Semantics-Driven Cloud-Edge Collaborative Inference

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15435v1
• Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:53:09 GMT
• Title: Semantics-Driven Cloud-Edge Collaborative Inference
• Authors: Yuche Gao and Beibei Zhang
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a semantics-driven cloud-edge collaborative approach for accelerating video inference. The method separates semantics extraction and recognition, allowing edge servers to only extract visual semantics from video frames. Experiments demonstrate significant improvements in end-to-end inference speed (up to 5x faster), throughput (up to 9 FPS), and reduced traffic volumes.
• Score: 1.441340412842035
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: With the proliferation of video data in smart city applications like intelligent transportation, efficient video analytics has become crucial but also challenging. This paper proposes a semantics-driven cloud-edge collaborative approach for accelerating video inference, using license plate recognition as a case study. The method separates semantics extraction and recognition, allowing edge servers to only extract visual semantics (license plate patches) from video frames and offload computation-intensive recognition to the cloud or neighboring edges based on load. This segmented processing coupled with a load-aware work distribution strategy aims to reduce end-to-end latency and improve throughput. Experiments demonstrate significant improvements in end-to-end inference speed (up to 5x faster), throughput (up to 9 FPS), and reduced traffic volumes (50% less) compared to cloud-only or edge-only processing, validating the efficiency of the proposed approach. The cloud-edge collaborative framework with semantics-driven work partitioning provides a promising solution for scaling video analytics in smart cities.

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