Distributed Q-Learning Aided Heterogeneous Network Association for Energy-Efficient IIoT.

To achieve the goal of “Industrial 4.0,” cellular network with wide coverage has gradually become an intensely important carrier for industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The fifth generation cellular network is expected to be a unifying network that may connect billions of IIoT devices for the sake of supporting advanced IIoT business. In order to realize wide and seamless information coverage, h...