Intelligent multi-branch allocation of spectrum slices for inter-numerology interference minimization
| Autor: | Giacomo Verticale, Marco Zambianco |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Computer Networks and Communications
Computer science Distributed computing 020206 networking & telecommunications 02 engineering and technology Interference (wave propagation) Multiplexing Subcarrier Scalability Reinforcement learning 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Isolation (database systems) Agent architecture Interference Network slicing Reinforcement learning Interference 5G Network slicing |
| Popis: | Network slicing and mixed-numerology access schemes cover a central role to enable the flexible multi-service connectivity that characterizes 5G radio access networks (RAN). However, the interference generated by the simultaneous multiplexing of radio slices having heterogeneous subcarrier spacing can hinder the isolation of the different slices sharing the RAN and their effectiveness in meeting the application requirements. To overcome these issues, we design a radio resource allocation scheme that accounts for the inter-numerology interference and maximizes the aggregate network throughput. To overcome the computationally complexity of the optimal formulation, we leverage deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to design an agent capable of approximating the optimal solution exploiting a model-free environment formulation. We propose a multi-branch agent architecture, based on Branching Dueling Q-networks (BDQ), which ensures the agent scalability as the number of spectrum resources and network slices increases. In addition, we augment the agent learning performance by including an action mapping procedure designed to enforce the selection of feasible actions. We compare the agent performance to several benchmarks schemes. Results show that the proposed solution provides a good approximation of the optimal allocation in most scenarios. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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