Hexa-X-II: SNS JU 6G Flagship project targeting at E2E system concept blueprints and the enabling platform delivering novel services for the next generation (6G) of wireless networks. The project continues the tracks of the Horizon Europe project Hexa-X.
Published March 26, 2025 | Version v1
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Defining Intent-based Service Management Automation for 6G Multi-stakeholders Scenarios

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya
  • 2. ROR icon Nextworks (Italy)
  • 3. ROR icon Universidad de Murcia
  • 4. Open Networking Foundation
  • 5. CTTC
  • 6. ROR icon Telefónica (Spain)
  • 7. ROR icon WINGS ICT Solutions (Greece)
  • 8. ROR icon Nokia (France)

Description

This article aims to explore the requirements and challenges that Intent-Based Management
(IBM) systems should look towards to deliver proper automation management in multi-stakeholder 6G
scenarios. To do so, the evolution of the telecommunications actors is presented to identify how they will
interact with the use of intents and what IBM systems must face to fulfil with the tenants expectations
while interacting among other IBM domains (aggregation vs. federation models). In a second step, this
article presents how the IBM systems functionalities should be organized (based on standards research and
comparative) and a set of enablers using them to properly deliver the automation needed to accomplish
the requests done by the tenants. On a third step, a set of End-to-End (E2E) intent-based services are
described to illustrate how the different enablers (and the functionalities they use) may work to reach the
E2E service goal. Finally, a set of experimental results related to how intent conflicts should be manage
is presented, followed by the conclusions.

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Funding

European Commission
Hexa-X-II - A holistic flagship towards the 6G network platform and system, to inspire digital transformation, for the world to act together in meeting needs in society and ecosystems with novel 6G services 101095759