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| Symbol | Description |
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| Input parameters |
| | Maximum number of containers hosted by the MEC server, indexed by |
| | Number of BS, indexed by |
| | Aggregate computational workload |
| | Time slot duration |
| | Amount of aggregate workload at the input buffer |
| | Amount of aggregate workload at the output buffer |
| Workload buffers maximum capacity |
| | Maximum processing rate for container |
| | Static energy consumed by container in the idle state |
| | Maximum energy consumed by container at maximum processing rate |
| | Per-container reconfiguration cost caused by a unit-size frequency switching |
| | Workload fraction to be computed by the -th container |
| | Maximum computation load per container |
| | Maximum per-slot and per-container allowed processing time |
| | Energy drained by the NIC when powered, with no data transfer |
| | Maximum number of multiple fast tunable lasers |
| | Maximum energy buffer capacity |
| | Upper and lower energy buffer thresholds |
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| Variables |
| | Total BS energy consumption at time slot |
| | Server’s energy consumption at time slot |
| | Energy drained due to the active containers, w.r.t CPU utilization, at time slot |
| | Energy drained due to container switching the processing rates at time slot |
| | Energy induced by the TOE at |
| | Energy drained due to the virtual-link communication cost at time slot |
| | Energy drained due to the number of active transmission drivers at time slot |
| | Total energy cost incurred by the content caching process |
| | Number of containers to be active in time slot |
| | Instantaneous processing rate |
| | Load-dependent factor |
| | -th virtual link communication rate at slot |
| | BS switching status indicator at |
| | Maximum energy drained by the TOE at |
| | The expected processing time |
| | Number of active transmission drivers at |
| | Energy buffer level in slot |
| | Harvested energy profile in slot |
| | Purchased grid energy in slot |
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