TRUE-5G project

    Brief Summary

    Reference


    1. Towards zeRo toUch nEtwork and services for beyond 5G (TRUE-5G)

      Principal investigator(s): Jasone Astorga, Eduardo Jacob
      Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, PID2019-108713RB-C54, 06/2020-05/2023, 110.200 euros

      This national project (PID2019-108713RB-C54) is entitled "Towards zeRo toUch nEtwork and services for beyond 5G" (TRUE-5G). It started in June 2020 and it will end in October 2023.

    Description

      This is a collaborative project with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Universidad de Granada (UGR) and the Universidad del Pais Vasco (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea) (UPV/EHU) that continues the previous fruitful collaboration on the 5G-CITY project.

      The main objective of this project is to create, develop and test a set of new procedures, algorithms, mathematical tools, and technologies that contribute to advancing the automation of 5G and 5G+ networks and network services. A subset of these developments have been applied to verticals such as industry 4.0, automotive, surveillance, leisure and health, among others.

      The project holistically addresses automation over all network components, including, radio access network (RAN), optical and satellite, backbone network, network infrastructure, cloud and edge computing, and the network services. The developments have been carried out in accordance with recommendations, standards and open frameworks such as 3GPP, ETSI and IEEE.

    Dissemination activities

    Special Issue "5G and Low Power Wide Area Networks for the IoT"

    We are looking for original contributions on topics related to 5G and LPWAN technologies applied to the Internet of Things for the Special Issue of Electronics (Q2) "5G and Low Power Wide Area Networks for the IoT". More information here. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 Jan. 2022.



    SI "Automation and Learning in MEC and Cloud Systems"

    We are looking for original contributions on topics related to advances in the development, testing, practical implementations, and modeling of smart ecosystems for 5G and beyond, formed by a set of new procedures, algorithms, technologies, and mathematical tools for advanced system configuration and automation that leads to the zero-touch paradigm. More information here. Deadline is 15 Nov. 2021.



    Thesis

    Related ongoing Ph.D. thesis

    1. Design and implementation of an enhanced performance and security system for industrial communications
      Asier Atutxa (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)

    2. Design and Implementation of Architecture and Mechanisms for the Orchestration of TSN-capable 5G Network Services
      Jorge Sasiain (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)

    3. Enhanced SDN/NFV network architecture based on data plane processing acceleration technologies
      David Franco (supervised by Mariví Higuero and Juanjo Unzilla)

    4. A contribution to Network Virtualization to provide efficient and scalable steering service
      Jokin Garay (supervised by Juanjo Unzilla and Eduardo Jacob)

    Related B.Sc. and M.Sc. thesis

    1. Actualización de DynPaC para integración con SN4I
      M.Sc. thesis (M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering)
      Isabel Plaza Vas (supervised by Mariví Higuero)
      June 2023

    2. Reconfiguración de rutas en redes con plano de datos programable
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Diego Sánchez Mazuela (supervised by Mariví Higuero)
      September 2022

    3. Diseño e implementación de un sistema para el despliegue y monitorización de redes LTE y 5G de forma automatizada
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Ander Galván Rio (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Maider Huarte)
      July 2022

    4. Integración de switches hardware con el controlador ONOS utilizando interfaces de programación abiertos
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Telmo Isasi Cortaberria (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      July 2022

    5. Diseño e implementación de un sistema de sincronización automático entre switches basado en PTP
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Irati Bilbao Aguiar (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      July 2022

    6. Despliegue de una red de acceso radio 5G abierta
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Garazi Aranburu Altuna (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      July 2022

    7. Validación automática del estado de revocación de certificados digitales utilizando CRLs
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Iker Alkorta Gaskon (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      July 2022

    8. Integración de sistemas de virtualización basados en contenedores en arquitecturas NFV para la provisión de servicios de Industria 4.0
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Unai Galicia Zabala (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      July 2021

    9. Sistema de Monitorización de red en-banda basado en P4 para Redes Definidas por Software
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Isabel Plaza Vas (supervised by Mariví Higuero)
      July 2021

    10. Firewall basado en P4 para Redes Definidas por Software
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Sara Barghuthi Barrena (supervised by Mariví Higuero)
      July 2021

    11. Optimización de la gestión del tráfico generado por dispositivos IoT mediante el filtrado a nivel de línea
      Bachelor thesis (Degree in Telecommunications Engineering)
      Aintzel Bereziartua Aranzabal (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Mariví Higuero)
      September 2021

    12. In-network validation of digital certificates for IoT secure communications
      M.Sc. thesis (M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering)
      Gloria Zufiaurre Soto (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      September 2021

    13. Delegación automatizada de la gestión de certificados de clientes DTLS en una tercera parte de confianza utilizando programación del plano de datos
      M.Sc. thesis (M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering)
      Ainhoa Etxebarria Perez (supervised by Jasone Astorga and Eduardo Jacob)
      Mayo 2021

    Publications

    Journals

    1. Quantitative measurement of link failure reaction time for devices with P4-Programmable Data Planes
      D. Franco, M. Higuero, E. Ollora Zaballa, J. Unzilla, E. Jacob
      Telecommunication Systems, 2023DOI: 10.1007/s11235-023-01084-4. IF=2.5 (Q3 in 2022)

    2. Improving efficiency and security of IIoT communications using in-network validation of server certificate
      A. Atutxa, J. Astorga, M. Barcelo, A. Urbieta, E. Jacob
      Computers in Industry, 2023DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2022.103802. IF=10.0 (Q1 in 2022)

    3. How to Survive Identity Management in the Industry 4.0 Era
      J. Astorga, M. Barcelo, A. Urbieta, E. Jacob
      IEEE Access, 2021DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3092203. IF=3.476 (Q2)

    4. Achieving Low Latency Communications in Smart Industrial Networks with Programmable Data Planes
      A. Atutxa, D. Franco, J. Sasiain, J. Astorga, E. Jacob
      Sensors, 2021DOI: 10.3390/s21155199. IF=3.847 (Q2)

    5. Towards Monitoring Hybrid Next-Generation Software-Defined and Service Provider MPLS Networks
      E. Ollora-Zaballa, D. Franco, S. E. Thomsen, M. Higuero, H. Wessing, M. S. Berger
      Computer Networks, 2021DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2021.107960. IF=5.493 (Q1)

    6. Towards Flexible Integration of 5G and IIoT Technologies in Industry 4.0: A Practical Use Case
      J. Sasiain, A. Sanz, J. Astorga and E. Jacob
      Applied Sciences, 2020DOI: 10.3390/app10217670. IF=2.679 (Q2)


    Conferences & Workshops

    1. Preliminary approaches towards the integration of TSN communications into the NFV architectural framework
      Jorge Sasiain, Asier Atutxa, David Franco, Jasone Astorga, and Eduardo Jacob
      XVI Jornadas de Ingenieria Telematica (JITEL 2023), November 2023

    2. Automation of Modular and Programmable Control and Data Plane SDN Networks
      Eder Ollora, David Franco, Eduardo Jacob, Marivi Higuero, and Michael Stübert Berger
      17th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), October 2021

    3. Towards integrating hardware Data Plane acceleration in Network Functions Virtualization
      David Franco, Asier Atutxa, Jorge Sasiain, Eder Ollora, Marivi Higuero, Jasone Astorga, and Eduardo Jacob
      XV Jornadas de Ingenieria Telematica (JITEL 2021), October 2021