Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Tutorial #1: Utilizing LLMs for Understanding, Monitoring, and Control of 6G Networks
Speakers:
Session Chair: TBA

Tutorial #2: Leveraging Data Engineering and Distributed Ledger Technologies for the Realization of B5G/6G Networks
Speakers:
Session Chair: TBA

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30

Opening Session

11:30 – 12:30

FPS #1: SDN
Session Chair: TBA

DP-DT: Data Plane Digital Twin Architecture to Handle Conflicts among SDN Applications
Marco Polverini (Sapienza University, Italy); Santiago García-Gil and Andrés García-López (University of Extremadura, Spain); Francesco Giacinto Lavacca (Sapienza – University of Rome, Italy); Antonio Cianfrani (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy); Jaime Galán-Jiménez (University of Extremadura, Spain)

Maximizing SDN Flow Table Efficiency with Dynamic Timeout Allocation and Proactive Eviction
Begüm Arslan, Elif Kizilkaya, Beytullah Yigit and Fatih Alagoz (Bogazici University, Turkey)

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break / Demos Session

DS #1: Edge Computing and Security
Session Chair: Pol Alemany (CTTC, Spain)

Multi-hop collaborative edge computing involving constrained IoT devices at the far edge
Ruben Comeron, Elisa Rojas and David Carrascal (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain); Joaquín Alvarez-Horcajo (UAH, Spain); Jose M Arco (University of Alcala, Spain)

Network Resource Allocation for Gaming Using MEC API and TeraFlowSDN
Shayan Hajipour (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain); Muhammad Hamza (xFlow Research, Pakistan); Lluis Gifre Renom (CTTC, Spain); Carlos Agustín Manso, Ramon Casellas and Ricardo Martinez (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Ikram Haq (xFlow Research, Pakistan); Diego Lopez (Telefonica I+D, Spain); Riccardo Nicolicchia (Telefónica Innovación Digital, Spain); Raul Muñoz (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Ricard Vilalta (CTTC, Spain)

MECHATRON — Security Analysis of 6G and 5G Networks Using Multiaccess Edge Computing
Davide Berardi (Università Mercatorum, Italy) & Barbara Martini (Universitas Mercatorum, Italy)

Post-Quantum Secure UE-to-UE Communications
Sanzida Hoque and Abdullah Aydeger (Florida Institute of Technology, USA); Engin Zeydan (CTTC, Spain)

14:00 – 15:00

Keynote #1: Prospective scenarios for the carbon footprint of mobile networks – case study of France
Speaker: Marceau Coupechoux (Telecom Paris, France)
Session Chair: TBA

15:00 – 16:00

FPS #2: Network Slicing
Session Chair: TBA

Intent-Based Network Resource Slicing in 6G
Behnam Ojaghi Kahjogh (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) & Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain); Ricard Vilalta (CTTC, Spain); Raul Muñoz (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain)

Enhancing O-RAN Based 5G Networks Through Network Slicing: A Comprehensive Framework
Mateo Florez Alvarez and Zubair Shaik (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany); Andreas Mitschele-Thiel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany))

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30

FPS #3: 5G and Resilience
Session Chair: TBA

Resiliency in Networks Through Meshed Trees
Peter Willis, Nirmala Shenoy, John Hamilton and Yin Pan (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)

Time-Series Forecasting Models for 5G Mobile Networks: A Comparative Study in a Cloud Implementation
Ihab Alzalam and Christoph Lipps (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany); Hans Dieter Schotten (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, Germany)

Data-Driven Cellular Network Selector for Vehicle Teleoperations
Barak Gahtan (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel); Reuven Cohen (Technion, Israel); Alex M. Bronstein (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel); Eli Shapira (DriveU Ltd, Israel)

Easy to Deploy UAV-based Non-Public Open-Source 5G Network
Pedro Valente (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Afonso Teixeira (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Miguel Luis (Instituto Superior Técnico & Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Portugal); Duarte Raposo (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Pedro Rito and Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Arnaldo Oliveira (Universidade de Aveiro – DETI / Instituto de Telecomunicações – Aveiro, Portugal); Marco Araujo (Capgemini Engineering, Portugal)

20:00

Welcome Reception

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

SPS #1: 5G/6G Networks
Session Chair: TBA

6G QKD Network Controller for TeraflowSDN
Pedro Paulo Tavares (Optare SOLUTIONS, Portugal); Alberto González (Optare SOLUTIONS, Spain); José Cunha (Optare Solutions, Spain & Universidade de Trás-Os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal); Antonio D. Costa (Universidade do Minho & Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal)

