Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT
Recently, multi-access edge computing (MEC) cooperating with fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology or WiFi has been widely discussed for low-delay systems. However, for the Industrial Internet of Things, which raises higher requirements on system delay, security, capacity, etc., visi...
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| author | Jingshu Xue Ziwei Ye Haiyong Zhang Yijun Zhu |
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| description | Recently, multi-access edge computing (MEC) cooperating with fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology or WiFi has been widely discussed for low-delay systems. However, for the Industrial Internet of Things, which raises higher requirements on system delay, security, capacity, etc., visible light communication (VLC) has better adaptability due to its controllable attocells. Therefore, we establish a computation and transmission integrated system with MEC-VLC as the main body. To solve the imbalance of resource utilization caused by users’ movement in intensive attocells, we propose a series of flexible design schemes based on access points’ cooperation in attocell overlapping areas. We formulate the overlap-based low-delay flexible system design as an optimization problem and then design the system based on it. Specifically, we first give an attocell-associated congestion judgment criterion and correspondingly propose a user discard algorithm. After that, we offer an iterative optimization method for task assignment, which adjusts computing-transmitting units’ cooperation mode to enhance the overall time delay. Then, the computing and transmitting resources are jointly allocated for delay reduction. Finally, our simulation demonstrates that the overlap-based design has a lower user discard ratio than the traditional distance-based system. The maximum delay and standard deviation are also reduced. Consequently, the flexible design based on attocell overlap can improve the reliability, capacity, and fairness of the low-delay integrating system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d87953c8c2b494ebca092442f62dd262023-11-24T01:01:06ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922022-03-0111692410.3390/electronics11060924Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoTJingshu Xue0Ziwei Ye1Haiyong Zhang2Yijun Zhu3Communication Department, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450000, ChinaCommunication Department, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450000, ChinaDongguan Xinda Institute of Integrated Innovation, Dongguan 523000, ChinaCommunication Department, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450000, ChinaRecently, multi-access edge computing (MEC) cooperating with fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication technology or WiFi has been widely discussed for low-delay systems. However, for the Industrial Internet of Things, which raises higher requirements on system delay, security, capacity, etc., visible light communication (VLC) has better adaptability due to its controllable attocells. Therefore, we establish a computation and transmission integrated system with MEC-VLC as the main body. To solve the imbalance of resource utilization caused by users’ movement in intensive attocells, we propose a series of flexible design schemes based on access points’ cooperation in attocell overlapping areas. We formulate the overlap-based low-delay flexible system design as an optimization problem and then design the system based on it. Specifically, we first give an attocell-associated congestion judgment criterion and correspondingly propose a user discard algorithm. After that, we offer an iterative optimization method for task assignment, which adjusts computing-transmitting units’ cooperation mode to enhance the overall time delay. Then, the computing and transmitting resources are jointly allocated for delay reduction. Finally, our simulation demonstrates that the overlap-based design has a lower user discard ratio than the traditional distance-based system. The maximum delay and standard deviation are also reduced. Consequently, the flexible design based on attocell overlap can improve the reliability, capacity, and fairness of the low-delay integrating system.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/6/924visible light communication (VLC)Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)multi-access edge computing (MEC)attocell overlaplow-delay |
| spellingShingle | Jingshu Xue Ziwei Ye Haiyong Zhang Yijun Zhu Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT Electronics visible light communication (VLC) Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) multi-access edge computing (MEC) attocell overlap low-delay |
| title | Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT |
| title_full | Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT |
| title_fullStr | Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT |
| title_short | Flexible Design of Low-Delay MEC-VLC Integrating Network Based on Attocell Overlap for IIoT |
| title_sort | flexible design of low delay mec vlc integrating network based on attocell overlap for iiot |
| topic | visible light communication (VLC) Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) multi-access edge computing (MEC) attocell overlap low-delay |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/6/924 |
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