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Mobile-edge computing (MEC) offloads computational tasks from wireless devices to network edge, and enables real-time information transmission and computing. Most existing work concerns a small-scale synchronous MEC system. In this paper,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Yizhen Xu , Peng Cheng , Zhuo Chen , Ming Ding , Branka Vucetic , Yonghui Li

Mobile edge computing (MEC) has been introduced to provide additional computing capabilities at network edges in order to improve performance of latency critical applications. In this paper, we consider the cell-free (CF) massive MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-19 Sudarshan Mukherjee , Jemin Lee

In contrast to the classic fashion for designing distributed end-to-end (e2e) TCP schemes for cellular networks (CN), we explore another design space by having the CN assist the task of the transport control. We show that in the emerging…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-24 Soheil Abbasloo , Yang Xu , H. Jonathon Chao , Hang Shi , Ulas C. Kozat , Yinghua Ye

Mobile-edge computing (MEC) has recently emerged as a promising paradigm to liberate mobile devices from increasingly intensive computation workloads, as well as to improve the quality of computation experience. In this paper, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-21 Yuyi Mao , Jun Zhang , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Letaief

With the development of artificial intelligence integrated next-generation communication networks, mobile users (MUs) are increasingly demanding the efficient processing of computation-intensive and latency-sensitive tasks. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-03 Wenchao Liu , Xuhui Zhang , Chunjie Wang , Jinke Ren , Zheng Xing , Bo Yang , Shuqiang Wang , Yanyan Shen

The concept of multi-access edge computing (MEC) has been recently introduced to supplement cloud computing by deploying MEC servers to the network edge so as to reduce the network delay and alleviate the load on cloud data centers.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-02 Anselme Ndikumana , Nguyen H. Tran , Tai Manh Ho , Zhu Han , Walid Saad , Dusit Niyato , Choong Seon Hong

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a promising technique for providing low-latency access to services at the network edge. The services are hosted at various types of edge nodes with both computation and communication capabilities. Due to the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Stephen Pasteris , Shiqiang Wang , Mark Herbster , Ting He

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for telecommunication for remote learning/working and telemedicine has significantly increased. Mobile Edge Caching (MEC) in the 6G networks has been evolved as an efficient solution to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Zohreh Hajiakhondi Meybodi , Arash Mohammadi , Elahe Rahimian , Shahin Heidarian , Jamshid Abouei , Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

In this paper, a novel paradigm of mobile edge-quantum computing (MEQC) is proposed, which brings quantum computing capacities to mobile edge networks that are closer to mobile users (i.e., edge devices). First, we propose an MEQC system…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Minrui Xu , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Zehui Xiong , Mingzhe Chen

This paper considers a wireless powered multiuser mobile edge computing (MEC) system, in which a multi-antenna hybrid access point (AP) wirelessly charges multiple users, and each user relies on the harvested energy to execute computation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-27 Feng Wang , Hong Xing , Jie Xu

The development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology enables the rapid growth of connected smart devices and mobile applications. However, due to the constrained resources and limited battery capacity, there are bottlenecks when utilizing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Minxian Xu , Chengxi Gao , Shashikant Ilager , Huaming Wu , Chengzhong Xu , Rajkumar Buyya

The massive deployment of small cell Base Stations (SBSs) empowered with computing capabilities presents one of the most ingenious solutions adopted for 5G cellular networks towards meeting the foreseen data explosion and the ultra-low…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Thembelihle Dlamini , Sifiso Vilakati

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and Open Radio Access Networks (ORAN) are transformative technologies in the development of next-generation wireless communication systems. MEC pushes computational resources closer to end-users, enabling low…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Ryan Barker , Tolunay Seyfi , Fatemeh Afghah

Merging Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), which is an emerging paradigm to meet the increasing computation demands from mobile devices, with the dense deployment of Base Stations (BSs), is foreseen as a key step towards the next generation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-26 Lixing Chen , Sheng Zhou , Jie Xu

Task offloading and scheduling in Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) are vital for meeting the low-latency demands of modern IoT and dynamic task scheduling scenarios. MEC reduces the processing burden on resource-constrained devices by enabling…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Arild Yonkeu , Mohammadreza Amini , Burak Kantarci

The integration of mobile edge computing (MEC) and wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies has recently emerged as an effective solution for extending battery life and increasing the computing power of wireless devices. In this paper, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Yuegui Chen , Suzhi Bi , Xian Li , Xiaohui Lin , Hui Wang

Mobile edge caching/computing has been emerging as a promising paradigm to provide new services (e.g., ultra-high rate, ultra-reliable, and/or low-latency communications) in future wireless networks. In this paper, we introduce a novel…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-10 Yuris Mulya Saputra , Dinh Thai Hoang , Diep N. Nguyen , Eryk Dutkiewicz

Improving efficiency of healthcare systems is a top national interest worldwide. However, the need of delivering scalable healthcare services to the patients while reducing costs is a challenging issue. Among the most promising approaches…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-17 Alaa Awad Abdellatif , Amr Mohamed , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Mounira Tlili , Aiman Erbad

Mobile edge computing (MEC) networks bring computing and storage capabilities closer to edge devices, which reduces latency and improves network performance. However, to further reduce transmission and computation costs while satisfying…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Xiangyu Gao , Yaping Sun , Hao Chen , Xiaodong Xu , Shuguang Cui

This letter investigates a cache-enabled multiuser mobile edge computing (MEC) system with dynamic task arrivals, taking into account the impact of proactive cache placement on the system's overall energy consumption. We consider that an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Jingxuan Liang , Hong Xing , Feng Wang , Vincent K. N. Lau