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An Intelligent Zero-Touch Management and Orchestration in 6G: A Green Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Approach

Authors: Famitafreshi, Golshan; Vardakis, John; Ramantas, Kostas; Verikoukis, Christos;

An Intelligent Zero-Touch Management and Orchestration in 6G: A Green Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Approach

Abstract

Fully autonomous, zero-touch systems emphasizingon energy efficiency, high reliability, and ultra-low latency willbe possible with the introduction of 6G networks. But withmore devices and services, energy usage is expected to rise,necessitating sustainable solutions. A Decision Engine (DE) basedon Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (HRL) is presented inthis research to improve the deployment of Service FunctionChains (SFCs) based on Cloud-Native Functions (CNF) in dynamiccontexts. The goal of the framework is to lower energyconsumption while improving scalability and flexibility in thecloud, far-edge, and edge domains. By simulating actual 6Gsituations, we demonstrate that the HRL-based DE improvesresource allocation, reduces latency by 80%, and considerablyreduces energy usage by 60% compared to the flat RL. Byassisting in self-optimizing network management, our methodpresents a viable route to intelligent, sustainable 6G networks.

Keywords

Zero Touch Management, Energy efficiency, Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning, Decision Engine, 6G network, Terms—Zero Touch Management, Energy efficiency, Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning, Decision Engine, 6G network

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