Lightweight adaptive learning algorithm for energy-latency tradeoff in IoMT-enabled edge computing
RAHUL YADAV, Muhammad Faisal Shafiq, Mohit Kumar, Wei Li, Mohamed Abd Elaziz · 2025
Smart Healthcare is witnessing widespread implementation of Internet-of-Medical-Things (IoMT) devices. These devices play a crucial role in collecting vast amounts of data from various smart healthcare applications, which are then processed to facilitate informed decision-making. Edge computing has emerged as a valuable platform offering computational resources to handle this data collection efficiently. However, a critical challenge arises from the inappropriate and inefficient classical approaches to fair resource allocation in these energy-intensive, short battery life and delay-intolerant portable devices. To address this issue, this paper presents a Lightweight Adaptive Learning Offloading Algorithm designed to optimize energy and latency in an edge computing environment. The proposed algorithm formulates the problem as a combined minimization of latency and energy costs while satisfying constraints related to limited battery capacity and service latency deadlines. To achieve this, the algorithm employs the adaptation parameters (α, β, γ), and the tradeoff target (C′) is configured based on the specific task requirements. Experimental results demonstrate the advantages of the proposed scheme, including energy savings and minimized latency in an edge environment. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme under a realistic scenario using the iFogSim2 simulator.