Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Workshop 1
Session Chair: TBA

Tutorial 1
Session Chair: TBA

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30

Workshop 1
Session Chair: TBA

Tutorial 1
Session Chair: TBA

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 15:00

Workshop 2
Session Chair: TBA

Tutorial 2
Session Chair: TBA

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00

Workshop 2
Session Chair: TBA

Tutorial 2
Session Chair: TBA

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:30

Opening Ceremony

09:30 – 11:00

FPS #1: Performance
Session Chair: TBA

Enhancing 5G Performance: Reducing Service Time and Research Directions for 6G Standards
Laura Landon and Vipindev Adat Vasudevan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA); Jaeweon Kim, Junmo Sung and Jeffery T Masters (JMA Wireless, USA); Muriel Médard (MIT, USA)

Performance Analysis of Integrated 5G-NR Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks Using System Level Simulations
Moustafa Roshdi (Fraunhofer IIS & Friedrich Alexander University (FAU), Germany); Samhita Roy (Franhofer IIS, Germany); Sahana Raghunandan (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany); Thomas Heyn (Fraunhofer IIS, Germany)

Using Edge-Based Packet Trimming for Effective Bandwidth Utilization in 6G
Stuart Clayman (University College London (UCL), United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Muge Sayit (University of Essex, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); David Griffin and Miguel Rio (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30

Keynote #1: Beyond Connectivity: Pioneering the Future of Next-Generation Networks
Speaker: Meryem Simsek (Head of Network Architecture Research Lab / Nokia Bell Labs, USA)
Session Chair: TBA

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break & Demo Session

13:30 – 15:00

FPS #2: Anomaly Detection
Session Chair: TBA

ML-based Anomaly Detection in 6G Networks: A Survey on the Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions
Nasim Nezhadsistani (University of Zurich & Isfahan University of Technology, Switzerland); Burkhard Stiller (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Adversarial Deep Domain Adaptation Method for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection
Yoichi Matsuo and Kengo Tajiri (NTT, Japan)

XAInomaly: Explainable, Interpretable and Trustworthy AI for xURLLC in 6G Open-RAN
Osman Tugay Basaran (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Falko Dressler (TU Berlin, Germany)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break & Demo Session

15:30 – 17:15

SPS #1: Performance Improvements of 5G and 6G Networks
Session Chair: TBA

Efficient Radio Resource Management for Rate Maximization in LEO Multi-satellite Systems
Musbah Shaat (CTTC, Spain); Màrius Caus (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Spain)

DL-enabled Road Traffic Monitoring Services using 6G mmWave Channel State Information
Marcus Haferkamp, Simon Häger and Christian Wietfeld (TU Dortmund University, Germany)

Towards 6G: Leveraging Advanced Sleep Modes to Improve Energy Performance
Juan Guillermo Borja (Ericsson, Germany); Philipp Bruhn (Ericsson Research, Germany); Marina Petrova (RWTH Aachen University, Germany & KTH Royal Institute of Technolgy, Sweden)

DoA Estimation in RIS-Assisted Network via Element Sampling and Sparse Reconstruction
Shraddha Tripathi (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India); Ahmet M. Elbir (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg); Tushar Sandhan (IIT Kanpur, India); Rajesh M Hegde (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India)

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Dynamic Rich Scattering Environments: BiLSTM-Based Optimization for Accurate User Localization
Anum Umer, Ivo Müürsepp and Mahtab Alam (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)

18:00

Welcome Reception

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 11:00

FPS #3: Resource Allocation
Session Chair: TBA

Learning-Based Resource Allocation for MBRLLC and Homogeneous Slices in 6G Networks
Hussein Awada (ETIS, CY Cergy Paris University-ENSEA-CNRS, France); Sara Berri (ETIS, CY Cergy Paris University, ENSEA, CNRS, France); Arsenia Chorti (ETIS UMR 8051, CY University, ENSEA, CNRS & ETIS, France)

In-Network Computing and Split-AI in 6G: Enablers and Proof-of-Concept Studies
Mattia Giovanni Spina and Darwin Victoriano Soto Lebron (University of Calabria, Italy); Susanna Schwarzmann (Huawei Technologies, Germany); Riccardo Guerzoni (DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe, Germany); Riccardo Trivisonno (Huawei Technologies, Germany); Antonio Iera and Floriano De Rango (University of Calabria, Italy); George T. Karetsos (University of Thessaly, Greece); Thomas Zinner (NTNU, Norway); Daniel Corujo (University of Aveiro & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)

RIS as a Network Resource: Pricing and User Multiplexing Algorithms
Alexandros Ioannis Papadopoulos (University of Ioannina, Greece & Information Technologies Institute, Greece); Antonios Lalas (Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CERTH), Greece); Konstantinos Votis (Information Technologies Institute, Centre For Research and Technology Hellas, Greece); Stefan Schmid (TU Berlin, Germany); Kostas Katsalis (DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Germany); Christos Liaskos (University of Ioannina, Greece & Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Greece)

