Mobile Edge Intelligence for Large Language Models: A Contemporary Survey

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18921v2
• Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:23:42 GMT
• Title: Mobile Edge Intelligence for Large Language Models: A Contemporary Survey
• Authors: Guanqiao Qu, Qiyuan Chen, Wei Wei, Zheng Lin, Xianhao Chen, Kaibin Huang,
• Abstract summary: On-device large language models (LLMs) are more cost-effective, latency-efficient, and privacy-preserving compared with the cloud paradigm.<n>Mobile edge intelligence (MEI) presents a viable solution by provisioning AI capabilities at the edge of mobile networks.<n>This article provides a contemporary survey on harnessing MEI for LLMs.
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• Abstract: On-device large language models (LLMs), referring to running LLMs on edge devices, have raised considerable interest since they are more cost-effective, latency-efficient, and privacy-preserving compared with the cloud paradigm. Nonetheless, the performance of on-device LLMs is intrinsically constrained by resource limitations on edge devices. Sitting between cloud and on-device AI, mobile edge intelligence (MEI) presents a viable solution by provisioning AI capabilities at the edge of mobile networks, enabling end users to offload heavy AI computation to capable edge servers nearby. This article provides a contemporary survey on harnessing MEI for LLMs. We begin by illustrating several killer applications to demonstrate the urgent need for deploying LLMs at the network edge. Next, we present the preliminaries of LLMs and MEI, followed by resource-efficient LLM techniques. We then present an architectural overview of MEI for LLMs (MEI4LLM), outlining its core components and how it supports the deployment of LLMs. Subsequently, we delve into various aspects of MEI4LLM, extensively covering edge LLM caching and delivery, edge LLM training, and edge LLM inference. Finally, we identify future research opportunities. We hope this article inspires researchers in the field to leverage mobile edge computing to facilitate LLM deployment, thereby unleashing the potential of LLMs across various privacy- and delay-sensitive applications.

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