The last couple of years have seen an emergence of physics-inspired computing for
maximum likelihood MIMO detection. These methods involve transforming the MIMO …

Optimization or sampling of arbitrary pairwise Ising models, in a quantum annealing protocol
of constrained interaction topology, can be enabled by a minor-embedding procedure. The …

We study the interplay between quantum annealing parameters in embedded problems,
providing both deeper insights into the physics of these devices and pragmatic …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a crucial technology for the 5G network development
because it can improve the flexibility of employing hardware and reduce the construction of …

This work investigates a scenario in which a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles serves a
set of sensor nodes, adopting the time division multiple access scheme. To ensure fair …

Optimal MIMO detection has been one of the most challenging and computationally
inefficient tasks in wireless systems. We show that the new analog computing techniques …

Ising machines have recently been attracting attention due to their apparent ability to solve
difficult combinatorial problems using analog operational principles. Oscillator Ising …

Embedding Service Function Chain (SFC) into the massive and resource-hungry Internet of
Things (IoT) substrate graph is a critical optimization research problem. Unfortunately, the …

We define the quantum utility performance metric and three milestones, which define
quantum utility as measured in some limited context. Current and previous-generation …

In order to meet mobile cellular users' ever-increasing data demands, today's 4G and 5G
wireless networks are designed mainly with the goal of maximizing spectral efficiency. While …