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Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) enable dynamic electromagnetic control for 6G networks, but existing control schemes lack responsiveness to fast-varying network conditions, limiting their applicability for ultra-reliable low…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Oscar Adamuz-Hinojosa , Lanfranco Zanzi , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Marco Di Renzo , Xavier Costa-Pérez

In order to make Internet connections ubiquitous and autonomous in our daily lives, maximizing the utilization of radio resources and social information is one of the major research topics in future mobile communication technologies. Fog…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-24 Haijun Zhang , Yu Qiu , Xiaoli Chu , Keping Long , Victor C. M. Leung

The emergence of 6G technology represents a significant advancement in wireless communications, providing unprecedented speed, extremely low latency, and pioneering applications. In light of this development, an important question arises:…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Sneihil Gopal , Aziz Kord , Richard A. Rouil

Connected Vehicles (CVs) can leverage the unique features of 5G and future 6G/NextG networks to enhance Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) services. However, even with advancements in cellular network generations, CV applications may…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Maria Barbosa , Kelvin Dias

Due to the huge surge in the traffic of IoT devices and applications, mobile networks require a new paradigm shift to handle such demand roll out. With the 5G economics, those networks should provide virtualized multi-vendor and intelligent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Ibrahim Tamim , Anas Saci , Manar Jammal , Abdallah Shami

The collaborative research project 6G-ANNA develops concepts for the 6G radio access network (RAN) architecture and technology components. Previous RAN generations have become inherently more complex and reach their limits in handling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Peter Schefczik , Umar Toseef , Paolo Baracca , Ralf Klotsche , Torsten Dudda , Mai-Anh Phan , Lorenzo Miretti , David Ginthoer , Bin Han

The evolution of the future beyond-5G/6G networks towards a service-aware network is based on network slicing technology. With network slicing, communication service providers seek to meet all the requirements imposed by the verticals,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Abderrahime Filali , Boubakr Nour , Soumaya Cherkaoui , Abdellatif Kobbane

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

5G and beyond cellular networks (NextG) will support the continuous execution of resource-expensive edge-assisted deep learning (DL) tasks. To this end, Radio Access Network (RAN) resources will need to be carefully "sliced" to satisfy…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Corrado Puligheddu , Jonathan Ashdown , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Francesco Restuccia

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

The growing demand for high-speed, reliable wireless connectivity in 6G networks necessitates innovative approaches to overcome the limitations of traditional Radio Access Network (RAN). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Reza Aghazadeh Ayoubi , Marouan Mizmizi , Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini , Umberto Spagnolini

Fifth-generation (5G) and beyond systems are expected to accelerate the ongoing transformation of power systems towards the smart grid. However, the inherent heterogeneity in smart grid services and requirements pose significant challenges…

Modern RAN operate in highly dynamic and heterogeneous environments, where hand-tuned, rule-based RRM algorithms often underperform. While RL can surpass such heuristics in constrained settings, the diversity of deployments and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Burak Demirel , Yu Wang , Cristian Tatino , Pablo Soldati

This paper studies Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing strategies for 5G Industry~4.0 networks with ultra-reliable low-latency communication (uRLLC) requirements. We compare four RAN slicing deployment options that differ in slice sharing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Oscar Adamuz-Hinojosa , Abdelhilah Abdeselam , Pablo Muñoz , Pablo Ameigeiras , Juan M. Lopez-Soler

In 5G non-standalone mode, traffic steering is a critical technique to take full advantage of 5G new radio while optimizing dual connectivity of 5G and LTE networks in multiple radio access technology (RAT). An intelligent traffic steering…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Md Arafat Habib , Hao Zhou , Pedro Enrique Iturria Rivera , Medhat Elsayed , Majid Bavand , Raimundas Gaigalas , Steve Furr , Melike Erol-Kantarci

As 5G deployments continue throughout the world, concerns regarding its energy consumption have gained significant traction. This article focuses on radio access networks (RANs) which account for a major portion of the network energy use.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Lopamudra Kundu , Xingqin Lin , Rajesh Gadiyar

The deployment of AI agents within legacy Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure poses significant safety and reliability challenges for future 6G networks. This paper presents a novel Edge AI framework for autonomous network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-28 Abdelaziz Salama , Zeinab Nezami , Mohammed M. H. Qazzaz , Maryam Hafeez , Syed Ali Raza Zaidi

The vision of 5G lies in providing high data rates, low latency (for the aim of near-real-time applications), significantly increased base station capacity, and near-perfect quality of service (QoS) for users, compared to LTE networks. In…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Hakan Erdol , Xiaoyang Wang , Peizheng Li , Jonathan D. Thomas , Robert Piechocki , George Oikonomou , Rui Inacio , Abdelrahim Ahmad , Keith Briggs , Shipra Kapoor

The fifth-generation of mobile radio technologies is expected to be agile, flexible, and scalable while provisioning ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (uRLLC), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), and massive machine type…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Sourav Mondal , Marco Ruffini

Open radio access network (ORAN) provides an open architecture to implement radio access network (RAN) of the fifth generation (5G) and beyond mobile communications. As a key technology for the evolution to the sixth generation (6G)…