• AI‑Paging lets 6G networks auto‑match user intent to the right AI model across multiple providers. • The control‑plane transaction issues an AI service identity, session token, and expiring lease. • Lease‑gated steering ensures no user‑plane routing until a COMMIT lease is granted. • Make‑before‑break anchoring guarantees continuity during dynamic network changes. • Prototype leverages existing 3GPP control and QoS flows, no new headers. • Evaluations show low latency, minimal relocation interruption, and robust lease enforcement. • Audit‑evidence overhead remains low even under mobility and failure scenarios.

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  • AI‑Paging: Lease‑Based Execution Anchoring for AI‑as‑a‑Service

Researchers propose “AI‑Paging,” a control‑plane mechanism that lets 6G networks automatically match user intents to the most suitable AI model and execution point. The system issues an AI service identity (AISI), a scoped session token (AIST), and an expiring admission lease (COMMIT) that authorizes steering of traffic to a selected AI anchor (AEXF) under defined QoS constraints. Two key invariants-lease‑gated steering and make‑before‑break anchoring-ensure continuity and reliability even as network conditions change. The prototype uses existing 3GPP control and user‑plane features, adding no new packet headers, and evaluates latency, interruption, lease expiry enforcement, and audit overhead.

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