TY - GEN
T1 - Exploiting the Synergies of WLAN and Cellular Networks within the Wi-FIP Project
AU - Houatra, Drissa
AU - Siaud, Isabelle
AU - Boujelben, Maissa
AU - Javaudin, Jean Philippe
AU - Shehata, Aya
AU - Ojeda, Roxana
AU - Nasser, Youssef
AU - Roche, Yann
AU - Zitoune, Lynda
AU - Bellouch, Mohamed
AU - Vèque, Véronique
AU - Jouaber, Badii
AU - Bannour, Fetia
AU - Sahraoui, Rania
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 IEEE.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Wireless local area networks (WLAN) and recent Wi-Fi standards, are used since a few decades for a large variety of network applications. Since a few years, the 5th generation wireless cellular networks (5 G) are being deployed and used, most of the time for similar applications. Both technologies and their evolution, are expected to be deployed within the wireless ecosystem by 2030 and for decades beyond. The Wi-FIP project invokes these two wireless networking solutions and their evolution, to further enhance the wireless data networks regarding sustainable and scalable quality of hybrid network services. This paper presents the visions and objectives of the Wi-FIP project, targeting to enhance synergies and integration of Wi-Fi in 5G/beyond 5G networks, through the convergent B2B/B2C usage model concept, sustainable multi-connectivity, hierarchical Software Defined Networking (SDN) and orchestration. The paper analyzes the functionalities to develop for sustainable, secure and hybrid WLAN/cellular networking.
AB - Wireless local area networks (WLAN) and recent Wi-Fi standards, are used since a few decades for a large variety of network applications. Since a few years, the 5th generation wireless cellular networks (5 G) are being deployed and used, most of the time for similar applications. Both technologies and their evolution, are expected to be deployed within the wireless ecosystem by 2030 and for decades beyond. The Wi-FIP project invokes these two wireless networking solutions and their evolution, to further enhance the wireless data networks regarding sustainable and scalable quality of hybrid network services. This paper presents the visions and objectives of the Wi-FIP project, targeting to enhance synergies and integration of Wi-Fi in 5G/beyond 5G networks, through the convergent B2B/B2C usage model concept, sustainable multi-connectivity, hierarchical Software Defined Networking (SDN) and orchestration. The paper analyzes the functionalities to develop for sustainable, secure and hybrid WLAN/cellular networking.
KW - 5G
KW - SDN
KW - WLAN
KW - Wi-Fi
KW - cellular networks
KW - future WiFi and 5G technologies
KW - green networks
KW - hierarchical orchestration
KW - hybrid Wi-Fi and 5G networks
KW - security
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105031427669
U2 - 10.1109/ISNCC66965.2025.11250503
DO - 10.1109/ISNCC66965.2025.11250503
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105031427669
T3 - 2025 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2025
BT - 2025 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2025
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2025 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2025
Y2 - 27 October 2025 through 29 October 2025
ER -