Papers and Publications

Publications

Papers, reports, and more

This page features all scientific publications produced by the project consortium, including peer-reviewed papers, technical reports, and other research outputs that showcase the project’s findings and contributions.

Below, you can find publications prepared by the UNITY-6G partners collectively with partners of other SNS projects through either the Steering Board, the Technical Board, or the SNS Working Groups. They document joint strategic visions and technical roadmaps for the European 6G ecosystem.

Scientific Publication

B5G Core Network Openness: A Proof of Concept Implementation of Location Reporting via Network Exposure Function

IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, November 2025

November 2025

Authors: Vasilis Pitsilis, Panagiotis Pavlidis, Stefanos Plastras, George Makropoulos, Andreas Sakellaropoulos, Harilaos Koumaras, Spyridon Georgoulas

Scientific Publication

Reducing Offshore People on Board (POB) Costs Using Dynamic AI-Driven Wireless Mesh Digital Connectivity

Rio Pipeline & Logistics 2025

September 2025

Authors: Gil Kedar

Scientific Publication

Network Slicing for Industrial Automated Services

IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (IEEE CSCN 2025)

September 2025

Authors: Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Abdullah Aydeger, Francesc Wilhelmi Roca, Luis Blanco

Scientific Publication

Network Slicing in the IIoT Era: Architectures, Blueprints, and Tooling Ecosystem

IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (IEEE CSCN 2025)

September 2025

Authors: Engin Zeydan, Yekta Turk, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Abdullah Aydeger, Francesc Wilhelmi Roca, Luis Blanco

Scientific Publication

Modelling and Performance Analysis of Non-Primary Channel Access in Wi-Fi Networks

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, August 2025

August 2025

Authors: Boris Bellalta, Francesc Wilhelmi, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, and Giovanni Geraci

Scientific Publication

XR Streaming Performance with Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

July 2025

Authors: Marc Carrascosa-Zamacois, Lorenzo Galati-Giordano, Francesc Wilhelmi, Gianluca Fontanesi, Anders Jonsson, Giovanni Geraci, Boris Bellalta

Scientific Publication

Blockchain for Federated Learning in the Internet of Things: Trustworthy Adaptation, Standards, and the Road Ahead

IEEE Communications Standards Magazine

July 2025

Authors: Farhana Javed, Engin Zeydan, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy, Kapal Dev, Luis Blanco

Research Article

COMIX: Generalized Conflict Management in O-RAN xApps—Architecture, Workflow, and a Power Control Case

IEEE Access

July 2025

Authors: Anastasios E. Giannopoulos, Sotirios T. Spantideas, George Levis, Alexandros S. Kalafatelis, Panagiotis Trakadas

Scientific Publication

Assessing the Benefits of Ground Vehicles as Moving Urban Base Stations

MedComNet 2025

June 2025

Authors: Laura Finarelli, Falko Dressler, Marco Ajmone Marsan, Gianluca Rizzo

Scientific Publication

Full Orchestration of a Distributed 5G cloud-native Mobile Network: O-RAN, Core, and Transport

Conference - IEEE Netsoft 2025

June 2025

Authors: Jorge Baranda, Javier Velázquez Martínez, Albert Bel, David Gregoratti, Luis M. Contreras, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy

Scientific Publication

UNITY-6G: UNified archITecture for Open RANenabled Distributed, Scalable and SustainabilitY-enhanced 6G Networks

2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit

June 2025

Authors: Luis Blanco, Selva Via, Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Engin Zeydan, Luis Miguel Contreras Murillo, Gil Kedar, Gianluca Rizzo Antonio, Angelos Antonopoulos, Jetmir Haxhibeqiri, Vasilis Maglogiannis, Dries Naudts, Jeroen Hoebeke, Tomaso de Cola, Lorenzo Galati Giordano, Gianluca Fontanesi, Sotirios Spantideas, Harilaos Koumaras, Massimo Neri, Andrea Vesco, Carla Amatetti, Nuria Candelaria Trujillo Quijada, Marcin Dryjański, Nikolaos Kanakaris, Carina Pamminger, Matteo Pagin, Filip Ivanovic

Scientific Publication

Advances in Network Orchestration for Security, Scalability, and Sustainability

2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit

June 2025

Authors: Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Sadeep Batewela, Pasika Ranaweera, Madhusanka Liyanage

Scientific Publication

Exploiting 6G RAN and Core Network Information for Intelligent Edge-Cloud Service Orchestration

2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit

June 2025

Authors: Michail Dalgitsis∗, Godfrey M. Kibalya, Maria A. Serrano, Jordi Serra, and Angelos Antonopoulos

Scientific Publication

Network Resource Management for Unified 6G Network: The UNITY-6G Approach

2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit

June 2025

Authors: Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Cristian Jesus Vaca Rubio, Jorge Baranda, Albert Bel, Farhana Javed, Pol Henarejos, Horacio Bleda, Josep Mangues, Selva Via

Scientific Publication

From 6G to SeaX-G: Integrated 6G TN/NTN for AI-Assisted Maritime Communications—Architecture, Enablers, and Optimization Problems

MDPI Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

May 2025

Authors: Anastasios Giannopoulos, Panagiotis Gkonis, Alexandros Kalafatelis, Nikolaos Nomikos, Sotirios Spantideas, Panagiotis Trakadas, Theodoros Syriopoulos

Scientific Publication

End-to-End Slice Orchestration in a 5G cloud-native Mobile Network with O-RAN Split 7.2

INFOCOM 2025

May 2025

Authors: Jorge Baranda, Albert Bel, Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz, Miquel Payaró, Josep Mangues-Bafalluy

Scientific Publication

Security Orchestration in 5G and Beyond Smart Network Technologies

IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society

April 2025

Authors: S. Batewela, M. Liyanage, E. Zeydan, M. Ylianttila and P. Ranaweer

Scientific Publication

Addressing Security Orchestration Challenges in Next-Generation Networks: A Comprehensive Overview

IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society

April 2025

Authors: S. Batewela, P. Ranaweera, M. Liyanage, E. Zeydan and M. Ylianttila

Scientific Publication

Probabilistic Forecasting for Network Resource Analysis in Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks

IEEE Communications Standards Magazine

March 2025

Authors: Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio, Vaishnavi Kasuluru, Engin Zeydan, Luis Blanco, Roberto Pereira, Marius Caus and Kapal Dev

Scientific Publication

SLEEPY-rApp: Delay-aware Sleep Scheduling for Energy Efficiency in MEC-enabled O-RAN

2nd International Workshop on MetaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum

March 2025

Authors: George Levis, Sotirios Spantideas, Anastasios Giannopoulos, Panagiotis Trakadas

Scientific Publication

Trustworthy Reputation for Federated Learning in O-RAN Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts