FLINT: Performance-Aware In-Network Computing for Dynamic 6G Sub-Networks

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Abstract

To address the demand for near real-time applications in 6G networks, we propose FLINT, a context-aware task scheduling system for in-network computing. Unlike hardwaredependent approaches, FLINT utilizes dynamic compute nodes connected to routers, enabling flexible hardware utilization. By employing static code embeddings from a large transformer model and small metric estimation models on each compute blade, FLINT efficiently assigns unseen tasks based on their binaries and arguments. This cooperative scheduling approach between blades and the central router allows for dynamic deployments and blade exchangeability. Evaluation of diverse WebAssembly tasks and hardware demonstrates FLINT's effectiveness, achieving an F1 score and accuracy of over 0.9 on our taskset while maintaining low response time overhead.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
EditorsMatthew Valenti, David Reed, Melissa Torres
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages5368-5374
Number of pages7
ISBN (electronic)979-8-3315-0521-9
Publication statusPublished - 26 Sept 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN1550-3607

Conference

Title60th IEEE International Conference on Communications
SubtitleCommunications Tehnologies 4Good
Abbreviated titleICC 2025
Conference number60
Duration8 - 12 June 2025
Website
LocationPalais des congrès de Montréal
CityMontreal
CountryCanada

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-8469-9573/work/194822811

Keywords

Keywords

  • 6G Sub-Networks, Context-Aware Scheduling, Dynamic Task Offloading, In-Network Computing (INC)