Robust Task Offloading for UAV-enabled Secure MEC Against Aerial Eavesdropper

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Main Authors: Cui, Can, Jia, ZIye, Dong, Chao, Wu, Qihui
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author Cui, Can
Jia, ZIye
Dong, Chao
Wu, Qihui
author_facet Cui, Can
Jia, ZIye
Dong, Chao
Wu, Qihui
contents Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are recognized as a promising candidate for the multi-access edge computing (MEC) in the future sixth generation communication networks. However, the aerial eavesdropping UAVs (EUAVs) pose a significant security threat to the data offloading. In this paper, we investigate a robust MEC scenario with multiple service UAVs (SUAVs) towards the potential eavesdropping from the EUAV, in which the random parameters such as task complexities are considered in the practical applications. In detail, the problem is formulated to optimize the deployment positions of SUAVs, the connection relationships between GUs and SUAVs, and the offloading ratios. With the uncertain task complexities, the corresponding chance constraints are constructed under the uncertainty set, which is tricky to deal with. Therefore, we first optimize the pre-deployment of SUAVs by the K-means algorithm. Then, the distributionally robust optimization method is employed, and the conditional value at risk is utilized to transform the chance constraints into convex forms, which can be solved via convex toolkits. Finally, the simulation results show that with the consideration of uncertainties, just 5% more energy is consumed compared with the ideal circumstance, which verifies the robustness of the proposed algorithms.
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spellingShingle Robust Task Offloading for UAV-enabled Secure MEC Against Aerial Eavesdropper
Cui, Can
Jia, ZIye
Dong, Chao
Wu, Qihui
Emerging Technologies
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are recognized as a promising candidate for the multi-access edge computing (MEC) in the future sixth generation communication networks. However, the aerial eavesdropping UAVs (EUAVs) pose a significant security threat to the data offloading. In this paper, we investigate a robust MEC scenario with multiple service UAVs (SUAVs) towards the potential eavesdropping from the EUAV, in which the random parameters such as task complexities are considered in the practical applications. In detail, the problem is formulated to optimize the deployment positions of SUAVs, the connection relationships between GUs and SUAVs, and the offloading ratios. With the uncertain task complexities, the corresponding chance constraints are constructed under the uncertainty set, which is tricky to deal with. Therefore, we first optimize the pre-deployment of SUAVs by the K-means algorithm. Then, the distributionally robust optimization method is employed, and the conditional value at risk is utilized to transform the chance constraints into convex forms, which can be solved via convex toolkits. Finally, the simulation results show that with the consideration of uncertainties, just 5% more energy is consumed compared with the ideal circumstance, which verifies the robustness of the proposed algorithms.
title Robust Task Offloading for UAV-enabled Secure MEC Against Aerial Eavesdropper
topic Emerging Technologies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00710