Toward enforcing network slicing on RAN: Flexibility and resources abstraction

A Ksentini, N Nikaein - IEEE Communications Magazine, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Knowing the variety of services and applications to be supported in the upcoming 5G
systems, the current" one size fits all" network architecture is no more efficient. Indeed, each …

5G RAN slicing for verticals: Enablers and challenges

SE Elayoubi, SB Jemaa, Z Altman… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the slicing concept in the 5G RAN with the related challenges and
research problems. The objective is to identify the plausible options for implementing the …

Autonomous resource provisioning and resource customization for mixed traffics in virtualized radio access network

G Sun, K Xiong, GO Boateng… - IEEE Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing has been introduced in fifth-generation (5G) systems to satisfy requirements
of diverse applications from various service providers operating on a common shared …

Network slicing for critical communications in shared 5G infrastructures-an empirical evaluation

F Kurtz, C Bektas, N Dorsch… - 2018 4th IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing automation in systems such as Smart Grids (SGs), Intelligent Transportation, the
Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0, involves the need for robust, highly capable …

An end-to-end network slicing algorithm based on deep Q-learning for 5G network

T Li, X Zhu, X Liu - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of key technologies of the fifth-generation (5G) communication system, network
slicing can share the underlying infrastructure with different application requirements and …

Dynamic network slice scaling assisted by prediction in 5G network

J Zhou, W Zhao, S Chen - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing is a key technology in fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks. Slicing divides
a physical network into multiple dedicated logical networks to meet the requirements of …

Deep reinforcement learning for network slicing with heterogeneous resource requirements and time varying traffic dynamics

J Koo, VB Mendiratta, MR Rahman… - 2019 15th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Efficient network slicing is vital to deal with the highly variable and dynamic characteristics of
traffic in 5G networks. Network slicing addresses a challenging dynamic network resource …

An end-to-end network slicing framework for 5G wireless communication systems

Q Li, G Wu, A Papathanassiou, U Mukherjee - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
Wireless industry nowadays is facing two major challenges: 1) how to support the vertical
industry applications so that to expand the wireless industry market and 2) how to further …

Customized slicing for 6G: Enforcing artificial intelligence on resource management

W Guan, H Zhang, VCM Leung - IEEE network, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next generation wireless networks are expected to support diverse vertical industries and
offer countless emerging use cases. To satisfy stringent requirements of diversified services …

Maximize the long-term average revenue of network slice provider via admission control among heterogeneous slices

M Dai, G Sun, H Yu, D Niyato - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing endows 5G/B5G with differentiated and customized capabilities to cope with
the proliferation of diversified services, whereas limited physical network resources may not …