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Hierarchical Bandwidth Allocation for Social Community-Oriented Multicast in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
Xu Qichao1; Su Zhou2; Fang Dongfeng3; Wu Yuan4
2022-09
Source PublicationIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
ISSN1536-1276
Volume22Issue:3Pages:1915-1930
Abstract

With the rapid advance of wireless communication technologies, the promising space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGINs) are advocated to provide ubiquitous multicast transmission services for the social community constituted by a group of mobile users that have strong social ties and similar content interests. However, due to the limited yet valuable spectrum resources, the network heterogeneity, and diverse service demands of mobile users, it is challenging to efficiently allocate bandwidth for social communities with the objective of achieving satisfactory quality of experience (QoE) in SAGINs. To address this problem, in this paper, we propose a hierarchical bandwidth allocation scheme to enable high-quality multicast services for social communities in SAGINs. Specifically, we first develop a hierarchical bandwidth allocation framework. Wherein, the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite is utilized to provide space-to-air (S2A) unicast bandwidth for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a certain price. Each UAV is employed to provide air-to-ground (A2G) multicast bandwidth for ground social communities with a certain A2G multicast bandwidth charge. We then formulate the hierarchical bandwidth allocation problem as a four-stage Stackelberg game, where the target of each participant is to maximize its own utility. Afterward, through the game analysis by the backward induction method, the existence of the Stackelberg equilibrium is proved, where the closed-form solutions on the optimal policies of both the social communities and UAVs are derived by the convex optimization method, and the optimal pricing policies of the LEO satellite is achieved by a proposed gradient descent iteration algorithm. Finally, extensive experiments are conducted to demonstrate that the proposed scheme can greatly increase the utilities of social communities while consuming a less bandwidth compared to other conventional schemes.

KeywordSpace-air-ground Integrated Networks (Sagins) Multicast Bandwidth Allocation Stackelberg Game Social Community
DOI10.1109/TWC.2022.3207923
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaEngineering ; Telecommunications
WOS SubjectEngineering, Electrical & Electronic ; Telecommunications
WOS IDWOS:001049998100030
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85139488505
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionUniversity of Macau
Corresponding AuthorSu Zhou
Affiliation1.School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2.School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
3.Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, USA
4.State Key Lab of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau, Macau, China
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Xu Qichao,Su Zhou,Fang Dongfeng,et al. Hierarchical Bandwidth Allocation for Social Community-Oriented Multicast in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks[J]. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2022, 22(3), 1915-1930.
APA Xu Qichao., Su Zhou., Fang Dongfeng., & Wu Yuan (2022). Hierarchical Bandwidth Allocation for Social Community-Oriented Multicast in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 22(3), 1915-1930.
MLA Xu Qichao,et al."Hierarchical Bandwidth Allocation for Social Community-Oriented Multicast in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks".IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 22.3(2022):1915-1930.
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