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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Re-Learning EXP3 Multi-Armed Bandit Algorithm for Enhancing the Massive IoT-LoRaWAN Network Performance.

Samar Adel Almarzoqi, Ahmed Yahya, Zaki Matar, Ibrahim Gomaa

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samar Adel AlmarzoqiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11651, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0572-0608
Ahmed YahyaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11651, Egypt.
Zaki MatarDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11651, Egypt.
Ibrahim GomaaComputers & Systems Department, National Telecommunication Institute (NTI-Egypt), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Cairo 11112, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1221-1318
Al-Azhar University · EGMinistry of Communications and Information Technology · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) is an open-source protocol for the standard Internet of Things (IoT) Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN). This work's focal point is the LoRa Multi-Armed Bandit decentralized decision-making solution. The contribution of this paper is to study the effect of the re-learning EXP3 Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) algorithm with previous experts' advice on the LoRaWAN network performance. LoRa smart node has a self-managed EXP3 algorithm for choosing and updating the transmission parameters based on its observation. The best parameter choice needs previously associated distribution advice (expert) before updating different choices for confidence. The paper proposes a new approach to study the effects of combined expert distribution for each transmission parameter on the LoRaWAN network performance. The successful transmission of the packet with optimized power consumption is the pivot of this paper. The validation of the simulation result has proven that combined expert distribution improves LoRaWAN network's performance in terms of data throughput and power consumption.

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IoTLoRaWANLPWANMABwireless node

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PMID35214501
PMCPMC8880409
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