6G-DALI: 6G DAta and ML operations automation via an end-to-end AI framework

One of the key enablers of 6G is undoubtedly the Native support of AI/ML at all the system levels, components, and mechanisms, from the orchestration and management levels to the low-level optimization of the infrastructure resources, including Cloud, Edge, RAN, Core Network, as well as a transport network.

Despite the opportunities, there are several gaps that hinder the adoption of AI/ML in 6G, such as the lack of extensive and high-quality datasets that are required to train the models.

On the other hand, AI model testing and performance evaluation in a representative staging environment (by emulation or real deployment) is also challenging without access to an end-to-end 6G testbed or representative Digital Twin environment.

To this end, 6G-DALI aims to deliver an end-to-end AI framework for 6G, structured in two interdependent pillars, (1) AI experimentation as a service via MLOps and (2) Data and analytics collection and storage via DataOps.

The 6G-DALI DataOps pillar provides the mechanisms for preparing clean and processed data that are stored within a 6G Dataspace and are made available for training and validating machine learning models as a service, a part of the MLOps Pillar. The end-to-end framework also delivers continuous monitoring, drift detection and retraining of models.

Finally, 6G-DALI will deliver open datasets, a 6G Dataspace for dataset storage and secure sharing, and a Digital Twin testbed for data generation on demand.