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Mobile edge computing (MEC) is one of the promising solutions to process computational-intensive tasks for the emerging time-critical Internet-of-Things (IoT) use cases, e.g., virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), autonomous…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Jianhui Liu , Qi Zhang

We present Decentralized Distributed Proximal Policy Optimization (DD-PPO), a method for distributed reinforcement learning in resource-intensive simulated environments. DD-PPO is distributed (uses multiple machines), decentralized (lacks a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Erik Wijmans , Abhishek Kadian , Ari Morcos , Stefan Lee , Irfan Essa , Devi Parikh , Manolis Savva , Dhruv Batra

Edge computing (EC), positioned near end devices, holds significant potential for delivering low-latency, energy-efficient, and secure services. This makes it a crucial component of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, the increasing…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Yang Li , Xing Zhang , Bo Lei , Qianying Zhao , Min Wei , Zheyan Qu , Wenbo Wang

This study introduces a resource allocation framework for integrated satellite-terrestrial networks to address these challenges. The framework leverages local cache pool deployments and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) to reduce time…

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

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is emerging as a promising paradigm to provide flexible computing services close to user devices (UDs). However, meeting the computation-hungry and delay-sensitive demands of UDs faces several challenges,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Geng Sun , Minghua Yuan , Zemin Sun , Jiacheng Wang , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han , Dong In Kim

Battery-less Internet of Things (IoT) devices rely on ambient energy harvesting and therefore require scheduling policies that jointly account for energy intermittency and hard timing constraints. This challenge is especially acute in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-20 Shahab Jahanbazi , Mateen Ashraf , Onel L. A. López

Computation offloading and resource allocation are critical in mobile edge computing (MEC) systems to handle the massive and complex requirements of applications restricted by limited resources. In a multi-user multi-server MEC network, the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Tianyi Shi , Tiankui Zhang , Jonathan Loo , Rong Huang , Yapeng Wang

The Internet of Things (IoT) requires a new processing paradigm that inherits the scalability of the cloud while minimizing network latency using resources closer to the network edge. Building up such flexibility within the edge-to-cloud…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Zeinab Nezami , Kamran Zamanifar , Karim Djemame , Evangelos Pournaras

By exploiting the superiority of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), NOMA-aided mobile edge computing (MEC) can provide scalable and low-latency computing services for the Internet of Things. However, given the prevalent stochasticity of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Meihui Hua , Hui Tian , Xinchen Lyu , Wanli Ni , Gaofeng Nie

Efficient task scheduling in large-scale distributed systems presents significant challenges due to dynamic workloads, heterogeneous resources, and competing quality-of-service requirements. Traditional centralized approaches face…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Daniel Benniah John

Mobile edge computing (MEC) paves the way to alleviate the burden of energy and computation of mobile users (MUs) by offloading tasks to the network edge. To enhance the MEC server utilization by optimizing its resource allocation, a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Hai Xue , Yun Xia , Neal N. Xiong , Di Zhang , Songwen Pei

This paper introduces an energy-efficient, software-defined vehicular edge network for the growing intelligent connected transportation system. A joint user-centric virtual cell formation and resource allocation problem is investigated to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-18 Md Ferdous Pervej , Shih-Chun Lin

The proliferation of large-scale AI and data-intensive applications has driven the development of Computing Power Networks (CPN). It is a key paradigm for delivering ubiquitous, on-demand computational services with high efficiency.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Haoxiang Luo , Kun Yang , Qi Huang , Marco Aiello , Schahram Dustdar

The low-altitude economy (LAE), driven by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other aircraft, has revolutionized fields such as transportation, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. In the upcoming six-generation (6G) era, UAV-assisted…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Geng Sun , Weilong Ma , Jiahui Li , Zemin Sun , Jiacheng Wang , Dusit Niyato , Shiwen Mao

We consider the problem of task offloading in multi-access edge computing (MEC) systems constituting $N$ devices assisted by an edge server (ES), where the devices can split task execution between a local processor and the ES. Since the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Shubham Aggarwal , Muhammad Aneeq uz Zaman , Melih Bastopcu , Sennur Ulukus , Tamer Başar

The convergence of mobile edge computing (MEC) and blockchain is transforming the current computing services in mobile networks, by offering task offloading solutions with security enhancement empowered by blockchain mining. Nevertheless,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-30 Dinh C. Nguyen , Ming Ding , Pubudu N. Pathirana , Aruna Seneviratne , Jun Li , H. Vincent Poor

Federated edge learning (FEEL) has recently emerged as a promising paradigm for achieving edge intelligence (EI) via enabling collaborative model training across edge devices while protecting data privacy. In this paper, we put forth an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Zhen Li , Jun Cai , Chao Yang , Haoran Gao

This paper proposes a distributed massive multiple input multiple-output (DM-MIMO) aided multi-tier vehicular edge computing (VEC) system. In particular, each vehicle terminal (VT) offloads its computational task to the roadside unit (RSU)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Yixin Liu , Shaoling Liang , Kunlun Wang , Wen Chen , Yonghui Li , George K. Karagiannidis

We introduce Team Utility-Constrained Proximal Policy Optimization (TUC-PPO), a new deep reinforcement learning framework. It extends Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) by integrating team welfare objectives specifically for spatial public…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Zhaoqilin Yang , Xin Wang , Ruichen Zhang , Chanchan Li , Youliang Tian