Author
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- Jinshan Yuan
(China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. Qinghai Branch, Xining 810008, China)
- Xuncai Zhang
(China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. Qinghai Branch, Xining 810008, China)
- Kexin Gong
(School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China)
Abstract
The evolution toward 6G Computing Power Networks (CPN) aims to deeply integrate multi-tier computing resources across Cloud, Edge, and end devices. However, the significant heterogeneity of computing resources, characterized by varying hardware architectures such as CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, coupled with the time-varying network topology caused by terminal mobility, poses severe challenges to realizing efficient integrated scheduling that satisfies Quality of Service (QoS). To address spatiotemporal mismatches between task requirements and hardware architectures, this paper proposes an integrated scheduling method combining Discrete Time-Varying Graph (DTVG) construction with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL). Specifically, we model the dynamic interaction between mobile tasks and heterogeneous nodes as a DTVG to capture spatiotemporal evolution and employ a QMIX-based algorithm to enable collaborative decision-making among distributed agents. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach effectively solves the joint optimization problem of heterogeneous resource matching and dynamic path planning, significantly outperforming traditional baselines in terms of resource utilization and average latency. This study confirms that incorporating graph-theoretic modeling with reinforcement learning offers a robust solution for the complex coupling of communication and computation in dynamic 6G networks.
Suggested Citation
Jinshan Yuan & Xuncai Zhang & Kexin Gong, 2026.
"Heterogeneous Computing Resources Scheduling Based on Time-Varying Graphs and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning,"
Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-18, March.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jftint:v:18:y:2026:i:3:p:168-:d:1899997
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