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This paper investigates the use of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) to address distributed channel access in wireless local area networks. In particular, we consider the challenging yet more practical case where the agents…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Jiaming Yu , Le Liang , Chongtao Guo , Ziyang Guo , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li

We present a framework combining hierarchical and multi-agent deep reinforcement learning approaches to solve coordination problems among a multitude of agents using a semi-decentralized model. The framework extends the multi-agent learning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-12-25 Saurabh Kumar , Pararth Shah , Dilek Hakkani-Tur , Larry Heck

Recent techniques in dynamical scheduling and resource management have found applications in warehouse environments due to their ability to organize and prioritize tasks in a higher temporal resolution. The rise of deep reinforcement…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Stelios Stavroulakis , Biswa Sengupta

The heterogeneity in cellular networks that comprise multiple base stations types imposes new challenges in network planning and deployment. The Radio Resource Management (RRM) techniques, such as dynamic sharing of the available resources…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-12-18 Katerina Smiljkovikj , Aleksandar Ichkov , Marko Angjelicinoski , Vladimir Atanasovski , Liljana Gavrilovska

This paper studies multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) based resource allocation methods for multi-cell wireless powered communication networks (WPCNs) where multiple hybrid access points (H-APs) wirelessly charge energy-limited…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Sangwon Hwang , Hanjin Kim , Hoon Lee , Inkyu Lee

Heterogeneous cellular networks with small cells densely deployed underlying the conventional homogeneous macrocells are emerging as a promising candidate for the fifth generation (5G) mobile network. When a large number of base stations…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-29 Yong Niu , Chuhan Gao , Yong Li , Li Su , Depeng Jin

Cloud native technology has revolutionized 5G beyond and 6G communication networks, offering unprecedented levels of operational automation, flexibility, and adaptability. However, the vast array of cloud native services and applications…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Lin Wang , Jiasheng Wu , Yue Gao , Jingjing Zhang

In next generation of Wi-Fi networks Multiple Access Point Coordination (MAPC) is poised to significantly enhance the network performance by enabling a set of Access Points (APs) to coordinate with each other through advanced coordinating…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Ziru Chen , Salvatore Talarico , Qing Xia , Xihan Peng , Xing Hao , Lin X. Cai

Multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) is commonly considered to suffer from non-stationary environments and exponentially increasing policy space. It would be even more challenging when rewards are sparse and delayed over long…

Semi-grant-free non-orthogonal multiple access (semi-GF NOMA) has emerged as a promising technology for the fifth-generation new radio (5G-NR) networks supporting the coexistence of a large number of random connections with various quality…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Duc-Dung Tran , Vu Nguyen Ha , Symeon Chatzinotas , Ti Ti Nguyen

This paper studies a deep learning (DL) framework to solve distributed non-convex constrained optimizations in wireless networks where multiple computing nodes, interconnected via backhaul links, desire to determine an efficient assignment…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-03 Hoon Lee , Sang Hyun Lee , Tony Q. S. Quek

This paper aims to balance performance and cost in a two-hop wireless cooperative communication network where the source and relays have contradictory optimization goals and make decisions in a distributed manner. This differs from most…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Yuanzhe Geng , Erwu Liu , Wei Ni , Rui Wang , Yan Liu , Hao Xu , Chen Cai , Abbas Jamalipour

We propose the joint dynamic power allocation and multi-relay selection for the cohabitation of high-priority military radar and low-priority commercial 5G communication. To improve the 5G network performance, we design the full-duplex…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Tan Le , Van Le

In large-scale systems there are fundamental challenges when centralised techniques are used for task allocation. The number of interactions is limited by resource constraints such as on computation, storage, and network communication. We…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Niall Creech , Natalia Criado Pacheco , Simon Miles

Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) in cellular networks combines access and backhaul within a wireless infrastructure reducing reliance on fibre-based backhaul. This enables faster and more cost-effective network expansion, especially in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Paulo Furtado Correia , Andre Coelho , Manuel Ricardo

We investigate the problem of multi-hop scheduling in self-backhauled millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. Owing to the high path loss and blockage of mmWave links, multi-hop paths between the macro base station and the intended users via…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-27 Trung Kien Vu , Chen-Feng Liu , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah , Matti Latva-aho

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

The rapid development of mobile networks proliferates the demands of high data rate, low latency, and high-reliability applications for the fifth-generation (5G) and beyond (B5G) mobile networks. Concurrently, the massive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Chih-Wei Huang , Yen-Cheng Chou , Hong-Yunn Chen , Cheng-Fu Chou

In order to cope with the ever increasing traffic load that networks will need to support, a new approach for planning cellular networks deployments should be followed. Traditionally, cell association and resource allocation has been based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-08 Gabriel Otero Pérez , Manuel Fernández Veiga

In this paper, we develop algorithms for joint user scheduling and three types of mmWave link configuration: relay selection, codebook optimization, and beam tracking in millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. Our goal is to design an online…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Yi Zhang , Robert W. Heath