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Main Authors: Duan, Haihan, Ma, Tengfei, Qin, Yuyang, Zeng, Runhao, Cai, Wei, Leung, Victor C. M., Hu, Xiping
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02935
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author Duan, Haihan
Ma, Tengfei
Qin, Yuyang
Zeng, Runhao
Cai, Wei
Leung, Victor C. M.
Hu, Xiping
author_facet Duan, Haihan
Ma, Tengfei
Qin, Yuyang
Zeng, Runhao
Cai, Wei
Leung, Victor C. M.
Hu, Xiping
contents In the era of big data, large-scale machine learning models have revolutionized various fields, driving significant advancements. However, large-scale model training demands high financial and computational resources, which are only affordable by a few technological giants and well-funded institutions. In this case, common users like mobile users, the real creators of valuable data, are often excluded from fully benefiting due to the barriers, while the current methods for accessing large-scale models either limit user ownership or lack sustainability. This growing gap highlights the urgent need for a collaborative model training approach, allowing common users to train and share models. However, existing collaborative model training paradigms, especially federated learning (FL), primarily focus on data privacy and group-based model aggregation. To this end, this paper intends to address this issue by proposing a novel training paradigm named decentralized relay learning (DeRelayL), a sustainable learning system where permissionless participants can contribute to model training in a relay-like manner and share the model. In detail, this paper presents the architecture and workflow of DeRelayL, designs incentive mechanisms to ensure sustainability, and conducts theoretical analysis and numerical simulations to demonstrate its effectiveness.
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spellingShingle DeRelayL: Sustainable Decentralized Relay Learning
Duan, Haihan
Ma, Tengfei
Qin, Yuyang
Zeng, Runhao
Cai, Wei
Leung, Victor C. M.
Hu, Xiping
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
In the era of big data, large-scale machine learning models have revolutionized various fields, driving significant advancements. However, large-scale model training demands high financial and computational resources, which are only affordable by a few technological giants and well-funded institutions. In this case, common users like mobile users, the real creators of valuable data, are often excluded from fully benefiting due to the barriers, while the current methods for accessing large-scale models either limit user ownership or lack sustainability. This growing gap highlights the urgent need for a collaborative model training approach, allowing common users to train and share models. However, existing collaborative model training paradigms, especially federated learning (FL), primarily focus on data privacy and group-based model aggregation. To this end, this paper intends to address this issue by proposing a novel training paradigm named decentralized relay learning (DeRelayL), a sustainable learning system where permissionless participants can contribute to model training in a relay-like manner and share the model. In detail, this paper presents the architecture and workflow of DeRelayL, designs incentive mechanisms to ensure sustainability, and conducts theoretical analysis and numerical simulations to demonstrate its effectiveness.
title DeRelayL: Sustainable Decentralized Relay Learning
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02935