How does the 6G-TERRAIN project plan to evolve Natural Language-driven IBNs?
The 6G-TERRAIN project plans to evolve NL-driven IBN through the introduction of a Cognitive Intent Handler, an intelligent layer that connects human administrators with the underlying network infrastructure. This component will manage the complete intent lifecycle by interpreting natural language requests, validating their meaning and feasibility, and translating them into executable network actions across terrestrial and non-terrestrial domains. By combining LLMs, CoT reasoning, Knowledge Graphs, and Reinforcement Learning, the framework will autonomously decompose complex requests, resolve ambiguities, and optimize service orchestration. Through this chatbot-like interaction model, 6G-TERRAIN aims to enable faster service deployment, reduced configuration errors, and fully autonomous zero-touch 6G network management.