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# Feeder-Aware Allocation Strategy

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Feeder-aware allocation strategy denotes a class of allocation mechanisms in which decisions are conditioned on feeder structure or feeder-specific state rather than being made over a homogeneous resource pool. In the cited literature, the term appears in several technically distinct settings: frequency allocation for feeder links of mega low earth orbit constellations, repeated coordination of distributed energy resources in MV/LV distribution networks, position allocation in multi-channel feeds, small-scale-fading-aware wireless federated learning, PV hosting-capacity assessment on distribution feeders, and energy sharing in renewable energy communities [2505.12429; 2606.22463; 2304.09087; 2505.03533; 2004.10323; 2509.12847]. Across these settings, the common design principle is that allocation depends on local topology, local tightness, or per-feeder heterogeneity, and that this dependence is used to improve feasibility, interference mitigation, fairness over time, convergence, or economic efficiency.

## 1. Domain scope and definitional range

The literature uses the word “feeder” in multiple senses. In mega-constellation systems, it refers to feeder links between satellites and multi-antenna gateway stations (MAGSs), where interference is dominated by MAGS-induced clique structure [2505.12429]. In distribution-network coordination, it refers to MV and LV feeders whose scarcity and congestion differ across the network, motivating a feeder-aware coordination layer with per-holon states and feeder-level capacity constraints [2606.22463]. In PV hosting-capacity studies and renewable energy communities, it refers to distribution feeders and feeder partitions that affect voltage rise, local imbalance, and cross-feeder exchanges [2004.10323; 2509.12847]. In multi-channel recommendation systems, “feeder-aware” refers to per-feeder candidate pools and position allocation across channels such as video and graphic-text [2304.09087]. In wireless federated learning, the formulation is “small-scale-fading-aware, client-aware,” but the stated strategy is explicitly described as feeder-aware because it conditions spectrum and power allocation on client-specific gradient information and instantaneous fading during uplink gradient uploading [2505.03533].

| Domain | Feeder notion | Allocation form |
|---|---|---|
| Mega LEO feeder links [2505.12429] | MAGS feeder links; cliques or quasi-cliques | Graph coloring, time-continuous frequency allocation, list coloring |
| DER coordination [2606.22463] | MV feeder envelope and LV feeder domains | Automatic Market Maker with bounded bilateral prices and LP matching |
| Multi-channel feed [2304.09087] | Video, graphic-text, or additional channels | MDDL with IL on strategy data and RL on random data |
| Wireless FL [2505.03533] | Client-aware uplink allocation under fast fading | Dec-POMDP solved by QMIX |
| PV hosting capacity [2004.10323] | Distribution feeder nodes and zones | OCB sizing, stochastic hosting-capacity analysis, zonal evaluation |
| Energy communities [2509.12847] | Same-feeder versus cross-feeder sharing | Equal, proportional, and rank-based sharing coefficients |

This range suggests that feeder-aware allocation is not a single algorithmic template. It is better understood as a structural principle: feeder partitions, feeder-link geometry, or per-feeder inventories are treated as first-class variables in the allocation rule.

## 2. Structural principles of feeder awareness

In the mega-LEO setting, feeder awareness begins with interference characterization. The working satellite set is converted into an undirected interference graph $G=(V,E)$, with an edge defined by adaptive adjacency thresholding,
$$
E=\{(i,j):\max(w_{ij},w_{ji})\ge \tau\}.
$$
The decisive structural observation is that, within any single MAGS, all $N_{\mathrm{at}}$ concurrently served satellites point toward the same GS, so intra-GS interferers are extremely strong and nearly all pairs within a MAGS are adjacent, forming cliques or quasi-cliques of size $N_{\mathrm{at}}$ [2505.12429].

In repeated DER coordination, feeder awareness is topological and cyber-physical. The network is partitioned into holons: one MV feeder envelope and multiple LV feeder domains. Each holon computes local tightness and maintains its own fairness states, and the dominant coordination layer per interval is selected by the rule
$$
\ell^\star_t:=\arg\min_{\ell}\alpha^\ell_t.
$$
Candidate counterparties are restricted to the tighter level, so matching respects feeder-level capacity constraints at the active holon [2606.22463].

