Research Area 3 – 2026 Workshop

Erik Dahlman from Ericsson presenting on 6G

On the morning of August 21, 2026, partners from SweWIN’s research area (RA) 3 “Resource Management and Orchestration” (Ericsson, KTH, RISE, and SAAB) met at the KTH campus for a half-day internal workshop. The hybrid event brought together 20 leading researchers and industry experts to review technical progress, discuss ongoing research initiatives, and align priorities for future network orchestration in 6G systems.

SweWIN’s Research Area 3 focuses on the joint orchestration of radio, transport, and cloud resources across geographically distributed processing units to support heterogeneous services with diverse communication, localization, and sensing requirements. By leveraging AI-driven automation, such as traffic prediction, dynamic slicing, risk analysis, and self-healing, the area aims to move away from manually configured 5G networks toward autonomous, adaptive, and parameter-free 6G networks that balance end-to-end reliability, performance, and energy efficiency.

The technical sessions showcased the significant scientific progress achieved within RA3 over the past year, highlighted by several published conference papers at venues including ICC and Asilomar, as well as multiple upcoming journal manuscripts. Presentations covered advanced topics including explainable 6G mobile intelligence, cloud-native orchestration for cell-free massive MIMO, and AI-assisted green management utilizing multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for energy saving. Researchers also presented innovations in Open RAN (O-RAN) antenna and clustering control, as well as Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) applications tailored for drone detection, coverage optimization, and aerial access points.

The workshop concluded with industry insights into the global 6G roadmap within 3GPP and the evolution toward fully autonomous networks, sparking an interactive discussion between different participants on deepening cross-organizational collaboration, addressing practical implementation challenges in ISAC, and identifying shared research goals for the coming year.