Intelligent IoT Systems with Mobile/Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC)

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Interests: (beyond) 5G technologies; management and orchestration in the compute continuum; (extreme/far/near) edge computing; federated learning; predictive QoS

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Dear Colleagues,

New technologies such as mobile and multi-access edge computing (MEC) have gained significant attention in recent years, offering flexible and viable solutions that overcome the limitations of centralized cloud computing. Indeed, by enabling computation at the network edge, MEC realizes a series of advantages for applications, including  (i) context awareness; (ii) geo-distributed capabilities; and (iii) low latency.

Within this broad context, edge computing can take different forms subject to the exact definition of the edge, i.e., computation can be performed at a regional level, at (5G) mobile network base stations or even directly on an end device. This is possible due to advances in several domains including microelectronics, as well as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), together facilitating the emergence of a multitude of applications that increasingly bridge the gap between the cyber and the physical worlds. Examples include, but are not limited to, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), digital twins (DT), virtual simulations, manufacturing/Industry 4.0, connected automated mobility (CAM)/ automotive, etc.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews focusing on the support of intelligent IoT solutions and edge computing are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Novel system architectures for the support of intelligent IoT applications at the edge;
  • New programming models for intelligent IoT applications in the compute continuum;
  • Novel intelligent IoT applications/services on top of MEC platforms;
  • Experimental performance evaluation/trials of MEC-enabled intelligent IoT applications;
  • Service/resource management and orchestration solutions for the support of intelligent IoT services/applications at the edge;
  • Applications of (distributed) machine learning (ML) techniques for the edge, e.g., federated learning, split learning, etc.;
  • Software optimizations for the support of AI/ML workloads at the edge, e.g., Tiny ML applications.

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Evangelos Maltezos
Dr. Konstantinos Katsaros
Dr. Eleftherios Ouzounoglou
Dr. Angelos Amditis
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Keywords

  • autonomous vehicles
  • mixed reality (MR)/ augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR)
  • computer vision and video analytics
  • AI/machine learning
  • systems integration and mobile or multi-access edge computing (MEC)
  • 5G/(Beyond) 5G
  • IoT/ AIoT
  • smart manufacturing
  • triage/wearables
  • situational awareness
  • UxVs

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A DRL-Based Task Offloading Scheme for Server Decision-Making in Multi-Access Edge Computing
by Ducsun Lim and Inwhee Joe
Electronics 2023, 12(18), 3882; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12183882 - 14 Sep 2023
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Abstract
Multi-access edge computing (MEC), based on hierarchical cloud computing, offers abundant resources to support the next-generation Internet of Things network. However, several critical challenges, including offloading methods, network dynamics, resource diversity, and server decision-making, remain open. Regarding offloading, most conventional approaches have neglected [...] Read more.
Multi-access edge computing (MEC), based on hierarchical cloud computing, offers abundant resources to support the next-generation Internet of Things network. However, several critical challenges, including offloading methods, network dynamics, resource diversity, and server decision-making, remain open. Regarding offloading, most conventional approaches have neglected or oversimplified multi-MEC server scenarios, fixating on single-MEC instances. This myopic focus fails to adapt to computational offloading during MEC server overload, rendering such methods sub-optimal for real-world MEC deployments. To address this deficiency, we propose a solution that employs a deep reinforcement learning-based soft actor-critic (SAC) approach to compute offloading and facilitate MEC server decision-making in multi-user, multi-MEC server environments. Numerical experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of our proposed solution. The results demonstrate that our approach significantly reduces latency, enhances energy efficiency, and achieves rapid and stable convergence, thereby highlighting the algorithm’s superior performance over existing methods. Full article
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