{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7167592498","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/gcwkshps68340.2025.11591223","title":"Distributed near-RT RIC in O-RAN with Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Load Balancing","display_name":"Distributed near-RT RIC in O-RAN with Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Load Balancing","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-12-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7167592498","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/gcwkshps68340.2025.11591223"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/gcwkshps68340.2025.11591223","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/gcwkshps68340.2025.11591223","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030788664","display_name":"Rafik Zitouni","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1675-9180"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","display_name":"University of Surrey","ror":"https://ror.org/00ks66431","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rafik Zitouni","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022702504","display_name":"Riccardo Pozza","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8025-9455"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","display_name":"University of Surrey","ror":"https://ror.org/00ks66431","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Riccardo Pozza","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073704569","display_name":"Chuan Heng Foh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-1396"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","display_name":"University of Surrey","ror":"https://ror.org/00ks66431","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chuan Heng Foh","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100497009","display_name":"Abdirazak Ali Asir Rage","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","display_name":"University of Surrey","ror":"https://ror.org/00ks66431","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Abdirazak Ali Asir Rage","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140161758","display_name":"Rahim Tafazolli","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28290843","display_name":"University of Surrey","ror":"https://ror.org/00ks66431","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rahim Tafazolli","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Surrey,5GIC & 6GIC, Institute for Communication Systems (ICS),U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28290843"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"229","last_page":"234"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","score":0.29339998960494995,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","score":0.29339998960494995,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.06019999831914902,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.03500000014901161,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/load-balancing","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","score":0.4440000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-theory","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","score":0.34689998626708984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.32600000500679016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-system","display_name":"Control system","score":0.30300000309944153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.3019999861717224}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5873000025749207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138959212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1806783","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","level":3,"score":0.4440000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.34689998626708984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.32600000500679016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17500928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959968","display_name":"Control system","level":2,"score":0.30300000309944153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.3019999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779370713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357554","display_name":"Load management","level":2,"score":0.2879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67203356","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321905","display_name":"Reinforcement","level":2,"score":0.2743000090122223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112972136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7595718","display_name":"Stability (learning theory)","level":2,"score":0.26570001244544983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.24709999561309814}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/gcwkshps68340.2025.11591223","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/gcwkshps68340.2025.11591223","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2145339207","https://openalex.org/W2926433882","https://openalex.org/W3093887171","https://openalex.org/W3096881138","https://openalex.org/W3215827683","https://openalex.org/W4289821432","https://openalex.org/W4387870333","https://openalex.org/W4402284933","https://openalex.org/W4402835575","https://openalex.org/W4407782134"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2026-07-08T00:00:00"}