TY - GEN
T1 - An Innovative Architectural Blueprint Towards Sustainable 6G Systems
AU - Trevlakis, Stylianos E.
AU - Belesioti, Maria
AU - Koumaras, Harilaos
AU - Boulogeorgos, Alexandros Apostolos A.
AU - Chochliouros, Ioannis
AU - Tsiftsis, Theodoros A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The sixth generation (6G) era aims to push the capabilities of networks towards unprecedented frontiers, while ensuring sustainable design, development, and operation. Motivated by this, this work presents a sustainability-oriented 6G architecture and examines the trends in society, economy, environment, regulations, and technology. The envisioned architecture integrates intelligent, adaptable, energy efficient, transparent and secure elements, while its technology enablers, such as large language models, explainable artificial intelligence, semantic communications, digital twins, human-in-the-loop, blockchain, post-quantum communications, etc. are identified and analyzed. The role of each enabler is clarified. Taking sustainability aspects into consideration from the initial stages of the design process can be the deciding factor for the success or failure of environmentally conscious ecosystems.
AB - The sixth generation (6G) era aims to push the capabilities of networks towards unprecedented frontiers, while ensuring sustainable design, development, and operation. Motivated by this, this work presents a sustainability-oriented 6G architecture and examines the trends in society, economy, environment, regulations, and technology. The envisioned architecture integrates intelligent, adaptable, energy efficient, transparent and secure elements, while its technology enablers, such as large language models, explainable artificial intelligence, semantic communications, digital twins, human-in-the-loop, blockchain, post-quantum communications, etc. are identified and analyzed. The role of each enabler is clarified. Taking sustainability aspects into consideration from the initial stages of the design process can be the deciding factor for the success or failure of environmentally conscious ecosystems.
KW - 3D Networking
KW - 6G
KW - Architecture
KW - Artificial Intelligence
KW - Digital twins
KW - Orchestration
KW - Semantic Communications
KW - Sensing
KW - Sustainability
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105002844199
U2 - 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10943010
DO - 10.1109/CAMAD62243.2024.10943010
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105002844199
T3 - IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD
BT - 2024 IEEE 29th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2024
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 29th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2024
Y2 - 21 October 2024 through 23 October 2024
ER -