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Packet routing is one of the fundamental problems in computer networks in which a router determines the next-hop of each packet in the queue to get it as quickly as possible to its destination. Reinforcement learning (RL) has been…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-15 Xinyu You , Xuanjie Li , Yuedong Xu , Hui Feng , Jin Zhao , Huaicheng Yan

O-RAN (Open-Radio Access Network) offers a flexible, open architecture for next-generation wireless networks. Network slicing within O-RAN allows network operators to create customized virtual networks, each tailored to meet the specific…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Sihem Bakri , Indrakshi Dey , Harun Siljak , Marco Ruffini , Nicola Marchetti

The success of immersive applications such as virtual reality (VR) gaming and metaverse services depends on low latency and reliable connectivity. To provide seamless user experiences, the open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Ahmad M. Nagib , Hatem Abou-Zeid , Hossam S. Hassanein

Radio access network (RAN) slicing is a key technology that enables 5G network to support heterogeneous requirements of generic services, namely ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) and enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB). In this…

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

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

Densely deployed base stations are responsible for the majority of the energy consumed in Radio access network (RAN). While these deployments are crucial to deliver the required data rate in busy hours of the day, the network can save…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Xuanyu Liang , Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi , Swarna Chetty , Cicek Cavdar , Berk Canberk , Hamed Ahmadi

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are considered as key enablers for realizing the full potential of fifth-generation (5G) and beyond mobile networks, particularly in the context of resource management and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Farhad Rezazadeh , Lanfranco Zanzi , Francesco Devoti , Sergio Barrachina-Munoz , Engin Zeydan , Xavier Costa-Pérez , Josep Mangues-Bafalluy

5G and beyond networks promise advancements in bandwidth, latency, and connectivity. The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) framework enhances flexibility through network slicing and closed-loop RAN control. Central to this evolution is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-12 Joshua Groen , Zixian Yang , Divyadharshini Muruganandham , Mauro Belgiovine , Lei Ying , Kaushik Chowdhury

With the advent of 5G and the research into beyond 5G (B5G) networks, a novel and very relevant research issue is how to manage the coexistence of different types of traffic, each with very stringent but completely different requirements.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-16 Fabio Saggese , Luca Pasqualini , Marco Moretti , Andrea Abrardo

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been increasingly employed to handle the dynamic and complex resource management in network slicing. The deployment of DRL policies in real networks, however, is complicated by heterogeneous cell…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-26 Tianlun Hu , Qi Liao , Qiang Liu , Georg Carle

Network slicing has been considered as one of the key enablers for 5G to support diversified services and application scenarios. This paper studies the distributed network slicing utilizing both the spectrum resource offered by…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-05 Anqi Huang , Yingyu Li , Yong Xiao , Xiaohu Ge , Sumei Sun , Han-Chieh Chao

Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven zero-touch network slicing (NS) is a new paradigm enabling the automation of resource management and orchestration (MANO) in multi-tenant beyond 5G (B5G) networks. In this paper, we tackle the problem of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Farhad Rezazadeh , Hatim Chergui , Luis Alonso , Christos Verikoukis

The goal of Next-Generation Networks is to improve upon the current networking paradigm, especially in providing higher data rates, near-real-time latencies, and near-perfect quality of service. However, existing radio access network (RAN)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-06 Ibrahim Tamim , Sam Aleyadeh , Abdallah Shami

Network slicing is a key technique in 5G and beyond for efficiently supporting diverse services. Many network slicing solutions rely on deep learning to manage complex and high-dimensional resource allocation problems. However, deep…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Tianlun Hu , Qi Liao , Qiang Liu , Antonio Massaro , Georg Carle

Traditional Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks are effective for handling sequential data but have limitations such as gradient vanishing and difficulty in capturing long-term dependencies, which can impact their performance in dynamic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Faezeh Sarlakifar , Mohammadreza Mohammadzadeh Asl , Sajjad Rezvani Khaledi , Armin Salimi-Badr

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

Open radio access network (ORAN) alliance which has been formed recently establishes a flexible, open, and smart radio access network (RAN) by combing the ideas from xRAN and cloud RAN (C-RAN). ORAN divides the functions of the RAN into…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-06 Mojdeh Karbalaee Motalleb , Vahid Shah-Mansouri , Salar Nouri Naghadeh

The combination of cloud computing capabilities at the network edge and artificial intelligence promise to turn future mobile networks into service- and radio-aware entities, able to address the requirements of upcoming latency-sensitive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Sergio Martiradonna , Andrea Abrardo , Marco Moretti , Giuseppe Piro , Gennaro Boggia

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithms have recently gained wide attention in the wireless networks domain. They are considered promising approaches for solving dynamic radio resource management (RRM) problems in next-generation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Ahmad M. Nagib , Hatem Abou-zeid , Hossam S. Hassanein