8 papers
StormShield: Fingerprint-Based Detection and Mitigation of RRC Signaling Storms in O-RAN 5G RANs
Noemi Giustini, Andrea Lacava, Leonardo Bonati +4
5G networks provide low-latency, high throughput, and massive connectivity, yet the control plane remains exposed to several security threats. Among the most common and impactful t…
TENORAN: Automating Fine-grained Energy Efficiency Profiling in Open RAN Systems
Ravis Shirkhani, Stefano Maxenti, Leonardo Bonati +7
The transition to disaggregated and interoperable Open Radio Access Network (RAN) architectures and the introduction of RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) in O-RAN creates new reso…
xDevSM: An Open-Source Framework for Portable, AI-Ready xApps Across Heterogeneous O-RAN Deployments
Angelo Feraudo, Stefano Maxenti, Andrea Lacava +4
Openness and programmability in the O-RAN architecture enable closed-loop control of the Radio Access Network (RAN). Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven xApps, in the near-real-tim…
AutoRAN: Automated and Zero-Touch Open RAN Systems
Stefano Maxenti, Ravis Shirkhani, Maxime Elkael +4
[...] This paper presents AutoRAN, an automated, intent-driven framework for zero-touch provisioning of open, programmable cellular networks. Leveraging cloud-native principles, Au…
ALLSTaR: Automated LLM-Driven Scheduler Generation and Testing for Intent-Based RAN
Maxime Elkael, Michele Polese, Reshma Prasad +2
The evolution toward open, programmable O-RAN and AI-RAN 6G networks creates unprecedented opportunities for Intent-Based Networking (IBN) to dynamically optimize RAN[...]. However…
X5G: An Open, Programmable, Multi-vendor, End-to-end, Private 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OpenAirInterface
Davide Villa, Imran Khan, Florian Kaltenberger +11
As Fifth generation (5G) cellular systems transition to softwarized, programmable, and intelligent networks, it becomes fundamental to enable public and private 5G deployments that…