Distributed management of Network Slices in beyond 5G

Project Information

MonB5G

Grant agreement ID: 871780

DOI 10.3030/871780

Project closed

EC signature date 29 October 2019

Start date 1 November 2019

End date 30 April 2023

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Total cost € 5 572 491,25

EU contribution € 5 572 491,25

Coordinated by

CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (23)

Factsheet and project presentation
Trust model and trust management approaches
Final Report on dissemination, standardization & exploitation plans

Final Report on dissemination standardization exploitation plans

Report on Integration and testing of the MonB5G AE and MS
Technical report on system integration and operation
Final report on AI-driven MonB5G energy efficiency techniques

Final report on AIdriven MonB5G energy efficiency techniques

1st release of the MonB5G architecture
Press Release
Initial report on AI-driven techniques for the MonB5G DE
Final report on AI-driven techniques for the MonB5G DE

Final report on AIdriven techniques for the MonB5G DE

Initial report on AI-driven techniques for the MonB5G AE/MS
Report on implementation and testing of security and energy management techniques
Technical report on the integration of MonB5G technologies in the network architecture
Techno-economic analysis of the beyond 5G environment, use case requirements and KPIs

Technoeconomic analysis of the beyond 5G environment use case requirements and KPIs

Final Publishable Activity Report
Final Press Release
Final release of the MonB5G architecture (including security)

Final release of the MonB5G architecture including security

Preliminary report on AI-driven MonB5G security and energy efficiency techniques
1st Report on dissemination, standardization & exploitation plans

1st Report on dissemination standardization exploitation plans

2nd Report on dissemination, standardization & exploitation plans

2nd Report on dissemination standardization exploitation plans

Final report on AI-driven MonB5G security techniques

Final report on AIdriven MonB5G security techniques

Final report on AI-driven techniques for the MonB5G AE/MS

Final report on AIdriven techniques for the MonB5G AEMS

Report on Integration and testing of the MonB5G DE

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Website development and creation of social accounts
Project Video Presentation

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Demonstration of zero-touch multi-domain service management

Demonstration of zerotouch multidomain service management

Demonstration of AI-assisted security monitoring and enforcement

Demonstration of AIassisted security monitoring and enforcement

Publications

Conference proceedings (38)

DRL-based Slice Placement Under Non-Stationary Conditions

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves, Amina Boubendir, Fabrice Guillemin, Pierre Sens
Published in: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI); Machine Learning (cs.LG), 2021
Publisher: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2108.02495

Entropy-Driven Stochastic Policy for Fast Federated Learning in Beyond 5G Edge-RAN

Author(s): B. Aamer, H. Chergui, M. Benjillali and C. Verikoukis
Published in: 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom46510.2021.9685786

NSBchain: A Secure Blockchain Framework for Network Slicing Brokerage

Author(s): Lanfranco Zanzi, Antonio Albanese, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Xavier Costa-Perez
Published in: ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020, Page(s) 1-7, ISBN 978-1-7281-5089-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149414

A Trust architecture for the SLA management in 5G networks

Author(s): S. B. Saad, A. Ksentini and B. Brik
Published in: ICC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Issue CC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2021, pp. 1-6, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc42927.2021.9500990

DRL-based Slice Placement under Realistic Network Load Conditions

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves; Amina Boubendir; Fabice Guillemin; Pierre Sens
Published in: https://hal.inria.fr/hal-03516310, Issue 12, 2020
Publisher: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2109.12857

Continuous Multi-objective Zero-touch Network Slicing via Twin Delayed DDPG and OpenAI Gym

Author(s): Rezazadeh, Farhad; Chergui, Hatim; Alonso, Luis; Verikoukis, Christos
Published in: IEEE GLobecom, Issue 10, 2020
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4459653

On Predicting Service-oriented Network Slices Performances in 5G: A Federated Learning Approach

Author(s): Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini
Published in: 2020 IEEE 45th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2020, Page(s) 164-171, ISBN 978-1-7281-7158-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lcn48667.2020.9314849

A Cloud Native SLA-Driven Stochastic Federated Learning Policy for 6G Zero-Touch Network Slicing

Author(s): Swastika Roy; Hatim Chergui; Luis Sanabria; C. verikoukis
Published in: ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc45855.2022.9838376

