The field of network optimization is witnessing significant advancements with the integration of digital twin technology. Researchers are leveraging digital twins to create accurate virtual replicas of physical systems, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of complex network infrastructures. This technology is being applied to various aspects of network planning, including base station parameter optimization, resilient planning for mmWave networks, and traffic generation for real-time network digital twins. The use of digital twins is allowing for more efficient and effective optimization of network resources, leading to improved coverage, capacity, and fault tolerance. Noteworthy papers in this area include:
- A paper proposing a digital radio twin-based framework for automatic network planning, which achieves performance comparable to exhaustive search while requiring significantly less computation time.
- A paper presenting a graph attention network-based approach for resilient IAB deployment in urban mmWave networks, which demonstrates improved coverage and fault tolerance compared to state-of-the-art methods.