Survey on Machine Learning-Enabled Network Slicing: Covering the Entire Life Cycle

A Donatti, SL Correa, JSB Martins… - … on Network and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing (NS) is becoming an essential element of service management and
orchestration in communication networks, starting from mobile cellular networks and …

On the specialization of fdrl agents for scalable and distributed 6g ran slicing orchestration

F Rezazadeh, L Zanzi, F Devoti… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing enables multiple virtual networks to be instantiated and customized to meet
heterogeneous use case requirements over 5G and beyond network deployments …

Applications of machine learning in resource management for RAN-slicing in 5G and beyond networks: A survey

Y Azimi, S Yousefi, H Kalbkhani, T Kunz - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the key foundations of 5th Generation (5G) and beyond 5G (B5G) networks is
network slicing, in which the network is partitioned into several separated logical networks …

A stochastic network calculus (snc)-based model for planning b5g urllc ran slices

O Adamuz-Hinojosa, V Sciancalepore… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing involves several challenges. In particular, the Mobile
Network Operator (MNO) must ensure—before deploying each slice—that corresponding …

On the design of a network digital twin for the radio access network in 5g and beyond

I Vilà, O Sallent, J Pérez-Romero - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
A Network Digital Twin (NDT) is a high-fidelity digital mirror of a real network. Given the
increasing complexity of 5G and beyond networks, the use of an NDT becomes useful as a …

Towards reliability-enhanced, delay-guaranteed dynamic network slicing: A multi-agent DQN approach with an action space reduction strategy

W Wang, L Tang, T Liu, X He, C Liang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network availability and service continuity are major concerns for network operators to
provide reliable communication services for Internet of Things (IoT), which are particularly …

Two-Tier Resource Allocation for Multitenant Network Slicing: A Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

R Ou, G Sun, D Ayepah-Mensah… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks enable gigabit-per-second data speeds, minimal
latency, and reliable Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. Thus, network slicing (NS) has …

A deep q-network-based algorithm for multi-connectivity optimization in heterogeneous cellular-networks

JJ Hernández-Carlón, J Pérez-Romero, O Sallent… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of multi-connectivity has become a useful tool to manage the traffic in
heterogeneous cellular network deployments, since it allows a device to be simultaneously …

Resource orchestration in network slicing using GAN-based distributional deep Q-network for industrial applications

RK Gupta, S Mahajan, R Misra - The Journal of Supercomputing, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is an emerging and promising concept that
allows intelligent manufacturing through the connectivity of 5G/6G and the interaction of …

End-to-end network slicing for edge computing optimization

AC Baktır, A Özgövde, C Ersoy - Future Generation Computer Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
User-centric services proliferated by the smart devices is getting more demanding and
characteristically diversified. Fall-risk assessment, augmented reality and similar services …