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We propose a novel strategy for energy-efficient dynamic computation offloading, in the context of edge-computing-aided beyond 5G networks. The goal is to minimize the energy consumption of the overall system, comprising multiple User…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-22 Mattia Merluzzi , Nicola di Pietro , Paolo Di Lorenzo , Emilio Calvanese Strinati , Sergio Barbarossa

Considering the user mobility and unpredictable mobile edge computing (MEC) environments, this paper studies the intelligent task offloading problem in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled MEC with the assistance of digital twin (DT). We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Bin Li , Yufeng Liu , Ling Tan , Heng Pan , Yan Zhang

To circumvent persistent connectivity to the cloud infrastructure, the current emphasis on computing at network edge devices in the multi-robot domain is a promising enabler for delay-sensitive jobs, yet its adoption is rife with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Nazish Tahir , Ramviyas Parasuraman

In mobile edge computing, local edge servers can host cloud-based services, which reduces network overhead and latency but requires service migrations as users move to new locations. It is challenging to make migration decisions optimally…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-10 Shiqiang Wang , Rahul Urgaonkar , Murtaza Zafer , Ting He , Kevin Chan , Kin K. Leung

A promising technique to provide mobile applications with high computation resources is to offload the processing task to the cloud. Utilizing the abundant processing capabilities of the clouds, mobile edge computing enables mobile devices…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Meysam Masoudi , Cicek Cavdar

We consider a computation offloading system where jobs are processed sequentially at a local server followed by a higher-capacity cloud server. The system offers two service modes, differing in how the processing is split between the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Darin Jeff , Eytan Modiano

Technological evolution of mobile user equipments (UEs), such as smartphones or laptops, goes hand-in-hand with evolution of new mobile applications. However, running computationally demanding applications at the UEs is constrained by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Pavel Mach , Zdenek Becvar

Due to their inherent flexibility and autonomous operation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) to provide real-time biomedical edge computing service for wireless body area network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Siqi Mu , Shuo Wen , Yang Lu , Ruihong Jiang , Bo Ai

Mobile-edge computing (MEC) emerges as a promising paradigm to improve the quality of computation experience for mobile devices. Nevertheless, the design of computation task scheduling policies for MEC systems inevitably encounters a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Juan Liu , Yuyi Mao , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a promising technology that provides cloud and IT services within the proximity of the mobile user. With the increasing number of mobile applications, mobile devices (MD) encounter limitations of their…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Mahla Rahati-Quchani , Saeid Abrishami , Mehdi Feizi

To accommodate the explosive growth in mobile data traffic, both mobile cellular operators and mobile users are increasingly interested in offloading the traffic from cellular networks to Wi-Fi networks. However, previously proposed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-03-02 Man Hon Cheung , Jianwei Huang

Intelligent edge network is maturing to enable smart and efficient transportation systems. In this letter, we consider unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted vehicular networks where UAVs provide caching and computing services in complement…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Nan Hu , Xiaoqi Qin , Nan Ma , Yiming Liu , Yuanyuan Yao , Ping Zhang

In vehicular cloud computing (VCC) systems, the computational resources of moving vehicles are exploited and managed by infrastructures, e.g., roadside units, to provide computational services. The offloading of computational tasks and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-01 Zhiyuan Jiang , Sheng Zhou , Xueying Guo , Zhisheng Niu

Resource limited user-devices may offload computation to a cloud server, in order to reduce power consumption and lower the execution time. However, to communicate to the cloud server over a wireless channel, additional energy is consumed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-04 Shreya Tayade , Peter Rost , Andreas Maeder , Hans D. Schotten

Due to its agility and mobility, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a promising technology to provide high-quality mobile services (e.g., fast Internet access, edge computing, and local caching) to ground users. Major Internet Service…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-10 Xuehe Wang , Lingjie Duan

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) reduces the computational burden on terminal devices by shortening the distance between these devices and computing nodes. Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with enhanced MEC networks can leverage the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Zhiying Wang , Tianxi Wei , Gang Sun , Xinyue Liu , Hongfang Yu , Dusit Niyato

Mobile-edge computing (MEC) is an emerging paradigm to meet the ever-increasing computation demands from mobile applications. By offloading the computationally intensive workloads to the MEC server, the quality of computation experience,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yuyi Mao , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Offloading services to UAV swarms for delay-sensitive tasks in Emergency UAV Networks (EUN) can greatly enhance rescue efficiency. Most task-offloading strategies assumed that UAVs were location-fixed and capable of handling all tasks.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Jialin Hu , Zhiyuan Ren , Wenchi Cheng

For in-vehicle application,task type and vehicle state information, i.e., vehicle speed, bear a significant impact on the task delay requirement. However, the joint impact of task type and vehicle speed on the task delay constraint has not…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Xinyu Huang , Lijun He , Xing Chen , Liejun Wang , Fan Li

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are recognized as a promising candidate for the multi-access edge computing (MEC) in the future sixth generation communication networks. However, the aerial eavesdropping UAVs (EUAVs) pose a significant…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Can Cui , ZIye Jia , Chao Dong , Qihui Wu