The growing role that artificial intelligence and specifically machine learning is playing in shaping the future of wireless communications has opened up many new and intriguing research directions. This paper motivates the research in the novel direction of \textit{vision-aided wireless communications}, which aims at …
There is a growing interest in the wireless communications community to complement the traditional model-based design approaches with data-driven machine learning (ML)-based solutions. While conventional ML approaches rely on the assumption of having the data and processing heads in a central entity, this is not always…
The paper discusses scalable learning for wireless data-driven systems.
problem Expanding data volume and model complexity limit centralized learning solutions.
method Discusses scalable architecture and local learning strategies.
result Promising research directions in scalable data-driven wireless communications.
Paper proposes a graph model for optimal AP deployment in indoor optical wireless networks.
problem Challenges in deploying optical wireless networks due to LoS requirement and limited range.
method Graph modeling approach to identify minimum number of APs and their optimal locations.
result Optimal deployment of APs ensures connectivity and minimizes interference in indoor environments.
This chapter deals with decentralized learning algorithms for in-network processing of graph-valued data. A generic learning problem is formulated and recast into a separable form, which is iteratively minimized using the alternating-direction method of multipliers (ADMM) so as to gain the desired degree of paralleliza…
New system preserves message meaning in wireless networks, improving data rate.
problem Efficiently transmitting message meaning in wireless networks.
method Modeling semantics as hidden random variables, using Information Bottleneck for compression.
result 20 dB SNR improvement for semantic communication.
This article improves communication efficiency in distributed ML over wireless networks.
problem Achieving high ML inference accuracy at scale with zero communication latency.
method Optimizing communication payload types, techniques, scheduling, and ML architectures.
result Communication-efficient and distributed learning frameworks are presented.
Study on communication delays in decentralized learning networks.
problem Optimizing communication latency in decentralized learning networks.
method Utilized network information theory and random geometric graph theory.
result Communication delay scales as O(n^(2-3β)/βlog n).
For high data rate wireless communication systems, developing an efficient channel estimation approach is extremely vital for channel detection and signal recovery. With the trend of high-mobility wireless communications between vehicles and vehicles-to-infrastructure (V2I), V2I communications pose additional challenge…
CHOOSE enhances shallow Transformers for wireless symbol detection.
problem Improving wireless symbol detection with shallow Transformers.
method Introducing autoregressive latent reasoning steps within hidden space.
result Lightweight Transformers achieve comparable performance to deep models.
This work improves communication efficiency in federated learning over wireless networks by optimizing energy consumption.
problem Optimizing energy consumption in federated learning over wireless networks.
method Adopting SignSGD for gradient sign exchange, considering channel capacity with outage, and proposing a stochastic sign-based algorithm for uneven data distribution.
result Proposed methods achieve a balance between learning performance and energy consumption.
DSGD with OAC-MAC scheme achieves better convergence in noisy wireless networks.
problem Performance of decentralized SGD in noisy wireless environments.
method Proposed OAC-MAC scheme for over-the-air computation in DSGD.
result OAC-MAC scheme converges faster with fewer communication rounds.
Adversarial machine learning hides 5G communications from eavesdroppers.
problem Hiding 5G communications from eavesdroppers using DL classifiers.
method Craft adversarial perturbations to fool DL classifiers.
result Adversarial perturbations can hide 5G communications with high probability.
In this paper, the problem of training federated learning (FL) algorithms over a realistic wireless network is studied. In particular, in the considered model, wireless users execute an FL algorithm while training their local FL models using their own data and transmitting the trained local FL models to a base station …
New approach uses SPG for semantic communication without a known channel model.
problem Designing efficient semantic communication systems without a known channel model.
method Applying Stochastic Policy Gradient (SPG) for reinforcement learning.
result Achieves comparable performance to model-aware approaches with a decreased convergence rate.
New techniques improve channel prediction in noisy wireless systems.
problem Predicting channels in wireless communication systems from noisy observations.
method Adapted sequence-to-sequence models and transformers with reverse positional encoding and reversed encoder outputs.
result Improved robustness and relationship capture in channel prediction models.
A-FADMM improves FL scalability and privacy via wireless channel perturbations and interference.
problem Challenges in model training due to wireless channel randomness and interference.
method Formulated a novel constrained optimization problem and proposed A-FADMM framework.
result Proves convergence and privacy guarantees for A-FADMM under time-varying channels.
