Incremental DRL-Based Resource Management for Dynamic Network Slicing in an Urban-Wide Testbed

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Autori principali: Li, Haiyuan, Liu, Yuelin, Madhukumar, Hari, Emami, Amin, Zhou, Xueqing, Wu, Yulei, Vasilakos, Xenofon, Yan, Shuangyi, Simeonidou, Dimitra
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author Li, Haiyuan
Liu, Yuelin
Madhukumar, Hari
Emami, Amin
Zhou, Xueqing
Wu, Yulei
Vasilakos, Xenofon
Yan, Shuangyi
Simeonidou, Dimitra
author_facet Li, Haiyuan
Liu, Yuelin
Madhukumar, Hari
Emami, Amin
Zhou, Xueqing
Wu, Yulei
Vasilakos, Xenofon
Yan, Shuangyi
Simeonidou, Dimitra
contents Multi-access edge computing provides localized resources within mobile networks to address the requirements of emerging latency-sensitive and computing-intensive applications. At the edge, dynamic requests necessitate sophisticated resource management for adaptive network slicing. This involves optimizing resource allocations, scaling functions, and load balancing to utilize only essential resources under constrained network scenarios. However, existing solutions largely assume static slice counts, ignoring the re-optimization overhead associated with management algorithms when slices fluctuate. Moreover, many approaches rely on simplified energy models that overlook intertemporal resource scheduling and are predominantly evaluated through simulations, neglecting critical practical considerations. This paper presents an incremental cooperative Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MADDPG) algorithm for resource management in dynamic edge slicing. The proposed approach optimizes long-term slicing benefits by reducing delay and energy consumption while minimizing retraining overhead in response to slice variations. Furthermore, we implement an urban-wide edge computing testbed based on OpenStack and Kubernetes to validate the algorithm's performance. Experimental results demonstrate that our incremental MADDPG method outperforms benchmark strategies in aggregated slicing utility and reduces training energy consumption by up to 50% compared to the re-optimization approach.
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spellingShingle Incremental DRL-Based Resource Management for Dynamic Network Slicing in an Urban-Wide Testbed
Li, Haiyuan
Liu, Yuelin
Madhukumar, Hari
Emami, Amin
Zhou, Xueqing
Wu, Yulei
Vasilakos, Xenofon
Yan, Shuangyi
Simeonidou, Dimitra
Systems and Control
Multi-access edge computing provides localized resources within mobile networks to address the requirements of emerging latency-sensitive and computing-intensive applications. At the edge, dynamic requests necessitate sophisticated resource management for adaptive network slicing. This involves optimizing resource allocations, scaling functions, and load balancing to utilize only essential resources under constrained network scenarios. However, existing solutions largely assume static slice counts, ignoring the re-optimization overhead associated with management algorithms when slices fluctuate. Moreover, many approaches rely on simplified energy models that overlook intertemporal resource scheduling and are predominantly evaluated through simulations, neglecting critical practical considerations. This paper presents an incremental cooperative Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MADDPG) algorithm for resource management in dynamic edge slicing. The proposed approach optimizes long-term slicing benefits by reducing delay and energy consumption while minimizing retraining overhead in response to slice variations. Furthermore, we implement an urban-wide edge computing testbed based on OpenStack and Kubernetes to validate the algorithm's performance. Experimental results demonstrate that our incremental MADDPG method outperforms benchmark strategies in aggregated slicing utility and reduces training energy consumption by up to 50% compared to the re-optimization approach.
title Incremental DRL-Based Resource Management for Dynamic Network Slicing in an Urban-Wide Testbed
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.17523