With the growth of telecommunication networks driven by resource-intensive applications, the expansion of IoT, the rise of data centers, and the advancements of 5G and future 6G networks, monitoring and maintenance are becoming increasingly important for network operators. In this sense, the Network Digital Twin (NDT) is emerging as a promising technology to mirror a network’s whole operational and management lifecycle to optimize its performance without compromising the real network. In this work, we propose an NDT solution supported by a new data integration methodology and a prototypical architecture for translating information from the network management domain into a knowledge-based interoperable model. Our case study shows how this NDT can be used to reveal the capabilities of real networks in terms of configuration and operational status, providing benefits for network control and management to facilitate the application of closed-loop network automation systems.

Find the paper online here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10919072

aerOS project participated at 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 m𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗢𝗦 𝗘𝗨-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 that took place last week in the context of MECC 2025! The workshop introduced researchers, developers, and practitioners to exchange ideas, present innovations, and explore how 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗢𝗦 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱-𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲-𝗜𝗼𝗧 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘂𝗺.

The 2nd International Workshop on metaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum (MECC 2025) was co-hosted at the ACM EuroSys 2025 that  held from March 30 to April 3, 2025, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The workshop aimed at providing an overview of the opportunities and critical issues brought by a MetaOS orchestrating the Cloud-Edge-IoT ecosystem, particularly focusing on its deployment to optimize AI processes computational needs. Through a series of technical presentations, interactive sessions, and panel discussions, this workshop addressed critical issues such as interoperability, standardization, and contribution to relevant open-source projects. Participants had the opportunity to exchange ideas, share research findings, and collaborate on innovative solutions to advance the field of metaOS.