AI Agent Access (A3) Network: An Embodied, Communication-Aware Multi-Agent Framework for 6G Coverage
Han Zeng, Haibo Wang, Luhao Fan, Bin Zhu, X. You, Zaichen Zhang
Abstract
The vision of 6G communication demands autonomous and resilient networking in environments without fixed infrastructure. Yet most multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) approaches focus on isolated stages—exploration, relay formation, or access—under static deployments and centralized control, limiting adaptability. We propose the AI Agent Access (A3) Network, a unified, embodied intelligence-driven framework that transforms multi-agent networking into a dynamic, decentralized, and end-to-end system. Unlike prior schemes, the A3 Network integrates exploration, target user access, and backhaul maintenance within a single learning process, while supporting on-demand agent addition during runtime. Its decentralized policies ensure that even a single agent can operate independently with limited observations, while coordinated agents achieve scalable, communication-optimized coverage. By embedding link-level communication metrics into actor–critic learning, the A3 Network couples topology formation with robust decision-making. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the A3 Network not only balances exploration and communication efficiency but also delivers system-level adaptability absent in existing MARL frameworks, offering a new paradigm for 6G multi-agent networks.
Citation format
ZENG, Han, et al. AI agent access (a3) network: An embodied, communication-aware multi-agent framework for 6g coverage. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, 2026, 74: 5333–5349.