsequently, we analyze the performance of the state-of-the-art edge caching schemes and demonstrate the performance gains of FL frameworks over conventional centralized and decentralized DL and DRL frameworks. We confirm that FL edge caching is a viable mechanism in 5G and beyond networks. On the other hand, it is shown that the IEEE 802.1 time sensitive networking and the emerging IETF deterministic networking standards present effective mechanisms when deterministic networks with bounded ultra-low latency are considered. Finally, we present the open issues and opportunities for further research. INDEX TERMS 5G, ultra-reliable low-latency communications, edge computing, caching, federated learning, time sensitive network, deterministic network. LILIAN CHARLES MUTALEMWA received the B.Eng. degree in telecommunications engineering from the