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The increasing complexity and dynamic nature of 5G open radio access networks (O-RAN) pose significant challenges to maintaining low latency, high throughput, and resource efficiency. While existing methods leverage machine learning for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Raúl Parada , Ebrahim Abu-Helalah , Jordi Serra , Anton Aguilar , Paolo Dini

The dynamic allocation of spectrum in 5G / 6G networks is critical to efficient resource utilization. However, applying traditional deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is often infeasible due to its immense sample complexity and the safety…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Oluwaseyi Giwa , Tobi Awodunmila , Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Ahsan Bilal , Muhammad Ali Jamshed

Dynamic resource allocation in O-RAN is critical for managing the conflicting QoS requirements of 6G network slices. Conventional reinforcement learning agents often fail in this domain, as their unimodal policy structures cannot model the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Salar Nouri , Mojdeh Karbalaeimotaleb , Vahid Shah-Mansouri , Tarik Taleb

In this paper, a novel experienced deep reinforcement learning (deep-RL) framework is proposed to provide model-free resource allocation for ultra reliable low latency communication (URLLC). The proposed, experienced deep-RL framework can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-15 Ali Taleb Zadeh Kasgari , Walid Saad , Mohammad Mozaffari , H. Vincent Poor

In mobile networks, Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) provides a framework for implementing network slicing that interacts with the resources at the lower layers. Both monitoring and Radio Access Network (RAN) control is feasible for both 4G…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Andreas Casparsen , Beatriz Soret , Jimmy Jessen Nielsen , Petar Popovski

The 5G systems will feature three generic services: enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) and Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC). The diverse requirements of these services in terms…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-13 Eduardo Noboro Tominaga , Hirley Alves , Richard Demo Souza , João Luiz Rebelatto , Matti Latva-Aho

As computing power is becoming the core productivity of the digital economy era, the concept of Computing and Network Convergence (CNC), under which network and computing resources can be dynamically scheduled and allocated according to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-23 Aidong Yang , Mohan Wu , Boquan Cheng , Xiaozhou Ye , Ye Ouyang

This paper is concerned with slicing a radio access network (RAN) for simultaneously serving two typical 5G and beyond use cases, i.e., enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC). Although…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-24 Peng Yang , Xing Xi , Yaru Fu , Tony Q. S. Quek , Xianbin Cao , Dapeng Wu

The core innovation in future 5G cellular networksnetwork slicing, aims at providing a flexible and efficient framework of network organization and resource management. The revolutionary network architecture based on slices, makes most of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-13 Bin Han , Shreya Tayade , Hans D. Schotten

Ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) service is envisioned to enable use cases with strict reliability and latency requirements in 5G. One approach for enabling URLLC services is to leverage Reinforcement Learning (RL) to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-26 Wei Shi , Milad Ganjalizadeh , Hossein Shokri Ghadikolaei , Marina Petrova

Setting the transmit power setting of 5G cells has been a long-term topic of discussion, as optimized power settings can help reduce interference and improve the quality of service to users. Recently, machine learning (ML)-based, especially…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-28 Peizheng Li , Hakan Erdol , Keith Briggs , Xiaoyang Wang , Robert Piechocki , Abdelrahim Ahmad , Rui Inacio , Shipra Kapoor , Angela Doufexi , Arjun Parekh

Networks in the current 5G and beyond systems increasingly carry heterogeneous traffic with diverse quality-of-service constraints, making real-time routing decisions both complex and time-critical. A common approach, such as a heuristic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Sebastian Racedo , Brigitte Jaumard , Oscar Delgado , Meysam Masoudi

As mobile networks proliferate, we are experiencing a strong diversification of services, which requires greater flexibility from the existing network. Network slicing is proposed as a promising solution for resource utilization in 5G and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Yongshuai Liu , Jiaxin Ding , Zhi-Li Zhang , Xin Liu

Recently released 5G networks empower the novel Network Slicing concept. %which enables novel business models; Network slicing introduces new business models such as allowing telecom providers to lease a virtualized slice of their…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-17 Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Marco Di Renzo , Xavier Costa-Perez

Network slicing has been introduced in 5G/6G networks to address the challenge of providing new services with different and sometimes conflicting requirements. With SDN and NFV technologies being used in the design of 5G and 6G wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-02 Zeinab Sasan , Siavash Khorsandi

The emerging technology of multi-tenancy network slicing is considered as an essential feature of 5G cellular networks. It provides network slices as a new type of public cloud services, and therewith increases the service flexibility and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Bin Han , Hans D. Schotten

We argue for network slicing as an efficient solution that addresses the diverse requirements of 5G mobile networks, thus providing the necessary flexibility and scalability associated with future network implementations. We elaborate on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-10 P. Rost , C. Mannweiler , D. S. Michalopoulos , C. Sartori , V. Sciancalepore , N. Sastry , O. Holland , S. Tayade , B. Han , D. Bega , D. Aziz , H. Bakker

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

The growing complexity and capacity demands for mobile networks necessitate innovative techniques for optimizing resource usage. Meanwhile, recent breakthroughs have brought Reinforcement Learning (RL) into the domain of continuous control…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Vegard Edvardsen , Gard Spreemann , Jeriek Van den Abeele

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