CL-ADMM: A Cooperative-Learning-Based Optimization Framework for Resource Management in MEC

We consider the problem of the intelligent and efficient resource management framework in mobile-edge computing (MEC), which can reduce delay and energy consumption, and features distributed optimization and efficient congestion avoidance. In this article, we present a cooperative learning framework for resource management in MEC from an alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMMs) perspective, named the CL-ADMM framework. First, computing a task requires both the user personal data and corresponding program that processes it, to efficiently cache program in a group, a novel program popularity estimation scheme is proposed, which is based on a semi-Markov process model. Then, a greedy program cooperative caching mechanism is established, which can effectively reduce delay and energy consumption. Second, to address group congestion, a dynamic task migration scheme based on improved cooperative Q-learning is proposed, which can effectively reduce delay and alleviate congestion. Third, to minimize delay and energy consumption for resource allocation in a group, we formulate it as an optimization problem with a large number of variables, and then exploit a novel ADMM-based scheme to solve this problem, which can reduce the complexity of the problem with a new set of auxiliary variables, these subproblems are all convex problems that can be solved by using a primal-dual approach, which guarantees its convergence. Finally, we prove its convergence by using the Lyapunov theory. The numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the CL-ADMM framework in reducing delay and energy consumption in MEC.