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Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) is an enabling technology to leverage new network applications, such as virtual/augmented reality, by providing faster task processing at the network edge. This is done by deploying servers closer to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Gabriel F. C. de Queiroz , José F. de Rezende , Valmir C. Barbosa

We consider a multi-agent network where each node has a stochastic (local) cost function that depends on the decision variable of that node and a random variable, and further the decision variables of neighboring nodes are pairwise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-24 Navjot Singh , Xuanyu Cao , Suhas Diggavi , Tamer Basar

Facing the trend of merging wireless communications and multi-access edge computing (MEC), this article studies computation offloading in the beyond fifth-generation networks. To address the technical challenges originating from the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-17 Xianfu Chen , Celimuge Wu , Zhi Liu , Ning Zhang , Yusheng Ji

Deep learning applications at the network edge lead to a significant growth in AI-related carbon emissions, presenting a critical sustainability challenge. The existing edge computing frameworks optimize for latency and throughput, but they…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Guilin Zhang , Wulan Guo , Ziqi Tan , Chuanyi Sun , Hailong Jiang

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a promising technology to meet the increasing demands and computing limitations of complex Internet of Things (IoT) devices. However, implementing MEC in urban environments can be challenging due to factors…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-03 Subhrajit Barick , Chetna Singhal

In this paper, we establish a task-oriented cross-system design framework to minimize the required packet rate for timely and accurate modeling of a real-world robotic arm in the Metaverse, where sensing, communication, prediction, control,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Zhen Meng , Kan Chen , Yufeng Diao , Changyang She , Guodong Zhao , Muhammad Ali Imran , Branka Vucetic

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) arises in many real-world applications where trade-offs between competing objectives must be carefully balanced. In the offline setting, where only a static dataset is available, the main challenge is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Jatan Shrestha , Santeri Heiskanen , Kari Hepola , Severi Rissanen , Pekka Jääskeläinen , Joni Pajarinen

This paper addresses the challenge of edge caching in dynamic environments, where rising traffic loads strain backhaul links and core networks. We propose a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO)-based caching strategy that fully incorporates…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Farnaz Niknia , Ping Wang

This study investigates the trade-off between system stability and offloading cost in collaborative edge computing. While collaborative offloading among multiple edge servers enhances resource utilization, existing methods often overlook…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Peiyan Yuan , Ming Li , Chenyang Wang , Ledong An , Xiaoyan Zhao , Junna Zhang , Xiangyang Li , Huadong Ma

In this paper, we consider delay minimization for interference networks with renewable energy source, where the transmission power of a node comes from both the conventional utility power (AC power) and the renewable energy source. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Huang Huang , Vincent K. N. Lau

Mobile-edge computation offloading (MECO) has been recognized as a promising solution to alleviate the burden of resource-limited Internet of Thing (IoT) devices by offloading computation tasks to the edge of cellular networks (also known…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Xiangyu He , Hong Xing , Yue Chen , Arumugam Nallanathan

This paper addresses a fundamental question of multi-agent knowledge distribution: what information should be sent to whom and when, with the limited resources available to each agent? Communication requirements for multi-agent systems can…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-03-08 Michael C. Fowler , T. Charles Clancy , Ryan K. Williams

Cache-assisted ultra-dense mobile edge computing (MEC) networks are a promising solution for meeting the increasing demands of numerous Internet-of-Things mobile devices (IMDs). To address the complex interferences caused by small base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Tianqing Zhou , Bobo Wang , Dong Qin , Xuefang Nie , Nan Jiang , Chunguo Li

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a promising solution for providing the computational resources and low latency required by vehicular services such as autonomous driving. It enables cars to offload computationally intensive tasks to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Paniz Parastar , Giuseppe Caso , Jesus Alberto Omana Iglesias , Andra Lutu , Ozgu Alay

Reinforcement learning (RL) in partially observable, fully cooperative multi-agent settings (Dec-POMDPs) can in principle be used to address many real-world challenges such as controlling a swarm of rescue robots or a team of quadcopters.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Qizhen Zhang , Chris Lu , Animesh Garg , Jakob Foerster

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of mobile edge computing (MEC), on the premise of a cost-effective enhancement in the computational ability of hardware-constrained wireless devices (WDs) comprising the Internet of Things (IoT). In…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Jia Yan , Qin Lu , Georgios B. Giannakis

Multi-agent proximal policy optimization (MAPPO) has recently demonstrated state-of-the-art performance on challenging multi-agent reinforcement learning tasks. However, MAPPO still struggles with the credit assignment problem, wherein the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Aditya Kapoor , Benjamin Freed , Howie Choset , Jeff Schneider

The mobile edge computing framework offers the opportunity to reduce the energy that devices must expend to complete computational tasks. The extent of that energy reduction depends on the nature of the tasks, and on the choice of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Mahsa Salmani , Timothy N. Davidson

The challenges of the uncertainties in renewable energy generation and the instability of the real-time market limit the effective utilization of clean energy in microgrid communities. Existing peer-to-peer (P2P) and microgrid coordination…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Junhao Ren , Honglin Gao , Sijie Wang , Lan Zhao , Qiyu Kang , Aniq Ashan , Yajuan Sun , Gaoxi Xiao

Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes with communication (Dec-POMDP-Com) provide a framework for multiagent decision making under uncertainty, but the NEXP-complete complexity for finite-horizon problems renders…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Dylan M. Asmar , Mykel J. Kochenderfer