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Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) becomes a promising technique for 6G networks by reshaping signal propagation in smart radio environments. However, it also leads to significant complexity for network management due to the large…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Hao Zhou , Chengming Hu , Xue Liu

Network slicing enables multiple virtual networks to be instantiated and customized to meet heterogeneous use case requirements over 5G and beyond network deployments. However, most of the solutions available today face scalability issues…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Farhad Rezazadeh , Lanfranco Zanzi , Francesco Devoti , Hatim Chergui , Xavier Costa-Perez , Christos Verikoukis

The proliferation of IoT devices in smart cities challenges 6G networks with conflicting energy-latency requirements across heterogeneous slices. Existing approaches struggle with the energy-latency trade-off, particularly for massive scale…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Amine Abouaomar , Badr Ben Elallid , Nabil Benamar

Radio access network (RAN) slicing is a key element in enabling current 5G networks and next-generation networks to meet the requirements of different services in various verticals. However, the heterogeneous nature of these services'…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-23 Amine Abouaomar , Afaf Taik , Abderrahime Filali , Soumaya Cherkaoui

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a key component of 6G networks, as it enables communication and computing services to adapt to end users' requirements and demand patterns. The management of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a meaningful…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Maddalena Boscaro , Federico Mason , Federico Chiariotti , Andrea Zanella

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has recently witnessed significant advances that have led to multiple successes in solving sequential decision-making problems in various domains, particularly in wireless communications. The future…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Amal Feriani , Ekram Hossain

6G networks are expected to revolutionize connectivity, offering significant improvements in speed, capacity, and smart automation. However, existing network designs will struggle to handle the demands of 6G, which include much faster…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Erol Koçoğlu , Mehmet Ozdem , Tuğçe Bilen

The next-generation of wireless networks will enable many machine learning (ML) tools and applications to efficiently analyze various types of data collected by edge devices for inference, autonomy, and decision making purposes. However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Mingzhe Chen , Deniz Gündüz , Kaibin Huang , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan , H. Vincent Poor

The next generation of tactical networks (TNs) is poised to further leverage the key enablers of 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) technology, such as radio access network (RAN) slicing and the open RAN (O-RAN) paradigm, to unlock multiple…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Abderrahime Filali , Diala Naboulsi , Georges Kaddoum

This paper addresses how to handle slice resources for 6G networks at different time scales in an architecture based on an open radio access network (ORAN). The proposed solution includes artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-20 Suvidha Mhatre , Ferran Adelantado , Kostas Ramantas , Christos Verikoukis

Virtual Reality (VR) services delivered over 6G networks demand ultra-low latency and high bandwidth to ensure seamless user experiences. This paper presents an intelligent resource allocation and edge caching framework for 6G O-RAN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Khaled M. Naguib , Soumaya Cherkaoui , Mahmoud M. Elmessalawy , Ahmed M. Abd El-Haleem , Ibrahim I. Ibrahim

Non terrestrial networks are critical for achieving global 6G coverage, yet efficient resource management in aerial and space environments remains challenging due to limited onboard power and dynamic operational conditions. Network slicing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Thanh-Dao Nguyen , Ngoc-Tan Nguyen , Thai-Duong Nguyen , Nguyen Van Huynh , Dinh-Hieu Tran , Symeon Chatzinotas

5G beyond is an end-edge-cloud orchestrated network that can exploit heterogeneous capabilities of the end devices, edge servers, and the cloud and thus has the potential to enable computation-intensive and delay-sensitive applications via…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Yueyue Dai , Ke Zhang , Sabita Maharjan , Yan Zhang

The paper presents a reinforcement learning solution to dynamic resource allocation for 5G radio access network slicing. Available communication resources (frequency-time blocks and transmit powers) and computational resources (processor…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Yi Shi , Yalin E. Sagduyu , Tugba Erpek

As the next-generation wireless communication system, Sixth-Generation (6G) technologies are emerging, enabling various mobile edge networks that can revolutionize wireless communication and connectivity. By integrating Generative…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Bingkun Lai , Jinbo Wen , Jiawen Kang , Hongyang Du , Jiangtian Nie , Changyan Yi , Dong In Kim , Shengli Xie

Edge intelligence, also called edge-native artificial intelligence (AI), is an emerging technological framework focusing on seamless integration of AI, communication networks, and mobile edge computing. It has been considered to be one of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Yong Xiao , Guangming Shi , Yingyu Li , Walid Saad , H. Vincent Poor

The fifth-generation (5G) networks are expected to be able to satisfy users' different quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. Network slicing is a promising technology for 5G networks to provide services tailored for users' specific QoS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-25 H. Zhang , N. Liu , X. Chu , K. Long , A. Aghvami , V. C. M. Leung

Networks should connect communicating peers, supporting vertical services requirements. The network evolution towards 6G requires native network slicing techniques. Some literature approaches claim network slice realization, but they do not…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Rodrigo Moreira , Flávio de Oliveira Silva

Mobile networks are experiencing tremendous increase in data volume and user density. An efficient technique to alleviate this issue is to bring the data closer to the users by exploiting the caches of edge network nodes, such as fixed or…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Nikolaos Nomikos , Spyros Zoupanos , Themistoklis Charalambous , Ioannis Krikidis , Athina Petropulu

Sixth-generation (6G) networks anticipate intelligently supporting a wide range of smart services and innovative applications. Such a context urges a heavy usage of Machine Learning (ML) techniques, particularly Deep Learning (DL), to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Houda Hafi , Bouziane Brik , Pantelis A. Frangoudis , Adlen Ksentini