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EDGE360: Edge-Enabled Multi-Agent DRL for Region-Aware Rate Adaptation Solution to Enhance Quality of 360° Video Streaming

Subhan, Fazal E., Yaqoob, Abid orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9541-4251, Hava Muntean, Cristina and Muntean, Gabriel-Miro orcid logoORCID: 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 . 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
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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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