Pervasive Monitoring and Distributed Intelligence for 6G Near Real-Time Operation

In-band network telemetry (INT) can provide additional insight of the network status, which can be used for
distributed control loop automation. However, INT yields substantial transmission overhead that negatively affects
scalability and network performance. To achieve scalable near real-time operation, we propose a solution for the next generation
of mobile networks integrating: i) pervasive monitoring based on INT; ii) intelligent data aggregation at both data and control plane
to deal with scalability issues; and iii) intelligent distributed control for near real-time service operation. A use case is
presented to showcase how the above components work together to operate 6G services across different network segments,
including radio access, packet transport and datacenters.