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 by demands of applications to satisfy their quality of service...
Multiservice cellular in Radio Access Network (RAN) Slicing has recently attained huge interest in enhancing isolation and flexibility. However, RAN slicing in heterogeneous networks (HetNet) architecture is not adequately explored. This study propos...
One of the core features of 5G networks is the ability to support multiple services on the same infrastructure, with network slicing being a key technology. However, existing network slicing architectures have limitations in efficiently handling slic...
Network slicing is considered a key feature of 5G and beyond cellular systems. It opens the door for new business models of mobile operators, enables new services, reduces costs with advanced infrastructure-sharing techniques, and improves heterogene...
This paper focuses on the security challenges of network slice implementation in 5G networks. We propose that network slice controllers support security by enabling security controls at different network layers. The slice controller orchestrates mult...
Network slicing is a promising technique used in the smart delivery of traffic and can satisfy the requirements of specific applications or systems based on the features of the 5G network. To this end, an appropriate slice needs to be selected for ea...
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printers commonly need support material to print overhangs. A previously developed 4-axis printing process based on an orthogonal kinematic, an additional rotational axis around the z-axis and a 45° tilted nozzle ca...
Network slicing shows promise as a means to endow 5G networks with flexible and dynamic features. Network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) are the key methods for deploying network slicing, which will enable end-to-...
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 generation (5G) networks. By offering a network slice to slice tenants, netw...
Both commercial and research applications of wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) have seen considerable growth in the additive manufacturing of metallic components. However, there remains a clear lack of a unified paradigm for toolpath generation...
As network slicing gains traction in cloud computing environments, efficient management and orchestration systems are required to realize the benefits of this technology. These systems must enable dynamic provisioning and resource optimization of vir...
Network slicing is a powerful paradigm for network operators to support use cases with widely diverse requirements atop a common infrastructure. As 5G standards are completed, and commercial solutions mature, operators need to start thinking about ho...
Network slicing is introduced for elastically instantiating logical network infrastructure isolation to support different application types with diversified quality of service (QoS) class indicators. In particular, vehicular communications are a tren...
Network slicing is a core enabler of multi-tenant 5th Generation (5G) architectures, allowing heterogeneous services to coexist over shared infrastructure. However, ensuring effective isolation between slices remains a critical security challenge, as...
Network slicing is considered a key technology in enabling the underlying 5G mobile network infrastructure to meet diverse service requirements. In this article, we demonstrate how transport network slicing accommodates the various network service re...
Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been applied widely in industry as it brings substantial benefits to ease communication and improve business-IT alignment. However, due to its high complexity and cost, EA still plays a limited role in many organizati...
Fifth-generation networks efficiently support and fulfill the demands of mobile broadband and communication services. There has been a continuing advancement from 4G to 5G networks, with 5G mainly providing the three services of enhanced mobile broad...
Network Slicing and Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) are vital enablers for achieving 5G and 6G networks. A 5G/6G network can comprise various network slices from unique or multiple tenants. Network providers need to perform intelligent and efficien...
Dust aerosols, which have diverse and strong influences on the environment, must be monitored. Satellite data are effective for monitoring atmospheric conditions globally. In this work, the modified CO2 slicing method, a cloud detection technique usi...
Network slicing is a vital component of the 5G system to support diverse network scenarios, creating virtual networks (slices) by mapping virtual network requests to real networks. The mapping is an arduous computing process, mathematically studied a...
Slicing 3D polygonal meshes is a fundamental operation in various applications such as virtual surgery, garment simulation, and game development. Existing methods primarily slice meshes using either a single line or a set of line segments approximati...
Under jamming environments, the simulation system of monopulse radar consumes substantial computational resources due to echo signal and jamming signal generation, as well as real-time radar signal processing, leading to large time consumption in eva...
This paper explores the security challenges associated with network slicing in 5th Generation (5G) networks, a technology that enables the creation of virtual networks tailored to different use cases. This study contributes to network slicing researc...
The introduction of fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks leads to an increase in energy consumption and higher operational costs for mobile network operators (MNOs). Consequently, the optimization of 5G networks’ energy efficiency is crucial,...
Object detection in aerial images poses significant challenges due to the high dimensions of the images, requiring efficient handling and resizing to fit object detection models. The image-slicing approach for object detection in aerial images can in...
Network slicing empowers 5G with enhanced network performance and efficiency, cost saving, and better QoS and customer satisfaction, and expands the commercial application scenarios of 5G networks. However, the introduction of new techniques usually...
