Reconfiguration in network slicing—Optimizing the profit and performance

G Wang, G Feng, TQS Quek, S Qin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing enables diversified services to be accommodated by isolated slices in
network function virtualization-enabled software-defined networks. To maintain satisfactory …

[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning based resource management for network slicing

Y Kim, S Kim, H Lim - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Network slicing to create multiple virtual networks, called network slice, is a promising
technology to enable networking resource sharing among multiple tenants for the 5th …

On robustness of network slicing for next-generation mobile networks

R Wen, G Feng, J Tang, TQS Quek… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing is a fundamental architectural technology for the fifth generation mobile
network. It is challenging to design a robust end-to-end network slice spanning overall …

Resource sharing efficiency in network slicing

C Marquez, M Gramaglia, M Fiore… - … on Network and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The economic sustainability of future mobile networks will largely depend on the strong
specialization of its offered services. Network operators will need to provide added value to …

Learning-based dynamic resource provisioning for network slicing with ensured end-to-end performance bound

Q Xu, J Wang, K Wu - IEEE Transactions on Network Science …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accommodate different sets of network functions with different quality-of-service
requirements for different types of applications in 5G networks, network slicing, which …

The creation phase in network slicing: From a service order to an operative network slice

J Ordonez-Lucena, O Adamuz-Hinojosa… - … on Networks and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing is considered a key mechanism to serve the multitude of tenants (eg vertical
industries) targeted by forthcoming 5G systems in a flexible and cost-efficient manner. In this …

Deep reinforcement learning with discrete normalized advantage functions for resource management in network slicing

C Qi, Y Hua, R Li, Z Zhao… - IEEE Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing promises to provision diversified services with distinct requirements in one
infrastructure. Deep reinforcement learning (eg, deep Q-learning, DQL) is assumed to be an …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Slice management for quality of service differentiation in wireless network slicing

N An, Y Kim, J Park, DH Kwon, H Lim - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Network slicing is a technology that virtualizes a single infrastructure into multiple logical
networks (called slices) where resources or virtualized functions can be flexibly configured …

An efficient resource management mechanism for network slicing in a LTE network

ASD Alfoudi, SHS Newaz, A Otebolaku, GM Lee… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proliferation of mobile devices and user applications has continued to contribute to the
humongous volume of data traffic in cellular networks. To surmount this challenge, service …