Cloud-Edge Collaborative Computing and Resource Scheduling for 6G Space-Air-Ground Consumer Electronics Internet

Sai Liu, Zhenjiang Zhang, Zhiyuan Zhang, Hsin Hung Cho, Sherali Zeadally

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Abstract

With the extensive application of Extended Reality (XR), intelligent terminals and Internet of Vehicles (IoV) to remote areas and disaster regions, immersive consumer electronic applications are driving the demand for global deployment of computing power and low-latency services. To address this challenge, we propose a “cloud center-space edge-air edge-ground terminal” four-layer collaborative computing architecture. We design an intent-driven dynamic resource scheduling mechanism, which directly perceives the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of applications through “business intent descriptors”. We develop an intelligent computing aware routing protocol and an autonomous offloading decision algorithm to achieve intelligent collaboration of tasks at the terminals, edge nodes, and the cloud. Then, we analyze key enabling technologies such as on-orbit edge computing of satellites and integrated communication-sensing-computing. Simulation results show that the proposed system and mechanisms can significantly enhance the user experience in scenarios such as XR, IoV and smart homes, and address challenges such as global coverage and resource scheduling. Finally, we explore solutions to address issues such as dynamic spectrum sharing, communication energy consumption, battery life, protocol standardization, mobility management and actual deployment. These solutions enable the upgrade of next-generation Internet of consumer electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationIEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2025

Bibliographical note

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Funding

We thank the reviewers who helped us improve the content, organization, and presentation of this paper. This work was supported in part by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant 2024YJS112 and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62173026. Zhenjiang Zhang ([email protected]) is the corresponding author for this article.

FundersFunder number
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities2024YJS112
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)62173026

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Hardware and Architecture
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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