{"title":"MEC-EnergySaver: Unleashing Efficiency Through D2D and Data Compression","authors":"Anindita Ghosh, Poulomi Mukherjee, Tanmay De","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427262","url":null,"abstract":"The shift from basic cell phones to smartphones has ushered in intelligent devices, alongside a surge in mobile apps that reshape daily life. Simultaneously, technologies like data analytics, AI and IoT have enabled smart homes and advanced transport systems, demanding substantial computational power from mobile devices. To tackle this challenge, mobile-edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a solution. Unlike remote cloud computing, MEC offers computing services at the network's edge, allowing mobile users to transfer their computing tasks to MEC servers located nearby. However, MEC systems face challenges in efficient computation offloading and distributing resources in a way that reduces energy use and processing times. The evolution of mobile devices and the rise of data-intensive applications have led to the need for efficient computing solutions like MEC, with the potential to integrate data compression for energy savings. This paper introduced a two-phase approach for request servicing in MEC systems. The first phase prioritizes Device-to-Device (D2D) connections based on device proximity, efficiently pairing devices for data exchange. Unpaired devices are directed to the nearest MEC node. In the second phase, requests not fulfilled via D2D connections are handled by strategically positioned MEC nodes, ensuring comprehensive coverage and minimizing network energy consumption.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"105 2","pages":"551-557"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140532738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards Peer-to-Peer Split Learning","authors":"Jayant Vyas, Ritesh Dhananjay Nikose, Pallavi Ramicetty, Shravan Mohan, Milind Savagaonkar, Anutosh Maitra, Shubhashis Sengupta","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427274","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the $N$-split learning scheme is presented. This scheme allows for learning a feed-forward deep neural network on devices with limited memory for model and data. The central idea in this scheme is to divide the model and data over different devices. The model is split layer-wise (in subsets of consecutive layers), while the data is split homogeneously. The device with the first few layers starts the forward pass of the backpropagation algorithm for a training sample from its data subset and passes the output to the device with the next subset of layers. This process continues till the last layers are computed. The last device to compute the forward pass then computes the backward pass, and the process proceeds in the reverse direction, thereby calculating a part of the gradients. The gradients are accumulated for a batch of samples, and the parameters are updated. After completing an epoch, the devices perform a swap of the layers, and the above process starts again. It continues till the model is trained satisfactorily. In an improved variant, called Fast $N$-split learning, the forward and backward passes are considered separately and possibly done on different devices to gain from pipeline parallelism. The layers performing the forward pass store the output in a buffer, which will be used by the devices performing the backward pass. The devices performing backward passes communicate the update for parameters to the devices doing forward passes. As earlier, this continues till the model is trained satisfactorily. Analysis, routines for determining the optimal split for both schemes and simulations are presented for corroboration.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"279 4","pages":"881-888"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140532830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prediction of Drug-Target Interactions Using BERT for Protein Sequences and Drug Compound","authors":"Essmily Simon, Sanjay S Bankapur","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427536","url":null,"abstract":"The current drug development crucially depends on identifying potential relationships between medicines and targets. However, anticipating such relationships is difficult due to the limits of current computational techniques. Hence, the use of deep learning is essential for identifying potential therapeutic drug compounds and providing support throughout the entire drug development process. This study discusses the deep learning technique of using bidirectional encoder representations from the Transformers (BERT) model which helped to build representations using protein and drug SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) dataset to enhance DTI prediction. We used the pretrained Protein BERT model and ChemBERT for protein sequences and drug SMILES data respectively for feature extraction and resulting features are concatenated together and fed into a random forest (RF) for classification. BERT model helps to use protein and drug datasets for feature extraction without using the descriptor dataset for finding the interaction between drugs and proteins. .","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"436-438"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140533006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Singh, Swaminathan Ramabadran, Aravind Marrapu, A. Madhukumar