SafeSCHEMA: Multi-domain Orchestration of Slices based on SafeRL for B5G Networks

Author(s): Anestis Dalgkitsis; Ashima Chawla; Anne-Marie Bosneag; Christos Verikoukis
Published in: Crossref, Issue 11, 2022
Publisher: GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7875896

CDF-Aware Federated Learning for Low SLA Violations in Beyond 5G Network Slicing

Author(s): Hatim Chergui; Luis Blanco; Christos Verikoukis
Published in: ICC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc42927.2021.9501058

Heuristic for Edge-enabled Network Slicing Optimization using the “Power of Two Choices”

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves, Amina Boubendir, Fabrice Guillemin, Pierre Sens
Published in: 2020 16th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2020, Page(s) 1-9, ISBN 978-3-903176-31-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/cnsm50824.2020.9269099

Edge-enabled Optimized Network Slicing in Large Scale Networks

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves, Amina Boubendir, Fabice Guillemin, Pierre Sens
Published in: 2020 11th International Conference on Network of the Future (NoF), 2020, Page(s) 129-131, ISBN 978-1-7281-8055-7
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/nof50125.2020.9249208

Deterministic Service Function Chaining over Beyond 5G Edge Fabric

Author(s): H.Yu, T.Taleb, J.Zhang
Published in: 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom46510.2021.9685927

A network tomography approach for anomaly localization in Service Function Chaining

Author(s): M. Rahali, J. -M. Sanner, C. -T. Phan and G. Rubino
Published in: 2021 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/isncc52172.2021.9615786

Location-based Data Model for Optimized Network Slice Placement

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves, Amina Boubendir, Fabrice Guillemin, Pierre Sens
Published in: 2020 6th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), 2020, Page(s) 404-412, ISBN 978-1-7281-5684-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/netsoft48620.2020.9165427

Scalable end-to-end slice embedding and reconfiguration based on independent DQN agents

Author(s): P. Doanis, T. Giannakas and T. Spyropoulos
Published in: GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom48099.2022.10001068

Optimized Network Slicing Proof-of-Concept with Interactive Gaming Use Case

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves, Amina Boubendir, Fabice Guillemin, Pierre Sens
Published in: 2020 23rd Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks and Workshops (ICIN), 2020, Page(s) 150-152, ISBN 978-1-7281-5128-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icin48450.2020.9059328

Microservices Configurations and the Impact on the Performance in Cloud Native Environments

Author(s): Mekki, Mohamed; Toumi, Nassima; Ksentini, Adlen
Published in: 47th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, 26-29 September 2022, Edmonton, Canada, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lcn53696.2022.9843385

Graph-based Interpretable Anomaly Detection Framework for Network Slice Management in Beyond 5G Networks

Author(s): Ashima Chawla; Anne-Marie Bosneag; Anestis Dalgkitsis
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/noms56928.2023.10154357

Towards SDN-based Deterministic Networking: Deterministic E2E Delay Case

Author(s): Aiman Nait Abbou, Tarik Taleb, JaeSeung Song
Published in: 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) , 2021, p.210-6, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom46510.2021.9685656

5G-Enabled Defence-in-Depth for Multi-domain Operations

Author(s): S. Kukliński, K. Szczypiorski, K. Wrona and J. Bieniasz
Published in: MILCOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/milcom55135.2022.10017753

Performance evaluation of the OSM orchestrator

Author(s): Robert Kołakowski, Lechosław Tomaszewski, Sławomir Kukliński
Published in: 2021 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/nfv-sdn53031.2021.9665052

SCHEMA: Service Chain Elastic Management with Distributed Reinforcement Learning

Author(s): Anestis Dalgkitsis, Luis A. Garrido, Prodromos-Vasileios Mekikis, Kostas Ramantas, Luis Alonso, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom46510.2021.9685162

Dynamic Resource Aware VNF Placement with Deep Reinforcement Learning for 5G Networks

Author(s): Anestis Dalgkitsis, Prodromos-Vasileios Mekikis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Georgios Kormentzas, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: GLOBECOM 2020 - 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, 2020, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-8298-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom42002.2020.9322512

In-Slice Management Decomposition and Implementation Issues

Author(s): Sławomir Kukliński
Published in: 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/fnwf55208.2022.00073

