UAV-MEC Offloading and Migration Decision Algorithm for Load Balancing in Vehicular Edge Computing Network


KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp. 437-444, Dec. 2022
https://doi.org/10.3745/KTCCS.2022.11.12.437,   PDF Download:
Keywords: Mobile Edge Computing, offloading, Migration, genetic algorithm, Q-learning
Abstract

Recently, research on mobile edge services has been conducted to handle computationally intensive and latency-sensitive tasks occurring in wireless networks. However, MEC, which is fixed on the ground, cannot flexibly cope with situations where task processing requests increase sharply, such as commuting time. To solve this problem, a technology that provides edge services using UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has emerged. Unlike ground MEC servers, UAVs have limited battery capacity, so it is necessary to optimize energy efficiency through load balancing between UAV MEC servers. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a load balancing technique with consideration of the energy state of UAVs and the mobility of vehicles. The proposed technique is composed of task offloading scheme using genetic algorithm and task migration scheme using Q-learning. To evaluate the performance of the proposed technique, experiments were conducted with varying mobility speed and number of vehicles, and performance was analyzed in terms of load variance, energy consumption, communication overhead, and delay constraint satisfaction rate.


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[IEEE Style]
A. Y. Shin and Y. Lim, "UAV-MEC Offloading and Migration Decision Algorithm for Load Balancing in Vehicular Edge Computing Network," KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 437-444, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3745/KTCCS.2022.11.12.437.

[ACM Style]
A Young Shin and Yujin Lim. 2022. UAV-MEC Offloading and Migration Decision Algorithm for Load Balancing in Vehicular Edge Computing Network. KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems, 11, 12, (2022), 437-444. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3745/KTCCS.2022.11.12.437.