MemorAI: Energy-Efficient Last-Level Cache Memory Optimization for Virtualized RANs.

This paper investigates cache memory allocation mechanisms’ effectiveness in reducing total energy consumption.

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The virtualization of Radio Access Networks (vRAN) is well on…

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Ethan Sanchez, J. Xavier Salvat, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra,…

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IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking…

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August 2024

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Mean-Field Multi-Agent Contextual Bandit for Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in vRANs

In this paper, we gather data from our experimental platform and compare the performance and energy consumption of a HA (NVIDIA GPU V100) vs. a CPU (Intel Xeon Gold 6240R, 16 cores) for energy-friendly software processing.

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Radio Access Network (RAN) virtualization, key for new-generation mobile networks,…

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Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Leonardo Lo Schiavo, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Xavier Costa-Perez

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IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications

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August 2024

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Pre-Emptive Conflict Detection Architecture for O-RAN Service Management and Orchestration

This paper proposes an extension to the O-RAN SMO architecture to incorporate a component that can predict when configuration changes are likely to degrade network performance.

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The evolution of telecommunications networks from closed to open architectures…

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Joss Armstrong, Enda Fallon, Sheila Fallon

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IEEE International Conference on Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, and Communications…

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August 2024

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Assessment of Energy Savings in Relay-Assisted 5G and Beyond Radio Access Networks

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Reducing the overall energy consumption in mobile networks is currently…

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J. Pérez-Romero, O. Ruiz, O. Sallent

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IEEE

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July 2024

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Attacking O-RAN Interfaces: Threat Modeling, Analysis and Practical Experimentation

Acknowledging the new security challenges arising from the expanded threat surface, O-RAN WG11 provides procedures to identify threats and assess and mitigate risks.

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A new generation of open and disaggregated Radio Access Networks…

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Pau Baguer, Girma M Yilma, Esteban Municio, Gines Garcia-Aviles, Andres…

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IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

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July 2024

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Enabling Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Drones Operation over Open RAN 5G Networks with Slicing

While current 5G technologies promise to meet the performance requirements in terms of throughput and latency, there is a lack of studies regarding how to achieve full reliability in practice.

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Among the foretold claims of the transition from 5G to…

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Pau Baguer, Esteban Municio, Gines Garcia-Aviles, Xavier Costa-Perez

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IEEE Network Magazine

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July 2024

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YinYangRAN: Resource Multiplexing in GPU-Accelerated Virtualized RANs

RAN virtualization is revolutionizing the telco in- dustry, enabling 5G Distributed Units to run using general- purpose platforms equipped with Hardware Accelerators (HAs).

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RAN virtualization is revolutionizing the telco in- dustry, enabling 5G…

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Leonardo Lo Schiavo, Jose A. Ayala-Romero, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Marco Fiore,…

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IEEE

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May 2024

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Open Experimental Measurements of Sub-6GHz Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

In this paper, we present two datasets that we make publicly available for research.

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In this paper, we present two datasets that we make…

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Marco Rossanese, Placido Mursia, Andres Garcia-Saavedra, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Arash Asadi,…

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IEEE Internet Computing

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April 2024

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AI-ready energy modelling for next generation RAN

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Abstract: Recent sustainability drives place energy-consumption metrics in centre-stage for…

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Kishan Sthankiya, Keith Briggs, Mona Jaber, Richard Clegg

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IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), April 21-23,…

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April 2024

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Space and time user distribution measurements dataset in a university campus

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Radio Resource Management (RRM) strategies are essential components in mobile…

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Olga Ruiz, Juan Sánchez-González, Jordi Pérez-Romero, Oriol Sallent, Irene Vilà

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Compute Networks

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March 2024

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