Multi-Agent DRL for QoS and Energy Optimization in RIS-Enabled Open-RAN Industrial 6G TN/NTN Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.28339v1
• Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 16:18:25 GMT
• Title: Multi-Agent DRL for QoS and Energy Optimization in RIS-Enabled Open-RAN Industrial 6G TN/NTN Networks
• Abstract summary: Industrial 6G networks require ultra-reliable, low-latency, and energy-efficient connectivity in dynamic and blockage-prone environments.<n>We propose a RIS-enabled Open-RAN framework for integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial (TN/NTN) industrial 6G networks.<n>We show improvements of up to 75% in data rate, 25% latency reduction, and 16% energy savings compared with state-of-the-art learning-based and non-RIS baselines.
• Score: 49.19977685617281
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Industrial 6G networks require ultra-reliable, low-latency, and energy-efficient connectivity in dynamic and blockage-prone environments, where conventional terrestrial deployments often fail to ensure stable coverage. Hence, in this paper, we propose a RIS-enabled Open-RAN framework for integrated terrestrial/non-terrestrial (TN/NTN) industrial 6G networks, in which UAVs-mounted reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) cooperate with ground radio units and a high-altitude platform (HAP) to enhance connectivity for dense industrial IoT devices. Owing to the high dimensionality and strong coupling among decision variables, conventional optimization techniques become computationally intractable. To overcome this limitation, the joint optimization problem of data rates, latency, and energy consumptions is formulated as a decentralized partially observable Markov decision process (Dec-POMDP) and solved using a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning framework. Simulation results show improvements of up to 75\% in data rate, 25\% latency reduction, and 16\% energy savings compared with state-of-the-art learning-based and non-RIS baselines, demonstrating the effectiveness of RIS-assisted Open-RAN intelligence for industrial 6G networks.

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