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As we evolve towards more heterogeneous and cutting-edge mobile networks, Network Digital Twins (NDTs) are proving to be a promising paradigm in solving challenges faced by network operators, as they give a possibility of replicating the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-04-20 John Sengendo , Fabrizio Granelli

With emerging applications such as autonomous driving, smart cities, and smart factories, network slicing has become an essential component of 5G and beyond networks as a means of catering to a service-aware network. However, managing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Fatemeh Lotfi , Fatemeh Afghah

The complexity of emerging sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks has sparked an upsurge in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to underpin the challenges in network management and resource allocation under strict service level…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Farhad Rezazadeh , Hatim Chergui , Josep Mangues-Bafalluy

Network digital twins (NDTs) facilitate the estimation of key performance indicators (KPIs) before physically implementing a network, thereby enabling efficient optimization of the network configuration. In this paper, we propose a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Boning Li , Timofey Efimov , Abhishek Kumar , Jose Cortes , Gunjan Verma , Ananthram Swami , Santiago Segarra

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are available in a multitude of scenarios, and provide constant, contextual data which can be leveraged to automatically reconfigure and optimize smart environments. To realize this vision, Artificial…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Luca Bedogni , Federico Chiariotti

The envisioned 6G networks are expected to support extremely high data rates, low-latency, and radically new applications empowered by machine learning. The futuristic 6G networks require a novel framework that can be used to operate,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-13 Muhammad Tariq , Faisal Naeem , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we investigate an accurate synchronization between a physical network and its digital network twin (DNT), which serves as a virtual representation of the physical network. The considered network includes a set of base…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Hanzhi Yu , Yuchen Liu , Zhaohui Yang , Haijian Sun , Mingzhe Chen

Telecom networks scale with growing users and data-intensive applications, generating heavy traffic that causes congestion, reducing throughput, increasing delay, and raising computational costs. Traditional routing protocols act only after…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Umer Iqbal , Ashiq Anjum , Anthony S Conway , Mathias Kern , Anasol Pena Rios

A new network named the "Digital Twin Network" (DTN) uses the "Digital Twin" (DT) technology to produce virtual twins of real things. The network load and size continue to grow as a result of the development of 5G, the Internet of Things,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Abubakar Isah , Hyeju Shin , Ibrahim Aliyu , Sangwon Oh , Sangjoon Lee , Jaehyung Park , Minsoo Hahn , Jinsul Kim

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are considered as key enablers for realizing the full potential of fifth-generation (5G) and beyond mobile networks, particularly in the context of resource management and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Farhad Rezazadeh , Lanfranco Zanzi , Francesco Devoti , Sergio Barrachina-Munoz , Engin Zeydan , Xavier Costa-Pérez , Josep Mangues-Bafalluy

Sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks must support heterogeneous services: enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) requiring 1 Tbps data rates, massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) supporting 10 million devices per km, and Ultra-Reliable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Daniel Benniah John

Digital twins (DTs), which are virtual environments that simulate, predict, and optimize the performance of their physical counterparts, hold great promise in revolutionizing next-generation wireless networks. While DTs have been…

This article presents a digital twin (DT)-enhanced reinforcement learning (RL) framework aimed at optimizing performance and reliability in network resource management, since the traditional RL methods face several unified challenges when…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Nan Cheng , Xiucheng Wang , Zan Li , Zhisheng Yin , Tom Luan , Xuemin Shen

Although the emergence of 6G IoT networks has accelerated the deployment of enhanced smart city services, the resource limitations of IoT devices remain as a significant problem. Given this limitation, meeting the low-latency service…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Kubra Duran , Lal Verda Cakir , Sana Ullah Jan , Kerem Gursu , Berk Canberk

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is widely used to optimize the performance of multi-UAV networks. However, the training of DRL relies on the frequent interactions between the UAVs and the environment, which consumes lots of energy due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Xiucheng Wang , Nan Cheng , Longfei Ma , Zhisheng Yin , Tom. Luan , Ning Lu

Network slicing is born as an emerging business to operators, by allowing them to sell the customized slices to various tenants at different prices. In order to provide better-performing and cost-efficient services, network slicing involves…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-22 Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao , Qi Sun , Chi-Lin I , Chenyang Yang , Xianfu Chen , Minjian Zhao , Honggang Zhang

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) and digital twin (DT) are advanced data processing and virtualization technologies to revolutionize communication networks. Thanks to the powerful data processing capabilities of GAI, integrating it…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Xinyu Huang , Haojun Yang , Conghao Zhou , Mingcheng He , Xuemin Shen , Weihua Zhuang

Network Digital Twins (NDTs) enable safe what-if analysis for 6G cloud-edge infrastructures, but adoption is often limited by fragmented workflows from telemetry to validation. We present a data-driven NDT framework that extends 6G-TWIN…

In future wireless systems of beyond 5G and 6G, addressing diverse applications with varying quality requirements is essential. Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architectures offer the potential for dynamic resource adaptation based on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Huan X. Nguyen , Kexuan Sun , Duc To , Quoc-Tuan Vien , Tuan Anh Le

Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) with low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites have been regarded as promising remedies to support global ubiquitous wireless services. Due to the rapid mobility of LEO satellite, inter-beam/satellite handovers happen…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Yang Cao , Shao-Yu Lien , Ying-Chang Liang , Dusit Niyato , Xuemin , Shen