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In today's era, users have increasingly high expectations regarding the performance and efficiency of communication networks. Network operators aspire to achieve efficient network planning, operation, and optimization through Digital Twin…

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The proliferation of emergent network applications (e.g., AR/VR, telesurgery, real-time communications) is increasing the difficulty of managing modern communication networks. These applications typically have stringent requirements (e.g.,…

Network slicing in 5G/6G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) is confronted with mobility and traffic variability. An artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital twin (DT) architecture with deep reinforcement learning (DRL) using Deep deterministic…

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With the emergence and proliferation of new forms of large-scale services such as smart homes, virtual reality/augmented reality, the increasingly complex networks are raising concerns about significant operational costs. As a result, the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Hyeju Shin , Ibrahim Aliyu , Abubakar Isah , Jinsul Kim

Delay- and Disruption-tolerant Networking (DTN) is essential for communication in challenging environments with intermittent connectivity, long delays, and disruptions. Ensuring high performance in these types of networks is crucial because…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Tobias Nöthlich , Felix Walter

Different from traditional offline channel modeling, digital twin online channel modeling can sense and accurately characterize dynamic wireless channels in real time, and can therefore greatly assist 6G network optimization. This article…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-16 Junling Li , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Chen Huang , Tianrun Qi , Tong Wu

The growing complexity of next-generation networks exacerbates the modeling and algorithmic flaws of conventional network optimization methodology. In this paper, we propose a mobile network digital twin (MNDT) architecture for 6G networks.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Tong Li , Fenyu Jiang , Qiaohong Yu , Wenzhen Huang , Tao Jiang , Depeng Jin

In this paper, we design a resource management scheme to support stateful applications, which will be prevalent in 6G networks. Different from stateless applications, stateful applications require context data while executing computing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Conghao Zhou , Jie Gao , Mushu Li , Xuemin , Shen , Weihua Zhuang

Achieving a holistic and long-term understanding through accurate network modeling is essential for orchestrating future networks with increasing service diversity and infrastructure complexities. However, due to unselective data collection…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Pengyi Jia , Xianbin Wang , Xuemin Shen

Optimizing modern wireless networks is exceptionally challenging due to their high dynamism and complexity. While the agentic artificial intelligence (AI) powered by reinforcement learning (RL) offers a promising solution, its practical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Zhenyu Tao , Wei Xu , Xiaohu You

As wireless network technology advances towards the sixth generation (6G), increasing network energy consumption has become a critical concern due to the growing demand for diverse services, radio deployments at various frequencies, larger…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Shuvam Chakraborty , Ahmed Bedewy , Wenjun Li , Navid Abedini

6G networks are envisioned to enable a wide range of applications, such as autonomous vehicles and smart cities. However, this rapid expansion of network topologies makes the management of 6G wireless networks more complex and leads to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Kubra Duran , Lal Verda Cakir , Mehmet Ozdem , Kerem Gursu , Berk Canberk

The increasing complexity, dynamism, and heterogeneity of 6G networks demand management systems that can reason proactively and generalize beyond pre-defined cases. In this paper, we propose a modular, knowledge-defined architecture that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Tuğçe Bilen , Mehmet Özdem

Digital Twins are being used as an enabling technology in 6G applications across various domains, valued for their data-driven insights and real-time decision-making capabilities. However, integrating Digital Twins into 6G environments…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Mehmet Ali Erturk , Kubra Duran , Ahmed Al-Dubai , Berk Canberk

Network Digital Twins represent a key technology in future networks, expected to provide the capability to perform accurate analysis and predictions about the behaviour of 6G mobile networks. However, despite the availability of several…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Cristina Emilia Costa , Tatenda Horiro Zhou , Fabrizio Granelli

The envisioned 6G networks are expected to support extremely high data rates, low-latency, and radically new applications empowered by machine learning. The futuristic 6G networks require a novel framework that can be used to operate,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-13 Muhammad Tariq , Faisal Naeem , H. Vincent Poor

In today's networked world, Digital Twin Networks (DTNs) are revolutionizing how we understand and optimize physical networks. These networks, also known as 'Digital Twin Networks (DTNs)' or 'Networks Digital Twins (NDTs),' encompass many…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Sarah Al-Shareeda , Khayal Huseynov , Lal Verda Cakir , Craig Thomson , Mehmet Ozdem , Berk Canberk

Digital Twin (DT) is a promising technology for the new immersive digital life with a variety of applications in areas such as Industry 4.0, aviation, and healthcare. Proliferation of this technology requires higher data rates, reliability,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-08-13 Hamed Ahmadi , Avishek Nag , Zaheer Khan , Kamran Sayrafian , Susanto Rahadrja

Emerging technologies such as digital twins and 6th Generation mobile networks (6G) have accelerated the realization of edge intelligence in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The integration of digital twin and 6G bridges the physical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Yunlong Lu , Xiaohong Huang , Ke Zhang , Sabita Maharjan , Yan Zhang

Emerging applications such as holographic communication, autonomous driving, and the industrial Internet of Things impose stringent requirements on flexible, low-latency, and reliable resource allocation in 6G networks. Conventional…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Tongjie Li , Jianhua Zhang , Li Yu , Yuxiang Zhang , Yunlong Cai , Fan Xu , Guangyi Liu