{"title":"Performance Analysis of Multiple HAPS-Based Hybrid FSO/RF Space-Air-Ground Network","authors":"D. Singh, Swaminathan Ramabadran, Aravind Marrapu, A. Madhukumar","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427543","url":null,"abstract":"Sixth generation (6G) networks are anticipated to support increasingly data-hungry applications by expanding the network capabilities and connectivity. Free space optics (FSO) communication with space-air-ground (SAG) network becomes a potential solution to meet the enormous traffic demands and ubiquitous connectivity requirement in 6G networks. In spite of various advantages offered by FSO communication such as high bandwidth availability, large unlicensed spectrum, better security, etc., the FSO link exhibits a high degree of responsiveness to atmospheric turbulence, attenuation, and pointing errors. Thus to mitigate the severe atmospheric effects, we propose a multiple high-altitude platform station (HAPS)-based SAG network, where HAPS functions as a decode-and-forward (DF) relay node between ground station and satellite. We take into account a hybrid FSO/radio frequency (RF) link for connecting ground station and HAPS nodes and an FSO link between HAPS and satellite. The performance analysis of the proposed SAG network involves evaluating the outage probability and average symbol error rate (SER) considering the presence of pointing errors and assuming Málaga distribution in case of FSO and shadowed k - µ fading distribution in case of RF link. Furthermore, asymptotic analysis is conducted to determine the diversity gain of the proposed system. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed multiple HAPS-based hybrid FSO/RF SAG network outperforms all other existing HAPS-based SAG network models in the literature.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"920-926"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140532585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MaOC: Model-Assisted Optimal Control for Ductless-Split Cooling Systems in Building Environments","authors":"Keshav Kaushik, Vinayak S. Naik","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427219","url":null,"abstract":"Demand for energy in buildings is growing exponentially, and cooling systems contribute to more than50% of buildings' energy consumption. With global warming, we need to save energy on the cooling systems. This paper targets spaces where multiple ductless-split cooling systems are deployed, commonly known as split ACs. Unlike ducted centralized cooling systems, they do not have central sensing and control. To optimize the energy consumption of the ductless-split cooling system, we propose a Model-assisted Optimal Control (MaOC) algorithm that observes the thermal environment of the room, measures efficiencies of the ACs in cooling the room, and generates an optimal execution schedule for the cooling system. We observe that the mathematical model generated for cooling systems follows the properties of the convex function. We define a MAXMIN problem to minimize energy consumption and maximize efficiency. We use the statistical distribution of cooling systems' efficiency to generate a long-term control trajectory. We evaluate MaOC for ductless-split cooling systems in a real-world environment and simulation. We compare it with solutions based on the greedy technique and Reinforcement Learning. It consumes 17% of energy compared to the one using a greedy technique and takes 34% less time to reach the desired temperature. We observe that MaOC consumes almost the same energy as a more complex one that uses Reinforcement Learning but takes less time to cool the room. In the simulation, we find that the energy consumption of MaOS is nearer to the optimum.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"477 1","pages":"790-797"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140532597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Nadaf, H. Rath, Sumanta Patro, Garima Mishra, M. Menon
{"title":"Cognitive Controller Framework for Seamless Orchestration and Management in Enterprise Wireless Networks","authors":"S. Nadaf, H. Rath, Sumanta Patro, Garima Mishra, M. Menon","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10426990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10426990","url":null,"abstract":"There is an exponential rise in the usage of mobiles for accessing different applications and services in today's technology world. Many different use cases such as vehicular communications, sensors/other devices communications, tactile communications, virtual reality, rural broadband, industrial/factory applications, satellite communications etc., are being realized with the help of high-end communication technologies. However, to meet different requirements suitably, there is a need for intelligent communication systems which can adapt to business requirements and deliver service guarantee based on certain criteria. Perhaps, the use of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) techniques becomes imperative to gather the state of the underlying network elements and make optimal decisions for handling upcoming service requests. Further, efficient operations of the communication networks based on the insights gathered on prevailing conditions is the need of the hour. In this paper, we propose a Cognitive Controller framework which can help for better management and orchestration of Enterprise Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). It is based on the microservices architecture, and we demonstrate a seamless mobility management use-case for Enterprise WLAN using the Cognitive Controller framework.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"309 5","pages":"321-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140532818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rashmi Kamran, Shwetha Kiran, P. Jha, A. Karandikar, P. Chaporkar
