Accelerator: an intent-based intelligent resource-slicing scheme for SFC-based 6G application execution over SDN-and NFV-empowered zero-touch network.

Zero-touch networks (ZTNs) can provide autonomous network solutions by integrating software-based solutions for various emerging 5G and 6G applications. The current literature does not provide any suitable end-to-end network management and resource-slicing solutions for service function chaining (SFC) and user intent-based (time and cost preference) 6G/non-6G application execution over ZTNs enabled by mobile edge computing, network function virtualization, and software-defined networking. To tackle these challenges, this work initiates an end-to-end network management and user intent-aware intelligent network resource-slicing scheme for SFC-based 6G/non-6G application execution over ZTNs, taking into account various virtual and physical resources, task workloads, service requirements, and task numbers. The results depicted that at least 25.27% average task implementation delay gain, 6.15% energy gain, and 11.52% service monetary gain are realized in the proposed scheme over the compared schemes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]