Distributed ledger technologies and user-driven automation towards self-SOVEREIGN mobile data access in beyond 5G networks

SOVEREIGN aims to fuel artificial intelligence (AI) with DLT-backed data in order to innovate the B5G service chain and the B5G protocol stack towards the support of fully decentralized, instantaneous, and anonymous resource trading across the B5G network ecosystem (end terminals, infrastructure, OTT service providers, etc.). SOVEREIGN aims to empower intelligent end points in B5G networks, to gain full control of their identities, connectivity, sessions, service terms, and shared data upon accessing B5G spectrum, antennas, network slices and services

Research Objectives

SOVEREIGN sets the following ambitious research and innovation objectives (RIOs):

RIO1. Conceptualize and develop a modular end-to-end service architecture integrating DLT-empowered service provisioning towards self-sovereign mobile data access in B5G networks

RIO2. Design and implement a fully decentralized DLT-backed authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) platform tailored to self-sovereign connected intelligence in B5G networks.

RIO3. Design and implement forward-thinking protocols for self-sovereign identity management and anonymity/data privacy preservation over joint DLT/B5G system infrastructures.

RIO4. Design, implement, and assess the performance of user-controlled AI-enabled service discovery, pairing, mobility management and resource provisioning for the B5G network protocol stack.