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RAN slicing technology is a key aspect of the Open RAN paradigm, allowing simultaneous and independent provision of various services such as ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), and massive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Patatchona Keyela , Soumaya Cherkaoui

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

With the ever-improving computing capabilities and storage capacities of mobile devices in line with evolving telecommunication network paradigms, there has been an explosion of research interest towards exploring Distributed Learning (DL)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Shashank Jere , Yifei Song , Yang Yi , Lingjia Liu

Distributed training across several quantum computers could significantly improve the training time and if we could share the learned model, not the data, it could potentially improve the data privacy as the training would happen where the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-23 Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Shinjae Yoo

Sixth-generation (6G) networks anticipate intelligently supporting a wide range of smart services and innovative applications. Such a context urges a heavy usage of Machine Learning (ML) techniques, particularly Deep Learning (DL), to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Houda Hafi , Bouziane Brik , Pantelis A. Frangoudis , Adlen Ksentini

Network slicing promises to provision diversified services with distinct requirements in one infrastructure. Deep reinforcement learning (e.g., deep $\mathcal{Q}$-learning, DQL) is assumed to be an appropriate algorithm to solve the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Chen Qi , Yuxiu Hua , Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao , Honggang Zhang

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 next generation of tactical networks (TNs) is poised to further leverage the key enablers of 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) technology, such as radio access network (RAN) slicing and the open RAN (O-RAN) paradigm, to unlock multiple…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Abderrahime Filali , Diala Naboulsi , Georges Kaddoum

In this paper, we introduce Quantum-Train-Based Distributed Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (Dist-QTRL), a novel approach to addressing the scalability challenges of traditional Reinforcement Learning (RL) by integrating quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-13 Kuan-Cheng Chen , Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Chen-Yu Liu , Kin K. Leung

Quantum federated learning (QFL) is a novel framework that integrates the advantages of classical federated learning (FL) with the computational power of quantum technologies. This includes quantum computing and quantum machine learning…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Mahdi Chehimi , Samuel Yen-Chi Chen , Walid Saad , Don Towsley , Mérouane Debbah

Studying adversarial robustness of quantum machine learning (QML) models is essential in order to understand their potential advantages over classical models and build trustworthy systems. Distributing QML models allows leveraging multiple…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Pouya Kananian , Hans-Arno Jacobsen

While impressive progress has been already achieved in wide-bandgap (WBG) semicon-ductors such as 4H-SiC and GaN technologies, the lack of intelligent methodologies to control the gate drives prevented to the exploit the maximum potential…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-09 Meysam Gheisarnejad , Mohammad-Hassan Khooban

Applying of network slicing in vehicular networks becomes a promising paradigm to support emerging Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) applications with diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements. However, achieving effective network slicing in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-30 Jie Mei , Xianbin Wang , Kan Zheng

Network slicing envisions the 5th generation (5G) mobile network resource allocation to be based on different requirements for different services, such as Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) and Enhanced Mobile Broadband…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Nien Fang Cheng , Turgay Pamuklu , Melike Erol-Kantarci

Quantum federated learning (QFL) is a combination of distributed quantum computing and federated machine learning, integrating the strengths of both to enable privacy-preserving decentralized learning with quantum-enhanced capabilities. It…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Dinh C. Nguyen , Md Raihan Uddin , Shaba Shaon , Ratun Rahman , Octavia Dobre , Dusit Niyato

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

Network slicing is a promising technology that allows mobile network operators to efficiently serve various emerging use cases in 5G. It is challenging to optimize the utilization of network infrastructures while guaranteeing the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Qiang Liu , Nakjung Choi , Tao Han

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

Recent advancements in quantum computing, alongside successful deployments of quantum communication, hold promises for revolutionizing mobile networks. While Quantum Machine Learning (QML) presents opportunities, it contends with challenges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 Himanshu Sahu , Hari Prabhat Gupta

The forthcoming 6G networks will embrace a new realm of AI-driven services that requires innovative network slicing strategies, namely slicing for AI, which involves the creation of customized network slices to meet Quality of service (QoS)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Menna Helmy , Alaa Awad Abdellatif , Naram Mhaisen , Amr Mohamed , Aiman Erbad