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Next-generation (NextG) wireless networks are expected to require intelligent, scalable, and context-aware radio resource management (RRM) to support ultra-dense deployments, diverse service requirements, and dynamic network conditions.…

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Digital network twins (DNTs), by representing a physical network using a virtual model, offer significant benefits such as streamlined network development, enhanced productivity, and cost reduction for next-generation (nextG) communication…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Zifan Zhang , Zhiyuan Peng , Hanzhi Yu , Mingzhe Chen , Yuchen Liu

Network Digital Twins represent a key technology in future networks, expected to provide the capability to perform accurate analysis and predictions about the behaviour of 6G mobile networks. However, despite the availability of several…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Cristina Emilia Costa , Tatenda Horiro Zhou , Fabrizio Granelli

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

Emerging technologies and applications make the network unprecedentedly complex and heterogeneous, leading physical network practices to be costly and risky. The digital twin network (DTN) can ease these burdens by virtually enabling users…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Linbo Hui , Mowei Wang , Liang Zhang , Lu Lu , Yong Cui

The development of Digital Twins (DTs) represents a transformative advance for simulating and optimizing complex systems in a controlled digital space. Despite their potential, the challenge of constructing DTs that accurately replicate and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-21 Longfei Ma , Nan Cheng , Xiucheng Wang , Jiong Chen , Yinjun Gao , Dongxiao Zhang , Jun-Jie Zhang

The Sixth Generation (6G) network is a platform for the fusion of the physical and virtual worlds. It will integrate processing, communication, intelligence, sensing, and storage of things. All devices and their virtual counterparts will…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Ismaeel Al Ridhawi , Safa Otoum , Moayad Aloqaily

Digital twin (DT) technologies have emerged as a solution for real-time data-driven modeling of cyber physical systems (CPS) using the vast amount of data available by Internet of Things (IoT) networks. In this position paper, we elucidate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Jithin Jagannath , Keyvan Ramezanpour , Anu Jagannath

This paper aims to provide a comprehensive critical overview on how entities and their interactions in Complex Networked Systems (CNS) are modelled across disciplines as they approach their ultimate goal of creating a Digital Twin (DT) that…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-22 Jiaqi Wen , Bogdan Gabrys , Katarzyna Musial

The rise of 5G/6G network technologies promises to enable applications like autonomous vehicles and virtual reality, resulting in a significant increase in connected devices and necessarily complicating network management. Even worse, these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Blessed Guda , Carlee Joe-Wong

In this paper, we design a resource management scheme to support stateful applications, which will be prevalent in 6G networks. Different from stateless applications, stateful applications require context data while executing computing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Conghao Zhou , Jie Gao , Mushu Li , Xuemin , Shen , Weihua Zhuang

Network slicing in 5G/6G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) is confronted with mobility and traffic variability. An artificial intelligence (AI)-based digital twin (DT) architecture with deep reinforcement learning (DRL) using Deep deterministic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Afan Ali , Huseyin Arslan

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

This paper investigates the transformative potential of digital twin (DT) technology for non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). NTNs, comprising airborne and space-borne elements, face unique challenges in network control, management, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-20 Hayder Al-Hraishawi , Madyan Alsenwi , Junaid ur Rehman , Eva Lagunas , Symeon Chatzinotas

As global Internet of Things (IoT) devices connectivity surges, a significant portion gravitates towards the Edge of Things (EoT) network. This shift prompts businesses to deploy infrastructure closer to end-users, enhancing accessibility.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-06 Yagmur Yigit , Christos Chrysoulas , Gokhan Yurdakul , Leandros Maglaras , Berk Canberk

In the era of 5G and beyond, the increasing complexity of wireless networks necessitates innovative frameworks for efficient management and deployment. Digital twins (DTs), embodying real-time monitoring, predictive configurations, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Zifan Zhang , Minghong Fang , Mingzhe Chen , Gaolei Li , Xi Lin , Yuchen Liu

Recently, the concept of digital twins (DTs) has received significant attention within the realm of 5G/6G. This demonstration shows an innovative DT design and implementation framework tailored toward integration within the 5G…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Peizheng Li , Adnan Aijaz , Tim Farnham , Sajida Gufran , Sita Chintalapati

In the 6G era, integrating Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and Digital Twin (DT) technologies presents a transformative approach to enhance network performance through predictive, adaptive control for energy-efficient, low-latency…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Synthia Hossain Karobi , Shakil Ahmed , Saifur Rahman Sabuj , Ashfaq Khokhar

Many routing and flow optimization problems in wired networks can be solved efficiently using minimum cost flow formulations. However, this approach does not extend to wireless multi-hop networks, where the assumptions of fixed link…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Zhongyuan Zhao , Yujun Ming , Kevin Chan , Ananthram Swami , Santiago Segarra

Digital twin (DT) is one of the most promising enabling technologies for realizing smart grids. Characterized by seamless and active---data-driven, real-time, and closed-loop---integration between digital and physical spaces, a DT is much…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-17 Xing He , Qian Ai , Robert C. Qiu , Dongxia Zhang