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Dynamic network slicing has emerged as a promising and fundamental framework for meeting 5G's diverse use cases. As machine learning (ML) is expected to play a pivotal role in the efficient control and management of these networks, in this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Tania Panayiotou , Giannis Savva , Ioannis Tomkos , Georgios Ellinas

In this paper, cooperative edge caching problem is studied in fog radio access networks (F-RANs). Given the non-deterministic polynomial hard (NP-hard) property of the problem, a dueling deep Q network (Dueling DQN) based caching update…

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Future Internet involves several emerging technologies such as 5G and beyond 5G networks, vehicular networks, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, and Internet of Things (IoTs). Moreover, future Internet becomes heterogeneous and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Tianxu Li , Kun Zhu , Nguyen Cong Luong , Dusit Niyato , Qihui Wu , Yang Zhang , Bing Chen

While 5G is being deployed worldwide, 6G is receiving increasing attention from researchers to meet the growing demand for higher data rates, lower latency, higher density, and seamless communications worldwide. To meet the stringent…

This study addresses the challenge of optimal power allocation in stochastic wireless networks by employing a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) framework. Specifically, we design a Deep Q-Network (DQN) agent capable of learning adaptive…

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Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) requires agents to discover joint strategies in a combinatorially large state-action space, yet effective coordination configurations are exceedingly rare. Intrinsic motivation, which…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Dahyun Oh , Minhyuk Yoon , H. Jin Kim

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are capable of serving as aerial base stations (BSs) for providing both cost-effective and on-demand wireless communications. This article investigates dynamic resource allocation of multiple UAVs enabled…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-25 Jingjing Cui , Yuanwei Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan

Mapping deep neural networks (DNNs) to hardware is critical for optimizing latency, energy consumption, and resource utilization, making it a cornerstone of high-performance accelerator design. Due to the vast and complex mapping space,…

The notions of softwarization and virtualization of the radio access network (RAN) of next-generation (5G) wireless systems are ushering in a vision where applications and services are physically decoupled from devices and network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Salvatore D'Oro , Francesco Restuccia , Alessandro Talamonti , Tommaso Melodia

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

Efficient network slicing is vital to deal with the highly variable and dynamic characteristics of network traffic generated by a varied range of applications. The problem is made more challenging with the advent of new technologies such as…

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There is an increase in usage of smaller cells or femtocells to improve performance and coverage of next-generation heterogeneous wireless networks (HetNets). However, the interference caused by femtocells to neighboring cells is a limiting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-20 Roohollah Amiri , Hani Mehrpouyan , Lex Fridman , Ranjan K. Mallik , Arumugam Nallanathan , David Matolak

The advent of 5G and the emergence of 6G networks demand unprecedented flexibility and efficiency in Radio Access Network (RAN) resource management to satisfy diverse service-level agreements (SLAs). Existing RAN slicing frameworks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Mohammad Zangooei , Bo Sun , Noura Limam , Raouf Boutaba

In this paper, the problem of opportunistic spectrum sharing for the next generation of wireless systems empowered by the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is studied. More precisely, low-priority users employ cooperative spectrum sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-17 Hossein Safi , A. M Montazeri , Javane Rostampoor , Saeedeh Parsaeefard

MmWaves have been envisioned as a promising direction to provide Gbps wireless access. However, they are susceptible to high path losses and blockages, which directional antennas can only partially mitigate. That makes mmWave networks…

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This correspondence considers the resource allocation problem in wireless interference channel (IC) under link outage constraints. Since the optimization problem is non-convex in nature, existing approaches to find the optimal power…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Saniul Alam , Sadia Islam , Muhammad R. A. Khandaker , Risala T. Khan , Faisal Tariq , Apriana Toding

Dynamic sleep mode optimization (SMO) in millimeter-wave (mmWave) networks is essential for maximizing energy efficiency (EE) under stringent quality-of-service (QoS) constraints. However, existing optimization and reinforcement learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Saad Masrur , Ismail Guvenc , David Lopez Perez

This paper studies the multi-agent resource allocation problem in vehicular networks using non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and network slicing. To ensure heterogeneous service requirements for different vehicles, we propose a network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-28 Zoubeir Mlika , Soumaya Cherkaoui

O-RAN (Open-Radio Access Network) offers a flexible, open architecture for next-generation wireless networks. Network slicing within O-RAN allows network operators to create customized virtual networks, each tailored to meet the specific…

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