Resource Allocation Strategy for Multi-UAV-Assisted MEC System with Dense Mobile Users and MCR-WPT

Mobile edge computing (MEC) moves computeintensive tasks to the edge of wireless networks, which can effectively reduce service latency and improve quality of service. A resource allocation strategy for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles-supported MEC system with dense mobile users (MU) is investigated in this paper. By applying a magnetically coupled resonance wireless power transfer technology, the MU can harvest enough energy from a wireless charging station in a short time. The models of MU energy harvesting, data transmission, and task computation are analyzed. Under the constraints of energy causality, CPU computing resources, channel bandwidth, and transmitting power, the resource allocation problem for minimizing system latency is established. A quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm and a standard particle swarm optimization (SPSO) algorithm are used to obtain the suboptimal solution. Simulation results show that the QPSO algorithm is more effective in reducing system latency compared to the SPSO algorithm and the benchmark scheme.