Reliability‐guaranteed multipath allocation algorithm in mobile network

The mobile network allows redundant transmission via disjoint paths to support high‐reliability communication (e.g., ultrareliable and low‐latency communications [URLLC]). Although redundant transmission can improve communication reliability, it also increases network costs (e.g., traffic and control overhead). In this study, we propose a reliability‐guaranteed multipath allocation algorithm (RG‐MAA) that allocates appropriate paths by considering the path setup time and dynamicity of the reliability paths. We develop an optimization problem using a constrained Markov decision process (CMDP) to minimize network costs while ensuring the required communication reliability. The evaluation results show that RG‐MAA can reduce network costs by up to 30% compared with the scheme that uses all possible paths while ensuring the required communication reliability.