AdaSlicing: Adaptive Online Network Slicing under Continual Network Dynamics in Open Radio Access Networks

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Main Authors: Zhao, Ming, Zhang, Yuru, Liu, Qiang, Kak, Ahan, Choi, Nakjung
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Published: 2025
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author Zhao, Ming
Zhang, Yuru
Liu, Qiang
Kak, Ahan
Choi, Nakjung
author_facet Zhao, Ming
Zhang, Yuru
Liu, Qiang
Kak, Ahan
Choi, Nakjung
contents Open radio access networks (e.g., O-RAN) facilitate fine-grained control (e.g., near-RT RIC) in next-generation networks, necessitating advanced AI/ML techniques in handling online resource orchestration in real-time. However, existing approaches can hardly adapt to time-evolving network dynamics in network slicing, leading to significant online performance degradation. In this paper, we propose AdaSlicing, a new adaptive network slicing system, to online learn to orchestrate virtual resources while efficiently adapting to continual network dynamics. The AdaSlicing system includes a new soft-isolated RAN virtualization framework and a novel AdaOrch algorithm. We design the AdaOrch algorithm by integrating AI/ML techniques (i.e., Bayesian learning agents) and optimization methods (i.e., the ADMM coordinator). We design the soft-isolated RAN virtualization to improve the virtual resource utilization of slices while assuring the isolation among virtual resources at runtime. We implement AdaSlicing on an O-RAN compliant network testbed by using OpenAirInterface RAN, Open5GS Core, and FlexRIC near-RT RIC, with Ettus USRP B210 SDR. With extensive network experiments, we demonstrate that AdaSlicing substantially outperforms state-of-the-art works with 64.2% cost reduction and 45.5% normalized performance improvement, which verifies its high adaptability, scalability, and assurance.
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spellingShingle AdaSlicing: Adaptive Online Network Slicing under Continual Network Dynamics in Open Radio Access Networks
Zhao, Ming
Zhang, Yuru
Liu, Qiang
Kak, Ahan
Choi, Nakjung
Networking and Internet Architecture
Open radio access networks (e.g., O-RAN) facilitate fine-grained control (e.g., near-RT RIC) in next-generation networks, necessitating advanced AI/ML techniques in handling online resource orchestration in real-time. However, existing approaches can hardly adapt to time-evolving network dynamics in network slicing, leading to significant online performance degradation. In this paper, we propose AdaSlicing, a new adaptive network slicing system, to online learn to orchestrate virtual resources while efficiently adapting to continual network dynamics. The AdaSlicing system includes a new soft-isolated RAN virtualization framework and a novel AdaOrch algorithm. We design the AdaOrch algorithm by integrating AI/ML techniques (i.e., Bayesian learning agents) and optimization methods (i.e., the ADMM coordinator). We design the soft-isolated RAN virtualization to improve the virtual resource utilization of slices while assuring the isolation among virtual resources at runtime. We implement AdaSlicing on an O-RAN compliant network testbed by using OpenAirInterface RAN, Open5GS Core, and FlexRIC near-RT RIC, with Ettus USRP B210 SDR. With extensive network experiments, we demonstrate that AdaSlicing substantially outperforms state-of-the-art works with 64.2% cost reduction and 45.5% normalized performance improvement, which verifies its high adaptability, scalability, and assurance.
title AdaSlicing: Adaptive Online Network Slicing under Continual Network Dynamics in Open Radio Access Networks
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06943