In MDDL for multi-channel feeds, feeder awareness is embedded in the state representation. At step $t$, $s^t$ includes user and context features, the current candidate set per feeder, exposure counters to track how many items from each feeder have been shown so far in the session, remaining inventory flags, and the top-$N$ candidate IDs per feeder. The action is a slate-level position-allocation decision for the current screen, with $a^t=(x_1,\dots,x_K)$ and $x_k\in\{0,1\}$ in the two-feeder case [2304.09087].

In wireless federated learning, the relevant structure is the per-slot communication state during gradient uploading. The uplink channel power gain is
$$
H_{n,t,t_s}^{(c)}=\alpha_{n,t}\cdot h_{n,t,t_s}^{(c)},
$$
with large-scale fading fixed over the round and small-scale fading varying across coherence slots and sub-bands. The global state includes large-scale fading, small-scale fading across sub-bands, transmission progress, remaining slots, and the gradient deviation proxy $\tilde{\delta}_n^2=\|\tilde g_{t-1}-\tilde g_{n,t}\|^2$, which encodes feeder importance without exposing raw gradients [2505.03533].

In feeder-level PV and energy-community studies, feeder awareness is explicitly spatial. The PV hosting-capacity work maps households to network nodes and phases, then uses Proximity Analysis to partition the IEEE 123-bus feeder into 10 zones for weak-zone identification [2004.10323]. The renewable-energy-community work assigns 15 households to 4 feeders and prioritizes same-feeder exchanges before reallocating residual surplus across feeders [2509.12847].

## 3. Optimization formulations and algorithmic realizations

The satellite feeder-link literature formulates frequency allocation as a $K$-coloring problem. For each time $t$, colors represent the available subchannels, generally with $K=C=N_{\mathrm{at}}$, and a coloring $c_t:V(t)\to C$ assigns one subchannel per link. The soft-constraint formulation is
$$
\min_{c_t}\ \sum_{(i,j)\in E(t)} w_{ij}^{(t)}\,\mathbf{1}\{c_t(i)=c_t(j)\}.
$$
Two tailored algorithms are proposed. Generalized Global (GG) is a low-complexity greedy method with degree-based ordering, randomized diversification, greedy color choice, and a reverse-order second pass. Clique-Based Tabu Search (CTS) exploits the fact that each clique must use all colors exactly once, sampling per-clique permutations and refining them with swap moves under a tabu mechanism. Both algorithms are modified for time-continuous frequency allocation and are further combined with Connected Component Decomposition (CCD), Gateway Station Clustering Decomposition (GSCD), and a list coloring-based vacant subchannel utilization method [2505.12429].

The repeated DER-coordination literature develops a stateful cyber-physical mechanism termed an Automatic Market Maker (AMM). The mechanism combines dual fairness states, bounded bilateral buy/sell prices driven by a voltage-aware deficit signal, and feasibility-constrained matching via an explicit LP. The exact import and export fairness states are
\begin{equation}
f^{\mathrm{srv}}_n \triangleq D^{\mathrm{srv}}_n/E^{\mathrm{srv}}_n \in [0,1],
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
f^{\mathrm{exp}}_n \triangleq D^{\mathrm{exp}}_n / \sum_p e^p_n \in [0,1].
\end{equation}
Matching is performed by maximizing
\begin{equation}
\max_X\;\sum_{r,s,\tau}\omega_{r,s,\tau}\,x_{r,s,\tau}
\end{equation}
subject to buyer energy and power limits, seller energy and power limits, and the holonic feeder-capacity constraint
\begin{equation}
\sum_{r,s}\chi_{n,h}(r,s)\,x_{r,s,\tau}\le F_h(\tau).
\end{equation}
The design choice is notable: prices are derived from system state, not bids, while admissibility is controlled by participant-submitted bounds [2606.22463].

