The paper "B5G/6G Cyber Security Testbed" by Alex Carrega, Franco Davoli and Ramin Rabbani from CNIT with acknowledgement to NEPHELE - and also to the European Commission funded projects HORSE and MARE - will be presented at the "Way to 6G Workshop" (WT6G), held in conjunction with the 33rd International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS25) on October 23, 2025, in Paris, France, at Sorbonne University.
This workshop has been co-organized by the LINCS Laboratory for Information, Networking and Communication Sciences and focuses on technologies and capabilities for 6G networks, such as Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), Telepresence, and Dependable Very Low Latency Systems.
ABSTRACT: The evolution of mobile communication technologies to Beyond 5G (B5G) and Sixth-Generation (6G) introduces significant advancements but also new cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This paper details the National Inter-university Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT) National Laboratory of Smart and Secure Networks (S2N) testbed in Genoa, Italy, a state-of-the-art facility for research and development in B5G/6G technologies with a focus on cybersecurity. The testbed’s modular architecture, including isolated “islands” and advanced HardWare/SoftWare (HW/SW), enables the simulation and analysis of cyber threats like Application Programming Interface (API) exposure, and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. It supports the testing of security measures, including Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)-based solutions, and facilitates comprehensive vulnerability assessments and penetration testing for next-generation networks.
Workshop Program:
Day 3: October 23, 2025
9.30-10.20 Keynote II: SLICES, Your Scientific Instrument to support 6G System Research Innovation, Serge Fdida, Sorbonne Université (Chair Kryzsztof Grochla)
10.20-10.30 Questions and Discussion
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-11.50 Keynote III: Modelling and Analysis of Stratospheric Wireless Communications, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, KAUST (Chair Erol Gelenbe)
11.50-12.00 Questions and Discussion
12.00-13.30 Lunch Break
13.30-14.30 Way To 6G Workshop I (With Papers in the Proceedings & Oral Presentation): Chair Maria Carla Calzarossa
– Signalling Storms and Taylor’s Law, Erol Gelenbe and Omer H. Abdelrahman
– B5G/6G Cyber Security Testbed, Alessandro Carrega, Franco Davoli and Ramin Rabbani
– SliceMon: Slice-aware SLA Monitoring in the Data Plane Using Ensemble Learning and In-band Network Telemetry, Valerio Luconi and Raffaele Bruno
– Analytical Power Efficiency Models for Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN); Godlove Kuaban, Tadeusz Czachorski, Tulin Atmaca and Piotr Czekalski
14.30-16.10 Way To 6G Workshop II (Only Oral Presentation): Chair Raffaele Bruno
– Timing advance and Doppler shift estimation in 5G LEO satellite networks, Ashutosh Balakrishnan, P. Martins, P. Popineau
– Handover frequency in dynamic terrestrial communication network, Sanjoy Kumar Jhawar, François Baccelli
– Spatial Network Calculus: Toward Deterministic Wireless Networking, Ke Feng, Yi Zhong, Xiaohang Zhou
– Delay guarantees of space-time regulated multiple access random wireless networks, Kevin Zagalo, Jean Marie Gorce, and F. Baccelli.
16.10 Conclusions of Way to 6G Workshop and Conclusions of MASCOTS 2025