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In today's networked world, Digital Twin Networks (DTNs) are revolutionizing how we understand and optimize physical networks. These networks, also known as 'Digital Twin Networks (DTNs)' or 'Networks Digital Twins (NDTs),' encompass many…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Sarah Al-Shareeda , Khayal Huseynov , Lal Verda Cakir , Craig Thomson , Mehmet Ozdem , Berk Canberk

Network digital twin (NDT) models are virtual models that replicate the behavior of physical communication networks and are considered a key technology component to enable novel features and capabilities in future 6G networks. In this work,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Christos Mavridis , Fernando S. Barbosa , Hamed Farhadi , Karl H. Johansson

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

Digital Twins (DTs) are set to become a key enabling technology in future wireless networks, with their use in network management increasing significantly. We developed a DT framework that leverages the heterogeneity of network access…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Roberto Morabito , Bivek Pandey , Paulius Daubaris , Yasith R Wanigarathna , Sasu Tarkoma

Digital network twins (DNTs) are virtual representations of physical networks, designed to enable real-time monitoring, simulation, and optimization of network performance. When integrated with machine learning (ML) techniques, particularly…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Zifan Zhang , Minghong Fang , Dianwei Chen , Xianfeng Yang , Yuchen Liu

Network modeling is a critical component for building self-driving Software-Defined Networks, particularly to find optimal routing schemes that meet the goals set by administrators. However, existing modeling techniques do not meet the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Krzysztof Rusek , José Suárez-Varela , Albert Mestres , Pere Barlet-Ros , Albert Cabellos-Aparicio

Network topology optimization (NTO) via busbar splitting can mitigate transmission grid congestion and reduce redispatch costs. However, solving this mixed-integer nonlinear problem for large-scale systems in near-real-time is currently…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Ali Rajaei , Peter Palensky , Jochen L. Cremer

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

Network modeling is a key enabler to achieve efficient network operation in future self-driving Software-Defined Networks. However, we still lack functional network models able to produce accurate predictions of Key Performance Indicators…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Krzysztof Rusek , José Suárez-Varela , Paul Almasan , Pere Barlet-Ros , Albert Cabellos-Aparicio

Named Data Networking (NDN) is a promising Future Internet architecture to support content distribution. Its inherent addressless routing paradigm brings valuable characteristics to improve the transmission robustness and efficiency, e.g.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-27 Yuhang Ye , Brian Lee , Ronan Flynn , Niall Murray , Guiming Fang , Jianwen Cao , Yuansong Qiao

Effective congestion management along signalized corridors is essential for improving productivity and reducing costs, with arterial travel time serving as a key performance metric. Traditional approaches, such as Coordinated Signal Timing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Nooshin Yousefzadeh , Rahul Sengupta , Sanjay Ranka

Traffic prediction is the cornerstone of an intelligent transportation system. Accurate traffic forecasting is essential for the applications of smart cities, i.e., intelligent traffic management and urban planning. Although various methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Fuxian Li , Jie Feng , Huan Yan , Guangyin Jin , Depeng Jin , Yong Li

This paper introduces a novel dynamic optimization framework for video streaming that leverages Network Digital Twin (NDT) technology to address the challenges posed by fluctuating wireless network conditions. Traditional adaptive streaming…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Zurh Farus , Betty Searcy , Tina Nassisid , Kevin Muhammad

The growing complexity of next-generation networks exacerbates the modeling and algorithmic flaws of conventional network optimization methodology. In this paper, we propose a mobile network digital twin (MNDT) architecture for 6G networks.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Tong Li , Fenyu Jiang , Qiaohong Yu , Wenzhen Huang , Tao Jiang , Depeng Jin

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) often struggle in preserving high-frequency components of nodal signals when dealing with directed graphs. Such components are crucial for modeling flow dynamics, without which a traditional GNN tends to treat a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Haoyang Jiang , Jindong Wang , Xingquan Zhu , Yi He

In this paper, the problem of low-latency communication and computation resource allocation for digital twin (DT) over wireless networks is investigated. In the considered model, multiple physical devices in the physical network (PN) needs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Yuchen Liu , Zhaoyang Zhang

The emerging data-driven methods based on artificial intelligence (AI) have paved the way for intelligent, flexible, and adaptive network management in vehicular applications. To enhance network management towards network automation, this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Kaige Qu , Weihua Zhuang

As 5G and future 6G mobile networks become increasingly more sophisticated, the requirements for agility, scalability, resilience, and precision in real-time service provisioning cannot be met using traditional and heuristic-based resource…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-08 John Sengendo , Fabrizio Granelli

Network digital twins (NDTs) are transforming network management by offering precise virtual replicas of physical network systems. However, their reliance on diverse and sensitive data introduces significant challenges related to data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Zifan Zhang , Dianwei Chen , Anjun Gao , Manhua Wang , Mingzhe Chen , Minghong Fang , Xianfeng Yang , Yuchen Liu

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…