KRS: Kubernetes Resource Scheduler for resilient NFV networks

Author(s): Rahali, Mohamed; Phan, Cao-Thanh; Rubino, Gerardo
Published in: GLOBECOM 2021 - IEEE Global Communications Conference, Dec 2021, Madrid, Spain. pp.1-6, Issue 1, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/globecom46510.2021.9685328

A collaborative statistical actor-critic learning approach for 6G network slicing control

Author(s): Farhad Rezazadeh; Hatim Chergui; Luis Blanco; Luis Alonso; Christos Verikoukis
Published in: 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Issue 12, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2201.08990

Learning Sparsity of Representations with Discrete Latent Variables

Author(s): Zhao Xu; Daniel Onoro Rubio; Giuseppe Serra; Mathias Niepert
Published in: IJCNN, Issue 18, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ijcnn52387.2021.9533762

Actor-Critic-Based Learning for Zero-touch Joint Resource and Energy Control in Network Slicing

Author(s): F. Rezazadeh, H. Chergui, L. Christofi and C. Verikoukis
Published in: ICC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2021, pp. 1-6, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc42927.2021.9500265

π-ROAD: a Learn-as-You-Go Framework for On-Demand Emergency Slices in V2X Scenarios

Author(s): Armin Okic, Lanfranco Zanzi, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Alessandro Redondi, Xavier Costa-Perez
Published in: IEEE INFOCOM 2021 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2012.06208

Latency-aware Service Placement and Live Migrations in 5G and Beyond Mobile Systems

Author(s): Badr Eddine Mada, Miloud Bagaa, Tarik Tale, Hannu Flinck
Published in: ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2020, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-5089-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc40277.2020.9148940

Machine Learning for Network Slicing in Future Mobile Networks: Design and Implementation

Author(s): L. A. Garrido, A. Dalgkitsis, K. Ramantas and C. Verikoukis
Published in: 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/meditcom49071.2021.9647571

Uncertainty Propagation in Node Classification

Author(s): Zhao Xu, Carolin Lawrence, Ammar Shaker, Raman Siarheyeu
Published in: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icdm54844.2022.00167

Distributed AI-based Security for Massive Numbers of Network Slices in 5G & Beyond Mobile Systems

Author(s): Benzaid Chafika; Tarik Taleb; Cao-Thanh Phan; Christos Tselios; George Tsolis
Published in: EuCNC/6G Summit, Issue 6, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/eucnc/6gsummit51104.2021.9482418

Context-Aware Traffic Prediction: Loss Function Formulation for Predicting Traffic in 5G Networks

Author(s): L. A. Garrido, P. -V. Mekikis, A. Dalgkitsis and C. Verikoukis
Published in: ICC 2021 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icc42927.2021.9500735

Demo: Blockchain-based Inter-Provider Agreements for 6G Networks

Author(s): F. Javed and J. Mangues-Bafalluy
Published in: 2022 18th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/cnsm55787.2022.9965033

MonB5G: AI/ML-Capable Distributed Orchestration and Management Framework for Network Slices

Author(s): Slawomir Kuklinski; Robert Kolakowski; Lechoslaw Tomaszewski; Luis Sanabria-Russo; Christos Verikoukis; Cao-Thanh Phan; Lanfranco Zanzi; Francesco Devoti; Adlen Ksentini; Christos Tselios; George Tsolis; Hatim Chergui
Published in: 2021 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom), Issue 12, 2021
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/meditcom49071.2021.9647681

A Novel Architectural Approach for the Provision of Scalable and Automated Network Slice Management, in 5G and Beyond

Author(s): Slawomir Kuklinski, Lechoslaw Tomaszewski, Ioannis P. Chochliouros, Christos Verikoukis, Robert Kołakowski, Anastasia S. Spiliopoulou and Alexandros Kostopoulos
Published in: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (AICT), Issue Vol.628, 2021, Page(s) 39-51, ISBN 978-3-030-79156-8
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79157-5_4

Peer reviewed articles (28)

Deep Learning for B5G Open Radio Access Network: Evolution, Survey, Case Studies, and Challenges

Author(s): Bouziane Brik; Karim Boutiba; Adlen Ksentini
Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society ( Volume: 3), Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 2644-125X
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ojcoms.2022.3146618

