通过多智能体优化,实现空地协同的高效低功耗LoRa组网。
Hetero-Net: An Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation and 3D Placement in Heterogeneous LoRa Networks via Multi-Agent Optimization
- 用多智能体强化学习联合优化扩频因子、发射功率和无人机三维位置。
- 相比独立部署的地面或地下网络,能耗降低55.81%至198.49%。
- 适合需要跨地表与地下覆盖的物联网场景,如智慧矿山、环境监测。
物联网向多层环境演进,使低功耗广域网(LPWAN)尤其是长距离(LoRa)技术成为地表与地下场景连接的核心。然而,现有设计将地面无线传感器网络(WSN)与地下无线传感器网络(WUSN)视为独立系统,导致跨环境连接效率低下。为此,我们提出Hetero-Net,一种统一的异构LoRa框架,集成多种终端设备与多架搭载LoRa网关的无人机。目标是通过联合优化扩频因子、发射功率与无人机三维位置,最大化系统能效。针对系统动态性与部分可观测特性,我们将问题建模为部分可观测随机博弈(POSG),并采用多智能体近端策略优化(MAPPO)求解。消融实验表明,所提MAPPO Hetero-Net显著优于传统孤立网络设计,在仅部署地面网络与仅部署地下网络的场景下,分别实现55.81%与198.49%的能效提升。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
The evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) into multi-layered environments has positioned Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs), particularly Long Range (LoRa), as the backbone for connectivity across both surface and subterranean landscapes. However, existing LoRa-based network designs often treat ground-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) as separate systems, resulting in inefficient and non-integrated connectivity across diverse environments. To address this, we propose Hetero-Net, a unified heterogeneous LoRa framework that integrates diverse LoRa end devices with multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted LoRa gateways. Our objective is to maximize system energy efficiency through the joint optimization of the spreading factor, transmission power, and three-dimensional (3D) placement of the UAVs. To manage the dynamic and partially observable nature of this system, we model the problem as a partially observable stochastic game (POSG) and address it using a multi-agent proximal policy optimization (MAPPO) framework. An ablation study shows that our proposed MAPPO Hetero-Net significantly outperforms traditional, isolated network designs, achieving energy efficiency improvements of 55.81\% and 198.49\% over isolated WSN-only and WUSN-only deployments, respectively.
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