Technical Papers

Monday, September 28, 2026

TS1  Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Communications I (12:00 – 13:15) 

Chair: Georgios Z. Papadopoulos (IMT Atlantique & IRISA Laboratory, France)
Room: AD3

  • Semantic-Aware AI-Driven Network Slicing for Smart Islands in 6G– Evangelos Thomatos, Aggeliki Sgora and Athanasios Tsipis (Ionian University, Greece)
  • Explainable AI-Driven Misbehaviour Detection for Blockchain-Enabled IoT and UAV Networks– Yousef H Abdelghani and Dean C Froggatt (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Ousama Albagul (6G Innovation Centre, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mohammad Shojafar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • Evidence-Bound Explainability for AI-Driven Traffic Engineering in Network Digital Twins– Sam Aleyadeh (Western University, Canada); Najah AbuAli (University of Al-Dhaid, United Arab Emirates)
  • Will There Be a 7G? -Adnan Aijaz (Toshiba Europe Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

TS2  Internet of Things and Sensor Networks (12:00 – 13:15) 

Chair: Xhafer Krasniqi (Digital Catapult, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Room: AD2

  • When Multipath Hurts: Reliability Trade-Offs of RPL Multipath with PREOF over CSMA/CA -Tomas Lagos Jenschke (IMT Atlantique, France); Georgios Z. Papadopoulos (IMT Atlantique & IRISA Laboratory & IRISA Laboratory, France)
  • A GAN-Based Super-Resolution Approach for Object Detection in Multi-Video Streams: A Multi-UAV Wildfire Detection Proof of Concept– Ioannis Vasalos (National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Greece); Averkios Vasalos (None, Greece)
  • UAV-RSU Assisted Position Based Routing in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks– Yuri Cotrado and Stefan Fischer (University of Lübeck, Germany)
  • Det-5G: Closing the Determinism Gap in 5G-Advanced for Industrial Closed-Loop Control– Adnan Aijaz (Toshiba Europe Ltd, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

TS3 Testbeds, prototypes, trials and experiments (14:00 – 16:00) 

Chair:  Mohammad Reza Mousavi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Room: AD2

  • Deploying Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in Underground Mines: An Experimental Study -Paweł Płaczkiewicz (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden & Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Simon Johnsson (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden); Faryal Junaid (Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Sweden); Anders Hedlund (BI Nordic, Sweden); Adrian Kliks (Poznan University of Technology, Poland); Jaap van de Beek (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
  • Modeling Edge-to-Cloud Offloading Workloads for Autonomous Vehicles– Longkun Li and Evangelos Pournaras (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • Real World Trial Experiences and Challenges in Private Outdoor Open RAN Deployments-Xhafer Krasniqi (Digital Catapult, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • On the Need for Efficient Congestion Control and Queue Management for Meaningful Connectivity– Michael Welzl (University of Oslo, Norway); Mohit P. Tahiliani (National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, India); Kristjon Ciko (University of Oslo, Norway)

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

TS4 Beyond 5G/6G Radio Communications (10:00 – 11:30) 

Chair:   Athanasios Tsipis (Ionian University, Greece)
Room: AD3

  • Adaptive T-Detector for Intercarrier Interference Mitigation in Spectrally Efficient Frequency Modulation Systems– Martina Magnaldi and Guido Montorsi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
  • Ghost Target Analysis of Frequency Domain DM-RS Mappings in 5G NR ISAC and Beyond -Theodoros Tsiftelidis and Athanasios C. Iossifides (International Hellenic University, Greece)
  • A 5G Positioning Demonstrator for Indoor Localization in a Simulated Train Station– Christian Schellenberger (Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany); Daniel Plöger and Aliyu Makama (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany); Edgar Baake (University of Lübeck, Germany); Andreas Timm-Giel (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany); Stefan Fischer (University of Lübeck, Germany); Hans D. Schotten (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany)
  • Self-Healing 6G Networks-in-Network for Resilient Wireless Communication-Daniel Lindenschmitt (RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany, Kaiserslautern, Germany); Anton Schösser (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Afnan Aghai (RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany); Philipp Schulz and Gerhard P. Fettweis (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Hans D. Schotten (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)

TS5 Resource Allocation and Performance Optimization I (10:00 – 11:30) 

Chair:  Steven S. W. Lee (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
Room: AD2

  • Correlation-Aware Adaptive Sensing for Energy-Efficient Multimodal Wearable Applications -Aleksandr Ometov and Hsiao-Chun Lin (Tampere University, Finland); Anzhelika Mezina (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Otso Arponen (TAYS Hospital, Finland); Radim Burget (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Jari Nurmi (Tampere University, Finland)
  • Performance Analysis of an RS-Coded MAC Frame Design for DECT NR+– Mohammad Reza Mousavi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Ashuqullah Alizai (Hochschule Aalen, Germany); Stephan Ludwig (Aalen University, Germany)
  • Robust Power Recovery for Resilient Wireless Communication Networks Using Electric Vehicles -Zaheer Khan (University of Oulu, Finland); Su Pyae Sone (Finland); Cristian Martín (University of Malaga, Spain); Manuel Díaz (University of Málaga, Spain); Kenta Umebayashi (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan); Lily Lehtomaki (University of Oulu, Finland)
  • Design of a Leaky-Bucket-Based Color Marker and Color-Aware Packet Scheduler for Bandwidth-Guaranteed Virtual Networks– Ting-Hao Lin and Steven S. W. Lee (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
  • Geometry-Aware Regularization for Deep-Unfolded MIMO-OTFS Detection -Nikolaos Ntavanelos (University of Patras, Greece); Evangelos Vlachos (ATHENA Research Center, Greece)

