Integrating the blockchain technology into mobile-edge computing(MEC)networks with multiple cooperative MEC servers(MECS)providing a promising solution to improving resource utilization,and helping establish a secure ...Integrating the blockchain technology into mobile-edge computing(MEC)networks with multiple cooperative MEC servers(MECS)providing a promising solution to improving resource utilization,and helping establish a secure reward mechanism that can facilitate load balancing among MECS.In addition,intelligent management of service caching and load balancing can improve the network utility in MEC blockchain networks with multiple types of workloads.In this paper,we investigate a learningbased joint service caching and load balancing policy for optimizing the communication and computation resources allocation,so as to improve the resource utilization of MEC blockchain networks.We formulate the problem as a challenging long-term network revenue maximization Markov decision process(MDP)problem.To address the highly dynamic and high dimension of system states,we design a joint service caching and load balancing algorithm based on the double-dueling Deep Q network(DQN)approach.The simulation results validate the feasibility and superior performance of our proposed algorithm over several baseline schemes.展开更多
物联网和5G网络的快速发展产生了大量数据,通过将计算任务从移动设备卸载到具有足够计算资源的边缘服务器上,可有效减少网络拥塞和数据传播延迟等问题。边缘服务器放置是任务卸载的核心,高效的边缘服务器放置方法能有效满足移动用户访...物联网和5G网络的快速发展产生了大量数据,通过将计算任务从移动设备卸载到具有足够计算资源的边缘服务器上,可有效减少网络拥塞和数据传播延迟等问题。边缘服务器放置是任务卸载的核心,高效的边缘服务器放置方法能有效满足移动用户访问低时延、高带宽等需求。为此,文中以最小化访问延迟和最小化负载差异为优化目标,建立边缘服务器放置优化模型;然后,提出了一种基于改进启发式算法的移动边缘服务器放置方法ESPHA(Edge Server Placement Based on Heuristic Algorithm),实现多目标优化。首先将K-means算法与蚁群算法相结合,通过效仿蚁群在觅食过程中共享信息素,将信息素反馈机制引入边缘服务器放置方法中,然后,通过设置禁忌表对蚁群算法进行改进,提高算法的收敛速度;最后,用改进的启发式算法求解模型的最优放置方案。使用上海电信真实数据集进行实验,结果表明提出的ESPHA方法在保证服务质量的前提下取得了低延迟和负载均衡之间的优化平衡,其效果优于现有的其他几种代表性的方法。展开更多
在基于可扩展对象的海量存储系统(Based on Scalable Object Mass Storage System,BSO-MSS)中,负载均衡一直是研究的重点,如何选择存储对象(Storage Object,SO)及数目是关键。因此提出柔性负载均衡策略,它不仅考虑网络对BSO-MSS的影响,...在基于可扩展对象的海量存储系统(Based on Scalable Object Mass Storage System,BSO-MSS)中,负载均衡一直是研究的重点,如何选择存储对象(Storage Object,SO)及数目是关键。因此提出柔性负载均衡策略,它不仅考虑网络对BSO-MSS的影响,而且更关注SO本身,针对SO中不同的存储能力,自适应选择SO数目,采用不同大小的分条进行存储。当SO数目未达到最佳值时,增加SO数目,会减少系统响应时间,提高整个系统的吞吐量。展开更多
Wireless sensor networks are characterized by multihop wireless links and resource constrained nodes. In terms of data collection and forwarding scheduling, this paper investigates the load balancing in sensor nodes a...Wireless sensor networks are characterized by multihop wireless links and resource constrained nodes. In terms of data collection and forwarding scheduling, this paper investigates the load balancing in sensor nodes and wireless link based on the performance of wireless sensor networks. Leveraging the property of dissimilarity distribution, a method to quantitatively evaluate the benefits of load balancing is presented, in order to access the profitability. Then a novel Dynamic Load Balancing of Overlay-based WSN (DLBO) algorithm has been put forward. In particular, the tradeoff between transferring ratio and the load imbalance among nodes is discussed. The load balancing method in this paper outperforms others based on balancing factor, different nodes number and data scales of applications. The proposed model and analytical results can be effectively applied for reliability analysis for other wireless applications (e.g., persistent data delivery is involved).