Precision-Adaptive Task Offloading and Resource Allocation for Efficient Positioning and Sensing in Near-Field IoV Systems

With the rapid advancement of sixth-generation (6G) network communication technology, improvements in data transmission rates, latency, and reliability have driven substantial growth in Internet of Vehicles (IoV) applications. Among these, the integration of 6G-enabled extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) has extended the range of near-field (NF) communication, enabling their application in IoV to facilitate efficient and accurate environmental sensing. Through NF communication, vehicles can achieve high-accuracy localization and perception by analyzing the signal phase, channel state information, and beamforming calculations. However, positioning and sensing tasks place substantial computational and energy demands on edge devices, often exceeding traditional capacity limits. To address this challenge, task offloading has emerged as a solution, with mobile edge computing (MEC) offering a lower-latency alternative to centralized cloud computing by processing tasks at the network edge. Despite these advantages, MEC’s limited resources present challenges as the number of connected vehicles increases. Existing approaches to resource allocation often overlook the varied accuracy requirements of IoV tasks, where high-accuracy tasks like indoor navigation require stringent performance standards, while lower-accuracy tasks may tolerate reduced precision to save resources. Motivated by this, we propose an accuracy-based classification scheme for IoV positioning and sensing tasks, which dynamically adjusts accuracy requirements to reduce delay and energy consumption. Our approach maps total energy, accuracy loss, and delay to an overall quality of service (QoS) metric, and employs an optimization algorithm that leverages gradient descent and greedy strategies to balance resource allocation and accuracy selection. Extensive simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in reducing delay and energy consumption while maintaining high accuracy, significantly outperforming benchmark strategies.