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We demonstrate a distributed and a centralized 4G/5G compliant approach to minimize signaling and latency related to user mobility in cellular networks. This is crucial due to the densification of networks and the additional signaling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Merim Dzaferagic , Nicola Marchetti , Irene Macaluso

This paper investigates the use of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) to address distributed channel access in wireless local area networks. In particular, we consider the challenging yet more practical case where the agents…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Jiaming Yu , Le Liang , Chongtao Guo , Ziyang Guo , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li

In this paper, a novel bandwidth negotiation mechanism is proposed for massive devices wireless spectrum sharing, in which individual device locally negotiates bandwidth usage with neighbor devices and globally optimal spectrum utilization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-03 Tianhao Li , Yu Tian , Shuai Yuan , Naijin Liu

The 6G network enables a subnetwork-wide evolution, resulting in a "network of subnetworks". However, due to the dynamic mobility of wireless subnetworks, the data transmission of intra-subnetwork and inter-subnetwork will inevitably…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-11 Xiao Du , Ting Wang , Qiang Feng , Chenhui Ye , Tao Tao , Yuanming Shi , Mingsong Chen

For fifth-generation (5G) and 5G-Advanced networks, outage reduction within the context of reliability is a key objective since outage denotes the time period when a user equipment (UE) cannot communicate with the network. Earlier studies…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Subhyal Bin Iqbal , Umur Karabulut , Ahmad Awada , Philipp Schulz , Gerhard P. Fettweis

Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) methods allow for learning scalable multi-agent policies, but suffer from partial observability and induced non-stationarity. These challenges can be addressed by introducing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Tommaso Marzi , Cesare Alippi , Andrea Cini

Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has long been a significant and everlasting research topic in both machine learning and control. With the recent development of (single-agent) deep RL, there is a resurgence of interests in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Kaiqing Zhang , Zhuoran Yang , Tamer Başar

In cellular networks, User Equipment (UE) handoff from one Base Station (BS) to another, giving rise to the load balancing problem among the BSs. To address this problem, BSs can work collaboratively to deliver a smooth migration (or…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Jikun Kang , Di Wu , Ju Wang , Ekram Hossain , Xue Liu , Gregory Dudek

Network densification is found to be a potential solution to meet 5G capacity standards. Network densification offers more capacity by shrinking base stations' (BSs) footprints, thus reduces the number of users served by each BS. However,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-23 Rabe Arshad , Hesham ElSawy , Sameh Sorour , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed Slim Alouini

Heterogeneity is a fundamental property in multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), which is closely related not only to the functional differences of agents, but also to policy diversity and environmental interactions. However, the MARL…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Tianyi Hu , Zhiqiang Pu , Yuan Wang , Tenghai Qiu , Min Chen , Xin Yu

Traditionally, resource management and capacity allocation has been controlled network-side in cellular deployment. As autonomicity has been added to network design, machine learning technologies have largely followed this paradigm,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Steven Platt , Berkay Demirel , Miquel Oliver

In the evolution of 6th Generation (6G) technology, the emergence of cell-free networking presents a paradigm shift, revolutionizing user experiences within densely deployed networks where distributed access points collaborate. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Dieter Verbruggen , Hazem Sallouha , Sofie Pollin

As a data-driven approach, multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has made remarkable advances in solving cooperative residential load scheduling problems. However, centralized training, the most common paradigm for MARL, limits…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Zhaoming Qin , Nanqing Dong , Di Liu , Zhefan Wang , Junwei Cao

Networks in the current 5G and beyond systems increasingly carry heterogeneous traffic with diverse quality-of-service constraints, making real-time routing decisions both complex and time-critical. A common approach, such as a heuristic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Sebastian Racedo , Brigitte Jaumard , Oscar Delgado , Meysam Masoudi

In this paper, we propose a novel framework for designing a fast convergent multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL)-based medium access control (MAC) protocol operating in a single cell scenario. The user equipments (UEs) are cast as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Luciano Miuccio , Salvatore Riolo , Mehdi Bennis , Daniela Panno

Resilience is defined as the ability of a network to resist, adapt, and quickly recover from disruptions, and to continue to maintain an acceptable level of services from users' perspective. With the advent of future radio networks,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Soumeya Kaada , Dinh-Hieu Tran , Nguyen Van Huynh , Marie-Line Alberi Morel , Sofiene Jelassi , Gerardo Rubino

In this paper, we investigate a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system, which exhibits great potential in enhancing the capabilities of next-generation mobile communication networks. We first study the distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Ziheng Liu , Jiayi Zhang , Enyu Shi , Yiyang Zhu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Bo Ai

The rapid growth of data across fields of science and industry has increased the need to improve the performance of end-to-end data transfers while using the resources more efficiently. In this paper, we present a dynamic, multiparameter…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Hasibul Jamil , Jacob Goldverg , Elvis Rodrigues , MD S Q Zulkar Nine , Tevfik Kosar

One of the challenges for multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) is designing efficient learning algorithms for a large system in which each agent has only limited or partial information of the entire system. While exciting progress has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Haotian Gu , Xin Guo , Xiaoli Wei , Renyuan Xu

Improved Phantom cell is a new scenario which has been introduced recently to enhance the capacity of Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). The main trait of this scenario is that, besides maximizing the total network capacity in both indoor…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Pouya Sharifi , Hamid Shahrokh Shahraki