ACROSS: Automated Zero-Touch Cross-Layer Provisioning Framework for 5G and beyond Vertical Services

Dimitris Giannopoulos, Georgios Katsikas, Kostis Trantzas, Dimitrios Klonidis, Christos Tranoris, Spyros Denazis, Lluis Gifre, Ricard Vilalta, Pol Alemany, Raul Muñoz, Anne-Marie Bosneag, Alberto Mozo, Amit Karamchandani, Luis de la Cal, Diego R. López, Antonio Pastor, Ángela Burgaleta
June 2023
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Abstract

As the demand for advanced and efficient network and service deployment continues to rise, the integration of multiple domains and the incorporation of AI technology are becoming essential. The ACROSS project is a Horizon Europe project, that aims to address this need by proposing an innovative end-to-end service deployment and management platform. This platform is designed to deliver unprecedented levels of automation, performance, scalability, and energy efficiency in the next-gen networks and services landscape. The platform will be built as a highly-distributed grid of domain-level orchestrators, spread across multiple geo-dispersed and potentially heterogeneous edge environments, all overseen by a cloud-managed multi-domain orchestrator. The use of standardised communication interfaces will promote separation of concerns and ensure compliance with ongoing standardization efforts, some of which include ETSI ZSM, ETSI NFV-OSM, TMF, ETSI TFS and ONF. The platform will also be enhanced with deep end-to-end telemetry, AI-driven intelligence, full-stack cross-domain zero-touch provisioning, and secure and trusted orchestration mechanisms.

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2023 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit)
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Alberto Mozo
Alberto Mozo
Head of the research group
Full professor

I am a Full Professor at the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) and lead the Research Group on Mathematical Modeling and Biocomputing at the same institution.

Amit Karamchandani
Amit Karamchandani
Predoctoral Researcher

Amit Karamchandani Batra, a predoctoral researcher and Ph.D. student at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, has contributed to EU-funded 5G cybersecurity projects, co-authored research papers, and received multiple academic awards, including for his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees.

Luis de la Cal
Luis de la Cal
Predoctoral researcher

I’m a PhD candidate focused on smart cities, collective intelligence, and innovative technologies like augmented reality and biosensors, with experience in research and entrepreneurship.