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Smart railways integrate advanced information technologies into railway operating systems to improve efficiency and reliability. Although the development of 5G has enhanced railway services, future smart railways require ultra-high speeds,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Bo Ai , Yunlong Lu , Yuguang Fang , Dusit Niyato , Ruisi He , Wei Chen , Jiayi Zhang , Guoyu Ma , Yong Niu , Zhangdui Zhong

The rapid adoption of large language models (LLMs) presents new challenges for existing network architectures due to significant peak traffic and high communication uncertainty. Traditional wireless networks struggle to support efficiently,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Boyi Liu , Jingwen Tong , Jun Zhang

In 5G networks, slicing allows partitioning of network resources to meet stringent end-to-end service requirements across multiple network segments, from access to transport. These requirements are shaping technical evolution in each of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Nashid Shahriar , Sepehr Taeb , Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury , Mubeen Zulfiqar , Massimo Tornatore , Raouf Boutaba , Jeebak Mitra , Mahdi Hemmati

Logistics is a key economic sector where any optimization that reduces costs or improves service has a great impact on society at large. In this paper, the role of two 5G Network Slicing (NS) strategies in Smart Logistics is studied: the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-13 David Segura , Emil J. Khatib , Raquel Barco

5G and edge computing will serve various emerging use cases that have diverse requirements of multiple resources, e.g., radio, transportation, and computing. Network slicing is a promising technology for creating virtual networks that can…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-31 Qiang Liu , Tao Han , Ephraim Moges

Network slicing emerged in 5G networks as a key component to enable the use of multiple services with different performance requirements on top of a shared physical network infrastructure. A major challenge lies on ensuring wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-15 André Coelho , Helder Fontes , Rui Campos , Manuel Ricardo

Network Slicing (NS) realization requires AI-native orchestration architectures to efficiently and intelligently handle heterogeneous user requirements. To achieve this, network slicing is evolving towards a more user-centric digital…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Rodrigo Moreira , Rafael Pasquini , Joberto S. B. Martins , Tereza C. Carvalho , Flávio de Oliveira Silva

The quantum machine learning (QML) paradigms and their synergies with network slicing can be envisioned to be a disruptive technology on the cusp of entering to era of sixth-generation (6G), where the mobile communication systems are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-23 Farhad Rezazadeh , Sarang Kahvazadeh , Mohammadreza Mosahebfard

There are a large number of vertical industries implementing multiple use cases, each use case characterized by diverging service, network, and connectivity requirements such as automobile, manufacturing, power grid, etc. Such heterogeneity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Mohammad Asif Habibi , Bin Han , Faqir Zarrar Yousaf , Hans D. Schotten

Network slicing in 5G and the future 6G networks will enable the creation of multiple virtualized networks on a shared physical infrastructure. This innovative approach enables the provision of tailored networks to accommodate specific…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Wei Shao , Chandra Thapa , Rayne Holland , Sarah Ali Siddiqui , Seyit Camtepe

The telecommunication field has seen unprecedented growth in the last decade that has led to the release of several generations that have been committed to satisfy users by increasing the data rate and reducing the latency, especially in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Hamza Kheddar , Soufiane Ouldkhaoua , Riadh Bouguerra

The fifth generation (5G) and beyond wireless networks are foreseen to operate in a fully automated manner, in order to fulfill the promise of ultra-short latency, meet the exponentially increasing resource requirements, and offer the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-20 T. Taleb , D. E. Bensalem , A. Laghrissi

The rapid expansion of AI-generated content (AIGC) reflects the iteration from assistive AI towards generative AI (GAI) with creativity. Meanwhile, the 6G networks will also evolve from the Internet-of-everything to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Ning Chen , Jie Yang , Zhipeng Cheng , Xuwei Fan , Zhang Liu , Bangzhen Huang , Yifeng Zhao , Lianfen Huang , Xiaojiang Du , Mohsen Guizani

Network slicing is born as an emerging business to operators, by allowing them to sell the customized slices to various tenants at different prices. In order to provide better-performing and cost-efficient services, network slicing involves…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-22 Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao , Qi Sun , Chi-Lin I , Chenyang Yang , Xianfu Chen , Minjian Zhao , Honggang Zhang

The sharing of mobile network infrastructure has become a key topic with the introduction of 5G due to the high costs of deploying such infrastructures, with neutral host models coupled with features such as network function virtualization…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Joao P. Ferreira , Vinicius C. Ferreira , Sergio L. Nogueira , Joao M. Faria , Jose A. Afonso

Fifth Generation (5G) networks are envisioned to be fully autonomous in accordance to the ETSI-defined Zero touch network and Service Management (ZSM) concept. To this end, purpose-specific Machine Learning (ML) models can be used to manage…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-13 Xenofon Vasilakos , Navid Nikaein , Dean H Lorenz , Berkay Koksal , Nasim Ferdosian

Intelligent vehicular systems and smart city applications are the fastest growing Internet of things (IoT) implementations at a compound annual growth rate of 30%. In view of the recent advances in IoT devices and the emerging new breed of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Almuthanna Nassar , Yasin Yilmaz

Building future wireless systems that support services like digital twins (DTs) is challenging to achieve through advances to conventional technologies like meta-surfaces. While artificial intelligence (AI)-native networks promise to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Walid Saad , Omar Hashash , Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Christina Chaccour , Merouane Debbah , Narayan Mandayam , Zhu Han

Automated decision making algorithms are expected to play a key role in management and orchestration of network slices in 5G and beyond networks. State-of-the-art algorithms for automated orchestration and management tend to rely on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Niloy Saha , Nashid Shahriar , Raouf Boutaba , Aladdin Saleh

This paper investigates a range of cutting-edge technologies and architectural innovations aimed at simplifying network operations, reducing operational expenditure (OpEx), and enabling the deployment of new service models. The focus is on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Kapal Dev , Sunder Ali Khowaja , Keshav Singh , Engin Zeydan , Merouane Debbah