Towards 6G Architectures for Leveraging Synergies Between Artificial Intelligence and Networking

This work analyzes possible developments of autonomous networks and pervasive intelligent services to design a framework architecture, aligning with 3GPP for introducing AI principles throughout the 5G network, and with the O-RAN Alliance for including intelligence to the RAN domain. In this framework the paper illustrates some specific use cases investigated in NETWIN project to underline the role of AI to allow the network to support any kind of service in even very different contexts, also considering security aspects. This paper can help to understand how the synergy between AI and Networking will drive the evolution towards future 6G architectures