Online Frequency Scheduling by Learning Parallel Actions
Anastasios Giovanidis and Mathieu Leconte (Ericsson Research, France); Sabrine Aroua (Ericsson AI Research & Systems, France); Tor Kvernvik and David Sandberg (Ericsson Research, Sweden)

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30

Keynote #2: Semantics-native Communication and Protocol Learning in the 6G Era
Speaker: Mehdi Bennis (Head of of the intelligent connectivity and networks/systems group / University of Oulu, Finland)
Session Chair: TBA

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break & Poster Session

13:30 – 15:00

FPS #4: Design
Session Chair: TBA

Design Aspects for Efficient Beam Training in 6G Millimeter-Wave Networks with Mobile Users
Simon Häger, Bara Sabbah and Christian Wietfeld (TU Dortmund University, Germany)

Building Network Digital Twins Part I: State Synchronization
John Sengendo and Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy)

Pragmatic Semantic Communication through Quantum Channel
Nikhitha Nunavath (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Emilio Calvanese Strinati (CEA-LETI, France); Riccardo Bassoli (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Frank H.P. Fitzek (Technische Universität Dresden & ComNets – Communication Networks Group, Germany)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break & Poster Session

15:30 – 17:15

SPS #2: 5G and 6G Concepts and Use Cases
Session Chair: TBA

Micro Core Networks Assessment in the Cloud-Native beyond 5G/6G Mobile Network Operator Deployments Context
Marius Corici (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Hemant Zope (Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany); Thomas Magedanz (Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS / TU Berlin, Germany); Masayuki Kurata and Masaki Suzuki (KDDI Research, Inc., Japan)

Pushing the Boundaries of Scalable 5G Core Networks: Cloud-Native NEF and CAPIF Interplay
João Fernandes (OneSource, Portugal); Luis Rosa (University of Coimbra, Portugal); João Gameiro (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Pedro Valente (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Eduardo Henriques Ramos (OneSource, Portugal); José Vicente de Oliveira (Instituto de Telecomunicações & Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Duarte Raposo (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Arturo Jose Torrealba Ferrer (Telefonica Innovacion Digital, Spain); Jesus Macias Portela (Telefonica, Spain); Pedro Rito (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal); Luis Cordeiro (OneSource, Portugal); Susana Sargento (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal)

Multi-3GPP Connectivity Concept, Architecture and Specific Implementation Details
Marius Corici and Eric Troudt (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Benjamin Barth and Roshith Sebastian (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Christian Scheich (Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany); Tomaso De Cola (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)

Flexible Transceiver Platform for Holistic Radio Design Analysis
Bitan Banerjee (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Carl R. Collmann (TU Dresden, Germany); Ahmad Nimr and Gerhard P. Fettweis (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)

Enhancing Healthcare Remote Education with 6G and XR Technologies
Mohammad Rajiullah and Giuseppe Caso (Karlstad University, Sweden); Anna Brunstrom (Karlstad University, Sweden & University of Malaga, Spain); Karl-Johan Grinnemo, Jonas Karlsson, Anna Nordin, Jörgen Jansson and Anders Sidenblad (Karlstad University, Sweden)

20:00

Conference Dinner

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 11:00

FPS #5: Mobile and Wireless Communications
Session Chair: TBA

Fundamental and Practical Performance Assessment in Monostatic ISAC: From Sub-6GHz to Sub-THz
Ehsan Moeen Taghavi, Harri Saarnisaari and Markku Juntti (University of Oulu, Finland)

Bi-Static Sensing in OFDM Wireless Systems for Indoor Scenarios
Vijaya Parampalli Yajnanarayana (Ericsson Research, India); Philipp Geuer (Ericsson Research, Germany)

Applicability of Fully Homomorphic Encryption in Mobile Communication
Sogo Pierre Sanon (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany)

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30

Keynote #3: Digital Twins for Communications: How to Create and Use Them
Speaker: Jakob Hoydis (Principal Research Scientist at NVIDIA, France)
Session Chair: TBA

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 15:00

FPS #6: AI-Enhanced Networks
Session Chair: TBA

Towards a Meta-Learning Assisted Universal Neural Receiver: An Empirical Study
Yufan Wei, Wei Ye and Steven Sleder (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA); Zhi-Li Zhang (University of Minnesota, USA)

A Deep Learning Approach for Predicting Radio Channels across Frequency in Mobile Networks
Apostolos Destounis (Ericsson France, France); Pegah Alizadeh (Ericsson, France)

Integrate: Intent-Driven Router Queue Depth Configuration via Reinforcement Learning
Ajay Kattepur (Ericsson Research, India); Pedro dos Santos Batista and Alessandro Previti (Ericsson Research, Sweden); Konstantinos Vandikas (Ericsson, Sweden)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00

Panel: AI-enhanced 6G: Hype or Reality?

Moderator: Dragan Samardzjia, Nokia Bell Labs, USA
Panelist members:
Jean-Claude Belfiore, Huawei France Research Center, France
Eric Hardouin, Orange Innovation, France
Jakob Hoydis, Nvidia, France
Stefano Secci, Cnam, France
Alvaro Valcarce Rial, Nokia Bell Labs, France

17:00 – 17:15

Best Paper Award and Closing Session