On AI Verification in Open RAN

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Autori principali: Soundrarajan, Rahul, Fiandrino, Claudio, Polese, Michele, D'Oro, Salvatore, Bonati, Leonardo, Melodia, Tommaso
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Soundrarajan, Rahul
Fiandrino, Claudio
Polese, Michele
D'Oro, Salvatore
Bonati, Leonardo
Melodia, Tommaso
author_facet Soundrarajan, Rahul
Fiandrino, Claudio
Polese, Michele
D'Oro, Salvatore
Bonati, Leonardo
Melodia, Tommaso
contents Open RAN introduces a flexible, cloud-based architecture for the Radio Access Network (RAN), enabling Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)-driven automation across heterogeneous, multi-vendor deployments. While EXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) helps mitigate the opacity of AI models, explainability alone does not guarantee reliable network operations. In this article, we propose a lightweight verification approach based on interpretable models to validate the behavior of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agents for RAN slicing and scheduling in Open RAN. Specifically, we use Decision Tree (DT)-based verifiers to perform near-real-time consistency checks at runtime, which would be otherwise unfeasible with computationally expensive state-of-the-art verifiers. We analyze the landscape of XAI and AI verification, propose a scalable architectural integration, and demonstrate feasibility with a DT-based slice-verifier. We also outline future challenges to ensure trustworthy AI adoption in Open RAN.
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Soundrarajan, Rahul
Fiandrino, Claudio
Polese, Michele
D'Oro, Salvatore
Bonati, Leonardo
Melodia, Tommaso
Networking and Internet Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Open RAN introduces a flexible, cloud-based architecture for the Radio Access Network (RAN), enabling Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)-driven automation across heterogeneous, multi-vendor deployments. While EXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) helps mitigate the opacity of AI models, explainability alone does not guarantee reliable network operations. In this article, we propose a lightweight verification approach based on interpretable models to validate the behavior of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agents for RAN slicing and scheduling in Open RAN. Specifically, we use Decision Tree (DT)-based verifiers to perform near-real-time consistency checks at runtime, which would be otherwise unfeasible with computationally expensive state-of-the-art verifiers. We analyze the landscape of XAI and AI verification, propose a scalable architectural integration, and demonstrate feasibility with a DT-based slice-verifier. We also outline future challenges to ensure trustworthy AI adoption in Open RAN.
title On AI Verification in Open RAN
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18417