{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4415952250","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2026.3655158","title":"Delay Minimization in Pinching-Antenna-Enabled NOMA-MEC Networks","display_name":"Delay Minimization in Pinching-Antenna-Enabled NOMA-MEC Networks","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4415952250","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2026.3655158"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/lcomm.2026.3655158","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2026.3655158","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S147316732","display_name":"IEEE Communications Letters","issn_l":"1089-7798","issn":["1089-7798","1558-2558","2373-7891"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316002","host_organization_name":"IEEE Communications Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316002","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Communications Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Communications Letters","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref","datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/1f22820d-0625-4eb8-b1c4-d6a9833ab61c","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014074927","display_name":"Yuan Ai","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I37796252","display_name":"Beijing University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037b1pp87","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I37796252"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yuan Ai","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I37796252"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056349361","display_name":"Xidong Mu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","display_name":"Queen's University Belfast","ror":"https://ror.org/00hswnk62","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xidong Mu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, U.K"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044158599","display_name":"Pengbo Si","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I37796252","display_name":"Beijing University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/037b1pp87","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I37796252"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pengbo Si","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I37796252"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076863392","display_name":"Yuanwei Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-8941"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuanwei Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014074927"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I37796252"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.00272575,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"30","issue":null,"first_page":"962","last_page":"966"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9150000214576721,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9150000214576721,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12079","display_name":"IoT Networks and Protocols","score":0.029500000178813934,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10148","display_name":"Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization","score":0.013100000098347664,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/benchmark","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","score":0.6992999911308289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/minification","display_name":"Minification","score":0.6410999894142151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optimization-problem","display_name":"Optimization problem","score":0.545199990272522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.5351999998092651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bisection-method","display_name":"Bisection method","score":0.5350000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/enhanced-data-rates-for-gsm-evolution","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","score":0.5112000107765198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-minimization","display_name":"Energy minimization","score":0.4814999997615814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/antenna","display_name":"Antenna (radio)","score":0.41110000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-edge-computing","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","score":0.4036000072956085}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7461000084877014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185798385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161707","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","level":2,"score":0.6992999911308289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147764199","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6865248","display_name":"Minification","level":2,"score":0.6410999894142151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137836250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984063","display_name":"Optimization problem","level":2,"score":0.545199990272522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.5351999998092651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157544257","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866300","display_name":"Bisection method","level":2,"score":0.5350000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.529699981212616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162307627","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204833","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","level":2,"score":0.5112000107765198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14961307","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5377176","display_name":"Energy minimization","level":2,"score":0.4814999997615814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21822782","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131214","display_name":"Antenna (radio)","level":2,"score":0.41110000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776061582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25325231","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","level":3,"score":0.4036000072956085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C131584629","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4308705","display_name":"Coupling (piping)","level":2,"score":0.4032000005245209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41045048","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202843","display_name":"Linear programming","level":2,"score":0.3714999854564667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.36250001192092896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186370098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442787","display_name":"Energy (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.3601999878883362},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179799912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205084","display_name":"Computational complexity theory","level":2,"score":0.3425000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117896860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11376","display_name":"Acceleration","level":2,"score":0.33239999413490295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.3160000145435333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148764684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621751","display_name":"Approximation algorithm","level":2,"score":0.3156000077724457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68649174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379116","display_name":"Base station","level":2,"score":0.304500013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108921912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7834639","display_name":"Transmission delay","level":3,"score":0.30329999327659607},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21792228","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5178039","display_name":"Coupling loss","level":3,"score":0.2809000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65422117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358527","display_name":"Transmitter power output","level":4,"score":0.2777999937534332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778456923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337692","display_name":"Edge computing","level":3,"score":0.27410000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987595161","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Optimization algorithm","level":2,"score":0.2720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55660270","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164377","display_name":"Constrained optimization","level":2,"score":0.2529999911785126}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/lcomm.2026.3655158","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/lcomm.2026.3655158","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S147316732","display_name":"IEEE Communications Letters","issn_l":"1089-7798","issn":["1089-7798","1558-2558","2373-7891"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310316002","host_organization_name":"IEEE Communications Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310316002","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Communications Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Communications Letters","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:openaire/1f22820d-0625-4eb8-b1c4-d6a9833ab61c","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/1f22820d-0625-4eb8-b1c4-d6a9833ab61c","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402319","display_name":"Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","host_organization_name":"Queen's University Belfast","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ai, Y, Mu, X, Si, P & Liu, Y 2026, 'Delay minimization in pinching-antenna-enabled NOMA-MEC networks', IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 30, pp. 962-966. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2026.3655158","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2510.16296","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16296","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.16296","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4393918464","display_name":"ArXiv.org","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2510.16296","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.16296","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:openaire/1f22820d-0625-4eb8-b1c4-d6a9833ab61c","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/1f22820d-0625-4eb8-b1c4-d6a9833ab61c","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402319","display_name":"Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I126231945","host_organization_name":"Queen's University Belfast","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126231945"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ai, Y, Mu, X, Si, P & Liu, Y 2026, 'Delay minimization in pinching-antenna-enabled NOMA-MEC networks', IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 30, pp. 962-966. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2026.3655158","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"letter":[1],"proposes":[2],"a":[3,64,80],"novel":[4],"pinching":[5,37],"antenna":[6,38],"systems":[7],"(PASS)":[8],"enabled":[9],"non-orthogonal":[10],"multiple":[11],"access":[12],"(NOMA)":[13],"multi-access":[14],"edge":[15],"computing":[16],"(MEC)":[17],"framework.":[18],"An":[19],"optimization":[20,68],"problem":[21],"is":[22,71,76],"formulated":[23],"to":[24,42,55,97],"minimize":[25],"the":[26,61,88,93],"maximum":[27,45],"task":[28,82,94],"delay":[29,95],"by":[30],"optimizing":[31],"offloading":[32],"ratios,":[33],"transmit":[34,46],"powers,":[35],"and":[36,51],"(PA)":[39],"positions,":[40],"subject":[41],"constraints":[43],"on":[44],"power,":[47],"user":[48],"energy":[49],"budgets,":[50],"minimum":[52],"PA":[53],"separation":[54],"mitigate":[56],"coupling":[57],"effects.":[58],"To":[59],"address":[60],"non-convex":[62],"problem,":[63],"bisection":[65],"search-based":[66],"alternating":[67],"(AO)":[69],"algorithm":[70],"developed,":[72],"where":[73],"each":[74],"subproblem":[75],"iteratively":[77],"solved":[78],"for":[79],"given":[81],"delay.":[83],"Numerical":[84],"simulations":[85],"demonstrate":[86],"that":[87],"proposed":[89],"framework":[90],"significantly":[91],"reduces":[92],"compared":[96],"benchmark":[98],"schemes.":[99]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-16T08:26:57.006410","created_date":"2025-10-22T00:00:00"}