Deep learning with graph convolutional networks: An overview and latest applications in computational intelligence

UA Bhatti, H Tang, G Wu, S Marjan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have received widespread attention due to their
powerful modeling capabilities and have been successfully applied in natural language …

Graph-based deep learning for communication networks: A survey

W Jiang - Computer Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Communication networks are important infrastructures in contemporary society. There are
still many challenges that are not fully solved and new solutions are proposed continuously …

Dynamic virtual network embedding algorithm based on graph convolution neural network and reinforcement learning

P Zhang, C Wang, N Kumar… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network virtualization (NV) is a technology with broad application prospects. Virtual network
embedding (VNE) is the core orientation of VN, which aims to provide more flexible …

Coordinated slicing and admission control using multi-agent deep reinforcement learning

M Sulaiman, A Moayyedi, M Ahmadi… - … on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs) facilitate new forms of flexible resource
management as dynamic RAN function splitting and placement. Virtualized RAN functions …

Gal-vne: Solving the vne problem with global reinforcement learning and local one-shot neural prediction

H Geng, R Wang, F Wu, J Yan - Proceedings of the 29th ACM SIGKDD …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The NP-hard combinatorial Virtual Network Embedding (VNE) Problem refers to finding the
node and edge mapping between a virtual net (request) and the physical net (resource) …

Artificial algae optimization for Virtual Network Embedding problems in 5G network slicing scenarios

R Gomes, D Vieira, MB Pereira, MF de Castro - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Network slicing enables diverse scenarios within The Fifth Generation of Cellular System
(5G) and beyond systems. Mapping virtual networks to their physical counterparts, known as …

CE-VNE: Constraint escalation virtual network embedding algorithm assisted by graph convolutional networks

P Zhang, Z Luo, N Kumar, M Guizani, H Zhang… - Journal of Network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the advent of Industry 5.0, access devices are becoming more and more demanding on
the network. For example, in areas such as financial transactions, drone control and …

Energy-efficient VNF deployment for graph-structured SFC based on graph neural network and constrained deep reinforcement learning

QI Siyu, LI Shuopeng, LIN Shaofu… - 2021 22nd Asia …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network Function Virtualization (NFV), which decouples network functions from hardware
and transforms them into hardware-independent Virtual Network Functions (VNF), is a …

AI-Empowered Virtual Network Embedding: A Comprehensive Survey

S Wu, N Chen, A Xiao, P Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the challenges posed by Internet rigidity, network virtualization (NV) technology emerges
as a pivotal approach, imparting diversity, resilience, and scalability to the evolution of new …

Joint admission control and resource allocation of virtual network embedding via hierarchical deep reinforcement learning

T Wang, L Shen, Q Fan, T Xu, T Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As an essential resource management problem in network virtualization, virtual network
embedding (VNE) aims to allocate the finite resources of physical network to sequentially …