Zeshuang Song¹, Xiao Wang^1,*, Qing Wu¹, Yanting Tao¹, Linghua Xu¹, Yaohua Yin², Jianguo Yan³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.81, No.1, pp. 985-1008, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.055614 - 15 October 2024

Abstract This research is the first application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) equipped with Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) servers to offshore wind farms, providing a new task offloading solution to address the challenge of scarce edge servers in offshore wind farms. The proposed strategy is to offload the computational tasks in this scenario to other MEC servers and compute them proportionally, which effectively reduces the computational pressure on local MEC servers when wind turbine data are abnormal. Finally, the task offloading problem is modeled as a multi-intelligent deep reinforcement learning problem, and a task offloading model… More >

Jianhua Liu^*, Peng Xie, Jiajia Liu, Xiaoguang Tu

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.141, No.2, pp. 1243-1273, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.054002 - 27 September 2024

Abstract In mobile edge computing, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with computing servers have emerged as a promising solution due to their exceptional attributes of high mobility, flexibility, rapid deployment, and terrain agnosticism. These attributes enable UAVs to reach designated areas, thereby addressing temporary computing swiftly in scenarios where ground-based servers are overloaded or unavailable. However, the inherent broadcast nature of line-of-sight transmission methods employed by UAVs renders them vulnerable to eavesdropping attacks. Meanwhile, there are often obstacles that affect flight safety in real UAV operation areas, and collisions between UAVs may also occur. To solve… More >

Dayong Wang^1,*, Kamalrulnizam Bin Abu Bakar¹, Babangida Isyaku²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.2, pp. 2065-2080, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.051944 - 15 August 2024

Abstract The rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has led to a significant increase in the computational task load of Terminal Devices (TDs). TDs reduce response latency and energy consumption with the support of task-offloading in Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). However, existing task-offloading optimization methods typically assume that MEC’s computing resources are unlimited, and there is a lack of research on the optimization of task-offloading when MEC resources are exhausted. In addition, existing solutions only decide whether to accept the offloaded task request based on the single decision result of the current time slot,… More >

Yu Zhou¹, Yun Zhang¹, Guowei Li¹, Hang Yang¹, Wei Zhang¹, Ting Lyu², Yueqiang Xu^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.2, pp. 1809-1829, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.050975 - 15 August 2024

Abstract In current research on task offloading and resource scheduling in vehicular networks, vehicles are commonly assumed to maintain constant speed or relatively stationary states, and the impact of speed variations on task offloading is often overlooked. It is frequently assumed that vehicles can be accurately modeled during actual motion processes. However, in vehicular dynamic environments, both the tasks generated by the vehicles and the vehicles’ surroundings are constantly changing, making it difficult to achieve real-time modeling for actual dynamic vehicular network scenarios. Taking into account the actual dynamic vehicular scenarios, this paper considers the real-time… More >

Asier Garmendia-Orbegozo¹, Jose David Nunez-Gonzalez^1,*, Miguel Angel Anton²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.3, pp. 2649-2671, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.045912 - 11 March 2024

Abstract In a network environment composed of different types of computing centers that can be divided into different layers (clod, edge layer, and others), the interconnection between them offers the possibility of peer-to-peer task offloading. For many resource-constrained devices, the computation of many types of tasks is not feasible because they cannot support such computations as they do not have enough available memory and processing capacity. In this scenario, it is worth considering transferring these tasks to resource-rich platforms, such as Edge Data Centers or remote cloud servers. For different reasons, it is more exciting and… More > Graphic Abstract

Dinesh Mavaluru^1,*, Chettupally Anil Carie², Ahmed I. Alutaibi³, Satish Anamalamudi², Bayapa Reddy Narapureddy⁴, Murali Krishna Enduri², Md Ezaz Ahmed¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.2, pp. 1487-1503, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.045277 - 29 January 2024

Abstract In this paper, we present a comprehensive system model for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks empowered by Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) technologies. The network comprises essential components such as base stations, edge servers, and numerous IIoT devices characterized by limited energy and computing capacities. The central challenge addressed is the optimization of resource allocation and task distribution while adhering to stringent queueing delay constraints and minimizing overall energy consumption. The system operates in discrete time slots and employs a quasi-static approach, with a specific focus on the complexities of… More >

Shengyao Sun^1,2, Ying Du³, Jiajun Chen⁴, Xuan Zhang⁵, Jiwei Zhang^6,*, Yiyi Xu⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.3, pp. 2879-2900, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.037483 - 08 October 2023

Abstract In Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), to deal with multiple user equipment (UE)’s task offloading problem of parallel relationships under the multi-constraints, this paper proposes a cooperation partial task offloading method (named CPMM), aiming to reduce UE's energy and computation consumption, while meeting the task completion delay as much as possible. CPMM first studies the task offloading of single-UE and then considers the task offloading of multi-UE based on single-UE task offloading. CPMM uses the critical path algorithm to divide the modules into key and non-key modules. According to some constraints of UE-self when offloading tasks,… More >

Yongxuan Sang, Jiangpo Wei^*, Zhifeng Zhang, Bo Wang

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 2483-2502, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.040485 - 30 August 2023

Abstract Computing-intensive and latency-sensitive user requests pose significant challenges to traditional cloud computing. In response to these challenges, mobile edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a new paradigm that extends the computational, caching, and communication capabilities of cloud computing. By caching certain services on edge nodes, computational support can be provided for requests that are offloaded to the edges. However, previous studies on task offloading have generally not considered the impact of caching mechanisms and the cache space occupied by services. This oversight can lead to problems, such as high delays in task executions and invalidation… More >

Ilyоs Abdullaev¹, Natalia Prodanova², K. Aruna Bhaskar³, E. Laxmi Lydia⁴, Seifedine Kadry^5,6,7, Jungeun Kim^8,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.2, pp. 1463-1477, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.038417 - 30 August 2023

Abstract Recently, computation offloading has become an effective method for overcoming the constraint of a mobile device (MD) using computation-intensive mobile and offloading delay-sensitive application tasks to the remote cloud-based data center. Smart city benefitted from offloading to edge point. Consider a mobile edge computing (MEC) network in multiple regions. They comprise N MDs and many access points, in which every MD has M independent real-time tasks. This study designs a new Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in IoT-based MEC using Deep Learning with Seagull Optimization (TORA-DLSGO) algorithm. The proposed TORA-DLSGO technique addresses the resource management issue More >

Kaili Shao¹, Hui Fu¹, Ying Song², Bo Wang^3,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 2259-2274, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.041454 - 28 July 2023

Abstract To serve various tasks requested by various end devices with different requirements, end-edge-cloud (E2C) has attracted more and more attention from specialists in both academia and industry, by combining both benefits of edge and cloud computing. But nowadays, E2C still suffers from low service quality and resource efficiency, due to the geographical distribution of edge resources and the high dynamic of network topology and user mobility. To address these issues, this paper focuses on task offloading, which makes decisions that which resources are allocated to tasks for their processing. This paper first formulates the problem… More >