Towards a Multi-Layer Defence Framework for Securing Near-Real-Time Operations in Open RAN

arXiv:2512.01596 · cs.CR, cs.NI, cs.SY, eess.SY · Submitted 2025-12-01 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR, cs.NI, cs.SY, eess.SY

Submitted: 2025-12-01

Updated: 2026-01-03

Comments: Accepted version. Published in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJCOMS). DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2025.3650736

DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2025.3650736

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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Robustness — 14× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
Verification — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Accuracy — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Adversarial Attacks — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Interpretability — 4× in this paper · explained in 15 episodes
Transformer — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Adaptation — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
False Positive Rate — 3× in this paper
Institute for Communication Systems — 3× in this paper
Adaptability — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Adversarial Training — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
Attack Detection Rate — 2× in this paper
Centre for Secure Information Technologies — 2× in this paper
Computational overhead — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Resource Constraints — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Steering — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Adversarial Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
Central Unit — 1× in this paper
Contrastive Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
Decision Tree — 1× in this paper
Distillation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Distributed Unit — 1× in this paper
Fast Gradient Sign Method — 1× in this paper
Federated Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 14 episodes
Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Hybrid Approach — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
Large Language Models (LLMs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes
Long Short-Term Memory — 1× in this paper
Modularity — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
POISONING AMPLIFICATION FACTORS — 1× in this paper
Projected Gradient Descent — 1× in this paper
RT RAN Intelligent Controller — 1× in this paper
Radio Unit — 1× in this paper
Semantic Understanding — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
Temporal Correlations — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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Exploiting and Securing ML Solutions in Near-RT RIC: A Perspective of an xApp

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