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A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for capacity sharing in multi-tenant scenarios
dc.contributor.author | Vilà Muñoz, Irene |
dc.contributor.author | Pérez Romero, Jordi |
dc.contributor.author | Sallent Roig, Oriol |
dc.contributor.author | Umbert Juliana, Anna |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-08T17:10:02Z |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-08T17:10:02Z |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-27 |
dc.identifier.citation | Vila, I. [et al.]. A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for capacity sharing in multi-tenant scenarios. "IEEE transactions on vehicular technology", 27 Juliol 2021, vol. 70, núm. 9, p. 9450-9465. |
dc.identifier.issn | 0018-9545 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/355785 |
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dc.description.abstract | 5G is envisioned to simultaneously provide diverse service types with heterogeneous needs under very different application scenarios and business models. Therefore, network slicing is included as a key feature of the 5G architecture to allow sharing a common infrastructure among different tenants, such as mobile communication providers, vertical market players, etc. In order to provide the Radio Access Network (RAN) with network slicing capabilities, mechanisms that efficiently distribute the available capacity among the different tenants while satisfying their needs are required. For this purpose, this paper proposes a multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for RAN capacity sharing. It makes use of the Deep Q-Network algorithm in a way that each agent is associated to a different tenant and learns the capacity to be provided to this tenant in each cell while ensuring that the service level agreements are satisfied and that the available radio resources are efficiently used. The consideration of multiple agents contributes to a better scalability and higher learning speed in comparison to single-agent approaches. In this respect, results show that the policy learnt by the agent of one tenant can be generalised and directly applied by other agents, thus reducing the complexity of the training and making the proposed solution easily scalable, e.g., to add new tenants in the system. The proposed approach is well aligned with the on-going 3GPP standardization work and guidelines for the parametrization of the solution are provided, thus enforcing its practical applicability. |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported in part by the Spanish Research Council and FEDER funds under SONAR 5G Grant ref. TEC2017-82651-R, in part by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 5G-CLARITY project under Grant 871428, and in part by the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Business and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia under Grant 2020FI_B2 00075. |
dc.format.extent | 16 p. |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mobile communication systems |
dc.subject.other | RAN Slicing |
dc.subject.other | Capacity Sharing |
dc.subject.other | Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning |
dc.subject.other | Deep Q-Network. |
dc.title | A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for capacity sharing in multi-tenant scenarios |
dc.type | Article |
dc.subject.lemac | Comunicacions mòbils, Sistemes de |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRCM - Grup de Recerca en Comunicacions Mòbils |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/TVT.2021.3099557 |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9497684 |
dc.rights.access | Open Access |
local.identifier.drac | 31784095 |
dc.description.version | Postprint (author's final draft) |
dc.relation.projectid | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/871428/EU/Beyond 5G multi-tenant private networks integrating Cellular, WiFi, and LiFi, Powered by ARtificial Intelligence and Intent Based PolicY/5G-CLARITY |
dc.relation.projectid | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/TEC2017-82651-R/ES/SOFTWARIZACION Y OPTIMIZACION AUTOMATICA DE REDES DE ACCESO RADIO 5G MULTI-TENANT/ |
local.citation.author | Vila, I.; Perez-Romero, J.; Sallent, J.; Umbert, A. |
local.citation.publicationName | IEEE transactions on vehicular technology |
local.citation.volume | 70 |
local.citation.number | 9 |
local.citation.startingPage | 9450 |
local.citation.endingPage | 9465 |
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