6G Networks: Trust Controller Architecture Proposal
Duarte Moreira (University of Minho, Portugal & Optare Solutions, Spain); Javier García (Optare Solutions, Spain); José Cunha (Optare Solutions, Spain & Universidade de Trás-Os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal); Antonio D. Costa (Universidade do Minho & Centro ALGORITMI, Portugal)

From Centralized to Distributed and Ubiquitous In-Network Defense for Future 6G Networks
Mattia Giovanni Spina, Floriano De Rango and Antonio Iera (University of Calabria, Italy)

Emulating Integrated 5G-TSN Scenarios
Anna Agustí-Torra and Marc Ferré-Mancebo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) – BarcelonaTech, Spain); David Rincón-Rivera (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) – BarcelonaTech, Spain)

Time-Sensitive Networking over 5G: Experimental Evaluation of a Hybrid 5G and TSN System with IEEE 802.1Qbv Traffic
Adnan Aijaz (Toshiba Europe Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sajida Gufran (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd., United Kingdom (Great Britain))

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00

FPS #4: Edge-Cloud Optimization
Session Chair: TBA

DRL-based xApps for Dynamic RAN and MEC Resource Allocation and Slicing in O-RAN
Mario J Martínez-Morfa, Carlos Ruiz de Mendoza, Cristina Cervelló-Pastor and Sebastià Sallent (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)

Efficient Task Scheduling and Allocation of GPU Resources in Clouds
Hoda Sedighi (Concordia University, Canada); Fetahi Wuhib (Ericsson, Canada); Roch Glitho (Concordia University, Canada)

Optimizing the Edge Computing System of a LEO Satellite Constellation
Amad Salim Alnahdi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest Hungary, Hungary); Laszlo Toka (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)

STEROCEN: Simulation and Training Environment for Resource Orchestration in Cloud-Edge Networks
Mieszko Ferens (Aalborg University, Denmark); Diego Hortelano (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain); Ignacio de Miguel and Ramón J. Durán Barroso (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain); Sokol Kosta (Aalborg University, Denmark)

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break / Demos Session

DS #2: B5G and 6G Access Networks
Session Chair: Pol Alemany (CTTC, Spain)

Distributed Sequential Cloud-Native Deployment of an End-to-End 5G Network with O-RAN Functions
Jorge Baranda; Albert Bel; Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz ; Miquel Payaró and Josep Mangues-Bafalluy (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain)

Demo: Strict Architectural Separation Between Operators in Shared RANs
Jan Stoyke and Michael Rossberg (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany); Guenter Schaefer (Technische Universitaet Ilmenau, Germany)

Dynamic Spectrum Management for 6G Network-in-Network Concepts
Daniel Lindenschmitt (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany); Paul Seehofer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Marius Schmitz and Jan Mertes (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany); Roland Bless (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Matthias Klar (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany); Martina Zitterbart (KIT, Germany); Jan C. Aurich (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany); Hans D. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

DEMO: UAV Missions With 5G And Satellite Support
António J. C. Almeida, Francisco C Ribeiro, Guilherme Vieira, Miguel O Vila and Tiago M Rodrigues (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Pedro Valente and Joaquim Ramos (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Pedro Rito (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Duarte Raposo (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

14:00 – 15:00

Keynote #2: Interoperability in communication for Industry5.0 powered by applied AI/ML
Speaker: Pal Varga (Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary)
Session Chair: TBA

15:00 – 16:00

SPS #2: Optical Transport Networks
Session Chair: TBA

Demonstration of Multi-Tenant Optical Transport Network Slicing with T-API
Oscar González de Dios (Telefonica I+D, Spain); Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios (Telefónica I+D, Spain); Liesbeth Roelens (Telefonica, Spain)

Proactive Modulation Format Allocation Method with Selective Downgrading to Enhance Inter-core Crosstalk Tolerance in SDM-EONs
Kotaro Kawaguchi, Yuya Seki and Yosuke Tanigawa (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan); Yusuke Hirota (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan); Hideki Tode (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan)

Analyzing Ultra-Low Inter-Core Crosstalk Fibers in Band and Space Division Multiplexing EONs
Farhad Arpanaei (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Carlos Natalino (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden); Mahdi Ranjbar Zefreh (CISCO, Italy); Shuangyi Yan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Hami Rabbani and Maite Brandt-Pearce (University of Virginia, USA); Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios (Telefónica I+D, Spain); José Manuel Rivas-Moscoso (Telefónica Innovación Digital, Spain); Oscar González de Dios (Telefonica I+D, Spain); José Alberto Hernández, Alfonso Sánchez-Macián and David Larrabeiti (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain); Paolo Monti (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 – 18:30