Network slicing is a key technology for 5G networks, which divides the traditional physical network into multiple independent logical networks to meet the diverse requirements of end-users. This paper focuses on the resource allocation problem in the...
Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is a hot research niche exploiting the synergy between Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems (C-ITS) and the Internet of Things (IoT), which can greatly benefit of the upcoming development of 5G technologies. The v...
Network operators have been dealing with the necessity of a dynamic network resources allocation to provide a new generation of customer-tailored applications. In that sense, Telecom providers have to migrate their BSS/OSS systems and network infrast...
IWSNs (Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks) have become the next step in the evolution of WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks) due to the nature and demands of modern industry. With this type of network, flexible and scalable architectures can be created t...
Nowadays, 5G network infrastructures are being developed for various industrial IoT (Internet of Things) applications worldwide, emerging with the IoT. As such, it is possible to deploy power-optimized technology in a way that promotes the long-term...
Fifth Generation (5G) is expected to meet stringent performance network requisites of the Industry 4.0. Moreover, its built-in network slicing capabilities allow for the support of the traffic heterogeneity in Industry 4.0 over the same physical netw...
The mechanical properties of sliced lamellae are critical for structural and decorative engineered wood products. This study evaluates the impact of slicing thickness on the tensile mechanical properties of plain oak (Quercus robur L. and Quercus pet...
The rapid expansion of device connectivity and the increasing demand for data traffic have become pivotal aspects of our daily lives, especially within the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. Consequently, operators are striving to identify the most...
The dynamic vision sensor (DVS) measures asynchronously change of brightness per pixel, then outputs an asynchronous and discrete stream of spatiotemporal event information that encodes the time, location, and sign of brightness changes. The dynamic...
Network slicing enables the multiplexing of independent logical networks on the same physical network infrastructure to provide different network services for different applications. The resource allocation problem involved in network slicing is typi...
The Standard Template Library (STL) file is the most common data format for the description of an additive manufacturing (AM) geometric model, but it has some disadvantages, such as large errors of the geometric model description, the easy loss of to...
Energy consumption is a critical issue for the communications network operators, impacting deeply the cost of the services, as well as the ecological footprint. Network slicing architecture for 5G mobile communications enables multiple independent vi...
In the context of CAD CAM CAE (Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering) and Additive Manufacturing, the computation of level sets of closed 2-manifold triangular meshes (mesh slicing) is relevant for the generation of 3D printing pattern...
As a key technology of 5G, network slicing can meet the diverse needs of users. In this research, we study network slicing resource allocation in radio access networks (RAN) by case-based reasoning (CBR). We treat the user distribution scenario as a...
This paper introduces Optimal 5G Network Sub-Slicing Orchestration (ONSSO), a novel machine learning framework for dynamic and autonomous 5G network slice orchestration. The framework leverages the LazyPredict module to automatically select optimal s...
The evolution from 5G to 6G networks is driven by the need to meet the stringent requirements, i.e., ultra-reliable, low-latency, and high-throughput communication. The new services are called Further-Enhanced Mobile Broadband (feMBB), Extremely Reli...
In 5G wireless communication, network slicing is considered one of the key network elements, which aims to provide services with high availability, low latency, maximizing data throughput, and ultra-reliability and save network resources. Due to the...
Industry 4.0, with its focus on flexibility and customizability, is pushing in the direction of wireless communication in future smart factories, in particular, massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) and its future evolution of large intellige...
The demanding requirements of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) applications, such as ultra-low latency, high-bandwidth, highly-reliable communication, intensive computation and near-real time data processing, raise outstanding challenges and opportunities...
With the continuous growth in both volume and variety of monitoring services in integrated energy systems, the disparities between time scales and tasks of heterogeneous energy flow data monitoring pose significant challenges to rational resource all...
Network slicing is a cornerstone of 5G/6G vertical services, yet practical deployments require mobile network operators (MNOs) to adjust slice service level agreement (SLA) weights based on quality of experience (QoE), causing rapid non-stationary ob...
This paper presents an adaptive slicing method for Hermite non-planar tessellated surfaces models to improve the geometric accuracy of Rapid Prototyping (RP). Based on the bending characteristics of Hermite curved triangles, a slicing method for a co...
The definition of multiple slicing types in 5G has created a wide field for service innovation in communications. However, the advantages that network slicing has to offer remain to be fully exploited by today’s applications and users. An important a...
In legacy industrial systems, discovering joinable information between database tables is important for applications such as data integration and data analysis. Locality-Sensitive Hashing-based methods have been proven to be capable of handling chaot...
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