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While network slicing has become a prevalent approach to service differentiation, radio access network (RAN) slicing remains challenging due to the need of substantial adaptivity and flexibility to cope with the highly dynamic network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-23 Conghao Zhou , Jie Gao , Mushu Li , Xuemin Shen , Weihua Zhuang , Xu Li , Weisen Shi

The next-generation wireless networks are required to satisfy a variety of services and criteria concurrently. To address upcoming strict criteria, a new open radio access network (O-RAN) with distinguishing features such as flexible…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-03 Fatemeh Lotfi , Omid Semiari , Fatemeh Afghah

There are three generic services in 5G: enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), and massive machine-type communications (mMTC). To guarantee the performance of heterogeneous services, network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-13 Yuanwen Liu , Bruno Clerckx , Petar Popovski

Network slicing is one of the major catalysts to turn future telecommunication networks into versatile service platforms. Along with its benefits, network slicing is introducing new challenges in the development of sustainable network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Hnin Pann Phyu , Diala Naboulsi , Razvan Stanica , Gwenael Poitau

5G mobile networks encompass the capabilities of hosting a variety of services such as mobile social networks, multimedia delivery, healthcare, transportation, and public safety. Therefore, the major challenge in designing the 5G networks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-19 Dinh Thai Hoang , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Antonio De Domenico , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

Network slicing is a key enabler for providing a differentiated service support to heterogeneous use cases and applications in 5G and beyond networks through creating multiple logical slices. Resource allocation for satisfying diverse…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-13 Onur Sever , Onur Salan , Ibrahim Hokelek , Ali Gorcin

O-RAN is radically shifting how cellular networks are designed, deployed and optimized through network programmability, disaggregation, and virtualization. Specifically, RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) can orchestrate and optimize the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Andrea Lacava , Matteo Bordin , Michele Polese , Rajarajan Sivaraj , Tommaso Zugno , Francesca Cuomo , Tommaso Melodia

The diverse requirements of beyond 5G services increase design complexity and demand dynamic adjustments to the network parameters. This can be achieved with slicing and programmable network architectures such as the open radio access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-06 Suvidha Mhatre , Ferran Adelantado , Kostas Ramantas , Christos Verikoukis

Network slicing is a fundamental feature of 5G systems to partition a single network into a number of segregated logical networks, each optimized for a particular type of service, or dedicated to a particular customer or application. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-15 K. Koutlia , R. Ferrus , E. Coronado , R. Riggio , F. Casadevall , A. Umbert , J. Perez-Romero

End-to-End (E2E) network slicing enables wireless networks to provide diverse services on a common infrastructure. Each E2E slice, including resources of radio access network (RAN) and core network, is rented to mobile virtual network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Shiva Kazemi Taskou , Mehdi Rasti , Pedro H. J. Nardelli

With 5G's rapid global uptake, demand for agile private networks has exploded. A defining beyond-5G capability is network slicing. 3GPP specifies three core slice categories, massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), enhanced Mobile…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Felipe Hauschild Grings , Gustavo Zanatta Bruno , Lucio Rene Prade , Cristiano Bonato Both , José Marcos Camara Brito

The evolution of 6G envisions a wide range of applications and services characterized by highly differentiated and stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technology has emerged as a transformative…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Noe M. Yungaicela-Naula , Vishal Sharma , Sandra Scott-Hayward

The fifth generation (5G) of wireless networks must simultaneously support heterogeneous service categories, including Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC), enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), and massive Machine-Type…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Alireza Ebrahimi Dorcheh , Tolunay Seyfi , Fatemeh Afghah

5G and beyond cellular networks (NextG) will support the continuous execution of resource-expensive edge-assisted deep learning (DL) tasks. To this end, Radio Access Network (RAN) resources will need to be carefully "sliced" to satisfy…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Corrado Puligheddu , Jonathan Ashdown , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Francesco Restuccia

Tactile Internet (TI) enables the omnipresence and exchange of tactile experiences across the global via the ultra-reliable and ultra-responsive connectivity. This article argues for coordinated multi-point (CoMP) enabled radio access…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Peng Yang , Xing Xi , Tony Q. S. Quek , Hyundong Shin

An important aspect of 5G networks is the development of Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing, a concept wherein the virtualized infrastructure of wireless networks is subdivided into slices (or enterprises), tailored to fulfill specific…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Qing An , Divyanshu Pandey , Rahman Doost-Mohammady , Ashutosh Sabharwal , Srinivas Shakkottai

With the increasing diversity in the requirement of wireless services with guaranteed quality of service(QoS), radio access network(RAN) slicing becomes an important aspect in implementation of next generation wireless systems(5G). RAN…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-13 Darshan A. Ravi , Vijay K. Shah , Chengzhang Li , Tom Hou , Jeffrey H. Reed

The 5th generation (5G) and beyond network offers substantial promise as the ideal wireless technology to replace the existing inflexible wired connections in traditional factories of today. 5G network slicing allows for tailored allocation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Regina Ochonu , Josep Vidal

Open RAN (ORAN, O-RAN) represents a novel industry-level standard for RAN (Radio Access Network), which defines interfaces that support inter-operation between vendors' equipment and offer network flexibility at a lower cost. Open RAN…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Madhusanka Liyanage , An Braeken , Shahriar Shahabuddin , Pasika Ranaweera

Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) along with artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud and edge networking, and virtualization are important enablers for designing flexible and software-driven programmable wireless networks. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Ali Fuat Sahin , Onur Salan , Ibrahim Hokelek , Ali Gorcin