Timely information updates are critical for real-time monitoring and control applications in the Internet of Things(IoT). In this paper, we consider a multi-antenna cellular IoT for state update where a base station(B...Timely information updates are critical for real-time monitoring and control applications in the Internet of Things(IoT). In this paper, we consider a multi-antenna cellular IoT for state update where a base station(BS) collects information from randomly distributed IoT nodes through time-varying channel.Specifically, multiple IoT nodes are allowed to transmit their state update simultaneously in a spatial multiplex manner. Inspired by age of information(AoI),we introduce a novel concept of age of transmission(AoT) for the sceneries in which BS cannot obtain the generation time of the packets waiting to be transmitted. The deadline-constrained AoT-optimal scheduling problem is formulated as a restless multi-armed bandit(RMAB) problem. Firstly, we prove the indexability of the scheduling problem and derive the closed-form of the Whittle index. Then, the interference graph and complementary graph are constructed to illustrate the interference between two nodes. The complete subgraphs are detected in the complementary graph to avoid inter-node interference. Next, an AoT-optimal scheduling strategy based on the Whittle index and complete subgraph detection is proposed.Finally, numerous simulations are conducted to verify the performance of the proposed strategy.展开更多
近年来,支持物联网(internet of things,IoT)应用的机器类通信(machine-type communications,MTC)成为未来移动通信网络的重要业务组成部分。随着MTC对广域连接需求的快速增长,通过蜂窝网承载IoT应用成为必然的趋势,蜂窝物联网也成为下...近年来,支持物联网(internet of things,IoT)应用的机器类通信(machine-type communications,MTC)成为未来移动通信网络的重要业务组成部分。随着MTC对广域连接需求的快速增长,通过蜂窝网承载IoT应用成为必然的趋势,蜂窝物联网也成为下一代移动通信系统(5G)的重点技术之一。特别地,海量机器通信(massive MTC,mMTC)被定义为5G网络三大通用场景之一。传统的无线接入技术很难适应mMTC的需求,因此,面向mMTC的无线接入控制研究具有重要的研究意义。在简单介绍传统随机接入过程之后,总结分析了现有mMTC接入新技术,并指出现有技术方案在面对越来越复杂的应用场景下的局限性,而近年来兴起的基于人工智能(artificial intelligence,AI)的接入机制成了解决此问题最具潜力的技术方案之一。分析了AI用于接入控制的可行性,并提出了一种基于Q学习的mMTC智能接入点选择机制,为将来基于AI的mMTC接入控制研究提供新的思路和技术手段。展开更多
Nowadays, with the new techniques available in hardware and software, data requests generated by applications of mobile devices have grown explosively. The large amount of data requests and their responses lead to hea...Nowadays, with the new techniques available in hardware and software, data requests generated by applications of mobile devices have grown explosively. The large amount of data requests and their responses lead to heavy traffic in cellular networks. To alleviate the transmission workload, offloading techniques have been proposed, where a cellular network distributes some popular data items to other wireless networks, so that users can directly download these data items from the wireless network around them instead of the cellular network.In this paper, we design a Cost Saving Offloading System（CoSOS）, where the Internet of Things（IoT） is used to undertake partial data traffic and save more bandwidth for the cellular network. Two types of algorithms are proposed to handle the popular data items distribution among users. The experimental results show that CoSOS is useful in saving bandwidth and decreasing the cost for cellular networks.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2020ZDPYMS26)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62071472, 51734009)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation o Jiangsu Province (BK20210489, BK20200650)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M660133)the Future Network Scientific Research Fund Project (FNSRFP-2021-YB-12)the Program for “Industrial IoT and Emergency Collaboration” Innovative Research Team in CUMT (No.2020ZY002)。
文摘Timely information updates are critical for real-time monitoring and control applications in the Internet of Things(IoT). In this paper, we consider a multi-antenna cellular IoT for state update where a base station(BS) collects information from randomly distributed IoT nodes through time-varying channel.Specifically, multiple IoT nodes are allowed to transmit their state update simultaneously in a spatial multiplex manner. Inspired by age of information(AoI),we introduce a novel concept of age of transmission(AoT) for the sceneries in which BS cannot obtain the generation time of the packets waiting to be transmitted. The deadline-constrained AoT-optimal scheduling problem is formulated as a restless multi-armed bandit(RMAB) problem. Firstly, we prove the indexability of the scheduling problem and derive the closed-form of the Whittle index. Then, the interference graph and complementary graph are constructed to illustrate the interference between two nodes. The complete subgraphs are detected in the complementary graph to avoid inter-node interference. Next, an AoT-optimal scheduling strategy based on the Whittle index and complete subgraph detection is proposed.Finally, numerous simulations are conducted to verify the performance of the proposed strategy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61300207, 61370084, and 61502116)
文摘Nowadays, with the new techniques available in hardware and software, data requests generated by applications of mobile devices have grown explosively. The large amount of data requests and their responses lead to heavy traffic in cellular networks. To alleviate the transmission workload, offloading techniques have been proposed, where a cellular network distributes some popular data items to other wireless networks, so that users can directly download these data items from the wireless network around them instead of the cellular network.In this paper, we design a Cost Saving Offloading System（CoSOS）, where the Internet of Things（IoT） is used to undertake partial data traffic and save more bandwidth for the cellular network. Two types of algorithms are proposed to handle the popular data items distribution among users. The experimental results show that CoSOS is useful in saving bandwidth and decreasing the cost for cellular networks.
