用数字孪生优化低轨卫星波束跳变与功率分配,大幅降低负载不均和延迟。
Demand-Aware Beam Hopping and Power Allocation for Load Balancing in Digital Twin empowered LEO Satellite Networks
- 基于数字孪生构建双层优化框架,协调波束跳变与功率分配。
- 负载差异降低72.5%,平均时延降至12ms,吞吐量显著提升。
- 适合高动态低轨卫星网络资源调度研究者参考。
低地球轨道(LEO)卫星采用波束跳变(BH)技术可实现广覆盖、低时延与高带宽,但地面流量需求的地理分布不均与时间波动性,叠加卫星高速移动特性,给波束资源高效利用带来挑战。传统基于地球同步轨道(GEO)的BH方法无法解决干扰、覆盖重叠与移动性问题。本文提出一种基于数字孪生(DT)的多颗重叠覆盖LEO卫星协同资源分配架构。设计两层优化问题,聚焦负载均衡与小区服务公平性,以最大化吞吐量并最小化跨小区服务延迟。数字孪生层通过为每颗卫星设计波束跳变模式来优化重叠覆盖区域的资源分配,而LEO层则对选定服务小区进行功率分配优化。在数字孪生层,每个智能体部署演员-评论家网络,云中心设全局评论家网络,采用A3C算法优化;同时,LEO层使用多智能体强化学习,每个波束作为独立智能体。仿真结果表明,该方法使卫星负载差异降低约72.5%,平均延迟降至12ms。此外,在吞吐量表现上优于其他基准方案,更精准匹配用户请求数据量。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites utilizing beam hopping (BH) technology offer extensive coverage, low latency, high bandwidth, and significant flexibility. However, the uneven geographical distribution and temporal variability of ground traffic demands, combined with the high mobility of LEO satellites, present significant challenges for efficient beam resource utilization. Traditional BH methods based on GEO satellites fail to address issues such as satellite interference, overlapping coverage, and mobility. This paper explores a Digital Twin (DT)-based collaborative resource allocation network for multiple LEO satellites with overlapping coverage areas. A two-tier optimization problem, focusing on load balancing and cell service fairness, is proposed to maximize throughput and minimize inter-cell service delay. The DT layer optimizes the allocation of overlapping coverage cells by designing BH patterns for each satellite, while the LEO layer optimizes power allocation for each selected service cell. At the DT layer, an Actor-Critic network is deployed on each agent, with a global critic network in the cloud center. The A3C algorithm is employed to optimize the DT layer. Concurrently, the LEO layer optimization is performed using a Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning algorithm, where each beam functions as an independent agent. The simulation results show that this method reduces satellite load disparity by about 72.5% and decreases the average delay to 12ms. Additionally, our approach outperforms other benchmarks in terms of throughput, ensuring a better alignment between offered and requested data.
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