{"id":63575,"date":"2026-10-12T12:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romars.tech\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=63575"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:06:11","slug":"sdn4ntn","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/romars.tech\/en\/project\/sdn4ntn\/","title":{"rendered":"SDN4NTN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #890521;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Objectives:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63558 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/romars.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SDN4NTN-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romars.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SDN4NTN-logo.jpg 255w, https:\/\/romars.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SDN4NTN-logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The project objectives cover three complementary technical areas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>NTN communications<\/strong> \u2013 analysis of promising use cases for the integration of SDN in 5G-NTN scenarios (both 5G NTN standalone and hybrid terrestrial-NTN), supported by the design and development of a scalable and efficient testbed to assess the impact on end-to-end functionalities and performance (e.g. SDN-based routing in satellite constellations, SDN-activated supplementary satellite backhauling links).<\/li>\n<li><strong>5G<\/strong> \u2013 integration of 5G and NTN with SDN as enabling technology, considering 5G NTN constellations with SDN capability for efficient and service-driven routing towards the 5G Core, and hybrid 5G terrestrial-satellite backhauling with service policies controlled through SDN, enforcing resource allocation and multi-tenancy in the NTN domain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Security<\/strong> \u2013 identification of DDoS attacks leveraging the target SDN deployment on the selected scenarios and definition of SDN-based countermeasures. The attacks are reproduced in the developed testbed, which acts as a cyber range tailored for training, demonstration and experimentation activities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These objectives lead to the development of a testbed based on virtualisation technologies aimed at testing SDN-based solutions in 5G NTN scenarios, targeting TRL 5.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #890521;\"><strong>Current status:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The project kicked off on 2 September 2025.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;]<div class='htmegavc_accordion_6aeee94151982   panel-group htmegavc_accordion htmegavc_accordion_normal theme_4 icon_ icon_right' id='htmegavc_accordion_6aeee94151982' role='tablist' aria-multiselectable='true'><style>.panel-group.htmegavc_accordion_6aeee94151982 .htmegavc-panel-heading{background-color:#890521;}.panel-group.htmegavc_accordion_6aeee94151982 .htmegavc-panel-heading 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solid #ddd;text-align: center\">Italy<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/romars.tech\">https:\/\/romars.tech<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/romars.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Logo-RomArs-1-300x188.png\" alt=\"RomARS Logo\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;margin:0 auto\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd\"><strong>Subcontractors:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center\">Nextworks S.r.l<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center\">Italy<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextworks.it\/\">https:\/\/www.nextworks.it<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px;border: 1px solid #ddd;text-align: center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" 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