As healthcare becomes increasingly data-driven, integrating hybrid mobile edge-quantum computing (MEQC) into smart healthcare systems emerges as a promising solution for handling growing computational demand, especially for latency-sensitive tasks. Therefore, this paper proposes a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based Lyapunov approach for schedule computation offloading, aiming to minimize the total latency in hybrid MEQC-based smart healthcare systems. In this framework, a sustainable computation offloading strategy is obtained while guaranteeing the individual latency constraints and the required success ratio for each computation task. More precisely, the original latency minimization problem is transformed into a stepwise mixed-integer non-convex optimization problem using Lyapunov techniques. Subsequently, a Deep Q-Network (DQN) is adopted for computation offloading mode selection. The effectiveness of the proposed approach and its dependency on various system parameters are validated and assessed through numerical simulations.
Smart Healthcare with Hybrid Mobile Edge-Quantum Computing: Dynamic Computation Offloading for Latency Improvement
2023-10-10
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Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch