Abstract
Next-generation cellular networks will play a key role in the evolution of different vertical industries. Low latency will be a major requirement in many related uses cases. This requirement is specially challenging in scenarios with high mobility of end devices, such as vehicular communications. The Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) paradigm seeks to satisfy it. In this paper we propose the dynamic deployment of anchor point network functions at edge locations and the assignment of terminals to these anchor points with the joint objective of minimizing communications latency and reducing network overhead. We formally define the problem as a multi-objective optimization and also propose a novel heuristic greedy algorithm for approximating the solution. This algorithm compares
favorably with baseline and state-of-the-art strategies for latency minimization while reducing the overhead caused by network
reconfigurations.
favorably with baseline and state-of-the-art strategies for latency minimization while reducing the overhead caused by network
reconfigurations.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 10127708 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology |
Volume | 00 |
Issue number | 00 |
Early online date | 19 Jul 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 19 Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Aerospace Engineering
- Automotive Engineering
- 5G
- Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X)
- Low-latency
- Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC)
- Vehicular communications