MDDL formulates feeder-aware position allocation as an MDP with slate-level actions and screen-level GMV rewards. It addresses the multi-distribution problem by using imitation learning on strategy data and reinforcement learning on random data. The combined loss is
$$
L=\alpha_1\cdot L_{\mathrm{RL}}+\alpha_2\cdot L_{\mathrm{IL}},
$$
with per-sample routing $\alpha_1=0,\alpha_2=1$ on strategy data and $\alpha_1=1,\alpha_2=0$ on random data. The imitation term is defined in Weighted Exposure Ratio (WER) space, while the reinforcement term is a DQN-style Bellman residual. This routing prevents the critic from aggressively fitting out-of-support actions in the skewed strategy dataset [2304.09087].

The wireless federated-learning work casts allocation as a Dec-POMDP. Each client is an agent choosing sub-band and power per coherence slot, and the system is trained with QMIX under centralized training and decentralized execution. The reward is derived from a one-step convergence bound,
$$
E[ F(w_{t+1}) ] - F(w_t) \le C_1 \|\nabla F(w_t)\|^2 + C_2 \cdot E \| \tilde{\bar g}_t - \tilde g_t \|^2 + C_3,
$$
so allocation directly targets the communication-induced error term $E \| \tilde{\bar g}_t - \tilde g_t \|^2$ [2505.03533].

The PV hosting-capacity work combines bottom-up load allocation, optimal-capacity-based (OCB) PV sizing per household, and stochastic hosting-capacity analysis. For each household, the OCB problem is to maximize annual net benefit
$$
B_h(P_h^{PV})=[B_0-B^{PV}(P_h^{PV})]-C(P_h^{PV})
$$
subject to $0\le P_h^{PV}\le P_h^{PV,\max}$, after which feeder-level hosting capacity is evaluated by quasi-static AC time-series power flow over multiple stochastic scenarios [2004.10323].

The energy-community literature uses an explicit phase-based feeder-aware sharing rule rather than an optimization program. Phase 1 allocates from suppliers to consumers within the same feeder; Phase 2 allocates remaining surplus across feeders. The coefficient designs are equal, proportional, and rank-based, each in static and dynamic modes, with per-supplier coefficients normalized over feasible recipients [2509.12847].

## 4. Intertemporal state, fairness, and stability

A recurrent theme is that feeder-aware allocation is not only spatial but also temporal. In the satellite setting, time continuity is introduced because satellites move, visibility and edge weights evolve, and gateway handovers occur. Over $T$ time steps, the objective adds a recoloring penalty,
$$
\lambda\sum_{i\in V_t}\mathbf{1}\{c_t(i)\ne c_{t-1}(i)\},
$$
to preserve frequency stability for persistent links. The implemented strategies include sliding-window optimization, incremental recoloring, and continuity constraints with probabilistic acceptance for recolors [2505.12429].

In the DER-coordination setting, statefulness is the central mechanism for intertemporal correction. Under import scarcity (R3), buyers with lower $f^{\mathrm{srv}}_n$ are prioritized; under export congestion (R2), sellers with lower $f^{\mathrm{exp}}_n$ are prioritized. State updates occur after settlement, so the mechanism corrects repeated under-service and curtailment over time that stateless DOEs and DNPs do not address [2606.22463].

In MDDL, temporality appears as sequential screen-by-screen allocation and as a data-distribution correction problem. Strategy data is abundant but imbalanced, random data is more uniform but costly, and the proposed IL/RL split uses strategy data to anchor behavior in WER space while using random data to learn value with less extrapolation error. This suggests that “feeder awareness” in this context is inseparable from support awareness: the allocation policy is constrained by what has actually been observed for each feeder state-action pattern [2304.09087].

In wireless federated learning, per-slot adaptation is essential because block fading assumes the channel is constant for the duration of an FL round, whereas the gradient upload often lasts longer than the coherence time. The policy therefore adapts within a round to small-scale fading fluctuations, transmission progress, and remaining upload budget, while the convergence-oriented reward prioritizes successful uploads that improve aggregation [2505.03533].

