Latency and Energy Optimization for MEC Enhanced SAT-IoT Networks

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 8; pp. 55915 - 55926
• Main Authors: Cui, Gaofeng, Li, Xiaoyao, Xu, Lexi, Wang, Weidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Computer networks; deep reinforcement learning; Edge computing; Energy costs; Gateways; Integer programming; Internet of Things; Lagrange multiplier; Latency and energy optimization; Logic gates; Markov processes; MEC; Mixed integer; Mobile computing; Network latency; Optimization; Resource allocation; Resource management; SAT-IoT; Satellites; Task analysis; Wireless networks

Mobile edge computing (MEC) enhanced satellite based internet of things (SAT-IoT) is an important complement for terrestrial networks based IoT, especially for the remote and depopulated areas. For MEC enhanced SAT-IoT networks with multiple satellites and multiple satellite gateways, the coupled us...