As the transition toward sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks accelerates, the demand for ultra-low latency and high energy efficiency has become paramount. Traditional Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) frameworks face significant challenges in highly dynamic and interference-limited environments. This survey explores a synergistic architectural framework that integrates Fluid Antenna Systems (FAS), Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), and Hybrid Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA)-MEC to address these requirements. We investigate how FAS-enabled port selection enhances channel disparity for optimized NOMA pairing, while RIS-controlled interference landscapes provide the stability necessary for robust Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) decoding. This comprehensive survey provides a detailed roadmap for future research, highlighting the critical role of programmable physical layers in enabling the next generation of intelligent edge computing systems.
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Intent-Based Networking (IBN) has emerged as a promising paradigm for simplifying network management by allowing operators and applications to specify high-level service objectives rather than low-level device configurations. Early IBN research was mainly developed in Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), transport networks, core networks, and data-center environments, where programmability, virtualization, and relatively stable infrastructure models enabled intent translation, orchestration, and assurance. However, realizing IBN in end-to-end mobile networks is more challenging because the Radio Access Network (RAN) is highly dynamic, wireless-channeldependent, mobility-sensitive, and governed by multiple control timescales. The emergence of Open RAN (O-RAN) changes this landscape by making the RAN programmable, disaggregated, data-driven, and control-lable through non-real-time and near-real-time intelligent control loops. This survey reviews the evolution of IBN from SDN/NFV-enabled automation toward O-RAN-driven end-to-end intent-based networking for 5G-Advanced and 6G. We discuss architectural mechanisms, key challenges, recent advances in AI-driven and agentic IBN, and future research directions including Large Language Model (LLM)-based intent translation, contractbased O-RAN slicing, digital twin-assisted validation, and trustworthy closed-loop orchestration.
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