In renewable energy communities, the distinction between static and dynamic coefficients plays an analogous role. Static coefficients are determined once, for example using annual demand, whereas dynamic coefficients are recomputed at each time step from current deficits. The reported comparisons show that the dynamic formulations more closely track real-time surplus and deficit structure [2509.12847].

## 5. Empirical results across domains

The empirical literature consistently reports gains from making allocation feeder-aware, but the measured outcomes depend on the domain-specific objective.

In mega-LEO feeder-link allocation, simulations on the Starlink constellation of the first and second generations with 34,396 satellites show that random channelization yields approximately 60% link failure for $N_{\mathrm{at}}=25$, Global reduces this to approximately 6%, and GG and CTS suppress average LF rate below 1%, with CTS best-in-class. Capacity degradation $\Delta\hat R$ under graph-coloring-based interference mitigation is less than 1% for GG, CTS, and HEAD, CTS averages less than 0.1%, and vacant subchannel utilization yields approximately 6% capacity gain at $N_{\mathrm{at}}=20$ and approximately 17% at $N_{\mathrm{at}}=25$. Runtime and memory at $N_{\mathrm{at}}=25$ are reported as Random $\approx 0$ ms, Global $\approx 2$ ms, GG $\approx 6$ ms, CTS $\approx 20$ ms, HEAD $\approx 445$ ms, and Gurobi $\approx 10^5$ ms, with GG/CTS using approximately 5 MB versus approximately 8 GB for Gurobi [2505.12429].

In repeated DER coordination on the CSIRO MV+33LV feeder dataset, the AMM reduces unserved flexible demand by 76% from 96.0 MWh to 23.2 MWh with zero thermal violations, reduces export curtailment from 85.4 MWh to 64.5 MWh, improves worst feeder delivery fraction from 0.860 to 0.914, and reaches an annual inter-feeder Jain index of 0.9998. Near-identical DOE and DOE-GREEDY performance confirms that heuristic choice alone does not improve repeated constrained outcomes, while DOE+DNP worsens outcomes and DNP-only permits thermal violations in 27.4% of intervals [2606.22463].

In MDDL, the reported offline reward is 2.887 $(\pm 0.188)$, compared with 2.742 $(\pm 0.252)$ for Random Data + RL, 2.551 $(\pm 0.334)$ for Strategy Data + RL, 2.728 $(\pm 0.138)$ for Strategy Data + IL, and 2.632 $(\pm 0.297)$ for Mixed Data + RL. The improvement is reported as +5.2% reward versus the best baseline, while AVG-OD and STD-OD approach random-only RL levels. In an online A/B test on 10% traffic during Nov 9–15, 2022, CTR increases by 5.46% and GMV by 5.83%, with overestimation degree comparable to baseline [2304.09087].

In wireless federated learning, the QMIX-based strategy is reported to achieve the fastest convergence and highest final accuracy across all tested $(\alpha,n_c)$ settings, often approaching the perfect-communication upper bound, especially under high statistical heterogeneity $\alpha=0.5$. Ablations show that removing the gradient deviation observation reduces final accuracy, and removing small-scale fading observation harms convergence and stability [2505.03533].

In PV hosting-capacity assessment, the North Carolina feeder with 1-minute data shows minimum hosting capacity $H_{\min}\approx 2.04$ MW under OCB allocation versus 1.6 MW under random or standardized 10 kW allocation. With 30-minute data, the corresponding values are approximately 1.2 MW for OCB and approximately 0.9 MW for random or standardized allocation. Zonal analysis on the IEEE 123-bus feeder shows that OCB yields smaller $\Delta V_z$ than random or standardized PV sizing in every zone [2004.10323].

