Delay-Effective Task Offloading Technology in Internet of Vehicles: From the Perspective of the Vehicle Platooning

Task offloading technology plays a crucial role in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) by minimizing processing delays through the joint optimization of heterogeneous computing resources supported by vehicles, roadside units (RSUs), and macro base stations (MBSs). Previous works have often ignored the wireless interference during the exchange and sharing of task data. Additionally, the potential for vehicles with similar driving behaviors to form vehicle platooning (VEH-PLA) and effectively integrate individual vehicle resources has not been adequately addressed. Furthermore, as a novel resource management paradigm, VEH-PLA should consider task categorization since vehicles within a VEH-PLA may have identical task offloading requestsan aspect that has also received insufficient attention. In this paper, considering wireless interference, vehicle mobility, VEH-PLA, and task categorization, we propose four task offloading models aimed at minimizing processing delays. By utilizing centralized training and decentralized execution (CTDE) based on multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL), we present a task offloading decision-making method to find the global optimal offloading decision. This results in significant enhancements in resource load balancing and reductions in processing delays. Finally, simulations validate that the proposed method significantly outperforms traditional task offloading approaches in terms of minimizing processing delays while maintaining balanced resource utilization.