IRS for Multi-Access Edge Computing in 6G Networks

TL;DR

This paper investigates how deploying intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) can enhance multi-access edge computing (MEC) in 6G networks by improving wireless communication efficiency and reducing spectrum and energy consumption.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of MEC performance with and without IRS in urban micro cellular scenarios, highlighting IRS's potential benefits.

Findings

IRS deployment reduces spectrum consumption.

IRS deployment decreases energy consumption.

Performance improves significantly with IRS in hostile wireless environments.

Abstract

Computation offloading in multi-access edge computing (MEC) is an effective paradigm for enabling resource-intensive smart applications. However, when the wireless channel utilized for offloading computing activities is hostile, the proper advantages of MEC may not be completely realized. Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a new technology that has recently attracted significant interest can optimize the wireless transmission environment in a programmable way and improving the connectivity between user equipment (UE) and base station (BS). In this paper, the performance of MEC architecture is analyzed considering both IRS-assisted and without IRS communication scenarios in the context of the urban micro cellular scenarios. The research obtained that the deployment of IRS can reduce the spectrum and energy consumption significantly.