An end-to-end trusted architecture for network slicing in 5G and beyond networks

Author(s): Ben Saad, Sabra; Ksentini, Adlen; Brik, Bouziane
Published in: Security and Privacy. 2022; 5( 1):e186., 2022, ISSN 2475-6725
Publisher: wiley
DOI: 10.1002/spy2.186

Deep data plane programming and AI for zero-trust self-driven networking in beyond 5G

Author(s): Othmane Hireche; Chafika Benzaïd; Tarik Taleb
Published in: Computer Networks, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1389-1286
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2021.108668

Deterministic Latency/Jitter-Aware Service Function Chaining Over Beyond 5G Edge Fabric

Author(s): H.Yu, T.Taleb, J.Zhang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management ( Volume: 19, Issue: 3, September 2022), 2022, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2022.3151431

Toward Zero-Touch Management and Orchestration of Massive Deployment of Network Slices in 6G

Author(s): Hatim Chergui , Adlen Ksentini , Luis Blanco , Christos Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Wireless Communications ( Volume: 29, Issue: 1, February 2022), 2022, ISSN 1536-1284
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mwc.009.00366

Deterministic Latency Bounded Network Slice Deployment in IP-over-WDM based Metro-Aggregation Networks

Author(s): Hao Yu; Tarik Taleb; Jiawei Zhang; Honggang Wang
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering ( Volume: 9, Issue: 2, 01 March-April 2022), Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 2327-4697
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
DOI: 10.1109/tnse.2021.3127718

Post-Quantum Blockchain-based Secure Service Orchestration in Multi-Cloud Networks

Author(s): Engin Zeydan, Jorge Baranda, Josep Mangues
Published in: IEEE Access ( Volume: 10), 2022, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3228823

Data Driven Service Orchestration for Vehicular Networks

Author(s): Anestis Dalgkitsis, Prodromos-Vasileios Mekikis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Christos Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ( Volume: 22, Issue: 7, July 2021), 2020, Page(s) 4100 - 4109, ISSN 1524-9050
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tits.2020.3011264

LACO: A Latency-Driven Network Slicing Orchestration in Beyond-5G Networks

Author(s): Lanfranco Zanzi, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Hans Dieter Schotten, Xavier Costa-Perez
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Issue 20/1, 2021, Page(s) 667-682, ISSN 1536-1276
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/twc.2020.3027963

Toward Securing Federated Learning against Poisoning Attacks in Zero Touch B5G networks

Author(s): S. B. Saad, B. BRIK and A. KSENTINI
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, doi: 10.1109/TNSM.2023.3278838., 2023, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2023.3278838.

A Novel QoS Framework for Network Slicing in 5G and Beyond Networks Based on SDN and NFV

Author(s): Zhaogang Shu, Tarik Taleb
Published in: IEEE Network, Issue 34/3, 2020, Page(s) 256-263, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mnet.001.1900423

Blockchain-based Service Orchestration for 5G Vertical Industries in Multi-Cloud Environment

Author(s): Engin Zeydan; Jorge Baranda; Josep Nangues; Y. Turk; S. B. Ozturk
Published in: IEEE Trans. Netw. Serv. Manage.: 19 pp. 1-1 (4)., 2022, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2022.3194078

QoS and Resource-Aware Security Orchestration and Life Cycle Management

Author(s): M. Bagaa, Tarik Taleb, Jorge Bernal Bernabe, Antonio Skarmeta
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2022, ISSN 1536-1233
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tmc.2020.3046968

Trust in 5G and Beyond Networks

Author(s): Chafika Benzaid, Tarik Taleb, Muhammad Zubair Farooqi
Published in: IEEE Network, 2021, Page(s) 1-11, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mnet.011.2000508

Service Function Chaining in 5G & Beyond Networks: Challenges and Open Research Issues

Author(s): Hajar Hantouti; Nabil Benamar; Tarik Taleb
Published in: IEEE Network ( Volume: 34, Issue: 4, July/August 2020), Issue 6, 2020, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mnet.001.1900554

The Road beyond 5G: A Vision and Insight of the Key Technologies

Author(s): Konstantinos Samdanis, Tarik Taleb
Published in: IEEE Network, Issue 34/2, 2020, Page(s) 135-141, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mnet.001.1900228

A Heuristically Assisted Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Network Slice Placement

