In March 2026, the Special Issue on “Future Mobile Core” of the IEEE Communications Standards Magazine features 3 articles co-authored by DOCOMO Euro-Labs’ colleagues.
The 3 articles address potential innovations of the 6G Core Network, currently under evaluation in the study on 6G architecture at 3GPP System Architecture Working Group 2 (SA2): AI-enabled 6G Core Network, In-Network Computing, and evolution of the Non-Access Stratum.
The article on “Architectural Foundations and Standardization Outlook for AI-Enabled 6G Core Network”, co-authored by DOCOMO Euro-Labs’ colleagues Dr. Bahador Bakhshi and Dr. Malla Reddy Sama, with Dr. Tingyu Xin (Samsung), Dr. DongJin Lee (SK Telecom), Dr. Morteza Kheirkhah (GSMA), and Dr. Wonjung Kim (LG Uplus), is available for early access at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11393506
The article on “In-Network Computing: An Architectural Framework for the 6G Core”, co-authored by DOCOMO Euro-Labs’ colleague Riccardo Guerzoni with Dr. Mattia Giovanni Spina (CNIT, Univ. of Calabria), Darwin Victoriano Soto Lebron (Univ. of Calabria), Dr. Susanna Schwarzmann (Huawei Technologies Munich), Dr. Riccardo Trivisonno (Huawei Technologies Munich), Prof. Floriano De Rango (CNIT, Univ. of Calabria), Prof. Daniel Corujo (Univ. of Aveiro), and Prof. Antonio Iera (CNIT, Univ. of Calabria), is available for early access at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11373595
The article on “Modular NAS Protocol Design for 6G”, co-authored by DOCOMO Euro-Labs colleague Jari Mutikainen with Devaki Chandramouli (Nokia), Martin McGrath (Nokia), Peter Leis (Nokia), Rainer Liebhart (Nokia), Josep Colom Ikuno (Deutsche Telekom), Markus Amend (Deutsche Telekom), Christopher Joul (T-Mobile USA), and Dr. DongJin Lee (SK Telecom), is available for early access at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11393480
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