IEEE Federated Architectures & Testbeds Workshop on 5G and Beyond (FATW5G)
Abstract
The 5G and Beyond-5G (B5G) networks will be highly autonomous, dynamic, decentralized, and intelligent. The B5G networks affect four significant future changes [1]. First, they offer an integrated air-ground#space#sea communicaHon network. Second, new radio bandswill improve network traffic capacity. Third, they will enable a new generaHon of intelligent applications. Fourth, network security must be enhanced for the B5G technologies [1]. Several countries have recently started 6G programs to investigate the needs and key technologies of the upcoming mobile communication network. Examples of these programs are listed in [2-8]. The Department of Defense (DOD) currently contributes to the development of advanced open 5G network architectures [9] as part of the efforts to provide more secure designs for B5G networks.The current visions and discussions of B5G networks primarily focus on cutting-edge wireless communicaHon technologies, AI, and Mobile Edge Computing and there is a lack of deep and innovaHve insights into service provisioning, security, and data privacy protection mechanisms that represent a big challenge in a closed-loop zero-touch network such as the new 6G and B5G due to complete automation combined with self-learning requirements with little human involvement [1,10].The research challenges are due to the following factors:# Trustworthiness/reliability challenge: Autonomy implies self-government, self-management, and decision-making. Decision choices are carried out according to predefined conditions or system constraints. Outputs are non-deterministic, or probabilistic and dependent on detected changes in the environment, which are most of the time random. Traditional techniques for diagnostics and prognostics are implemented in most systems to achieve a higher level of reliability. In [6], the authors proposed a state-of-the-art review of diagnostics, prognostics, and robotics for reliability.# Heterogeneity challenge (heterogeneous constraints): Tocooperate between diverse 5G technological domains of different policy, architecture, and security rules it needs to overcome this heterogeneity of interaction because of diverse underlying technologies, interfacing techniques, points of time, and data structures.# Time scale challenge: 5G networks are widely implanted in almost all domains where high precision is crucial such as industry, military, and healthcare. It is a challenging environment for real-Hme decision making especially when it comes to coordinate between a high number of systems with different scales.The goal of the workshop is to bring together multidisciplinary group (industry, academia, and government) to address the abovemenHoned challenges and present their solutions to address them. Attending this workshop is an opportunity to enable academics, government, and industry experts to facilitate and develop potential collaborations among them.At the end of the workshop, we will provide a detailed report that summarizes the workshop and a roadmap for scientific research tasks and technology development that will overcome security, scalability, and heterogeneity challenges of open 5G systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 24, 2024
- Source ID
- N629092412019
Entities
People
- Obed Ogega
Organizations
- African Academy of Sciences
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy