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Network slicing allows Telecom Operators (TOs) to support service provisioning with diverse Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The combination of network slicing and Open Radio Access Network (RAN) enables TOs to provide more customized…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Hai Cheng , Salvatore D'Oro , Rajeev Gangula , Sakthivel Velumani , Davide Villa , Leonardo Bonati , Michele Polese , Gabriel Arrobo , Christian Maciocco , Tommaso Melodia

Network slicing is an effective 5G concept for improved resource utilization and service scalability tailored to users (UEs) requirements. According to the standardization, 5G system should support UEs through specification of its…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Sharvari Ravindran , Saptarshi Chaudhuri , Jyotsna Bapat , Debabrata Das

This paper investigates a futuristic spectrum sharing paradigm for heterogeneous wireless networks with imperfect channels. In the heterogeneous networks, multiple wireless networks adopt different medium access control (MAC) protocols to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Yiding Yu , Soung Chang Liew , Taotao Wang

6G networks are expected to be AI-native, intent-driven, and economically programmable, requiring fundamentally new approaches to network slice orchestration. Existing slicing frameworks, largely designed for 5G, rely on static policies and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Eranga Bandara , Ross Gore , Sachin Shetty , Ravi Mukkamala , Tharaka Hewa , Abdul Rahman , Xueping Liang , Safdar H. Bouk , Amin Hass , Peter Foytik , Ng Wee Keong , Kasun De Zoysa

A significant purpose of 5G networks is allowing sharing resources among different network tenants such as service providers and Mobile Virtual network Operators. Numerous domains are taken in account regarding resource sharing containing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Wardah Saleh , Shahrin Chowdhury

Effective resource management and network slicing are essential to meet the diverse service demands of vehicular networks, including Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC). This paper…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Haochen Sun , Yifan Liu , Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi , Swarna Chetty , Syed Ali Raza Zaidi , Avishek Nag , Hamed Ahmadi

We propose a mechanism for distributed resource management and interference mitigation in wireless networks using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (RL). We equip each transmitter in the network with a deep RL agent that receives…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Navid Naderializadeh , Jaroslaw Sydir , Meryem Simsek , Hosein Nikopour

Network slicing manages network resources as virtual resource blocks (RBs) for the 5G Radio Access Network (RAN). Each communication request comes with quality of experience (QoE) requirements such as throughput and latency/deadline, which…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Yi Shi , Yalin E. Sagduyu

Next-Generation Radio Access Networks (NGRAN) aim to support diverse vertical applications with strict security, latency, and Service-Level Agreement (SLA) requirements. These demands introduce challenges in securing the infrastructure,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Adhwaa Alchaab , Ayman Younis , Dario Pompili

Network slicing enabled by fifth generation (5G) systems has the potential to satisfy diversified service requirements from different vertical industries. As a typical vertical industry, smart distribution grid poses new challenges to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-08 H. V. Kalpanie Mendis , Poul E. Heegaard , Vicente Casares-Giner , Frank Y. Li , Katina Kralevska

Intelligent wireless networks have long been expected to have self-configuration and self-optimization capabilities to adapt to various environments and demands. In this paper, we develop a novel distributed hierarchical deep reinforcement…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-06 Kaiwen Yu , Chonghao Zhao , Gang Wu , Geoffrey Ye Li

The cellular device explosion in the past few decades has created many different opportunities for development for future generations. The 5G network offers a greater speed in the transmissions, a lower latency, and therefore greater…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Hisham A. Kholidy , Mohammed Abuzamak

Recently, the specifications of the fifth generation (5G) of mobile networks have been released witnessing the industrial interest around the novel network slicing concept. This context is further enriched by the evolution of an emerging…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Bin Han , Di Feng , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Hans D. Schotten

For a multi-cell, multi-user, cellular network downlink sum-rate maximization through power allocation is a nonconvex and NP-hard optimization problem. In this paper, we present an effective approach to solving this problem through single-…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Ahmad Ali Khan , Raviraj Adve

This research introduces an advanced Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) framework designed to elucidate the decision-making processes of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agents in ORAN architectures. By offering network-oriented…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-20 Suvidha Mhatre , Ferran Adelantado , Kostas Ramantas , Christos Verikoukis

5G and beyond networks promise advancements in bandwidth, latency, and connectivity. The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) framework enhances flexibility through network slicing and closed-loop RAN control. Central to this evolution is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-12 Joshua Groen , Zixian Yang , Divyadharshini Muruganandham , Mauro Belgiovine , Lei Ying , Kaushik Chowdhury

Resilience is defined as the ability of a network to resist, adapt, and quickly recover from disruptions, and to continue to maintain an acceptable level of services from users' perspective. With the advent of future radio networks,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Soumeya Kaada , Dinh-Hieu Tran , Nguyen Van Huynh , Marie-Line Alberi Morel , Sofiene Jelassi , Gerardo Rubino

Network slicing is a key feature in 5G/NG cellular networks that creates customized slices for different service types with various quality-of-service (QoS) requirements, which can achieve service differentiation and guarantee service-level…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 Yiğit Berkay Uslu , Roya Doostnejad , Alejandro Ribeiro , Navid NaderiAlizadeh

5G technology complements the enabling of communication services for different vertical industries such as smart distribution grids. Automation is an integral and necessary part of the power distribution grid operation and management. This…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-13 Kashif Mehmood , H. V. Kalpanie Mendis , Katina Kralevska , Poul E. Heegaard

Non terrestrial networks are critical for achieving global 6G coverage, yet efficient resource management in aerial and space environments remains challenging due to limited onboard power and dynamic operational conditions. Network slicing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Thanh-Dao Nguyen , Ngoc-Tan Nguyen , Thai-Duong Nguyen , Nguyen Van Huynh , Dinh-Hieu Tran , Symeon Chatzinotas