QoE-Aware Route Recommendation with Attention and Communication

• Rosana de Oliveira Santos UFG https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-7239
• Carlos Eduardo da Silva Santos IFTO https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1260-9385
• Ciro José Almeida Macedo IFG https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-5999
• Antonio Oliveira-Jr UFG / Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-3525

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc.2026.19195

Abstract

Location-based Games with Augmented Reality (LBGAR) impose dynamic communication requirements, making Quality of Experience (QoE) sensitive to network conditions along the player’s path. This work proposes an urban itinerary (routes) recommendation model that integrates game scoring and the Attention and Communication-aware QoE (QoE-CAC) metric, considering 5G resources and user attention. To solve this problem, an ACO-based heuristic algorithm is proposed. Experiments with real network data demonstrate that the balanced approach (RotaCAC-0.5) offers a better trade-off between scoring and perceived QoE compared to non-QoE-aware strategies.

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