For the deployment of current and future technologies, DI wishes to develop a stronger evidence base around the benefits of and barriers to their deployment, with a focus on the adoption of 5G and open network infrastructure to build the resilience of networks and support innovation. DI needs to develop models and techniques to understand efficient spectrum allocation and understand the issues surrounding the use of specific spectrum bands.
DI needs to better understand the trends around technological convergence, future demand for digital connectivity, regulation around access to the internet and emerging cloud services and their impact on security.
DI wishes to complement its understanding of current technology deployment with research into the work driving future technologies to develop and increase the UK’s future capabilities.
All of this needs to be underpinned by further research into the security and resilience of UK networks, addressing future developments and threats, gaining insight into the value of security interventions and barriers to investment in security.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The ambition of the NATWORK project is to set the foundations and deploy the very first economically realistic, energy efficient and viable bio-inspired AI-based 6G cybersecurity and resilience framework for intelligent ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
The NATWORK project aims to develop a novel AI-leveraged self-adaptive security mechanism for 6G networks, aligning with the goal of developing self-organising, secure, and highly optimized network software.
MoatE - A cyber-security business demonstrator project for Edge Computing: * Led by UK SME Iceotope; * The University of Manchester providing technical expertise; * Avnet providing the voice of the customer, and end-use...
Funded by: ISCF
The MoatE project focuses on cyber-security for Edge Computing, which is related to the security aspect of smart networks, but does not fully address the utilization of AI and Edge technology for self-organising networks.
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture represents a keystone paradigm in establishing more flexible, versatile, and intelligent next-generation wireless communication networks. By adopting an open platform, O...
Funded by: Innovate UK
The RapidRANDefender project addresses security concerns in Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN), which is relevant to the question but does not fully cover the utilization of AI and Edge technology for self-organising networks.