FMA-MADDPG: Constrained Multi-Agent Resource Optimization with Channel Prediction in 6G Non-Terrestrial Networks
Sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems aim to integrate terrestrial, aerial, and satellite networks to support large-scale remote sensing and service delivery. In such non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), channels change quickly and the multi-tier architecture is heterogeneous, which makes real-time channel state acquisition and cooperative resource scheduling difficult. This paper proposes an FMA-MADDPG framework that combines a channel prediction module with a constraint-based multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient scheme. The Fusion of Mamba and Attention (FMA) predictor uses a Mamba state-space backbone and a multi-head self-attention block to learn both long-term channel evolution and short-term fluctuations, and forecasts future CSI. The predicted channel information is added to the agents' observations so that scheduling decisions can take expected channel variations into account. A constraint-based reward is also designed, with explicit performance thresholds and anti-idle penalties, to encourage fairness, avoid free-riding, and promote cooperation among heterogeneous agents. In a representative NTN uplink scenario, the proposed method achieves higher total reward, efficiency, load balance, and cooperation than several DRL baselines, with relative gains around 10-20% on key metrics. These results indicate that prediction-aware cooperative reinforcement learning is a useful approach for resource optimization in future 6G NTN systems.
Authors
- Zhu Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-160X)
- Cuixing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4096-339X)
- Yang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-3483)
- Jing Bai
- Chunyu Yang
- Yanhong Sun
- Kejian Song
Institutions
- Xidian University (CN)
- Hunan University (CN)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (CN)
- China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sensors
- Published
- 2025-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s26010148
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Satellite Communication Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.99
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China