GNN-Empowered Effective Partial Observation MARL Method for AoI Management in Multi-UAV Network

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Autori principali: Pan, Yuhao, Wang, Xiucheng, Xu, Zhiyao, Cheng, Nan, Xu, Wenchao, Zhang, Jun-jie
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author Pan, Yuhao
Wang, Xiucheng
Xu, Zhiyao
Cheng, Nan
Xu, Wenchao
Zhang, Jun-jie
author_facet Pan, Yuhao
Wang, Xiucheng
Xu, Zhiyao
Cheng, Nan
Xu, Wenchao
Zhang, Jun-jie
contents Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), due to their low cost and high flexibility, have been widely used in various scenarios to enhance network performance. However, the optimization of UAV trajectories in unknown areas or areas without sufficient prior information, still faces challenges related to poor planning performance and low distributed execution. These challenges arise when UAVs rely solely on their own observation information and the information from other UAVs within their communicable range, without access to global information. To address these challenges, this paper proposes the Qedgix framework, which combines graph neural networks (GNNs) and the QMIX algorithm to achieve distributed optimization of the Age of Information (AoI) for users in unknown scenarios. The framework utilizes GNNs to extract information from UAVs, users within the observable range, and other UAVs within the communicable range, thereby enabling effective UAV trajectory planning. Due to the discretization and temporal features of AoI indicators, the Qedgix framework employs QMIX to optimize distributed partially observable Markov decision processes (Dec-POMDP) based on centralized training and distributed execution (CTDE) with respect to mean AoI values of users. By modeling the UAV network optimization problem in terms of AoI and applying the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, the Qedgix framework achieves efficient neural network training through parameter sharing based on permutation invariance. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly improves convergence speed while reducing the mean AoI values of users. The code is available at https://github.com/UNIC-Lab/Qedgix.
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spellingShingle GNN-Empowered Effective Partial Observation MARL Method for AoI Management in Multi-UAV Network
Pan, Yuhao
Wang, Xiucheng
Xu, Zhiyao
Cheng, Nan
Xu, Wenchao
Zhang, Jun-jie
Information Theory
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Systems and Control
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), due to their low cost and high flexibility, have been widely used in various scenarios to enhance network performance. However, the optimization of UAV trajectories in unknown areas or areas without sufficient prior information, still faces challenges related to poor planning performance and low distributed execution. These challenges arise when UAVs rely solely on their own observation information and the information from other UAVs within their communicable range, without access to global information. To address these challenges, this paper proposes the Qedgix framework, which combines graph neural networks (GNNs) and the QMIX algorithm to achieve distributed optimization of the Age of Information (AoI) for users in unknown scenarios. The framework utilizes GNNs to extract information from UAVs, users within the observable range, and other UAVs within the communicable range, thereby enabling effective UAV trajectory planning. Due to the discretization and temporal features of AoI indicators, the Qedgix framework employs QMIX to optimize distributed partially observable Markov decision processes (Dec-POMDP) based on centralized training and distributed execution (CTDE) with respect to mean AoI values of users. By modeling the UAV network optimization problem in terms of AoI and applying the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, the Qedgix framework achieves efficient neural network training through parameter sharing based on permutation invariance. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm significantly improves convergence speed while reducing the mean AoI values of users. The code is available at https://github.com/UNIC-Lab/Qedgix.
title GNN-Empowered Effective Partial Observation MARL Method for AoI Management in Multi-UAV Network
topic Information Theory
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00036