Cooperative Offloading Based on Online Auction for Mobile Edge Computing

Xiao Zheng, Syed Bilal Hussain Shah*, Liqaa Nawaf, Omer F. Rana, Yuanyuan Zhu, Jianyuan Gan

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Abstract

In the field of edge computing, collaborative computing offloading, in which edge users offload tasks to adjacent mobile devices with rich resources in an opportunistic manner, provides a promising example to meet the requirements of low latency. However, most of the previous work has been based on the assumption that these mobile devices are willing to serve edge users, with no incentive strategy. In this paper, an online auction-based strategy is proposed, in which both users and mobile devices can interact dynamically with the system. The auction strategy proposed in this paper is based on an online approach to optimize the long-term utility of the system, such as start time, length and size, resource requirements, and evaluation valuation, without knowing the future. Experiments verify that the proposed online auction strategy achieves the expected attributes such as individual rationality, authenticity and computational ease of handling. In addition, the index of theoretical competitive ratio also indicates that the proposed online mechanism realizes near-offline optimal long-term utility performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications - 17th International Conference, WASA 2022, Proceedings
EditorsLei Wang, Michael Segal, Jenhui Chen, Tie Qiu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages617-628
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031192104
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2022
Event17th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, WASA 2022 - Dalian, China
Duration: 24 Nov 202226 Nov 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13473 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, WASA 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityDalian
Period24/11/2226/11/22

Keywords

  • Collaborative computing offloading
  • Long-term utility
  • Online auction strategy

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