Open Source Summit India 2026

6G isn't just faster 5G it's a paradigm shift toward semantic and goal-oriented communications, where networks transmit meaning rather than raw bits. The ITU IMT-2030 framework positions native AI and semantic layers as first-class network citizens. But what does this look like in open source? This talk breaks down the semantic communication stack: the AI encoder/decoder models, the task-oriented transmission protocols, and the Linux-based infrastructure that will run 6G network functions. We'll explore how eBPF provides the programmable observability layer for semantic pipelines , tracing inference latency, enforcing semantic QoS policies, and monitoring model-level telemetry at the kernel boundary. Attendees will walk away with a concrete mental model of the open 6G architecture and where open source communities need to build next.