6G E2E Architecture Framework with Sustainability and Security Considerations
Bahare M. Khorsandi, Riccardo Bassoli, Giacomo Bernini, M. Ericson, Frank H. P. Fitzek, Azeddine Gati, Hasanin Harkous, Marco Hoffmann, Ignacio Labrador Pavón, Giada Landi, Diego R. Lopez, Damiano Rapone, Bjoern Richerzhagen, Patrik Rugeland, Peter Schneider, Esteban Selva, Tommy Svensson, Elif Üstündağ Soykan, Stefan Wänstedt, Stefan Wunderer · 2022 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) · 2022
The research on 6G in the EU-funded flagship project Hexa-X started with the investigation of the most important technology enablers and the evaluation of relevant 6G use cases. The next step is to integrate these enablers in a 6G E2E architecture that fulfills all use case-based Key Performance (KPI) and Key Value Indicators (KVI) and that follows the guidelines of general architectural principles. In addition, the main focus of an E2E 6G architecture must be on security and sustainability which both will have increased importance for future communication networks and society.