Secured and Standardized Intelligent Zero-Touch 6G Framework for Edge-AI Applications

The shift to the sixth-generation networks (6G) presents new demands of automation and intelligence and trust of heterogeneously linked edge worlds. This paper describes a proposed framework of the Secured and Standardized Zero-Touch 6G (SS-ZT6G) incorporating Zero-Trust concepts, blockchain-security audit and AI-driven orchestration to allow autonomous, resilient and standards-compliant edge services management. The framework uses closed-loop automation and predictive orchestration as well as standardized APIs, in alignment with ETSI ZSM, 3GPP MANO, and O-RAN specifications, to achieve interoperability and compatibility of service provisioning. Empirical tests indicate a 44.9% decrease in latency, an increase of 9.8% in efficiency of automation, and 97.5% security detection accuracy as compared to reference architectures. The findings confirm that SS-ZT6G has the potential to deliver a secure, interoperable, and self-optimizing backbone of Edge-AI-based 6G ecosystems, which will create the possibility of sustainable and intelligent network autonomy.