Centro de Informática · UFPE
We investigate how a mobile network can observe its own state, decide and act without human intervention. We research 5G and beyond (NextG), from the Open RAN to the core.
Internet of Vehicles Network slicing Traffic engineering
Mission
Putting the decision inside the network: allocating resources, choosing routes, and performing handover through AI-assisted decision-making and AI-native intelligence embedded in network operations.
The group is led by Kelvin Lopes Dias, a full professor at Centro de Informática, UFPE, where he has been since 2010. He is a CNPq research productivity fellow.
AI agents operating the core, optimized routing for critical traffic, handover in aerial networks. Published in leading journals such as IEEE Network and IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management.
Where we work
The network is a stack, and every layer of it has its own decision to make.
Radio
Open interfaces and xApps deciding on handover, energy and spectrum inside the RIC.
Transport
The path between the antenna and the core, with the route chosen by software.
Core
The core as a system that learns, observes and acts on its own functions.
Edge
Processing close to the user, with hard deadlines to meet.
Application
Services that only exist if the network delivers: vehicles, healthcare and instrumented cities.
Admissions
There are open topics in 5G and beyond (NextG): Open RAN, AI-orchestrated 6G core, aerial networks and network observability. Scholarships through CNPq, CAPES and FACEPE.
See the open topics