Joint UAV Deployment and Resource Allocation in THz-Assisted MEC-Enabled Integrated Space-Air-Ground Networks
2025 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ISSN 1536-1233, E-ISSN 1558-0660, Vol. 24, no 5, p. 3794-3808Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Multi-access edge computing (MEC)-enabled integrated space-air-ground (SAG) networks have drawn much attention recently, as they can provide communication and computing services to wireless devices in areas that lack terrestrial base stations (TBSs). Leveraging the ample bandwidth in the terahertz (THz) spectrum, in this paper, we propose MEC-enabled integrated SAG networks with collaboration among unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We then formulate the problem of minimizing the energy consumption of devices and UAVs in the proposed MEC-enabled integrated SAG networks by optimizing tasks offloading decisions, THz sub-bands assignment, transmit power control, and UAVs deployment. The formulated problem is a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MILP) problem with a non-convex structure, which is challenging to solve. We thus propose a block coordinate descent (BCD) approach to decompose the problem into four sub-problems: 1) device task offloading decision problem, 2) THz sub-band assignment and power control problem, 3) UAV deployment problem, and 4) UAV task offloading decision problem. We then propose to use a matching game, concave-convex procedure (CCP) method, successive convex approximation (SCA), and block successive upper-bound minimization (BSUM) approaches for solving the individual subproblems. Finally, extensive simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2025. Vol. 24, no 5, p. 3794-3808
Keywords [en]
block successive upper-bound minimization (BSUM), integrated space-air-ground networks, Multi-access edge computing (MEC), one-to-one matching game, resource allocation, successive convex approximation (SCA), task offloading
National Category
Communication Systems Telecommunications
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-362535DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2024.3516655ISI: 001459643400028Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002270150OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-362535DiVA, id: diva2:1952983
Note
QC 20250520
2025-04-162025-04-162025-05-20Bibliographically approved