In renewable energy communities, feeder-aware dynamic proportional and dynamic rank-based sharing report Imported 58.702 MWh, Shared 13.942 MWh, and Exported 2.777 MWh, while feeder-aware dynamic equal reports Imported 59.212 MWh, Shared 13.433 MWh, and Exported 3.287 MWh. The paper states that feeder-aware yields higher cost reductions across cases than feeder-agnostic due to increased same-feeder allocations activating larger network charge discounts, and that feeder-aware with dynamic allocation exhibits lower variance in total benefits across sharing methods [2509.12847].

## 6. Misconceptions, limitations, and research directions

A recurring misconception is that feeder awareness is equivalent to purely local allocation. The surveyed methods do not support that view. The energy-community strategy uses strict same-feeder priority only in Phase 1 and then reallocates remaining surplus across feeders in Phase 2 [2509.12847]. The AMM likewise restricts counterparties to the dominant holon rather than enforcing a permanent feeder-only market, and it can operate at MV or LV level depending on which layer is tighter [2606.22463]. This suggests that feeder-aware allocation is typically hierarchical rather than isolationist.

A second misconception is that heuristic choice or price signaling alone resolves repeated constrained allocation. The DER-coordination experiments explicitly report near-identical DOE and DOE-GREEDY performance and a counterintuitive DOE+DNP degradation, indicating that stateless price suppression can shift headroom toward elastic, already-advantaged nodes [2606.22463]. In the recommendation setting, RL signals applied directly to strategy or mixed data exacerbate overestimation because of skewed state-action coverage, and MDDL responds by routing losses by data origin rather than by relying on a single RL objective [2304.09087].

A third misconception is that adding more raw resources necessarily improves the outcome. In mega-LEO feeder-link allocation, setting $C=N_{\mathrm{at}}$ is reported as necessary and sufficient to zero out intra-GS clique conflicts, while increasing $C$ beyond $N_{\mathrm{at}}$ delivers negligible LF reduction but hurts capacity via unused spectrum [2505.12429]. In PV hosting-capacity analysis, random or standardized PV allocation can limit future PV unnecessarily relative to OCB sizing because voltage violations are more severe under those allocation methods [2004.10323].

The limitations are domain-specific but structurally similar. The satellite work assumes perfect knowledge of positions, antenna patterns, and link budgets, static per-slot power, single subchannel per feeder link before VSU, and free-space loss without atmospheric impairments [2505.12429]. The AMM assumes passive inverter behavior, uses a single seeded synthetic year, and provides only qualitative strategic analysis [2606.22463]. MDDL still relies on limited random exploration traffic and sparse-ID limitations in random data [2304.09087]. The FL work assumes stationarity of fading statistics within the training horizon, per-slot synchronization, and a proxy $\tilde{\delta}_n^2$ based on the last-round global direction [2505.03533]. The PV study evaluates hosting capacity using only the over-voltage criterion and does not model Volt/VAR support [2004.10323]. The energy-community work represents topology only by feeder partitions and does not include AC power flow, thermal limits, or voltage constraints [2509.12847].

The extension directions are correspondingly diverse. The satellite literature lists predictive allocation using ephemerides, learning-assisted thresholding, distributed coordination among gateways, joint power control and beamforming, and multi-objective optimization [2505.12429]. The AMM is explicitly described as composable with FET/FOT/FUH MV envelope computation, so that real-time bilateral signals and worst-feeder equity may be combined [2606.22463]. MDDL proposes conservative Q-learning-style penalties, risk-sensitive objectives, causal inference for reward modeling, and extension beyond two feeders [2304.09087]. The FL work proposes extensions to FedProx and SCAFFOLD, richer fading models, energy constraints, fairness terms, and hierarchical client selection [2505.03533]. The PV and energy-community studies both point toward stronger physical-network integration: inverter reactive power control, loss modeling, feeder and transformer capacities, and network-aware optimization [2004.10323; 2509.12847].

Taken together, these works indicate that feeder-aware allocation is best understood as a design paradigm for structured heterogeneity. Whether the resource is spectrum, import headroom, export headroom, screen positions, PV capacity, or community energy, the defining move is to encode feeder-local constraints or feeder-specific state into the allocation rule itself rather than treating all resources and participants as exchangeable.

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