Reliable and Energy-Aware Job Offloading at Terahertz Frequencies for Mobile Edge Computing

In this paper,we co-design the transmission power and the offloading strategy for job offloading to a mobile edge computing(MEC)server at Terahertz(THz)frequencies.The goal is to minimize the communication energy consumption while providing ultra-reliable low end-to-end latency(URLLC)services.To that end,we first establish a novel reliability framework,where the end-to-end(E2E)delay equals a weighted sum of the local computing delay,the communication delay and the edge computing delay,and the reliability is defined as the probability that the E2E delay remains below a certain pre-defined threshold.This reliability gives a full view of the statistics of the E2E delay,thus constituting advancement over prior works that have considered only average delays.Based on this framework,we establish the communication energy consumption minimization problem under URLLC constraints.This optimization problem is non-convex.To handle that issue,we first consider the special single-user case,where we derive the optimal solution by analyzing the structure of the optimization problem.Further,based on the analytical result for the single-user case,we decouple the optimization problem for multi-user scenarios into several sub-optimization problems and propose a sub-optimal algorithm to solve it.Numerical results verify the performance of the proposed algorithm.

A Survey on Terahertz Communications

With the exponential growth of the data traffic in wireless communication systems, terahertz(THz) frequency band is envisioned as a promising candidate to support ultra-broadband for future beyond fifth generation(5G), bridging the gap between millimeter wave(mmWave) and optical frequency ranges. The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive literature review on the development towards THz communications and presents some key technologies faced in THz wireless communication systems. Firstly, despite the substantial hardware problems that have to be developed in terms of the THz solid state superheterodyne receiver, high speed THz modulators and THz antennas, the practical THz channel model and the efficient THz beamforming are also described to compensate for the severe path attenuation. Moreover, two different kinds of lab-level THz communication systems are introduced minutely, named a solid state THz communication system and a spatial direct modulation THz communication system, respectively. The solid state THz system converts intermediate frequency(IF) modulated signal to THz frequency while the direct modulation THz system allows the high power THz sources to input for approving the relatively long distance communications. Finally, we discuss several potential application scenarios as well as some vital technical challenges that will be encountered in the future THz communications.

太赫兹通信感知一体化技术综述

太赫兹通信具有频谱资源丰富、传输速率高、保密性强、易实现通信感知一体化等优势,在6G通信和空间通信等方面都具有重要的应用前景.然而,太赫兹频段的器件机理和传播特性迥异于微波频段:一是太赫兹波与现有器件材料的互作用效率较低,二是通信和感知的波形体制相互矛盾,三是太赫兹波传播的粒子效应突出.这些差异使得太赫兹通信感知一体化面临信号高效调控难、信号处理复杂度高、移动接入和覆盖受限3个难题.针对如何突破这些难题,本文将从系统架构、射频前端、波形产生、信号处理、组网的角度出发,介绍太赫兹通信感知一体化的背景、概念、特征、面临的挑战、需要解决的关键问题、一些研究进展,以及未来研究方向.