On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks

Satellite Edge Computing (SEC) integrated with multi-layer networks is a promising solution for on-board content caching to meet the stringent content delivery requirements in the future network. However, designing an efficient on-board content caching strategy is challenging in satellite edge netwo...

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Main Authors: Haftay Gebreslasie Abreha, Ilora Maity, Houcine Chougrani, Christos Politis, Symeon Chatzinotas
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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author Haftay Gebreslasie Abreha
Ilora Maity
Houcine Chougrani
Christos Politis
Symeon Chatzinotas
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description Satellite Edge Computing (SEC) integrated with multi-layer networks is a promising solution for on-board content caching to meet the stringent content delivery requirements in the future network. However, designing an efficient on-board content caching strategy is challenging in satellite edge networks because of limited on-board resources, dynamic topology, and fluctuating traffic demand. Frequent cache updates are required to adapt to these dynamic conditions, but incur cache reconfiguration overhead, which can overload feeder links and increase cache update delays. To address these challenges, in this paper, we propose an on-board dynamic cache reconfiguration strategy that maximizes the cache hit rate while minimizing reconfiguration overhead. We design a proximity-based content popularity model and an Age of Information (AoI)-aware caching strategy to optimize on-board satellite resources, enhancing the cache hit rate and ensuring content freshness. We employ a greedy algorithm for an initial and fast solution for caching contents and enhance it with a Genetic Algorithm (GA)-based approach. Simulations with realistic datasets demonstrate that the proposed solution outperforms the Cooperative Content Caching (CCC) benchmark by 11.63% and 9.25% in terms of cache hit rate and feeder link load, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-67d3abe0e2a64cb0b8b9b590356891e52025-08-20T03:13:27ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society2644-125X2025-01-0165727574510.1109/OJCOMS.2025.358545111063433On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge NetworksHaftay Gebreslasie Abreha0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2172-2326Ilora Maity1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8042-4123Houcine Chougrani2Christos Politis3Symeon Chatzinotas4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5122-0001Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgInterdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgInterdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgSES TechCom S.A., Betzdorf, LuxemburgInterdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgSatellite Edge Computing (SEC) integrated with multi-layer networks is a promising solution for on-board content caching to meet the stringent content delivery requirements in the future network. However, designing an efficient on-board content caching strategy is challenging in satellite edge networks because of limited on-board resources, dynamic topology, and fluctuating traffic demand. Frequent cache updates are required to adapt to these dynamic conditions, but incur cache reconfiguration overhead, which can overload feeder links and increase cache update delays. To address these challenges, in this paper, we propose an on-board dynamic cache reconfiguration strategy that maximizes the cache hit rate while minimizing reconfiguration overhead. We design a proximity-based content popularity model and an Age of Information (AoI)-aware caching strategy to optimize on-board satellite resources, enhancing the cache hit rate and ensuring content freshness. We employ a greedy algorithm for an initial and fast solution for caching contents and enhance it with a Genetic Algorithm (GA)-based approach. Simulations with realistic datasets demonstrate that the proposed solution outperforms the Cooperative Content Caching (CCC) benchmark by 11.63% and 9.25% in terms of cache hit rate and feeder link load, respectively.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11063433/Multi-layer satellite networkssatellite edge computing (SEC)on-board content cachingcache reconfigurationcontent freshnessage of information (AoI)
spellingShingle Haftay Gebreslasie Abreha
Ilora Maity
Houcine Chougrani
Christos Politis
Symeon Chatzinotas
On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Multi-layer satellite networks
satellite edge computing (SEC)
on-board content caching
cache reconfiguration
content freshness
age of information (AoI)
title On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks
title_full On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks
title_fullStr On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks
title_full_unstemmed On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks
title_short On-Board Content Caching With Dynamic Cache Reconfiguration in Multi-Layer Satellite Edge Networks
title_sort on board content caching with dynamic cache reconfiguration in multi layer satellite edge networks
topic Multi-layer satellite networks
satellite edge computing (SEC)
on-board content caching
cache reconfiguration
content freshness
age of information (AoI)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11063433/
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