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5G MEC-Based Intelligent Computation Offloading in Power Robotic Inspection
IEEE Wireless Communications
  • Wei Wang, North China Electric Power University
  • Rui Qu, North China Electric Power University
  • Haijun Liao, North China Electric Power University
  • Zhao Wang, North China Electric Power University
  • Zhenyu Zhou, North China Electric Power University
  • Zhongyuan Wang, Ltd.
  • Shahid Mumtaz, Silesian University of Technology
  • Mohsen Guizani, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Document Type
Article
Abstract

Power robotic inspection plays a critical role in the realization of real-time visualization and perception of substation in power grid. 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising solution to provide the large bandwidth, wide connectivity, and proximate computing capabilities for the computation offloading of power robotic inspection with stringent delay requirements. This article proposes a 5G MEC-based intelligent computation offloading framework in power robotic inspection to cope with multi-dimension entity heterogeneity, environment dynamics, and inspection delay guarantee. Specifically, the proposed framework and the implementation procedures of computation offloading are firstly elaborated, and the research challenges are outlined. Then, we propose an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled multi-dimension collaborative optimization algorithm of route planning and task offloading to address the low-latency computation offloading problem under queue stability constraint. A case study is provided to verify the superiority of delay and queue backlog performance through simulation results.

DOI
10.1109/MWC.003.2200350
Publication Date
4-18-2023
Keywords
  • 5G mobile communication,
  • Heuristic algorithms,
  • Collaboration,
  • Inspection,
  • Delays,
  • Planning,
  • Security
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W. Wang et al., "5G MEC-Based Intelligent Computation Offloading in Power Robotic Inspection," in IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 66-74, April 2023, doi: 10.1109/MWC.003.2200350.