Projects
MAORI-4
The coordinated project MAORI (Massive AI for the Open RadIo b5G/6G network) aims to define and develop management capabilities for the cellular network of the future. To achieve this, it will develop methods for performance analysis and resource management in both new radio environments and the open virtualized scenario, with an emphasis on fully autonomous systems. It will cover multiple key use cases in management (quality of experience estimation, performance optimization, energy efficiency, security) from an end-to-end network approach and across entities/layers. To achieve this, it will apply innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques (Machine Learning - ML, Deep Learning - DL...) capable of handling the massive volumes of data and their sources, their heterogeneity, and the complexity of these new environments.
As mobile networks continue to grow, so do concerns about security and privacy, and there is an urgent need for energy sustainability. The MAORI-4 project aims to delve deeper into issues related to these two aspects, security and energy management, and provide mechanisms to improve them in the broader context of b5G/6G networks. With this focus, the MAORI-4 project will work on two fronts:
- Security: Interoperability, being one of the foundations of b5G/6G, will involve exposing many different standardized interfaces. It is necessary to ensure the security of these interfaces, particularly with regard to new issues arising from novel technologies, such as ML/AI and virtualization. MAORI-4 aims to identify these issues and provide solutions to mitigate them.
- Energy Efficiency: Since mobile devices rely on batteries, there is an ongoing urgent need to minimize energy consumption in mobile networks. Furthermore, as the global carbon emissions reduction agenda advances, the energy consumption of mobile networks also becomes important. MAORI-4 will create an energy consumption model that enables operators to identify inefficiencies and also mechanisms to reduce energy consumption in the network.
These objectives make MAORI-4 attractive to any player in the mobile network management market, as these issues are currently two of the major concerns of the general public. In the long term, MAORI-4 will contribute more resources for the sustainability of b5G/6G networks, making them both more secure and more environmentally friendly.