TY - GEN
T1 - Security Framework in Digital Twin for O-RAN
AU - Attanayaka, Dinaj
AU - Rumesh, Yasintha
AU - Pinola, Jarno
AU - Porambage, Pawani
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - With the vision of 6G networks, the Radio Access Networks (RAN) are expected to entail increased programmability, efficiency, and flexibility. The current trends in Open RAN architecture that promote openness, disaggregation, and inherent intelligence are well aligned with these aspects. The Open RAN architecture's highly dynamic nature and the data-driven approaches necessitate more cognitive and proactive security measures with robust defensive mechanisms. Digital Twin (DT) is proven to be an ideal platform to integrate into such dynamic systems for testing and optimizing configurations and security algorithms. In this paper, we propose a DT-based security framework for Open RAN (O-RAN) with an elaboration of a use case of security service level agreement (SSLA) assurance management. Moreover, we describe how to integrate energy-aware solutions, such as green security policies, within the proposed framework.
AB - With the vision of 6G networks, the Radio Access Networks (RAN) are expected to entail increased programmability, efficiency, and flexibility. The current trends in Open RAN architecture that promote openness, disaggregation, and inherent intelligence are well aligned with these aspects. The Open RAN architecture's highly dynamic nature and the data-driven approaches necessitate more cognitive and proactive security measures with robust defensive mechanisms. Digital Twin (DT) is proven to be an ideal platform to integrate into such dynamic systems for testing and optimizing configurations and security algorithms. In this paper, we propose a DT-based security framework for Open RAN (O-RAN) with an elaboration of a use case of security service level agreement (SSLA) assurance management. Moreover, we describe how to integrate energy-aware solutions, such as green security policies, within the proposed framework.
KW - Machine Learning
KW - Network digital twin
KW - Open radio access network
KW - Security service level agreement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199856570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5281/zenodo.11044753
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.11044753
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85199856570
SN - 979-8-3503-4500-1
T3 - European Conference on Networks and Communications
SP - 889
EP - 894
BT - 2024 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications and 6G Summit, EuCNC/6G Summit 2024
PB - IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
T2 - Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications and 6G Summit, EuCNC/6G Summit 2024
Y2 - 3 June 2024 through 6 June 2024
ER -