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CAREER: Trustworthy AI-Native Network Autonomy in Open Radio Access Networks — NSF Award to University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NE, $4

The open radio access networks (open RAN) initiative, e.g., O-RAN, shows sweeping momentum in shaping, revolutionizing, and defining next-generation 6G mobile networks. As the key focus of 6G, network autonomy is much anticipated to autonomously manage, operate, and optimize real-world networks, particularly leveraging

Award titleCAREER: Trustworthy AI-Native Network Autonomy in Open Radio Access Networks
Award ID2538305
AwardeeUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
CityLINCOLN
StateNE
Amount obligated$433,609
Principal investigatorQiang Liu
ProgramNetworking Technology and Syst
Start date07/01/2026
AbstractThe open radio access networks (open RAN) initiative, e.g., O-RAN, shows sweeping momentum in shaping, revolutionizing, and defining next-generation 6G mobile networks. As the key focus of 6G, network autonomy is much anticipated to autonomously manage, operate, and optimize real-world networks, particularly leveraging Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques. Existing domain-agnostic AI/ML techniques fail to safely adapt and generalize under unforeseeable, evolving network
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