TS6 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Communications II (12:00 – 13:15) 

Chair:  Aggeliki Sgora (Ionian University, Greece)
Room: AD3

  • From Requirements to Operational Governance for Trustworthy AI in 6G Security -Eleni Mangina (University College Dublin, Ireland); Eirini Kanaki (Z-RED & Tech4Society, Greece); Periklis Chatzimisios (International Hellenic University, Greece & University of New Mexico, USA)
  • Adversarially Robust AutoML-Based Intrusion Detection for 5G Networks: Evasion, Model Selection, and Defence -Ousama Albagul (6G Innovation Centre, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mohammad Shojafar and Chuan Heng Foh (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • Cross-Domain Transfer Learning for Mobility Management in Dense 5G Networks – Tiancheng Zhang, Siling Wang, Maryam Hafeez and Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

TS7 Security and Privacy, and Trustworthiness (12:00 – 13:15) 

Chair:  Aleksandr Ometov (Tampere University, Finland)
Room: AD2

  • Physical Layer Security in Mixed-Field ISAC with Movable-Antennas– Yun Xiao (Durham University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Enhao Wang and Yunfei Chen (University of Durham, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Zhuangkun Wei and Hongjian Sun (Durham University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • Rule-Based Intrusion Detection for IEC-104 Driven SCADA Systems -Sigurd Østerholt Gamst and Harsha S Gardiyawasam Pussewalage (University of Agder, Norway); Roger Skjetlein (Å Energi AS, Norway)
  • Lightweight Attestation with Adaptive Scheduling for Securing Open-RAN xApp/rApp Ecosystems -Seyed Ahmad Soleymani (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Alireza Esfahani (Research Supervisor, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Shidrokh Goudarzi (University of West London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mohsen Eslamnejad and Mohammad Shojafar (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography Using Quantum Key Distribution and Kyber Towards 6G Communication Security–Haitham Mahmoud (Birmingham City University (BCU), United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Mohamed Ben Farah and De Mi (Birmingham City University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Shimaa Naser (Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates); Sami Muhaidat (Kahlifa University, United Arab Emirates); Mohammad Shojafar and Pei Xiao (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
  • XAI-Driven Runtime Validation for Zero-Touch Security Management in AI-Native 6G -An Braeken (Vrije Universiteit, Belgium); Ana Cavalli (Telecom SudParis, France); Aaron Yi Ding (TU Delft, The Netherlands & University of Helsinki, Finland); Yuejun Guo (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg); Aikaterini Kanta (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Tahar M Kechadi and Madhusanka Liyanage (University College Dublin, Ireland); Edgardo Montes de Oca (Montimage EURL, France); Huu Nghia Nguyen (Montimage, France); Manh-Dung Nguyen (Montimage EURL, France); Thanh Linh Nguyen and Viet Quoc Pham (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Qiang Tang (LIST, Luxembourg); Ranul Deelaka Thantilage (University College Dublin, Ireland)

TS8 Resource Allocation and Performance Optimization II (remote) (14:00 – 16:00) 

Chair:  Periklis Chatzimisios (International Hellenic University, Greece & University of New Mexico, USA)
Room: Remote Room

  • Multi-Agent Conflict Arbitration for Autonomous SON Functions in AI-RAN: A Constraint-Based Framework Beyond Rule-Based Coordination -Srinivasa Chary Maringanti (T-Mobile, USA); Tarun Kundu (Ericsson, USA)
  • ADRAM: Analytics Driven and Risk Aware Framework for IoT and FWA Migration During Legacy Network Sunset –Muhammad Rashid Anwar (Telecom Industry, Saudi Arabia)
  • Interference-Resilient and Data-Efficient Micro-Doppler Processing for Radar Based EV Charging Station Monitoring -Zaheer Khan (University of Oulu, Finland)
  • Spectral-Efficiency Aware Queue Control for for Low Latency VR Traffic in 5G/6G O-RAN Systems– Georgios Gkagkas (University of Western Macedonia, Greece); Vasiliki Karamerou (University of Thessaly, Greece); Angelos Michalas and Dimitrios J. Vergados (University of Western Macedonia, Greece)
  • Handover Analysis for Vehicular Communication with Explainability on the Fly-Ali Fuat Sahin, Semiha Tedik Basaran and Tufan Kumbasar (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
  • Constrained Bayesian Optimization for Hierarchical Federated Learning in IoT Networks for Plant Disease Classification– Athanasios Papanikolaou (University of Zagreb, Croatia); Athanasios Tziouvaras and Apostolos Xenakis (University of Thessaly, Greece); Periklis Chatzimisios (International Hellenic University, Greece & University of New Mexico, USA); Sham Parambath (University of Glasgow, UK,); George Floros (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland); Enrica Zereik (National Research Council of Italy, Italy); Ivan Petrović and Fabio Bonsignorio (University of Zagreb, Croatia)