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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

With the global roll-out of the fifth generation (5G) networks, it is necessary to look beyond 5G and envision the 6G networks. The 6G networks are expected to have space-air-ground integrated networks, advanced network virtualization, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-08 Wen Wu , Conghao Zhou , Mushu Li , Huaqing Wu , Haibo Zhou , Ning Zhang , Xuemin , Shen , Weihua Zhuang

While network slicing has become a prevalent approach to service differentiation, radio access network (RAN) slicing remains challenging due to the need of substantial adaptivity and flexibility to cope with the highly dynamic network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Conghao Zhou , Jie Gao , Mushu Li , Xuemin Shen , Weihua Zhuang , Xu Li , Weisen Shi

Network slicing is a critical driver for guaranteeing the diverse service level agreements (SLA) in 5G and future networks. Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been widely utilized for resource allocation in network slicing.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Heng Zhang , Guangjin Pan , Shugong Xu , Shunqing Zhang , Zhiyuan Jiang

When a network slice spans multiple technology domains, it is crucial for each domain to uphold the End-to-End (E2E) Service Level Agreement (SLA) associated with the slice. Consequently, the E2E SLA must be properly decomposed into partial…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Cyril Shih-Huan Hsu , Danny De Vleeschauwer , Chrysa Papagianni , Paola Grosso

Network slicing allows network operators to build multiple isolated virtual networks on a shared physical network to accommodate a wide variety of services and applications. With network slicing, service providers can provide a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Adel Nadjaran Toosi , Redowan Mahmud , Qinghua Chi , Rajkumar Buyya

Network slicing to support multi-tenancy plays a key role in improving the performance of 5G networks. In this paper, we propose a two time-scale framework for the reservation-based network slicing in the backhaul and Radio Access Network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-23 Navid Reyhanian , Zhi-Quan Luo

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

5G mobile networks encompass the capabilities of hosting a variety of services such as mobile social networks, multimedia delivery, healthcare, transportation, and public safety. Therefore, the major challenge in designing the 5G networks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-19 Dinh Thai Hoang , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Antonio De Domenico , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

Network function virtualization is a promising technology to simultaneously support multiple services with diverse characteristics and requirements in the fifth generation and beyond networks. In practice, each service consists of a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-04 Wei-Kun Chen , Ya-Feng Liu , Antonio De Domenico , Zhi-Quan Luo

Network slicing enables multiple virtual networks run on the same physical infrastructure to support various use cases in 5G and beyond. These use cases, however, have very diverse network resource demands, e.g., communication and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-21 Qiang Liu , Tao Han , Ning Zhang , Ye Wang

Cellular networks are comprised of software-based entities, with main functions encapsulated as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) deployed on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware. As a key enabler of 5G, network slicing offers logically…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Ioannis Panitsas , Tolga O. Atalay , Dragoslav Stojadinovic , Angelos Stavrou , Leandros Tassiulas

Network slicing is emerging as a promising method to provide sought-after versatility and flexibility to cope with ever-increasing demands. To realize such potential advantages and to meet the challenging requirements of various network…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Jalal Khamse-Ashari , Gamini Senarath , Irem Bor-Yaliniz , Halim Yanikomeroglu

The customization of services in Fifth-generation (5G) and Beyond 5G (B5G) networks relies heavily on network slicing, which creates multiple virtual networks on a shared physical infrastructure, tailored to meet specific requirements of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Nguyen Phuc Tran , Oscar Delgado , Brigitte Jaumard

Network slicing allows different applications and network services to be deployed on virtualized resources running on a common underlying physical infrastructure. Developing a scalable system for the orchestration of end-to-end (E2E) mobile…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-12 I. Afolabi , J. P. Garzon , M. Bagaa , T. Taleb , P. Ameigeiras

Network slicing enables multiple virtual networks to be instantiated and customized to meet heterogeneous use case requirements over 5G and beyond network deployments. However, most of the solutions available today face scalability issues…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Farhad Rezazadeh , Lanfranco Zanzi , Francesco Devoti , Hatim Chergui , Xavier Costa-Perez , Christos Verikoukis

Network slicing provides introduces customized and agile network deployment for managing different service types for various verticals under the same infrastructure. To cater to the dynamic service requirements of these verticals and meet…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-07 Joseph Thaliath , Solmaz Niknam , Sukhdeep Singh , Rahul Banerji , Navrati Saxena , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeffrey H. Reed , Ali Kashif Bashir , Avinash Bhat , Abhishek Roy

Towards addressing spectral scarcity and enhancing resource utilization in 5G networks, network slicing is a promising technology to establish end-to-end virtual networks without requiring additional infrastructure investments. By…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Panagiotis Promponas , Leandros Tassiulas

Network Slicing (NS) has transformed the landscape of resource sharing in networks, offering flexibility to support services and applications with highly variable requirements in areas such as the next-generation 5G/6G mobile networks…

5G and beyond is expected to enable various emerging use cases with diverse performance requirements from vertical industries. To serve these use cases cost-effectively, network slicing plays a key role in dynamically creating virtual…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-08-01 Qiang Liu , Nakjung Choi , Tao Han