Age-of-Information and Energy Optimization in Digital Twin Edge Networks
2024 (English)In: GLOBECOM 2024 - 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024, p. 3194-3200Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
In this paper, we study the intricate realm of digital twin synchronization and deployment in multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks, with the aim of optimizing and balancing the two performance metrics Age of Information (AoI) and energy efficiency. We jointly consider the problems of edge association, power allocation, and digital twin deployment. However, the inherent randomness of the problem presents a significant challenge in identifying an optimal solution. To address this, we first analyze the feasibility conditions of the optimization problem. We then examine a specific scenario involving a static channel and propose a cyclic scheduling scheme. This enables us to derive the sum AoI in closed form. As a result, the joint optimization problem of edge association and power control is solved optimally by finding a minimum weight perfect matching. Moreover, we examine the one-shot optimization problem in the contexts of both frequent digital twin migrations and fixed digital twin deployments, and propose an efficient online algorithm to address the general optimization problem. This algorithm effectively reduces system costs by balancing frequent migrations and fixed deployments. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed scheme in terms of low cost and high efficiency.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024. p. 3194-3200
Keywords [en]
Age of information (AoI), digital twin, energy consumption, multi-access edge computing (MEC)
National Category
Communication Systems Computer Sciences Telecommunications
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-361980DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM52923.2024.10901362Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105000830105OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-361980DiVA, id: diva2:1949653
Conference
2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2024, Cape Town, South Africa, December 8-12, 2024
Note
Part of ISBN 9798350351255
QC 20250403
2025-04-032025-04-032025-04-03Bibliographically approved