区块链辅助的多边缘服务器协作视频流缓存优化策略
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1.南京邮电大学通信与信息工程学院,南京 210003;2.中兴通讯股份有限公司,深圳 518057;3.中国工业互联网研究院,北京 100102

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江苏省农业科技自主创新资金(CX(22)3116);江苏省重点研发计划重点项目(BE2023025)。


Blockchain-Based Collaborative Caching for Multi-edge Server Video Streaming
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1.College of Telecommunications & Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China;2.ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen 518057, China;3.China Academy of Industrial Internet, Beijing 100102, China

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    随着互联网视频流量增长和用户对体验质量的要求提高,传统骨干网面临巨大压力。移动边缘缓存技术可以减少延迟、减轻回程链路负载,提升视频用户的体验质量。然而,边缘服务器缓存资源的有限性、视频请求内容的动态性以及用户对缓存数据安全性的关注,对边缘缓存策略研究提出了新的挑战。针对以上问题,提出了一种区块链辅助的多边缘服务器协作视频流缓存优化方案。其中,构建了一个由内容分发网络(Content delivery network,CDN)服务器、边缘服务器、用户设备和区块链组成的4层网络架构,并引入区块链共识机制来保护请求延迟不敏感的计费视频内容,保证用户的数据安全。基于本地命中、邻近命中和CDN命中3层缓存机制,通过定义邻近命中奖励因子,进一步加强边缘服务器之间的协作缓存,提高边缘服务器的缓存命中率。联合考虑边缘服务器的状态、内容流行度的变化以及多边缘服务器间协作缓存的资源分配,建立了最小化访问延迟、流量成本和系统能耗的优化问题,并采用基于多智能体近端策略优化(Multi-agent proximal policy optimization, MAPPO)的协作缓存优化算法进行问题求解。仿真结果表明,与现有缓存策略相比,可以有效提升视频内容的缓存命中率,同时也能节约能耗及时延成本。

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    With the growth of Internet video traffic and the improvement of user requirements for experience quality, the traditional backbone network is facing great pressure. Moving edge cache technology can reduce latency, reduce backhaul link load, and improve video user experience quality. However, the finiteness of edge server cache resources, the dynamic nature of video requests, and the attention of users to the security of cached data pose new challenges to the research of edge cache strategy. To solve the above problems, this paper proposes a blockchain-assisted multi-edge server collaborative video stream cache optimization scheme. This paper constructs a four-layer network architecture composed of content delivery network (CDN) server, edge server, user device, and blockchain. We introduce the blockchain consensus mechanism to protect the charging video with insensitive request delay and ensure the data security of users. Based on the three-layer cache mechanism of local hit, proximity hit and CDN hit, the collaborative cache among edge servers is further strengthened by defining proximity hit reward factors, and the cache hit ratio of edge servers is improved. In this paper, we jointly consider the state of edge servers, the change in content popularity, and the resource allocation of cooperative cache among multi-edge servers. By establishing the minimum access latency, traffic cost, and system energy consumption optimization problem. The cooperative cache optimization algorithm of multi-agent proximal policy optimization (MAPPO) is used to solve the problem. The simulation results show that compared with the existing caching strategies, the proposed scheme can effectively improve the cache hit rate of video streaming and reduce energy consumption and delay.

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郭永安,周沂,王全,王宇翱,程瑶,朱浩.区块链辅助的多边缘服务器协作视频流缓存优化策略[J].数据采集与处理,2023,38(6):1353-1368

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  • 收稿日期:2023-07-11
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