展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China 62072096the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant 2232020A-12+4 种基金the International S&T Cooperation Program of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission under Grant 20220713000the Young Top-notch Talent Program in Shanghaithe"Shuguang Program"of Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commissionthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and Graduate Student Innovation Fund of Donghua University CUSF-DH-D-2019093supported in part by the NSF under grants CNS-2107190 and ECCS-1923717。
文摘Integrating the blockchain technology into mobile-edge computing(MEC)networks with multiple cooperative MEC servers(MECS)providing a promising solution to improving resource utilization,and helping establish a secure reward mechanism that can facilitate load balancing among MECS.In addition,intelligent management of service caching and load balancing can improve the network utility in MEC blockchain networks with multiple types of workloads.In this paper,we investigate a learningbased joint service caching and load balancing policy for optimizing the communication and computation resources allocation,so as to improve the resource utilization of MEC blockchain networks.We formulate the problem as a challenging long-term network revenue maximization Markov decision process(MDP)problem.To address the highly dynamic and high dimension of system states,we design a joint service caching and load balancing algorithm based on the double-dueling Deep Q network(DQN)approach.The simulation results validate the feasibility and superior performance of our proposed algorithm over several baseline schemes.
文摘物联网和5G网络的快速发展产生了大量数据,通过将计算任务从移动设备卸载到具有足够计算资源的边缘服务器上,可有效减少网络拥塞和数据传播延迟等问题。边缘服务器放置是任务卸载的核心,高效的边缘服务器放置方法能有效满足移动用户访问低时延、高带宽等需求。为此,文中以最小化访问延迟和最小化负载差异为优化目标,建立边缘服务器放置优化模型;然后,提出了一种基于改进启发式算法的移动边缘服务器放置方法ESPHA(Edge Server Placement Based on Heuristic Algorithm),实现多目标优化。首先将K-means算法与蚁群算法相结合,通过效仿蚁群在觅食过程中共享信息素,将信息素反馈机制引入边缘服务器放置方法中,然后,通过设置禁忌表对蚁群算法进行改进,提高算法的收敛速度;最后,用改进的启发式算法求解模型的最优放置方案。使用上海电信真实数据集进行实验,结果表明提出的ESPHA方法在保证服务质量的前提下取得了低延迟和负载均衡之间的优化平衡,其效果优于现有的其他几种代表性的方法。
文摘在基于可扩展对象的海量存储系统(Based on Scalable Object Mass Storage System,BSO-MSS)中,负载均衡一直是研究的重点,如何选择存储对象(Storage Object,SO)及数目是关键。因此提出柔性负载均衡策略,它不仅考虑网络对BSO-MSS的影响,而且更关注SO本身,针对SO中不同的存储能力,自适应选择SO数目,采用不同大小的分条进行存储。当SO数目未达到最佳值时,增加SO数目,会减少系统响应时间,提高整个系统的吞吐量。
文摘Wireless sensor networks are characterized by multihop wireless links and resource constrained nodes. In terms of data collection and forwarding scheduling, this paper investigates the load balancing in sensor nodes and wireless link based on the performance of wireless sensor networks. Leveraging the property of dissimilarity distribution, a method to quantitatively evaluate the benefits of load balancing is presented, in order to access the profitability. Then a novel Dynamic Load Balancing of Overlay-based WSN (DLBO) algorithm has been put forward. In particular, the tradeoff between transferring ratio and the load imbalance among nodes is discussed. The load balancing method in this paper outperforms others based on balancing factor, different nodes number and data scales of applications. The proposed model and analytical results can be effectively applied for reliability analysis for other wireless applications (e.g., persistent data delivery is involved).
