A project between SCANlab and Huawei Munich Research Center, which focuses on creating an AI-aware networking framework, which encompasses a number of enablers that can bridge the gap, -both from the architectural, as well as from the network communication protocols’ and AI/ML algorithms’ joint design aspects-, by identifying common requirements and limitations that stem from the two domains. Cloud, Edge, as well as end user equipment and IoT devices are all considered elements of a unified pool of AI capabilities and computing resources, which can participate in centralized or distributed AI/ML processes towards robust, AI-driven network operations.