Adaptive Genetic Algorithm Inspired Energy-Efficient Cache Deployment Strategy For Caching-Enabled Networks

Caching-Enabled Networks (CEN) has the wide application value due to the feature of in-network caching, which has attracted more researchers paying attention to the cache deployment. However, different caching strategies cause different network performance, such as cache hit ratio and energy consumption. In fact, although the current strategies can provide the satisfied cache hit ratio, they consume too much energy for completing the cache deployment. In this paper, an energy-efficient cache deployment strategy is proposed, including two stages. The first stage is the mathematical modeling for cache hit ratio and energy consumption, in which a bi-objective optimization problem is built. The second stage is the model solving, where the adaptive genetic algorithm is used. The proposed cache deployment is evaluated based on Europe-GTS network topology, and the experimental results on cache hit ratio and energy consumption demonstrate its feasibility and efficiency.