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Network Slicing has been widely accepted as essential feature of future 5th Generation (5G) mobile communication networks. Accounting the potentially dense demand of network slices as a cloud service and the limited resource of mobile…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Bin Han , Antonio De Domenico , Ghina Dandachi , Anastasios Drosou , Dimitrios Tzovaras , Roberto Querio , Fabrizio Moggio , Ömer Bulakci , Hans D. Schotten

It's possible to distribute the Internet to users via drones. However it is then necessary to place the drones according to the positions of the users. Moreover, the 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) technology is designed to accommodate a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Nathan Boyer

With the cellular networks becoming increasingly agile, a major challenge lies in how to support diverse services for mobile users (MUs) over a common physical network infrastructure. Network slicing is a promising solution to tailor the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Xianfu Chen , Zhifeng Zhao , Celimuge Wu , Mehdi Bennis , Hang Liu , Yusheng Ji , Honggang Zhang

As an attractive enabling technology for next-generation wireless communications, network slicing supports diverse customized services in the global space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN) with diverse resource constraints. In this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Guorong Zhou , Liqiang Zhao , Gan Zheng , Shenghui Song , Jiankang Zhang , Lajos Hanzo

5G network slicing is essential to providing flexible, scalable and on-demand solutions for the vast array of applications in 5G networks. Two key challenges of 5G network slicing are function isolation (intra-slice) and guaranteeing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-22 Danish Sattar , Ashraf Matrawy

Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) promise flexible 6G network access through disaggregated, software-driven components and open interfaces, but this programmability also increases operational complexity. Multiple control loops coexist…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Hojjat Navidan , Mohammad Cheraghinia , Jaron Fontaine , Mohamed Seif , Eli De Poorter , H. Vincent Poor , Ingrid Moerman , Adnan Shahid

The principles of net neutrality have been essential for maintaining the diversity of services built on top of the internet and for maintaining some competition between small and large providers of those online services. That diversity and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-14 Nick Doty , Mallory Knodel

Private deployments of 4G and 5G networks in industrial environments are beneficial from various aspects. Private 4G/5G networks typically face the challenge of supporting heterogeneous industrial applications. This technology demonstration…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-12 Jaya Thota , Adnan Aijaz

5G radio access network (RAN) with network slicing methodology plays a key role in the development of the next-generation network system. RAN slicing focuses on splitting the substrate's resources into a set of self-contained programmable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Tu N. Nguyen , Kashyab J. Ambarani , My T. Thai

Sixth-generation (6G) network slicing is the backbone of future communications systems. It inaugurates the era of extreme ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (xURLLC) and pervades the digitalization of the various vertical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Farhad Rezazadeh , Hatim Chergui , Luis Alonso , Christos Verikoukis

With network slicing in 5G networks, Mobile Network Operators can create various slices for Service Providers (SPs) to accommodate customized services. Usually, the various Service Function Chains (SFCs) belonging to a slice are deployed on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-24 Quang-Trung Luu , Sylvaine Kerboeuf , Alexandre Mouradian , Michel Kieffer

Data-intensive Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications at the network edge demand a fundamental shift in Radio Access Network (RAN) design, from merely consuming AI for network optimization, to actively enabling distributed AI workloads.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Michele Polese , Niloofar Mohamadi , Salvatore D'Oro , Leonardo Bonati , Tommaso Melodia

The innovation provided by network virtualization in 5G, together with standardization and openness boosted by the Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Alliance, has paved the way to a collaborative future in cellular systems, driven by…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Lorenza Giupponi , Francesc Wilhelmi

Network Slicing is expected to become a game changer in the upcoming 5G networks and beyond, enlarging the telecom business ecosystem through still-unexplored vertical industry profits. This implies that heterogeneous service level…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-13 Lanfranco Zanzi , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Andres Garcia-Saavedra , Hans D. Schotten , Xavier Costa-Perez

Network slicing is a critical feature in 5G and beyond communication systems, enabling the creation of multiple virtual networks (i.e., slices) on a shared physical network infrastructure. This involves efficiently mapping each slice…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Quang-Trung Luu , Minh-Thanh Nguyen , Tuan-Anh Do , Michel Kieffer , Van-Dinh Nguyen , Tai-Hung Nguyen , Huu-Thanh Nguyen

Satellite networks are rapidly evolving, yet most \glspl{ntn} remain isolated from terrestrial orchestration frameworks. Their control architectures are typically monolithic and static, limiting their adaptability to dynamic traffic,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Eduardo Baena , Paolo Testolina , Michele Polese , Dimitrios Koutsonikolas , Josep Jornet , Tommaso Melodia

The fifth generation (5G) wireless system has a platform-driven approach, aiming to support heterogeneous connections with very diverse requirements. The shared wireless resources should be sliced in a way that each user perceives that its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-30 Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Federico Chiariotti , Čedomir Stefanović , Anders E. Kalør , Petar Popovski

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

The fifth-generation of mobile radio technologies is expected to be agile, flexible, and scalable while provisioning ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (uRLLC), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), and massive machine type…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Sourav Mondal , Marco Ruffini

6G networks are expected to be AI-native, intent-driven, and economically programmable, requiring fundamentally new approaches to network slice orchestration. Existing slicing frameworks, largely designed for 5G, rely on static policies and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Eranga Bandara , Ross Gore , Sachin Shetty , Ravi Mukkamala , Tharaka Hewa , Abdul Rahman , Xueping Liang , Safdar H. Bouk , Amin Hass , Peter Foytik , Ng Wee Keong , Kasun De Zoysa