Resilience in 6G and beyond: Perspectives, Challenges, and Design Approaches
Date, hour and room to be defined
Organisers
- Norman Franchi (Institute for Smart Electronics and Systems, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE)
- Friedemann Laue (Institute for Smart Electronics and Systems, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE)
Motivation and Background
Future 6G networks will form a critical backbone of a highly connected and digitized society, supporting essential services across industry, transportation, healthcare, and public safety. The increasing societal and economic reliance on 6G networks has intensified research efforts on resilient communication systems, highlighting resilience as a fundamental design principle for next-generation systems. Recent findings show that resilience goes beyond traditional notions of reliability and robustness, requiring a multidisciplinary approach that involves stakeholders from diverse technical domains, including communication systems, networking, cybersecurity, data analytics, and system engineering.
The design of resilient 6G networks requires coordinated efforts across technical, operational, regulatory, and business domains, calling for the active engagement of network operators, equipment vendors, vertical industries, regulators, and the research community. At this stage of 6G development, it is crucial to harmonize the understanding of resilience, explore holistic cross-layer design approaches, and assess system requirements and business opportunities. Key questions include which design principles best support resilient 6G systems, how diverse stakeholders can be effectively coordinated, what roles regulators and standardization bodies should play, and which open research challenges should be prioritized.
This workshop addresses these questions by bringing together experts from multiple domains through invited talks, offering complementary perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in building resilient 6G networks.
Structure
This half-day workshop will be organized into two sessions, featuring a series of invited talks. Several experts from industry and academia have been invited and have already signalled their interest in contributing. The detailed program will be announced once all contributions are confirmed. The preliminary list of speakers is outlined below.
Session 1:
- Welcome and introduction [confirmed]
- Norman Franchi
- Professor and head of the Institute for Smart Electronics and Systems (LITES), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- Resilience in communication networks [tentative]
- David Hutchison
- Professor Emeritus, Lancaster University
- Communication-theoretic perspective on resilience [confirmed]
- Petar Popovski
- Professor, Aalborg Universitet
- Resilient information and communication technology [tentative]
- Matthias Hollick
- Professor and head of the Secure Mobile Networking Labs (SEEMOO), TU Darmstadt
- Architectural considerations and loose coupling [tentative]
- Aarne Määmelä
- Professor Emeritus, University of Oulu
Session 2:
- Techno-economic perspective [confirmed]
- Marja Matinmikko-Blue
- Research Director of Infotech Oulu Institute, Director of Sustainability and Regulation at 6G Flagship, University of Oulu
- New security features for resilience in 6G networks [confirmed]
- Emrah Tomur
- Head of Security Research & Standards, Nokia
- End-to-end resilience for critical infrastructure [confirmed]
- Florian Zeiger
- Principal Key Expert, Siemens Foundational Technologies
- Building robust and resilient networks [tentative]
- Joachim Sachs
- Senior Expert, Ericsson Research
- Network operator’s perspective on resilience [tentative]
- Jennifer Gabriel
- Lead Secure by Design Manager, Vodafone
