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GAN-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Semantic-Aware Resource Allocation in 6G Network Slicing

Networking and Internet Architecture 2026-04-13 v1 Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

Abstract

Sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks must support heterogeneous services: enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) requiring 1 Tbps data rates, massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) supporting 10 million devices per km, and Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) with 0.1-1 ms latency. Current resource allocation suffers from three limitations: (1) semantic blindness wasting 35% bandwidth on redundant data, (2) discrete action quantization, and (3) limited training diversity. This paper proposes GAN-DDPG, a Generative Adversarial Network-enhanced Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient framework integrating conditional GANs for traffic synthesis, continuous action DDPG, and semantic-aware reward optimization. Extensive simulations with statistical validation demonstrate significant improvements: 22% URLLC, 20% eMBB, 25% mMTC spectral efficiency gains (all p < 0.001) compared to baseline DDPG, with 18% latency and 31% packet loss reduction.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2604.08576,
  title  = {GAN-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Semantic-Aware Resource Allocation in 6G Network Slicing},
  author = {Daniel Benniah John},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.08576},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

15 pages, 8 figures. Under review. Simulation-based evaluation for 6G network slicing

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