Mobility-Aware and Energy-Efficient Computation Offloading in Edge Computing for Multi-UAV based Networks
Subject Areas : مهندسی برق و کامپیوتر
Kimia Ghasemi
1
,
Zeinab Movahedi
2
1 - Comp. Eng. Faculty, Iran Science and Technology University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Comp. Eng. Faculty, Iran Science and Technology University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Computation offloading, edge computing, multi-UAV based networks.,
Abstract :
Communication networks and the Internet of Things respond to various needs with continuous development. The limitations of size, computing power and energy consumption in Internet of Things devices are the main challenges of this space. This paper emphasizes combining UAVs with edge computing so that this integration provides advanced coverage and efficient computing support, especially in uncertain situations such as incident response. The proposed solution, in terms of the mobility of IoT nodes and with the aim of improving the energy efficiency of the whole system, the problem of UAV path planning and computation offloading is jointly modeled. Then, a mobility- and energy-aware computation offloading and path planning algorithm based on the efficient coverage set of UAVs is presented, which helps to maximize the energy efficiency of the system by using communication and consensus agreements between IoT nodes. The evaluation results show that the proposed method improves energy efficiency by 137% and energy consumption by 28% compared to previous works.