In this tutorial paper, we look into the evolution and prospect of network architecture and
propose a novel conceptual architecture for the 6th generation (6G) networks. The proposed …

Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that makes people's lives smart by
conquering a plethora of diverse application and service areas. In near future, the fifth …

As a new form of computing based on the core technology of cloud computing and built on
edge infrastructure, edge computing can handle computing-intensive and delay-sensitive …

Effective network slicing requires an infrastructure/network provider to deal with the
uncertain demands and real-time dynamics of the network resource requests. Another …

With the growing demand for openness, scalability, and granularity, mobile network function
virtualization (NFV) has emerged as a key enabler for the most of mobile network operators …

Edge computing is booming as a promising paradigm to extend service provisioning from
the centralized cloud to the network edge. Benefit from the development of serverless …

The growing landscape of emerging wireless applications is a key driver towards the
development of novel wireless system designs. Such a design can be based on a metaverse …

The dependence of traditional network functions (NFs) on special hardware results in high
capital expenditures (CAPEX) and operating expenditures (OPEX). Network Function …

With the advent of 5G era, network slicing has received a great deal of attention as a means
to support a variety of wireless services in a flexible manner. Network slicing is a technique …

Among the novelties introduced by 5G networks, the formalization of thenetwork slice'as a
resource allocation unit is an important one. In legacy networks, resources such as link …