FPS #5: Security Enhancement
Session Chair: TBA

Unveiling SDN Controller Identity through Timing Side Channel
Sukwha Kyung, Jaejong Baek and Gail-Joon Ahn (Arizona State University, USA)

Precision DDoS Detection through Gaussian Noise-Augmented Neural Networks
Ali Alfatemi (Fordham University, USA); Diogo Oliveira (Penn State University, USA); Mohamed Rahouti (Fordham University, USA); Abdelatif Hafid (Université de Montréal, Canada); Nasir Ghani (University of South Florida, USA)

A Blockchain-based approach for Service Level Agreement Management in Cellular Network
Nischal Aryal (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France & Orange Innovation, France); Fariba Ghaffari (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IRT B-COM, France); Emmanuel Bertin (Orange Labs, France); Noel Crespi (Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom SudParis, France)

Towards a Quantum-Resilient Future: Strategies for Transitioning to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Abdullah Aydeger (Florida Institute of Technology, USA); Engin Zeydan (CTTC, Spain); Awaneesh Kumar Yadav (University College of Dublin, Ireland); Kasun T. Hemachandra (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka); Madhusanka Liyanage (University College Dublin, Ireland)

20:00

Conference Dinner

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

SPS #3: Network Management
Session Chair: TBA

5G Services Placement in Dynamic Multi-clusters
Mohamed Ryad Cherifi (Sofrecom, France); Mehdi Boudjelli (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers & Orange Innovation, France); Sihem Cherrared (Orange Labs France, France); Fabrice M. Guillemin (Orange Labs, France)

Advanced Predictive Modeling for Enhancing Traffic Forecasting in Emerging Cellular Networks
Latifa Guesmi, Ameni Mejri, Asma Radhouane and Khadija Zribi (ESPRIT School of Engineering, Tunisia)

On Multi-Objective Neural Architecture Search for Modeling Network Performance
Adam Derin Orucu (KTH Royal Institute of Technology & Ericsson Research, Sweden); Farnaz Moradi (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Masoumeh Ebrahimi (KTH Royal Institute of Techology & University of Turku, Sweden); Andreas Johnsson (Ericsson Research, Sweden)

Integrating RASA Chatbot with an Intent Layer for SDN-Based Network Slice Provisioning
Molka Gharbaoui and Piero Castoldi (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy)

Applying Distributed Ledger Technologies for Trusted and Secure Network Topology Management in Multi-Stakeholder Environments: A Case Study from the ADRENALINE Testbed
Javier Jose Diaz Rivera and Ricard Vilalta (CTTC, Spain); Raul Muñoz and Pol Alemany (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain); Lluis Gifre Renom (CTTC, Spain)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00

FPS #6: Network Performance Evaluation
Session Chair: TBA

Fitting the Puzzle: Towards Source Traffic Modeling For Mobile Instant Messaging
Fabian Poignée (University of Würzburg, Germany); Anika Seufert and Frank Loh (University of Wuerzburg, Germany); Michael Seufert (University of Augsburg, Germany); Tobias Hoßfeld (University of Würzburg, Germany)

Critical5G-Net: Addressing Critical Node Impact on Lifetime and Latency in 5G IoT Networks
Behnam Ojaghi Kahjogh (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) & Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Spain); Ricard Vilalta (CTTC, Spain); Raul Muñoz (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain)

Lessons learned from IP routers power measurements and characterization
David De la Osa Mostazo (Telefónica, Spain); Pablo Armingol (Telefonica, Spain); Oscar González de Dios (Telefonica I+D, Spain); Juan Pedro Fernández-Palacios (Telefónica I+D, Spain)

Power Consumption Analysis in DUDe 5G MIMO Networks
Chrysostomos Athanasios Katsigiannis, Konstantinos Tsachrelias and Vasileios Kokkinos (University of Patras, Greece); Apostolos Gkamas (University of Ioannina, Greece); Christos J Bouras (University of Patras, Greece); Philippos Pouyioutas (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00

Keynote #3: Towards Intelligent 6G System Architecture
Speaker: Riccardo Trivisonno (Huawei Technologies, Germany)
Session Chair: TBA

15:00 – 16:30

Panel: Building Trust in 6G: Security and Privacy – Insights from Leading European Projects

Moderator: Bin Han (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany / Hexa-X-II)
Panelist members:
Ioannis Markopoulos (Nova, Greece / ACROSS)
Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy / HORSE)
Antonio Skarmeta (University of Murcia, Spain / RIGOUROUS)
Rafael Cantó Palancar (Telefonica, Spain / QSNP)

16:30 – 17:00

Best Paper Award and Closing Session