FPSelector: A Flexible Path Selector for Mobile Augmented Reality OffloadingShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ISSN 1536-1233, E-ISSN 1558-0660, Vol. 24, no 9, p. 8423-8440Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) applications pose unique challenges due to computation intensity, constrained device resources, and high interactive rendering requirements. The emergence of 5 G and edge computing offers opportunities to offload computation to the edge and cloud, indirectly enhancing the computing capability and usage duration of MAR devices. However, existing general task offloading and multipath transmission techniques do not address the challenges in offloading path selection with multiple edges, dynamic resource competition awareness, and spatial computation with strong task dependencies. This paper contributes FPSelector, a flexible path selector for MAR offloading. We present a two-tier MAR-specific offloading scheme with multiple edge nodes. In offloading decisions, we design a reinforcement learning model to generate the selection policy for each packet of an AR data stream. This model incorporates an action masking mechanism, a comprehensive reward function, and state features complemented by a resource prediction module, making FPSelector aware of dynamic heterogeneous environments. Moreover, we propose an online learning strategy to facilitate real-time selection. To validate its efficacy, we compare FPSelector’s performance against leading schedulers under various scenarios, demonstrating a notable reduction of 9.9% and 9.6% in overall completion time for 4 K and 8 K video-based MAR applications compared to its closest competitor.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025. Vol. 24, no 9, p. 8423-8440
Keywords [en]
Computation offloading, mobile augmented reality, multipath transport, reinforcement learning, resource-awareness
National Category
Computer Sciences Communication Systems
Research subject
Computer Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-104717DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2025.3556473ISI: 001548039000039Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002495457OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-104717DiVA, id: diva2:1964333
2025-06-042025-06-042026-02-12Bibliographically approved