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alves2025resilience-preprint

Hirley Alves, Nurul H. Mahmood, Onel L. A. López, Sumudu Samarakoon, Seppo Yrjölä, Matti Latva-aho, Markku Juntti, Ari Pouttu, Armin Dekorsy, Arthur Sousa de Sena, Aydin Sezgin, Bho Matthiesen, Chafika Benzaid, Chathuranga Weeraddana, David Hutchison, Dileepa Marasinghe, Doğanalp Ergenç, Eduard A. Jorswieck, Erkki Harjula, Falko Dressler, Harri Saarnisaari, Italo Atzeni, Jaap Van De Beek, Jacek Rak, Konstantin Mikhaylov, Lauri Loven, Madhusanka Liyanage, Marcos Katz, Marja Matinmikko-Blue, Mehdi Rasti, Mika Ylianttila Nhan Nguyen, Pawani Porambage, Petar Popovski, Petri Ahokangas, Premanandana Rajatheva, Robert-Jeron Reifert, Tharaka Hewa and Tommy Svensson, "6G Resilience – White Paper," arXiv, eess.SP, 2509.09005, September 2025.

Abstract

6G must be designed to withstand, adapt to, and evolve amid prolonged, complex disruptions. Mobile networks' shift from efficiency-first to sustainability-aware has motivated this white paper to assert that resilience is a primary design goal, alongside sustainability and efficiency, encompassing technology, architecture, and economics. We promote resilience by analysing dependencies between mobile networks and other critical systems, such as energy, transport, and emergency services, and illustrate how cascading failures spread through infrastructures. We formalise resilience using the 3R framework: reliability, robustness, resilience. Subsequently, we translate this into measurable capabilities: graceful degradation, situational awareness, rapid reconfiguration, and learning-driven improvement and recovery. Architecturally, we promote edge-native and locality-aware designs, open interfaces, and programmability to enable islanded operations, fallback modes, and multi-layer diversity (radio, compute, energy, timing). Key enablers include AI-native control loops with verifiable behaviour, zero-trust security rooted in hardware and supply-chain integrity, and networking techniques that prioritise critical traffic, time-sensitive flows, and inter-domain coordination. Resilience also has a techno-economic aspect: open platforms and high-quality complementors generate ecosystem externalities that enhance resilience while opening new markets. We identify nine business-model groups and several patterns aligned with the 3R objectives, and we outline governance and standardisation. This white paper serves as an initial step and catalyst for 6G resilience. It aims to inspire researchers, professionals, government officials, and the public, providing them with the essential components to understand and shape the development of 6G resilience.

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Hirley Alves
Nurul H. Mahmood
Onel L. A. López
Sumudu Samarakoon
Seppo Yrjölä
Matti Latva-aho
Markku Juntti
Ari Pouttu
Armin Dekorsy
Arthur Sousa de Sena
Aydin Sezgin
Bho Matthiesen
Chafika Benzaid
Chathuranga Weeraddana
David Hutchison
Dileepa Marasinghe
Doğanalp Ergenç
Eduard A. Jorswieck
Erkki Harjula
Falko Dressler
Harri Saarnisaari
Italo Atzeni
Jaap Van De Beek
Jacek Rak
Konstantin Mikhaylov
Lauri Loven
Madhusanka Liyanage
Marcos Katz
Marja Matinmikko-Blue
Mehdi Rasti
Mika Ylianttila Nhan Nguyen
Pawani Porambage
Petar Popovski
Petri Ahokangas
Premanandana Rajatheva
Robert-Jeron Reifert
Tharaka Hewa
Tommy Svensson

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@techreport{alves2025resilience-preprint,
    author = {Alves, Hirley and Mahmood, Nurul H. and L{\'{o}}pez, Onel L. A. and Samarakoon, Sumudu and Yrj{\"{o}}l{\"{a}}, Seppo and Latva-aho, Matti and Juntti, Markku and Pouttu, Ari and Dekorsy, Armin and Sena, Arthur Sousa de and Sezgin, Aydin and Matthiesen, Bho and Benzaid, Chafika and Weeraddana, Chathuranga and Hutchison, David and Marasinghe, Dileepa and Ergen{\c{c}}, Do{\u{g}}analp and Jorswieck, Eduard A. and Harjula, Erkki and Dressler, Falko and Saarnisaari, Harri and Atzeni, Italo and Beek, Jaap Van De and Rak, Jacek and Mikhaylov, Konstantin and Loven, Lauri and Liyanage, Madhusanka and Katz, Marcos and Matinmikko-Blue, Marja and Rasti, Mehdi and Nguyen, Mika Ylianttila Nhan and Porambage, Pawani and Popovski, Petar and Ahokangas, Petri and Rajatheva, Premanandana and Reifert, Robert-Jeron and Hewa, Tharaka and Svensson, Tommy},
    doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2509.09005},
    title = {{6G Resilience -- White Paper}},
    institution = {arXiv},
    month = {9},
    number = {2509.09005},
    type = {eess.SP},
    year = {2025},
   }
   
   

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