Two-stage optimization of computation offloading for ICN-assisted mobile edge computing in 6G network

Abstract

This paper investigates QoS-aware computation offloading issues for mobile edge computing in the 6G network. To minimize the end-to-end delay, we harness the Information-Centric Network (ICN) to ensure resource-constrained mobile user offloading computation-sensitive tasks in a distributed manner. Then, a two-stage approach based on a Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) algorithm entwined with optimization-embedding offloading ratio is proposed to enhance server selection for load balancing. Numeral results demonstrate that, with reference to a workshop-scale scenario, the proposed method can achieve outperformed performance in reducing delay and balancing loads on edge servers than the other four baseline schemes.

Keywords

• Information-centric network
• Multi-agent reinforcement learning
• Optimization-embedding offloading
• 6G network