Sum Computation Rate Maximization in Self-Sustainable RIS-Assisted MEC

Abstract

This paper studies a self-sustainable reconfigurable intelligent surface (SRIS)-assisted mobile edge computing (MEC) network, where a SRIS first harvests energy from a hybrid access point (HAP), and then enhances the users' offloading performance with the harvested energy. To improve computing efficiency, a sum computation rate maximization problem is formulated. Based on the alternating optimization (AO) method, an efficient algorithm is proposed to solve the formulated non-convex problem. Simulations show that when the SRIS is deployed closer to the HAP, a higher performance gain can be achieved.