Nash Soft Actor-Critic LEO Satellite Handover Management Algorithm for Flying Vehicles
2024 (English)In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking, ICMLCN 2024, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024, p. 380-385Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Compared with the terrestrial networks (TN), which can only support limited coverage areas, low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites can provide seamless global coverage and high survivability in case of emergencies. Nevertheless, the swift movement of the LEO satellites poses a challenge: frequent handovers are inevitable, compromising the quality of service (QoS) of users and leading to discontinuous connectivity. Moreover, considering LEO satellite connectivity for different flying vehicles (FVs) when coexisting with ground terminals, an efficient satellite handover decision control and mobility management strategy is required to reduce the number of handovers and allocate resources that align with different users' requirements. In this paper, a novel distributed satellite handover strategy based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) and game theory named Nash- SAC has been proposed to solve these problems. From the simulation results, the Nash-SAC-based handover strategy can effectively reduce the handovers by over 16% and the blocking rate by over 18%, outperforming local benchmarks such as traditional Q-learning. It also greatly improves the network utility used to quantify the performance of the whole system by up to 48% and caters to different users' requirements, providing reliable and robust connectivity for both FVs and ground terminals.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024. p. 380-385
Keywords [en]
flying vehicles, LEO satellite network, Nash-SAC, satellite handover strategy
National Category
Signal Processing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-353557DOI: 10.1109/ICMLCN59089.2024.10624798ISI: 001307813600065Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85202450374OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-353557DiVA, id: diva2:1899232
Conference
1st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning for Communication and Networking, ICMLCN 2024, Stockholm, Sweden, May 5 2024 - May 8 2024
Note
Part of ISBN 9798350343199
QC 20241111
2024-09-192024-09-192024-11-11Bibliographically approved