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arXiv 2001.06351cs.NI
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缓存网络的在线凸优化

Online Convex Optimization for Caching Networks

Georgios Paschos, Apostolos Destounis, George Iosifidis

摘要:

我们研究了无线边缘缓存的问题时,文件的流行程度是未知的,可能是非平稳的。一组$J$高速缓存接收文件请求,并根据服务高速缓存为每个请求累积实用程序。网络动态地决定在每个缓存中存储哪些文件以及如何路由它们,以便最大化总效用。假设请求序列是从任意分布中提取的,从而捕获请求的时变、时间或空间局部性。对于这种具有挑战性的设置,我们提出了\emph{Bipartite Supergradient Caching Algorithm}(BSCA),可证明没有遗憾($R_T/T \to 0$)。也就是说,随着时间范围$T$的增加,BSCA在我们选择知道所有未来请求的缓存配置的情况下实现了相同的性能。该算法的学习率的特点是其遗憾的表达,发现是$R_T=O(\sqrt{JT})$,这是独立的内容目录的大小。对于单缓存的情况下,我们证明,这是最低可达到的界限。BSCA要求在每一步$J$预测的交叉点的盒子和单纯形,我们提出了一个定制的算法。我们的模型是第一个在网络缓存问题和在线凸优化之间建立联系的模型,我们通过讨论各种实际扩展并与最先进的竞争对手进行跟踪驱动比较来展示其通用性。

英文摘要:

We study the problem of wireless edge caching when file popularity is unknown and possibly non-stationary. A bank of $J$ caches receives file requests and a utility is accrued for each request depending on the serving cache. The network decides dynamically which files to store at each cache and how to route them, in order to maximize total utility. The request sequence is assumed to be drawn from an arbitrary distribution, thus capturing time-variance, temporal, or spatial locality of requests. For this challenging setting, we propose the \emph{Bipartite Supergradient Caching Algorithm} (BSCA) which provably exhibits no regret ($R_T/T \to 0$). That is, as the time horizon $T$ increases, BSCA achieves the same performance with the cache configuration that we would have chosen knowing all future requests. The learning rate of the algorithm is characterized by its regret expression, found to be $R_T=O(\sqrt{JT})$, which is independent of the content catalog size. For the single-cache case, we prove that this is the lowest attainable bound. BSCA requires at each step $J$ projections on intersections of boxes and simplices, for which we propose a tailored algorithm. Our model is the first that draws a connection between the network caching problem and Online Convex Optimization, and we demonstrate its generality by discussing various practical extensions and presenting a trace-driven comparison with state-of-the-art competitors.

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