Toward Agentic AI: Generative Information Retrieval Inspired Intelligent Communications and Networking

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ruichen, Tang, Shunpu, Liu, Yinqiu, Niyato, Dusit, Xiong, Zehui, Sun, Sumei, Mao, Shiwen, Han, Zhu
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Publicado: 2025
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author Zhang, Ruichen
Tang, Shunpu
Liu, Yinqiu
Niyato, Dusit
Xiong, Zehui
Sun, Sumei
Mao, Shiwen
Han, Zhu
author_facet Zhang, Ruichen
Tang, Shunpu
Liu, Yinqiu
Niyato, Dusit
Xiong, Zehui
Sun, Sumei
Mao, Shiwen
Han, Zhu
contents The increasing complexity and scale of modern telecommunications networks demand intelligent automation to enhance efficiency, adaptability, and resilience. Agentic AI has emerged as a key paradigm for intelligent communications and networking, enabling AI-driven agents to perceive, reason, decide, and act within dynamic networking environments. However, effective decision-making in telecom applications, such as network planning, management, and resource allocation, requires integrating retrieval mechanisms that support multi-hop reasoning, historical cross-referencing, and compliance with evolving 3GPP standards. This article presents a forward-looking perspective on generative information retrieval-inspired intelligent communications and networking, emphasizing the role of knowledge acquisition, processing, and retrieval in agentic AI for telecom systems. We first provide a comprehensive review of generative information retrieval strategies, including traditional retrieval, hybrid retrieval, semantic retrieval, knowledge-based retrieval, and agentic contextual retrieval. We then analyze their advantages, limitations, and suitability for various networking scenarios. Next, we present a survey about their applications in communications and networking. Additionally, we introduce an agentic contextual retrieval framework to enhance telecom-specific planning by integrating multi-source retrieval, structured reasoning, and self-reflective validation. Experimental results demonstrate that our framework significantly improves answer accuracy, explanation consistency, and retrieval efficiency compared to traditional and semantic retrieval methods. Finally, we outline future research directions.
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spellingShingle Toward Agentic AI: Generative Information Retrieval Inspired Intelligent Communications and Networking
Zhang, Ruichen
Tang, Shunpu
Liu, Yinqiu
Niyato, Dusit
Xiong, Zehui
Sun, Sumei
Mao, Shiwen
Han, Zhu
Networking and Internet Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
The increasing complexity and scale of modern telecommunications networks demand intelligent automation to enhance efficiency, adaptability, and resilience. Agentic AI has emerged as a key paradigm for intelligent communications and networking, enabling AI-driven agents to perceive, reason, decide, and act within dynamic networking environments. However, effective decision-making in telecom applications, such as network planning, management, and resource allocation, requires integrating retrieval mechanisms that support multi-hop reasoning, historical cross-referencing, and compliance with evolving 3GPP standards. This article presents a forward-looking perspective on generative information retrieval-inspired intelligent communications and networking, emphasizing the role of knowledge acquisition, processing, and retrieval in agentic AI for telecom systems. We first provide a comprehensive review of generative information retrieval strategies, including traditional retrieval, hybrid retrieval, semantic retrieval, knowledge-based retrieval, and agentic contextual retrieval. We then analyze their advantages, limitations, and suitability for various networking scenarios. Next, we present a survey about their applications in communications and networking. Additionally, we introduce an agentic contextual retrieval framework to enhance telecom-specific planning by integrating multi-source retrieval, structured reasoning, and self-reflective validation. Experimental results demonstrate that our framework significantly improves answer accuracy, explanation consistency, and retrieval efficiency compared to traditional and semantic retrieval methods. Finally, we outline future research directions.
title Toward Agentic AI: Generative Information Retrieval Inspired Intelligent Communications and Networking
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.16866