Ankur Nahar;Nishit Bhardwaj;Debasis Das;Sajal K. Das
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Abstract
Software-Defined Vehicular Networks (SDVNs) revolutionize modern transportation by enabling dynamic and adaptable communication infrastructures. However, accurately capturing the dynamic communication patterns in vehicular networks, characterized by intricate spatio-temporal dynamics, remains a challenge with traditional graph-based models. Hypergraphs, due to their ability to represent multi-way relationships, provide a more nuanced representation of these dynamics. Building on this hypergraph foundation, we introduce a novel hypergraph-based routing algorithm. We jointly train a model that incorporates Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) using a Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) approach. This model carefully extracts spatial and temporal traffic matrices, capturing elements such as location, time, velocity, inter-dependencies, and distance. An integrated attention mechanism refines these matrices, ensuring precision in capturing vehicular dynamics. The culmination of these components results in routing decisions that are both responsive and anticipatory. Through detailed empirical experiments using a testbed, simulations with OMNeT++, and theoretical assessments grounded in real-world datasets, we demonstrate the distinct advantages of our methodology. Furthermore, when benchmarked against existing solutions, our technique performs better in model interpretability, delay minimization, rapid convergence, reducing complexity, and minimizing memory footprint.
期刊介绍:
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing addresses key technical issues related to various aspects of mobile computing. This includes (a) architectures, (b) support services, (c) algorithm/protocol design and analysis, (d) mobile environments, (e) mobile communication systems, (f) applications, and (g) emerging technologies. Topics of interest span a wide range, covering aspects like mobile networks and hosts, mobility management, multimedia, operating system support, power management, online and mobile environments, security, scalability, reliability, and emerging technologies such as wearable computers, body area networks, and wireless sensor networks. The journal serves as a comprehensive platform for advancements in mobile computing research.