Future integrated terrestrial-aerial-satellite networks will have to exhibit some unprecedented characteristics for the provision of both communications and computation services, and security for a tremendous number of devices with very broad and demanding requirements in an almost-ubiquitous manner. Although 3GPP introduced the concept of self-organization networks (SONs) in 4G and 5G documents to automate network management, even this progressive concept will face several challenges as it may not be sufficiently agile in coping with the immense levels of complexity, heterogeneity, and mobility in the envisioned beyond-5G integrated networks. In the presented vision, we discuss how future integrated networks can be intelligently and autonomously managed to efficiently utilize resources, reduce operational costs, and achieve the targeted Quality of Experience (QoE). We introduce the novel concept of self-evolving networks (SENs) framework, which utilizes artificial intelligence, enabled by machine learning (ML) algorithms, to make future integrated networks fully intelligent and automated with respect to the provision, adaptation, optimization, and management aspects of networking, communications, and computation. To envisage the concept of SEN in future integrated networks, we use the Intelligent Vertical Heterogeneous Network (I-VHetNet) architecture as our reference. The paper discusses five prominent communications and computation scenarios where SEN plays the main role in providing automated network management. Numerical results provide an insight on how the SEN framework improves the performance of future integrated networks. The paper presents the leading enablers and examines the challenges associated with the application of SEN concept in future integrated networks.

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面向未来智能垂直 HetNet 的自演进网络管理愿景

未来的综合地面-天线-卫星网络将必须展示一些前所未有的特性，以提供通信和计算服务，以及以几乎无处不在的方式为具有非常广泛和苛刻要求的大量设备提供安全性。尽管 3GPP 在 4G 和 5G 文档中引入了自组织网络 (SON) 的概念以实现网络管理自动化，但即使是这种渐进式概念也将面临一些挑战，因为它在应对巨大的复杂性、异构性和设想的超 5G 集成网络中的移动性。在提出的愿景中，我们讨论了如何智能和自主地管理未来的集成网络，以有效利用资源、降低运营成本、并实现目标体验质量 (QoE)。我们引入了自我进化网络 (SEN) 框架的新概念，该框架利用人工智能，通过机器学习 (ML) 算法使未来的集成网络在提供、适应、优化和管理方面完全智能和自动化网络、通信和计算方面。为了在未来的集成网络中设想 SEN 的概念，我们使用智能垂直异构网络 (I-VHetNet) 架构作为我们的参考。本文讨论了五个突出的通信和计算场景，其中 SEN 在提供自动化网络管理方面发挥主要作用。数值结果提供了关于 SEN 框架如何提高未来集成网络性能的见解。