{"title":"Green 6G: Energy Awareness in Design","authors":"Rashmi Kamran, Shwetha Kiran, P. Jha, A. Karandikar, P. Chaporkar","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427334","url":null,"abstract":"Usage and application trends for Sixth Generation (6G) networks (based on ITU's IMT-2030 framework) include immersive multimedia and multi-sensory interactions, digital twin and virtual world, smart industries, digital health and well-being, integration of sensing and communication along with ubiquitous connectivity, intelligence, and computing. 6G technology to support such diverse and demanding use case scenarios is also expected to result in minimized and efficient usage of energy. 6G networks designed to address the challenge of environmental sustainability in addition to serving the above use case scenarios can be named “Green 6G”. In Green 6G, the proposal is to include energy awareness in its design along with energy usage optimization at the network level. Users can be provided with information on service-level energy usage in the network including the source of energy (renewable or non-renewable sources), and their (user's) choice should be taken into consideration for service delivery in the network. In this context, there are various ongoing activities in standardization bodies to bring energy awareness into network design. We summarize these standardization initiatives and identify aspects which remain unaddressed in the existing mobile networks. Further, we present the required features of Green 6G design for future networks and highlight associated challenges. We also provide a design perspective for Green 6G architecture as a step towards this direction.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"302 1","pages":"1122-1125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140532820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine Learning-Based Trustworthy Diabetes Prediction Model","authors":"Aruna Devi B, Karthik N","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427272","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes is a condition that develops when the blood sugar is above average level. Diabetes shoots up the risk of eye, kidney, nerve, and heart problems. By adopting suitable measures to prevent or manage blood sugar level may reduce the chances of getting diabetes-related health issues. Medical data collection is not done on a regular basis but is determined by the patient's condition and other clinical or administrative factors. A trustworthy model is free from missing values, faulty data and makes reliable predictions. Factors like data quality, anomalies, and model selection play a significant role in building a trustworthy model. Hence, this work concentrates on the prediction of diabetes by considering the following issues: 1) missing values in the dataset, 2) an imbalanced dataset and the presence of anomalies, and 3) diabetes prediction using Machine learning (ML) algorithm. The main objective of this work is to propose a trustworthy diabetes prediction model for an incomplete and imbalanced dataset using ML-based imputation, techniques for balancing datasets, and anomaly detection.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"22 1","pages":"400-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140533001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-Series Forecasting Using Continuous Variables-Based Quantum Neural Networks","authors":"Prabhat Anand, M. G. Chandra, Ankit Khandelwal","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427192","url":null,"abstract":"Continuous Variable-based Quantum Computing (CVQC) has been developing at speed with a lot of promise in the field of quantum machine learning. It provides a direct and natural way to accommodate continuous values into the quantum computing framework. We carried out experiments on quantum simulators where we compared the results of time series forecasting on a type of continuous-variable quantum variational circuit, called CV-Quantum Neural Networks (CVQNN) for different types of time series like Energy Consumption data and stock price data. We compared their performance with a discrete variable-based variational quantum algorithm as well as with a classical Neural Network. Experiments showed that CVQNN can function just like a neural network but with a lesser number of parameters while tackling the two obstacles that are faced in qubit-based computing, which are, tackling continuous values and introducing controlled non-linearity into the circuits. We used the circuit for multi-step forecasting that performed better for a larger prediction window than one-step forecasting done iteratively on the predicted data. The resembling architecture of CVQNN with that of a neural network offers the flexibility of using a similar structure for both one-step and multi-step forecasting.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"185 1","pages":"994-999"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140533010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palanam: A Deep Learning Based Childhood Defense System","authors":"Anurag Singh, Preeti Singh, Vibhor Sharma, Dhruv Tyagi, Nilesh Pandey, Bhavesh Vaid","doi":"10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS59351.2024.10427109","url":null,"abstract":"With the increasing accessibility of the internet, children are going online at an unprecedented rate, as indicated by UNICEF's report that a child goes online for the first time every half second. The internet offers vast opportunities for children to learn, play, interact with new individuals, and develop their social networks. When harnessed responsibly and made accessible to all, the internet has the potential to expand horizons and nurture creativity worldwide. However, these opportunities coexist with significant risks, as the internet can also facilitate the dissemination of harmful online content, including violent and Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Online harm can manifest in various forms, either exclusively within the digital realm or as an extension of offline abuse, such as bullying or grooming. The main challenge is the live-streaming content that is available all the time and affecting children's most. No age bar is working for children. An online content analyzer is developed to defend childhood.","PeriodicalId":518748,"journal":{"name":"2024 16th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)","volume":"141 2","pages":"273-275"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140533012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}