Author(s): J. J. Alves Esteves, A. Boubendir, F. Guillemin and P. Sens
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management ( Volume: 19, Issue: 4, December 2022), 2022, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2021.3132103

Zero-touch security management for mMTC network slices: DDoS attack detection and mitigation

Author(s): Radouane Niboucha, Sabra. Ben Saad, Adlen. Ksentini and Yacine. Challal
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 20 December 2022, 2022, ISSN 2327-4662
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2022.3230875

SCHE2MA: Scalable, Energy-Aware, Multidomain Orchestration for Beyond-5G URLLC Services

Author(s): Anestis Dalgkitsis; Luis A. Garrido; Farhad Rezazadeh; Hatim Chergui; Kostas Ramantas; John S. Vardakas; Christos Verikoukis
Published in: Crossref, Issue 27, 2022, ISSN 1524-9050
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7875988

"""Statistical Federated Learning for Beyond 5G SLA-Constrained RAN Slicing,"" in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 2066-2076, March 2022, doi: 10.1109/TWC.2021.3109377."

Author(s): H. Chergui, L. Blanco and C. Verikoukis,
Published in: """ in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 2066-2076, March 2022,", 2022, ISSN 1536-1276
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/twc.2021.3109377

On the Specialization of FDRL Agents for Scalableand Distributed 6G RAN Slicing Orchestration

Author(s): F. Rezazadeh, L. Zanzi, F. Devoti, H. Chergui, X. Costa-Pérez and C. Verikoukis
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology ( Volume: 72, Issue: 3, March 2023), 2022, ISSN 0018-9545
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tvt.2022.3218158

Federated Deep Reinforcement Learning for Internet of Things With Decentralized Cooperative Edge Caching

Author(s): Xiaofei Wang, Chenyang Wang, Xiuhua Li, Victor C. M. Leung, Tarik Taleb
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Issue 7/10, 2020, Page(s) 9441-9455, ISSN 2327-4662
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/jiot.2020.2986803

On using reinforcement learning for network slice admission control in 5G: offline vs. online

Author(s): Sihem Bakri, Bouziane Brik, Adlen Ksentini
Published in: International journal of communication systems, Wiley, February 2021, 2021, ISSN 1074-5351
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/dac.4757

AI for Beyond 5G Networks: A Cyber-Security Defense or Offense Enabler?

Author(s): Chafika Benzaid, Tarik Taleb
Published in: IEEE Network, Issue 34/6, 2020, Page(s) 140-147, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mnet.011.2000088

On the Robustness of Controlled Deep Reinforcement Learning for Slice Placement

Author(s): Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves; Amina Boubendir; Fabrice Guillemin; Pierre Sens
Published in: Journal of Network and Systems Management, Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 1573-7705
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10922-022-09654-8

Towards an Optimal MEC Resources Dimensioning for Vehicle Collision Avoidance System: A Deep Learning Approach

Author(s): Brik, Bouziane; Ksentini, Adlen
Published in: IEEE Network, In press, Issue 26, 2022, ISSN 0890-8044
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mnet.011.2000577

ARENA: A Data-Driven Radio Access Networks Analysis of Football Events

Author(s): Lanfranco Zanzi, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Xavier Costa-Perez, Georgios Agapiou, Hans Dieter Schotten
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Issue 17/4, 2020, Page(s) 2634-2647, ISSN 1932-4537
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tnsm.2020.3032829

ONETS: Online Network Slice Broker From Theory to Practice

Author(s): Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Senior Member, IEEE, Lanfranco Zanzi, Associate Member, IEEE, Xavier Costa-Perez, Senior Member, IEEE, and Antonio Capone, Fellow, IEEE
Published in: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, VOL. 21, NO. 1, JANUARY 2022, 2022, ISSN 1536-1276
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1801.03484

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AI-driven predictive and scalable management and orchestration of network slices predictive and scalable management and orchestration of network slices

Author(s): Sławomir Kukliński, Lechosław Tomaszewski, Robert Kołakowski, Anne-Marie Bosneag, Ashima Chawla, Adlen Ksentini, Sabra Ben Saad, Xu Zhao, Luis A. Garrido, Anestis Dalgkitsis, Bahador Bakhshi, Engin Zeydan
Published in: ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 3 (2022), Issue 3, Pages 570-588, 2022
Publisher: ITU
DOI: 10.52953/ipui5221