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Main Authors: Ajayi, Jesutofunmi, Di Maio, Antonio, Braun, Torsten
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06432
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author Ajayi, Jesutofunmi
Di Maio, Antonio
Braun, Torsten
author_facet Ajayi, Jesutofunmi
Di Maio, Antonio
Braun, Torsten
contents In this work, we aim to address the challenge of slice provisioning in edge-based mobile networks. We propose a solution that learns a service function chain placement policy for Network Slice Requests, to maximize the request acceptance rate, while minimizing the average node resource utilization. To do this, we consider a Hierarchical Multi-Armed Bandit problem and propose a two-level hierarchical bandit solution which aims to learn a scalable placement policy that optimizes the stated objectives in an online manner. Simulations on two real network topologies show that our proposed approach achieves 5% average node resource utilization while admitting over 25% more slice requests in certain scenarios, compared to baseline methods.
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spellingShingle Hierarchical Placement Learning for Network Slice Provisioning
Ajayi, Jesutofunmi
Di Maio, Antonio
Braun, Torsten
Networking and Internet Architecture
In this work, we aim to address the challenge of slice provisioning in edge-based mobile networks. We propose a solution that learns a service function chain placement policy for Network Slice Requests, to maximize the request acceptance rate, while minimizing the average node resource utilization. To do this, we consider a Hierarchical Multi-Armed Bandit problem and propose a two-level hierarchical bandit solution which aims to learn a scalable placement policy that optimizes the stated objectives in an online manner. Simulations on two real network topologies show that our proposed approach achieves 5% average node resource utilization while admitting over 25% more slice requests in certain scenarios, compared to baseline methods.
title Hierarchical Placement Learning for Network Slice Provisioning
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06432