Wireless Resource Allocation

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Wireless resource allocation decides how limited spectrum, transmission power, time slots, beams, and edge-computing capacity are shared among users and tasks, often under interference and changing channel conditions. Classical methods use convex or mixed-integer optimization, auctions, and scheduling rules; newer work applies bandits, deep and multi-agent reinforcement learning, graph neural networks, and generative models to make decisions quickly in settings such as cellular and O-RAN networks, vehicular and UAV links, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, and wireless federated learning. These methods increasingly coordinate multiple resources and objectives, including quality of service, fairness, energy use, sensing accuracy, and learning performance. A central challenge is making learned policies generalize across network sizes, mobility, and hardware while enforcing hard constraints and remaining reliable, interpretable, and fast enough for real deployments.

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  1. Sample-and-Score: Surrogate-Guided Coordinated Spatial Reuse in IEEE 802.11 Networks

    Oct 27, 2026Maksymilian WojnarWireless Local Area NetworksWireless Resource Allocation

    AGH University of Krakow, Poland

  2. Movable-Element Multi-Functional RIS-Assisted Hybrid RSMA-NOMA: A Constrained Hybrid Reinforcement Learning Approach

    Oct 26, 2026Li-Hsiang Shen, Chi-Te KuoReconfigurable Intelligent SurfacesWireless Resource Allocation

    Department of Communication Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 320317, Taiwan

  3. Multi-view Semantic-aware Resource Allocation for Edge AI

    Oct 25, 2026Jiawei Luo, Hussein Saleh, Mohamad AssaadWireless Resource AllocationSemantic Communication

    Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes (L2S), CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France

  4. Physics-Driven Framework for QoS-Constrained Satellite System with Non-Linear PA Distortion

    Oct 19, 2026Hamza Ahmed Qureshi, Abuzar Babikir Mohammad Adam, Vu Nguyen Ha +2Wireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  5. Uncertainty-Aware Federated Learning for Joint Communication and Computation in XR Systems

    Oct 15, 2026Robert-Jeron Reifert, Hayssam Dahrouj, Alaa Alameer Ahmad +2Wireless Resource AllocationDecision-Making under Uncertainty

    Digital Communication Systems, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. · the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. · Cariad SE, Wolfsburg, Germany. +1

  6. Analog RF Computing for Integrated Data and AI Flows Over Wireless Networks

    Oct 14, 2026Wentao Yu, Vincent W. S. WongWireless Resource AllocationEdge Computing

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  7. Queue-Aware Token Communications: Bridging AI Representation and Wireless Service

    Oct 12, 2026Yuquan Xiao, Qinghe Du, Chaoyang Zhang +4Wireless CommunicationsToken Efficiency

    School of Information and Communications Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China. · State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China. · VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 02140 Espoo, Finland. +1

  8. Adaptive Multi-Discriminator WGAN Framework for Resource-Constrained Internet of Vehicles Using Reinforcement Learning and Game Theory

    Oct 7, 2026Farhoud Jafari Kaleibar, Amr M. Zaki, Marin LitoiuGenerative Adversarial NetworksIntelligent Transportation Systems

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

  9. Foundation Model-Aided Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Wireless Random Access Network Optimization

    Oct 6, 2026Myeung Suk Oh, Zhiyao Zhang, Alvaro Velasquez +2Wireless Resource AllocationDecentralized MARL

    The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA · University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado, USA · Pathfinder Applied Research, LLC Ashburn, Virginia, USA

  10. Combining Improvements in Uplink AI-RAN

    Oct 5, 2026Petteri Kela, Dani Korpi, Mikko HonkalaWireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    Nokia Technologies Espoo, Finland · Nokia Bell Labs Espoo, Finland

  11. Multi-Agent Spectrum Sharing

    Oct 3, 2026Job Elliott, Graduate Student Member, IEEE +2Wireless Resource AllocationMulti-Agent Systems

  12. System One Models for Wireless Decision-Making:Applications and Performance Evaluation

    Oct 3, 2026Masoud Rahimi, S. M. Matin Alemohammad, Hamid Behroozi +1Wireless Resource Allocation

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 1458889694, Iran

  13. RRM-GPT: A Framework and Vision for Radio Resource Management Foundation Models

    Oct 3, 2026Ahmed Aboulfotouh, Akram Bin Sediq, Koosha Pourtahmasi Roshandeh +4Wireless Resource AllocationWireless Foundation Models

    Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada · Ericsson Canada Inc., Canada

  14. Beyond Token Accuracy: Prioritizing What Matters for Visual Reconstruction

    Oct 2, 2026Zhicheng Liu, Zhouxiang Zhao, Chenliang Wu +2Unequal Error ProtectionImage Reconstruction

    Zhejiang University

  15. Energy Saving in 5G and Beyond Networks: A Quantum Reinforcement Learning Approach

    Oct 1, 2026Muhammad Usman, Nguyen Van Huynh, Marianna Lezzi +1Wireless CommunicationsQuantum RL

    Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Italy · School of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

  16. Joint Movement and Compression Ratio Design for Mobile Embodied AI Networks (MEAN)

    Oct 1, 2026Yahao Ding, Jiaxiang Wang, Zhouxiang Zhao +3Wireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    King’s College London · Zhejiang University · University of Miami

  17. MANET-GNN: Learned Decentralized Optimization of Power Allocation in Multi-Channel MANETs

    Sep 30, 2026Tomer Alter, Nir Shlezinger, Michael SegalGraph Neural NetworksWireless Communications

    ECE School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

  18. Deep Learning-Based Tri-Hybrid Multi-User MIMO Precoding: The Blessing of EM-Reconfigurable Antennas

    Sep 30, 2026Kaijun Feng, Jiaxin He, Hongrui Yu +4Wireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing 100081, China · School of Information and Electronics, BIT (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519088, China · Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China +2

  19. LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems over Wireless Networks: A Joint Agent--Network Design Perspective

    Sep 29, 2026Chao Hu, Yuan Guo, Guanlin Wu +3Multi-Agent LLM SystemsMulti-Agent Systems

    College of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China · School of Science and Engineering (SSE), the Shenzhen Future Network of Intelligence Institute (FNii), and the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Future Networks of Intelligence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518172, China · School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

  20. Memory in the Sky: Low-Altitude Question Answering with Multi-Agent Memory Aggregation

    Sep 28, 2026Chengyang Li, Yujie Wan, Shuai Wang +6Question AnsweringMulti-Agent Systems

    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China · Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China · Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China +2

  21. Adaptive and Resilient Dual-Layer Resource Slicing for Hovering Aerial Backhaul Networks

    Sep 26, 2026Chuan-Chi Lai, Jen-Hsiang LiNetwork SlicingWireless Communications

    Department of Communications Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Minxiong Township, Chiayi County 621301, Taiwan · Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High-tech Innovations (AIM-HI), National Chung Cheng University, Minxiong Township, Chiayi County 621301, Taiwan · Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407102, Taiwan

  22. A Particle-Swarm-Assisted Gradient Meta-Learning Algorithm for Joint Transmit Precoding and STAR-RIS Coefficient Optimization

    Sep 24, 2026Kang ZhouReconfigurable Intelligent SurfacesLearning to Optimize

    School of Artificial Intelligence, Mianyang City College, Mianyang 621000, China

  23. Evolving Inspectable O-RAN Slicing xApps with LLMs

    Sep 23, 2026Faezeh Dehghan Tarzjani, Bhaskar KrishnamachariLarge Language Model-Guided OptimizationLLM-Based Program Synthesis

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California

  24. Neutral-Atom-based Quantum Optimization for Resource Allocation in NOMA Networks

    Sep 22, 2026Patatchona Keyela, Remon Polus, Soumaya Cherkaoui +1Combinatorial OptimizationWireless Communications

    Department of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, H3T 1J4, Canada · Thales cortAIx Labs, Montréal, Québec, H3C 0B4, Canada

  25. IMPACT: Intent-driven Multi-agent Policy with Attention for SLO-guaranteed Microservice Migration in Cloud-edge Systems

    Sep 21, 2026Xinjin Li, Siru Tao, Shihan Yin +6Edge-Cloud ComputingCooperative MARL

    Columbia University · Carnegie Mellon University · Brandeis University +5

  26. Interference-Driven Clustered Optimisation for FM Spectrum Coordination

    Sep 18, 2026Federica Mangiatordi, Emiliano PallottiWireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    Fondazione Ugo Bordoni Viale del Policlinico 147, Rome, Italy

  27. Agentic AI Networking for Heterogeneous Unmanned Aerial Systems in Low-Altitude Wireless Networks

    Sep 17, 2026Nguyen Duc Minh Quang, Chang Liu, Shuangyang Li +1LLM-Guided RLWireless Communications

    School of Computing, Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia · Chair of Communications and Information Theory, Technical University of Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany · School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  28. Taming the Agentic RAN: Stability-Guaranteed Arbitration of Autonomous AI Agents in O-RAN

    Sep 16, 2026Seyed Bagher Hashemi Natanzi, Bo TangMulti-Agent ControlOpen Radio Access Network

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA

  29. Goal-oriented probabilistic forecasting for dynamic PRB allocation in 5G networks

    Sep 15, 2026Oier Larumbe-Lizarraga, Roberto Pereira, Cristian J. Vaca-RubioProbabilistic ForecastingWireless Resource Allocation

    Universidad Isabel I, Burgos, Spain · Keysight Technologies, Barcelona, Spain · Ericsson Research, Stockholm, Sweden

  30. Proportional-Fair Resource Allocation and Dual-Threshold Early-Exit Inference for Secure Cooperative Multi-Layer Edge Intelligence

    Sep 14, 2026Thai T. Vu, John Le, Tu N. Nguyen +3Edge InferenceFair Resource Allocation

    School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia · Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA · CodeZX Software Company Limited, Vietnam