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Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications has been recently standardized for use in the fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks, fulfilling the promise of multi-gigabit mobile throughput of current and future mobile radio network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Eugenio Moro , Gabriele Gemmi , Michele Polese , Leonardo Maccari , Antonio Capone , Tommaso Melodia

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

Due to the huge surge in the traffic of IoT devices and applications, mobile networks require a new paradigm shift to handle such demand roll out. With the 5G economics, those networks should provide virtualized multi-vendor and intelligent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Ibrahim Tamim , Anas Saci , Manar Jammal , Abdallah Shami

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a key enabler for autonomous radio access networks (RANs), where multiple large language model (LLM)-based agents reason and collaborate to achieve operator-defined intents. The open RAN…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Mohammad Hossein Shokouhi , Vincent W. S. Wong

Space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN) is envisioned as a key network architecture for achieving ubiquitous coverage in the next-generation communication system. Concurrently, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a pivotal role in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Chenyu Wu , Xi Wang , Yi Hu , Shuai Han , Dusit Niyato

The next generation of cellular networks will be characterized by openness, intelligence, virtualization, and distributed computing. The Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) framework represents a significant leap toward realizing these…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-26 Joshua Groen , Salvatore D'Oro , Utku Demir , Leonardo Bonati , Davide Villa , Michele Polese , Tommaso Melodia , Kaushik Chowdhury

Recently, the concept of open radio access network (O-RAN) has been proposed, which aims to adopt intelligence and openness in the next generation radio access networks (RAN). It provides standardized interfaces and the ability to host…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Han Zhang , Hao Zhou , Melike Erol-Kantarci

The recent O-RAN specifications promote the evolution of RAN architecture by function disaggregation, adoption of open interfaces, and instantiation of a hierarchical closed-loop control architecture managed by RAN Intelligent Controllers…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Bouziane Brik , Hatim Chergui , Lanfranco Zanzi , Francesco Devoti , Adlen Ksentini , Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui , Xavier Costa-Pérez , Christos Verikoukis

Future autonomous transportation systems necessitate network infrastructure capable of accommodating massive vehicular connectivity, despite the scarce availability of frequency resources. Current approaches for achieving such required high…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-24 George N. Katsaros , Konstantinos Nikitopoulos

Despite the programmable architecture of Open RAN, today's deployments still rely heavily on static control and manual operations. To move beyond this limitation, we introduce AgentRAN, an AI-native, Open RAN-aligned agentic framework that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Maxime Elkael , Salvatore D'Oro , Leonardo Bonati , Michele Polese , Yunseong Lee , Koichiro Furueda , Tommaso Melodia

The management of future AI-native Next-Generation (NextG) Radio Access Networks (RANs), including 6G and beyond, presents a challenge of immense complexity that exceeds the capabilities of traditional automation. In response, we introduce…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Oluwaseyi Giwa , Michael Adewole , Tobi Awodumila , Pelumi Aderinto

The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture aims to support a plethora of network services, such as beam management and network slicing, through the use of third-party applications called xApps. To efficiently provide network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Federico Mungari , Corrado Puligheddu , Andres Garcia-Saavedra , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini

Radio access networks (RAN) are going through a paradigm shift towards interoperable, intelligent, software-defined, and cloud-native open RAN solutions. A key challenge towards the adoption and deployment of open RAN at scale is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-17 Lopamudra Kundu , Xingqin Lin , Elena Agostini , Vikrama Ditya

In this paper, the authors present a Radio Access Network (RAN) concept for future mobile communication systems beyond 5G. The concept is based on knowledge of the environment. The three conceptual applications RAN authentication, beam…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Lukas Brechtel , Christof A. O. Rauber , Christoph Fischer

Many organizations recognize non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) as a key component to provide cost-effective and high-capacity connectivity in future 6th generation (6G) wireless networks. Despite this premise, there are still many questions…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Marco Giordani , Michele Zorzi

The deployment of AI agents within legacy Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure poses significant safety and reliability challenges for future 6G networks. This paper presents a novel Edge AI framework for autonomous network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-28 Abdelaziz Salama , Zeinab Nezami , Mohammed M. H. Qazzaz , Maryam Hafeez , Syed Ali Raza Zaidi

Non-terrestrial network (NTN) communication has garnered considerable attention from government entities, industries, and academia in recent times. NTN networks encompass a variety of systems, including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Mahfuzur Rahman , Zoheb Hassan , Jeffrey H. Reed , Lingjia Liu

The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN), an industry-driven initiative, utilizes intelligent Radio Access Network (RAN) controllers and open interfaces to facilitate efficient spectrum sharing between LTE and NR RANs. In this paper, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Sneihil Gopal , David Griffith , Richard A. Rouil , Chunmei Liu

This paper introduces a proactive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mobility management xApp for Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Near Real-Time Radio Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC) environments, employing Double Deep Q-Network (DDQN)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Mohammed M. H. Qazzaz , Syed Ali Zaidi , Aubida A. Al-Hameed , Abdelaziz Salama , Des Mclernon

Virtualizing the Radio-Access Network (RAN) is increasingly viewed as an enabler of affordable 5G expansion and a stepping-stone toward AI-native 6G. Most discussions, however, still approach spectrum policy, cloud engineering and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Ryan Barker