Joint Resource Allocation and String-Stable CACC Design with Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

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Abstract

Resource allocation has always been a challenging task in vehicular networks due to their dynamic nature. In this paper, we study the decentralized joint subchannel allocation and power control problem for a Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) system to satisfy string stability in a platoon of connected and autonomous vehicles. The developed optimization problem takes the string stability of the platoon as well as the reliability of all the Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) links into account, aiming at maximizing the total ergodic capacity. We tackle the optimization problem from two different angles. The first approach is a centralized classical algorithm governed from the Base Station (BS) perspective, where we assume that the BS only knows the large-scale fading information of the V2V links due to the rapidly changing channel conditions in vehicular environments. In the second strategy, we devise a Federated Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) based algorithm where each transmitter vehicle in the platoon acts as an independent agent and tries to find an optimal policy to maximize its total expected reward. Finally, to better understand the policies each agent has learned, we also compare the performance of these algorithms in terms of per-link achievable capacity.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
EditorsMichele Zorzi, Meixia Tao, Walid Saad
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1232-1237
Number of pages6
ISBN (electronic)978-1-5386-7462-8
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
Volume2023-May
ISSN1550-3607

Conference

Title58th IEEE International Conference on Communications
SubtitleSustainable Communications for Renaissance
Abbreviated titleICC 2023
Conference number58
Duration28 May - 1 June 2023
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationLa Nuvola Convention Center
CityRome
CountryItaly

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-1315-7635/work/165454112
ORCID /0000-0002-0738-556X/work/177360500

Keywords

Keywords

  • CACC, federated learning, MARL, resource allocation