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RL-Loop: Reinforcement Learning-Driven Real-Time 5G Slice Control for Connected and Autonomous Mobility Services
Lara Tarkh, Ali Chouman, Hanan Lutfiyya +1
Smart and connected mobility systems rely on 5G edge infrastructure to support real-time communication, control, and service differentiation. Achieving this requires adaptive resou…
When Intelligence Overloads Infrastructure: A Forecast Model for AI-Driven Bottlenecks
Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Mallik Tatipamula, Victor Zhirnov +2
The exponential growth of AI agents and connected devices fundamentally transforms the structure and capacity demands of global digital infrastructure. This paper introduces a unif…
Semantic Routing for Enhanced Performance of LLM-Assisted Intent-Based 5G Core Network Management and Orchestration
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Ali Chouman, Abdallah Shami
Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly emerging in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, especially in the fields of natural language processing and generative AI. Not limit…
Probabilistic Fault-Tolerant Robust Traffic Grooming in OTN-over-DWDM Networks
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Abbas Javadtalab +1
The development of next-generation networks is revolutionizing network operators' management and orchestration practices worldwide. The critical services supported by these network…
Towards Intent-Based Network Management: Large Language Models for Intent Extraction in 5G Core Networks
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Ali Chouman, Abdallah Shami
The integration of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) into fifth-generation (5G) networks has made evident the limitations of network intelligence with ever-incre…
Zero-Touch Networks: Towards Next-Generation Network Automation
Mirna El Rajab, Li Yang, Abdallah Shami
The Zero-touch network and Service Management (ZSM) framework represents an emerging paradigm in the management of the fifth-generation (5G) and Beyond (5G+) networks, offering aut…
Modular Simulation Environment Towards OTN AI-based Solutions
Sam Aleyadeh, Abbas Javadtalab, Abdallah Shami
The current trend for highly dynamic and virtualized networking infrastructure made automated networking a critical requirement. Multiple solutions have been proposed to address th…
Intelligent O-RAN Traffic Steering for URLLC Through Deep Reinforcement Learning
Ibrahim Tamim, Sam Aleyadeh, Abdallah Shami
The goal of Next-Generation Networks is to improve upon the current networking paradigm, especially in providing higher data rates, near-real-time latencies, and near-perfect quali…
An NWDAF Approach to 5G Core Network Signaling Traffic: Analysis and Characterization
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Ali Chouman, Abdallah Shami
Data-driven approaches and paradigms have become promising solutions to efficient network performances through optimization. These approaches focus on state-of-the-art machine lear…
A Model Drift Detection and Adaptation Framework for 5G Core Networks
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Ali Chouman, Abdallah Shami
The advent of Fifth Generation (5G) and beyond 5G networks (5G+) has revolutionized the way network operators consider the management and orchestration of their networks. With an i…
Towards Supporting Intelligence in 5G/6G Core Networks: NWDAF Implementation and Initial Analysis
Ali Chouman, Dimitrios Michael Manias, Abdallah Shami
Wireless networks, in the fifth-generation and beyond, must support diverse network applications which will support the numerous and demanding connections of today's and tomorrow's…
Intelligent Transportation Systems' Orchestration: Lessons Learned & Potential Opportunities
Abdallah Moubayed, Abdallah Shami, Abbas Ibrahim
The growing deployment efforts of 5G networks globally has led to the acceleration of the businesses/services' digital transformation. This growth has led to the need for new commu…
Downtime-Aware O-RAN VNF Deployment Strategy for Optimized Self-Healing in the O-Cloud
Ibrahim Tamim, Anas Saci, Manar Jammal +1
Due to the huge surge in the traffic of IoT devices and applications, mobile networks require a new paradigm shift to handle such demand roll out. With the 5G economics, those netw…
Mobility Aware Edge Computing Segmentation Towards Localized Orchestration
Sam Aleyadeh, Abdallah Moubayed, Abdallah Shami
The current trend in end-user devices' advancements in computing and communication capabilities makes edge computing an attractive solution to pave the way for the coveted ultra-lo…
Making a Case for Federated Learning in the Internet of Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Abdallah Shami
With the incoming introduction of 5G networks and the advancement in technologies, such as Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networking, new and emerging network…
Cost-optimal V2X Service Placement in Distributed Cloud/Edge Environment
Abdallah Moubayed, Abdallah Shami, Parisa Heidari +2
Deploying V2X services has become a challenging task. This is mainly due to the fact that such services have strict latency requirements. To meet these requirements, one potential…
Machine Learning Towards Enabling Spectrum-as-a-Service Dynamic Sharing
Abdallah Moubayed, Tanveer Ahmed, Anwar Haque +1
The growth in wireless broadband users, devices, and novel applications has led to a significant increase in the demand for new radio frequency spectrum. This is expected to grow e…
The Need for Advanced Intelligence in NFV Management and Orchestration
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Abdallah Shami
With the constant demand for connectivity at an all-time high, Network Service Providers (NSPs) are required to optimize their networks to cope with rising capital and operational…
A Machine Learning-Based Migration Strategy for Virtual Network Function Instances
Dimitrios Michael Manias, Hassan Hawilo, Abdallah Shami
With the growing demand for data connectivity, network service providers are faced with the task of reducing their capital and operational expenses while simultaneously improving n…
Introducing Virtual Security Functions into Latency-aware Placement for NFV Applications
Ibrahim Tamim, Manar Jammal, Hassan Hawilo +1
The shift towards a completely virtualized networking environment is triggered by the emergence of software defined networking and network function virtualization (NFV). Network se…
Multi-Component V2X Applications Placement in Edge Computing Environment
Ibrahim Shaer, Anwar Haque, Abdallah Shami
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services are attracting a lot of attention in the research and industry communities due to their applicability in the landscape of connected and autonom…
Intelligent Active Queue Management Using Explicit Congestion Notification
Cesar A. Gomez, Xianbin Wang, Abdallah Shami
As more end devices are getting connected, the Internet will become more congested. Various congestion control techniques have been developed either on transport or network layers.…
Wireless Resources Virtualization for Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN)
Mohamad Kalil, Abdallah Shami, Arafat Al-Dweik
This paper provides solutions for virtualizing C-RANs wireless resources and sharing them between multiple mobile network operators (MNOs). The proposed solutions dynamically alloc…
NFV: State of the Art, Challenges and Implementation in Next Generation Mobile Networks (vEPC)
Hassan Hawilo, Abdallah Shami, Maysam Mirahmadi +1
As mobile network users look forward to the connectivity speeds of 5G networks, service providers are facing challenges in complying with connectivity demands without substantial f…