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Towards the development of 6G mobile networks, it is promising to integrate a large number of devices from multi-dimensional platforms, and it is crucial to have a solid understanding of the theoretical limits of large-scale networks. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Yanxiao Liu , Shenghao Yang , Cheuk Ting Li

As networks evolve towards 6G, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) must accommodate diverse requirements and at the same time manage rising energy consumption. Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) networks facilitate dense cellular deployments…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Reshma Prasad , Maxime Elkael , Gabriele Gemmi , Osama M. Bushnaq , Debashisha Mishra , Prasanna Raut , Jennifer Simonjan , Michele Polese , Tommaso Melodia

This paper addresses join wireless and computing resource allocation in mobile edge computing (MEC) systems with several access points and with the possibility that users connect to many access points, and utilize the computation capability…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-29 M. Zeng

In this paper, we propose an innovative predict-and-optimize algorithm designed for hybrid WiFi/LiFi networks, aiming to achieve service differentiation while maximizing energy efficiency (EE). The proposed framework utilizes multi-access…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Asim Ihsan , Muhammad Asif , Hossein Safi , Iman Tavakkolnia , Harald Haas

Network slicing is essential for transforming future telecommunication networks into versatile service platforms, but it also presents challenges for sustainable network operations. While meeting the requirements of network slices incurs…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Hnin Pann Phyu , Razvan Stanica , Diala Naboulsi , Gwenael Poitau

The combination of mobile edge computing (MEC) and radio frequency-based wireless power transfer (WPT) presents a promising technique for providing sustainable energy supply and computing services at the network edge. This study considers a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Yang Li , Xing Zhang , Bo Lei , Qianying Zhao , Min Wei , Zheyan Qu , Wenbo Wang

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 novel resource allocation for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is presented as a means of not only helping to communicate and access information with increasing efficiency in the next generation of mobile…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-28 Jalal Jalali

Network slicing is a critical technique for 5G communications that covers radio access network (RAN), edge, transport and core slicing.The evolving network architecture requires the orchestration of multiple network resources such as radio…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-02 Hao Zhou , Melike Erol-Kantarci , Vincent Poor

The fifth generation and beyond wireless communication will support vastly heterogeneous services and use demands such as massive connection, low latency and high transmission rate. Network slicing has been envisaged as an efficient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-02 Fei Song , Jun Li , Chuan Ma , Yijin Zhang , Long Shi , Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody Li

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

In this article, we propose a novel formulation for the resource allocation problem of a sliced and disaggregated Radio Access Network (RAN) and its transport network. Our proposal assures an end-to-end delay bound for the Ultra-Reliable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Flávio G. C. Rocha , Gabriel M. F. de Almeida , Kleber V. Cardoso , Cristiano B. Both , José F. de Rezende

The ever increasing number of connected devices and of new and heterogeneous mobile use cases implies that 5G cellular systems will face demanding technical challenges. For example, Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC) and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-21 Matteo Pagin , Francesco Agostini , Tommaso Zugno , Michele Polese , Michele Zorzi

In order to meet the performance/privacy requirements of future data-intensive mobile applications, e.g., self-driving cars, mobile data analytics, and AR/VR, service providers are expected to draw on shared storage/computation/connectivity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Jiaxiao Zheng , Gustavo de Veciana

Network slicing is one of the key features for 5G networks to be able to accommodate the anticipated diversity of applications and business actors in a resource-efficient manner. While significant progress has already been achieved at 3GPP…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-06 R. Ferrús , O. Sallent , J. Pérez-Romero , R. Agustí

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

Software Defined Networking (SDN) can effectively improve the performance of traffic engineering and has promising application foreground in backbone networks. Therefore, new energy saving schemes must take SDN into account, which is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-05-13 Yunkai Wei , Xiaoning Zhang , Lei Xie , Supeng Leng

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

We model the scenarios of network slicing allocation for the micro-operator (MO) network. The MO creates the slices "as a service" of wireless resource and then allocates these slices to multiple mobile network operators (MNOs). We propose…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Tachporn Sanguanpuak , Nandana Rajatheva , Dusit Niyato , Matti Latva-aho

In this paper, we aim to maximize the SSR for heterogeneous service demands in the cooperative MEC-assisted RAN slicing system by jointly considering the multi-node computing resources cooperation and allocation, the transmission resource…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Chong Zheng , Yongming Huang , Cheng Zhang , Tony Q. S. Quek