Subhan, Fazal E., Yaqoob, Abid
ORCID: 0000-0002-9541-4251, Hava Muntean, Cristina and Muntean, Gabriel-Miro
ORCID: 0000-0002-9332-4770
(2025)
EDGE360: Edge-Enabled Multi-Agent DRL for Region-Aware Rate Adaptation Solution to Enhance Quality of 360° Video Streaming.
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
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ISSN 1558-0660
Abstract
Optimal tile-based bitrate allocation improves the Quality of Experience (QoE) for adaptive 360° video streaming across multiple clients in heterogeneous network environments; however, it is challenging as it implies accurate viewport prediction, finest tile-based bitrate reservation, and maintaining QoE fairness, particularly under constrained network conditions. This paper proposes a strategy named EDGE360, that employs an edge-driven Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning
(MADRL) solution for rate adaptation to improve the joint QoE
in DASH-based rich media content delivery based on adaptive
viewport prediction and Video Multi-method Assessment Fusion
(VMAF) corresponding tiling granularity selection. Cooperative
strategies among agents in the central critic network are crucial
for addressing the complexity of network instances at the edge
and optimizing media streaming bitrate assignment in multipleclient scenarios. Therefore, EDGE360 aims to implement the
Counterfactual Multi-Agent Policy Gradients (COMA) based
on 5G network traces to train agents in policies that optimize
individual client QoE and fairness among clients, resulting in
an improved rich streaming experience. At the edge, a tilebased quality monitor evaluates viewport trajectories, buffer
status, and network throughput, employing deep learning to
forecast optimal tile bitrate allocation, which is formulated as
an MDP and solved with MADRL. Based on extensive experimentation, EDGE360 surpasses state-of-the-art adaptive bitrate
algorithms by achieving the highest average reward, outperforming RAPT360, 360SRL, and BOLA360 by 8.12%, 11.86%, and
18.00%, respectively, demonstrating superior convergence and
refinement
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MPEG DASH, QoE Fairness, Bitrate adaptation, Edge Computing, Deep Reinforcement Learning |
| Subjects: | Engineering > Electronics Engineering > Electronic engineering |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering |
| Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Official URL: | https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/tm/5555/01/1... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 31569 |
| Deposited On: | 23 Sep 2025 13:41 by Gordon Kennedy . Last Modified 23 Sep 2025 13:41 |
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