Risk-Resistant Resource Allocation for eMBB and URLLC Coexistence Under M/G/1 Queueing Model

Abstract

In this paper, we study the joint resource scheduling problem for multiplexing two distinct 5 G services: enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC). While eMBB services require high data rates, URLLC services lay more emphasis on extremely low latency and high reliability. To satisfy these heterogeneous requirements for eMBB and URLLC coexistence, we propose a risk-resistant scheme for resource allocation to both eMBB and URLLC traffic that aims to maximize the eMBB data rate, while considering the URLLC delay threshold violation to maintain URLLC delay requirements. Based on the M/G/1 queueing model, the URLLC packet latency target is realized by minimizing the average packet delay in violation cases, where &#x201C;violation&#x201D; is judged by introducing the &#x201C;conditional value at risk (CVaR)&#x201D; as a risk metric (i.e., &#x201C;risk&#x201D; here is defined as URLLC delay threshold violation). To solve the formulated problem, we transform it into two convex optimization problems to obtain a near-optimal resource allocation solution. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the fairness among the eMBB users and eMBB throughput by <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$30\%\sim 34\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> compared to existing works, while satisfying the stringent URLLC delay requirements.