Network slice reconfiguration by exploiting deep reinforcement learning with large action space

F Wei, G Feng, Y Sun, Y Wang, S Qin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is widely acknowledged that network slicing can tackle the diverse usage scenarios and
connectivity services that the 5G-and-beyond system needs to support. To guarantee …

A cloud-based SDN/NFV testbed for end-to-end network slicing in 4G/5G

A Esmaeily, K Kralevska… - 2020 6th IEEE Conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing aims to shape 5G as a flexible, scalable, and demand-oriented network.
Research communities deploy small-scale and cost-efficient testbeds in order to evaluate …

Joint monitoring and analytics for service assurance of network slicing

M Xie, Q Zhang, P Grønsund… - … IEEE Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing is a concept to provide dedicated and isolated telco services tailored to
specific needs of different verticals over a common infrastructure. Offering service assurance …

A constrained reinforcement learning based approach for network slicing

Y Liu, J Ding, X Liu - 2020 IEEE 28th International Conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the proliferation of mobile networks, we face strong diversification of services,
demanding the current network to embed more flexibility. To satisfy this daring need …

Service orchestration and federation for verticals

X Li, J Mangues-Bafalluy, I Pascual… - 2018 IEEE Wireless …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next generation mobile transport networks shall transform into flexible and agile
SDN/NFV-based transport and computing platforms, capable of simultaneously supporting …

End-to-end network slicing for future wireless in multi-region cloud platforms

S Marinova, T Lin, H Bannazadeh, A Leon-Garcia - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
End-to-end network slicing is an auspicious paradigm, which promises to lead the way
towards efficiently addressing the problems of legacy networks. Based on softwarization and …

Toward tailored resource allocation of slices in 6G networks with softwarization and virtualization

H Cao, J Du, H Zhao, DX Luo, N Kumar… - IEEE Internet of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Compared with 5G networks, 6G networks are guaranteed to provide various tailored end-to-
end network services and emerging cloud-edge applications. Network slicing (NS) is …

VNF-Enabled 5G Network Orchestration Framework for Slice Creation, Isolation and Management

T Srinivasan, S Venkatapathy, HG Jo, IH Ra - Journal of Sensor and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Network slicing is widely regarded as the most critical technique for allocating network
resources to varied user needs in 5G networks. A Software Defined Networking (SDN) and …

Slicing and allocation of transformable resources for the deployment of multiple virtualized infrastructure managers (vims)

LA Freitas, VG Braga, SL Corrêa… - 2018 4th IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the context of 5G networks, the concept of network slicing allows network providers to
flexibly share infrastructures with mobile service providers and verticals. While this concept …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling IoT scalability with 5G NFV-enabled network slicing

PH Lee, FJ Lin - Advances in Internet of Things, 2021 - scirp.org
With emerging large volume and diverse heterogeneity of Internet of Things (IoT)
applications, the one-size-fits-all design of the current 4G networks is no longer adequate to …