Beyond Ubiquitous Connectivity

I'm Mulat A. Tiruye, a PhD researcher at DISI, University of Trento. I work on intelligent, AI-native 6G systems: O-RAN control, programmable networks and zero-touch orchestration.

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Current focus

BUC-6G is my PhD research line: what it takes to make connectivity intelligent, sustainable and everywhere.

BUC-6G

One intelligent fabric, from orbit to core.

6G has to connect everywhere: terrestrial and non-terrestrial access, the edge and the cloud. I study how AI-native control and zero-touch automation can run that whole stack as one system, with low latency, good energy efficiency and built-in security.

  1. NTNLEO · HAPS · satellite access
  2. RANO-RAN · RIC · RIS
  3. EdgeMEC · on-device AI
  4. CoreCloud-native · SRv6 · NFV
  5. MgmtZSM · intent · agentic AI
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AI-native programmable networks

SDN/NFV, SRv6 service function chaining, VNF/CNF placement, network slicing and deployment-aware orchestration.

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5G/6G wireless & NTN

AI-driven O-RAN, RIS-assisted links and integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial access, with QoS and energy in the loop.

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Edge-native ML

Federated learning, TinyML and continual learning with resource-aware scheduling across edge and cloud.

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Autonomous security

ML-based intrusion detection and zero-touch security orchestration for SDN/NFV-enabled 6G infrastructure.

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Projects

Testbeds, simulators and orchestration frameworks I've built.

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Lab

Live, in-browser demos of the physical-layer ideas behind my work. Drag the sliders.

Beam steering · uniform linear array

AF(θ) = |Σ ejn(kd sinθ − β)|

16-QAM over an AWGN channel

y = x + n, n ~ CN(0, σ²)
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Publications

Peer-reviewed IEEE work across networked systems, ML and hardware acceleration. Full list on Google Scholar →

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    Blog

    Notes on where 6G is heading, written while I build it.

    Oct 2026 · 7 min read

    IMT-2030 in plain words: what 6G is actually supposed to do

    Holograms, digital twins, drones that sense, and coverage from orbit. A tour of the six ITU usage scenarios and the numbers behind them.

    Read the post →
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    News

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      Beyond the lab

      Mountains, new countries, conferences and late nights in the lab. The people and places behind the research.

      Let's build intelligent 6G

      Open to collaborations, visits and joint papers.

      DISI · University of Trento · Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Povo (TN), Italy