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This paper addresses the problem of decentralized spectrum sharing in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication networks. The aim is to provide resource-efficient coexistence of vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle(V2V)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-14 Hammad Zafar , Zoran Utkovski , Martin Kasparick , Slawomir Stanczak

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) algorithms are widely adopted in tackling complex tasks that require collaboration and competition among agents in dynamic Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). However, learning such tasks from scratch is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Ayesha Siddika Nipu , Siming Liu , Anthony Harris

Interference among concurrent transmissions in a wireless network is a key factor limiting the system performance. One way to alleviate this problem is to manage the radio resources in order to maximize either the average or the worst-case…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Navid Naderializadeh , Jaroslaw Sydir , Meryem Simsek , Hosein Nikopour , Shilpa Talwar

The complexity of multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) in multiagent systems increases exponentially with respect to the agent number. This scalability issue prevents MARL from being applied in large-scale multiagent systems. However,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-05 Chuangchuang Sun , Macheng Shen , Jonathan P. How

Achieving distributed reinforcement learning (RL) for large-scale cooperative multi-agent systems (MASs) is challenging because: (i) each agent has access to only limited information; (ii) issues on convergence or computational complexity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Gangshan Jing , He Bai , Jemin George , Aranya Chakrabortty , Piyush K. Sharma

This paper investigates a futuristic spectrum sharing paradigm for heterogeneous wireless networks with imperfect channels. In the heterogeneous networks, multiple wireless networks adopt different medium access control (MAC) protocols to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Yiding Yu , Soung Chang Liew , Taotao Wang

With the advancement of artificial intelligence technology, the automation of network management, also known as Autonomous Driving Networks (ADN), is gaining widespread attention. The network management has shifted from traditional…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Yue Pi , Wang Zhang , Yong Zhang , Hairong Huang , Baoquan Rao , Yulong Ding , Shuanghua Yang

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a promising data-driven approach for adaptive traffic signal control (ATSC) in complex urban traffic networks, and deep neural networks further enhance its learning power. However, centralized RL is infeasible…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-13 Tianshu Chu , Jie Wang , Lara Codecà , Zhaojian Li

We study multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) with centralized training and decentralized execution. During the training, new agents may join, and existing agents may unexpectedly leave the training. In such situations, a standard deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-05 Xuting Tang , Jia Xu , Shusen Wang

In this letter, we propose a novel Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning (MADRL) framework for Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol design. Unlike centralized approaches, which rely on a single entity for decision-making, MADRL empowers…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-25 Navid Keshtiarast , Oliver Renaldi , Marina Petrova

Distributed access control is a crucial component for massive machine type communication (mMTC). In this communication scenario, centralized resource allocation is not scalable because resource configurations have to be sent frequently from…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Tien Thanh Le , Yusheng Ji , John C. S Lui

Reactive jammers pose a severe security threat to robotic-swarm networks by selectively disrupting inter-agent communications and undermining formation integrity and mission success. Conventional countermeasures such as fixed power control…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Bahman Abolhassani , Tugba Erpek , Kemal Davaslioglu , Yalin E. Sagduyu , Sastry Kompella

Random access (RA) schemes are a topic of high interest in machine-type communication (MTC). In RA protocols, backoff techniques such as exponential backoff (EB) are used to stabilize the system to avoid low throughput and excessive delays.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Muhammad Awais Jadoon , Adriano Pastore , Monica Navarro , Fernando Perez-Cruz

Recent Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) literature has been largely focused on Centralized Training with Decentralized Execution (CTDE) paradigm. CTDE has been a dominant approach for both cooperative and mixed environments due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Vladimir Egorov , Aleksei Shpilman

Many recent successful off-policy multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) algorithms for cooperative partially observable environments focus on finding factorized value functions, leading to convoluted network structures. Building on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Raphaël Avalos , Mathieu Reymond , Ann Nowé , Diederik M. Roijers

The next-generation wireless technologies, including beyond 5G and 6G networks, are paving the way for transformative applications such as vehicle platooning, smart cities, and remote surgery. These innovations are driven by a vast array of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Eslam Eldeeb , Hirley Alves

The deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms as dynamic communication relays is critical for next-generation tactical networks. However, operating in contested environments requires solving a complex trade-off, including…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Thai Duong Nguyen , Ngoc-Tan Nguyen , Thanh-Dao Nguyen , Nguyen Van Huynh , Dinh-Hieu Tran , Symeon Chatzinotas

Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) methods allow for learning scalable multi-agent policies, but suffer from partial observability and induced non-stationarity. These challenges can be addressed by introducing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Tommaso Marzi , Cesare Alippi , Andrea Cini

In heterogeneous networks (HetNets), the overlap of small cells and the macro cell causes severe cross-tier interference. Although there exist some approaches to address this problem, they usually require global channel state information,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-16 Kaidi Xu , Nguyen Van Huynh , Geoffrey Ye Li

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) is useful in many problems that require the cooperation and coordination of multiple agents. Learning optimal policies using reinforcement learning in a multi-agent setting can be very difficult as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Rafael Pina , Varuna De Silva , Joosep Hook , Ahmet Kondoz