On-Device Deep Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Task Offloading Performance trade-offs in the training process
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| author | Nieto, Gorka de la Iglesia, Idoia Perfecto, Cristina Lopez-Novoa, Unai |
| author_facet | Nieto, Gorka de la Iglesia, Idoia Perfecto, Cristina Lopez-Novoa, Unai |
| contents | Allowing less capable devices to offload computational tasks to more powerful devices or servers enables the development of new applications that may not run correctly on the device itself. Deciding where and why to run each of those applications is a complex task. Therefore, different approaches have been adopted to make offloading decisions. In this work, we propose a decentralized Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agent to address the selection of computing locations. Unlike most existing work, we analyze it in a real testbed composed of various edge devices running the agent to determine where to execute each task. These devices are connected to a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) server and a Cloud server through 5G communications. We evaluate not only the agent's performance in meeting task requirements but also the implications of running this type of agent locally, assessing the trade-offs of training locally versus remotely in terms of latency and energy consumption. |
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| spellingShingle | On-Device Deep Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Task Offloading Performance trade-offs in the training process Nieto, Gorka de la Iglesia, Idoia Perfecto, Cristina Lopez-Novoa, Unai Emerging Technologies Systems and Control Allowing less capable devices to offload computational tasks to more powerful devices or servers enables the development of new applications that may not run correctly on the device itself. Deciding where and why to run each of those applications is a complex task. Therefore, different approaches have been adopted to make offloading decisions. In this work, we propose a decentralized Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) agent to address the selection of computing locations. Unlike most existing work, we analyze it in a real testbed composed of various edge devices running the agent to determine where to execute each task. These devices are connected to a Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) server and a Cloud server through 5G communications. We evaluate not only the agent's performance in meeting task requirements but also the implications of running this type of agent locally, assessing the trade-offs of training locally versus remotely in terms of latency and energy consumption. |
| title | On-Device Deep Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Task Offloading Performance trade-offs in the training process |
| topic | Emerging Technologies Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03976 |