Edge Caching in Fog-Based Sensor Networks through Deep Learning-Associated Quantum Computing Framework.

Journal: Computational intelligence and neuroscience
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Abstract

Fog computing (FC) based sensor networks have emerged as a propitious archetype for next-generation wireless communication technology with caching, communication, and storage capacity services in the edge. Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a new era of digital communication and has a rising demand for intelligent devices and applications. It faces performance deterioration and quality of service (QoS) degradation problems, especially in the Internet of Things (IoT) based scenarios. Therefore, existing caching strategies need to be enhanced to augment the cache hit ratio and manage the limited storage to accelerate content deliveries. Alternatively, quantum computing (QC) appears to be a prospect of more or less every typical computing problem. The framework is basically a merger of a deep learning (DL) agent deployed at the network edge with a quantum memory module (QMM). Firstly, the DL agent prioritizes caching contents via self organizing maps (SOMs) algorithm, and secondly, the prioritized contents are stored in QMM using a Two-Level Spin Quantum Phenomenon (TLSQP). After selecting the most appropriate lattice map (32 × 32) in 750,000 iterations using SOMs, the data points below the dark blue region are mapped onto the data frame to get the videos. These videos are considered a high priority for trending according to the input parameters provided in the dataset. Similarly, the light-blue color region is also mapped to get medium-prioritized content. After the SOMs algorithm's training, the topographic error (TE) value together with quantization error (QE) value (i.e., 0.0000235) plotted the most appropriate map after 750,000 iterations. In addition, the power of QC is due to the inherent quantum parallelism (QP) associated with the superposition and entanglement principles. A quantum computer taking "" qubits that can be stored and execute 2 presumable combinations of qubits simultaneously reduces the utilization of resources compared to conventional computing. It can be analyzed that the cache hit ratio will be improved by ranking the content, removing redundant and least important content, storing the content having high and medium prioritization using QP efficiently, and delivering precise results. The experiments for content prioritization are conducted using Google Colab, and IBM's Quantum Experience is considered to simulate the quantum phenomena.

Authors

  • Tayyabah Hasan
    Department of Computer Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore 54700, Punjab, Pakistan.
  • Fahad Ahmad
    Department of Basic Sciences, Common First Year, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia.
  • Muhammad Rizwan
    Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
  • Nasser Alshammari
    Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia.
  • Saad Awadh Alanazi
    Department of Computer Science, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia.
  • Iftikhar Hussain
    Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar.
  • Shahid Naseem
    Department of Information Sciences, Division of Sciences and Technology, University of Education, Lahore 54770, Pakistan.