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5G radio access network (RAN) slicing aims to logically split an infrastructure into a set of self-contained programmable RAN slices, with each slice built on top of the underlying physical RAN (substrate) is a separate logical mobile…

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As an emerging technique, mobile edge computing (MEC) introduces a new processing scheme for various distributed communication-computing systems such as industrial Internet of Things (IoT), vehicular communication, smart city, etc. In this…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-05-12 Zheqi Zhu , Shuo Wan , Pingyi Fan , Khaled B. Letaief

To support multiple on-demand services over fixed communication networks, network operators must allow flexible customization and fast provision of their network resources. One effective approach to this end is network virtualization,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-08-25 Nan Zhang , Ya-Feng Liu , Hamid Farmanbar , Tsung-Hui Chang , Mingyi Hong , Zhi-Quan Luo

We propose a framework designed to tackle a multi-objective optimization challenge related to the placement of applications in fog computing, employing a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) approach. Unlike other optimization techniques, such…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Isaac Lera , Carlos Guerrero

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

The Internet of Agents is propelling edge computing toward agentic AI and edge general intelligence (EGI). However, deploying multi-agent service (MAS) on resource-constrained edge infrastructure presents severe challenges. MAS service…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Runze Zheng , Yuqing Zheng , Zhengyi Cheng , Long Luo , Haoxiang Luo , Gang Sun , Hongfang Yu , Dusit Niyato

The shift from Cloud Computing to a Cloud-Edge continuum presents new opportunities and challenges for data-intensive and interactive applications. Edge computing has garnered a lot of attention from both industry and academia in recent…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Antonios Makris , Theodoros Theodoropoulos , Evangelos Psomakelis , Emanuele Carlini , Matteo Mordacchini , Patrizio Dazzi , Konstantinos Tserpes

The Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigm is enabling flexibility, programmability and implementation of traditional network functions into generic hardware, in form of the so-called Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). Today, cloud…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Francisco Carpio , Admela Jukan , Rastin Pries

Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising distributed machine learning (ML) that enables collaborative model training across clients without exposing raw data, thereby preserving user privacy and reducing communication costs.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Mingwei Hong , Zheng Lin , Zehang Lin , Lin Li , Miao Yang , Xia Du , Zihan Fang , Zhaolu Kang , Dianxin Luan , Shunzhi Zhu

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) aims to simplify deployment of network services by running Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) on commercial off-the-shelf servers. Service deployment involves placement of VNFs and in-sequence routing of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-15 Abhishek Gupta , Brigitte Jaumard , Massimo Tornatore , Biswanath Mukherjee

We propose a mechanism for distributed resource management and interference mitigation in wireless networks using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (RL). We equip each transmitter in the network with a deep RL agent that receives…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Navid Naderializadeh , Jaroslaw Sydir , Meryem Simsek , Hosein Nikopour

The Network Slicing (NS) paradigm enables the partition of physical and virtual resources among multiple logical networks, possibly managed by different tenants. In such a scenario, network resources need to be dynamically allocated…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Federico Mason , Gianfranco Nencioni , Andrea Zanella

As users in small cell networks increasingly rely on computation-intensive services, cloud-based access often results in high latency. Multi-access edge computing (MEC) mitigates this by bringing computational resources closer to end users,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Mariam Yahya , Aydin Sezgin , Setareh Maghsudi

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are technologies that recently acquired a great momentum thanks to their promise of being a flexible and cost-effective solution for replacing hardware-based,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-14 Tong Liu , Franco Callegati , Walter Cerroni , Chiara Contoli , Maurizio Gabbrielli , Saverio Giallorenzo

Federated Learning (FL) is a distributed machine learning paradigm designed for privacy-sensitive applications that run on resource-constrained devices with non-Identically and Independently Distributed (IID) data. Traditional FL frameworks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Omid Tavallaie , Kanchana Thilakarathna , Suranga Seneviratne , Aruna Seneviratne , Albert Y. Zomaya

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) poses a significant and challenging problem critical for applications in robotics and logistics, particularly due to its combinatorial complexity and the partial observability inherent in realistic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Merve Atasever , Matthew Hong , Mihir Nitin Kulkarni , Qingpei Li , Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh

The ongoing research and industrial exploitation of SDN and NFV technologies promise higher flexibility on network automation and infrastructure optimization. Choosing the location of Virtual Network Functions is a central problem in the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Balázs Németh , Nuria Molner , Jorge Jorge Martín-Pérez , Carlos J. Bernardos , Antonio de la Oliva , Balázs Sonkoly

Satellite networks, as a supplement to terrestrial networks, can provide effective computing services for Internet of Things (IoT) users in remote areas. Due to the resource limitation of satellites, such as in computing, storage, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Xiangqiang Gao , Rongke Liu , Aryan Kaushik

An internet network service provider manages its network with multiple objectives, such as high quality of service (QoS) and minimum computing resource usage. To achieve these objectives, a reinforcement learning-based (RL) algorithm has…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-17 DongNyeong Heo , Daniela Noemi Rim , Heeyoul Choi

In this paper, we consider the service caching and the computing resource allocation in edge computing (EC) enabled networks. We introduce a random service caching design considering multiple types of latency sensitive services and the base…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-20 Mingun Kim , Hewon Cho , Ying Cui , Jemin Lee