Optimizes wireless power control using graph neural networks and counterfactual optimization.
problem Mitigating interference in wireless networks with multiple transmitter-receiver pairs.
method Graph neural network architecture combined with unsupervised primal-dual counterfactual optimization.
result Guarantees a minimum rate constraint that adapts to network size, balancing user rates.
Generative model learns wireless channel distributions efficiently.
problem Learning precise wireless channel distributions for optimal communication.
method Physics-informed sparse Bayesian generative modeling (SBGM) with compressed data.
result Model learns channel parameters from compressed AP observations, is physically interpretable, and generalizes across different systems.
This paper addresses privacy in federated learning with wireless clients and base stations.
problem Privacy of clients' data in federated learning with hierarchical wireless architecture.
method Derives communication cost limits and introduces private aggregation schemes tailored for hierarchical wireless systems.
result Private aggregation schemes reduce communication costs by multiplicative factors compared to information-theoretic limits.
Wi-GATr learns to simulate wireless signals with high accuracy and speed.
problem Inaccurate wireless signal propagation models limit modern communication system design.
method Wi-GATr uses a Geometric Algebra Transformer to learn from scene primitives.
result Wi-GATr achieves more accurate predictions than existing methods.
In this paper, the problem of energy efficient transmission and computation resource allocation for federated learning (FL) over wireless communication networks is investigated. In the considered model, each user exploits limited local computational resources to train a local FL model with its collected data and, then,…
FLORAS uses orthogonal sequences for SISO FL, offering both DP and convergence guarantees.
problem Privacy-preserving wireless federated learning in SISO systems.
method Leverages orthogonal sequences to eliminate CSIT requirement and provide DP guarantees.
result FLORAS achieves a smooth tradeoff between convergence rate and DP levels.
Generative diffusion models improve channel sampling from limited data.
problem Challenges in channel modelling and data collection for wireless systems.
method Diffusion model with U-Net architecture for frequency domain synthesis.
result Stable training and diverse high-fidelity samples generated from true channel distribution.
Few-shot domain adaptation improves autoencoder performance in changing wireless channels.
problem Frequent retraining of autoencoder for low decoding error rate in changing channel conditions is impractical.
method Uses Gaussian mixture density network and class and component-conditional affine transformations for few-shot adaptation.
result Effective adaptation using very small number of target domain samples, improving performance in real mmWave setups.
Optimized CNNs for AMC on edge devices reduce complexity without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Developing efficient DL models for AMC on resource-constrained edge devices.
method Pruning, quantization, and knowledge distillation techniques applied to CNNs.
result Optimized models maintain or improve AMC accuracy with reduced complexity.
FedRec learns universal receivers for fading channels without channel statistics.
problem Training neural network-based receivers for diverse fading channels without accurate statistics.
method Federated learning of a MAP detector for downlink fading channels.
result Performance approaches MAP without channel statistics, reduced communication overhead.
Edge devices learn a global model collaboratively over wireless channels.
problem Learning a global model from edge devices with imperfect channel state information.
method Proposed analog aggregation scheme, receive beamforming at PS, and convergence analysis.
result Performance improvement with more PS antennas, even with imperfect CSI.
This letter investigates a channel assignment problem in uplink wireless communication systems. Our goal is to maximize the sum rate of all users subject to integer channel assignment constraints. A convex optimization based algorithm is provided to obtain the optimal channel assignment, where the closed-form solution …
Scheduling and power allocation improve federated learning efficiency in NOMA networks.
problem Efficiently scheduling and allocating power for federated learning in bandwidth-limited wireless networks.
method Proposed a scheduling policy and power allocation scheme using NOMA to maximize data rate and convergence speed.
result Simulation results show improved federated learning accuracy in NOMA networks.
This paper provides a systematic and comprehensive survey that reviews the latest research efforts focused on machine learning (ML) based performance improvement of wireless networks, while considering all layers of the protocol stack (PHY, MAC and network). First, the related work and paper contributions are discussed…
In this paper, we investigate deep learning (DL)-enabled signal demodulation methods and establish the first open dataset of real modulated signals for wireless communication systems. Specifically, we propose a flexible communication prototype platform for measuring real modulation dataset. Then, based on the measured …
Wireless sensor networks are composed of distributed sensors that can be used for signal detection or classification. The likelihood functions of the hypotheses are often not known in advance, and decision rules have to be learned via supervised learning. A specific such algorithm is Fisher discriminant analysis (FDA),…
A novel beam training scheme optimizes multi-hop THz communications with up to 75% performance gain.
problem Optimizing beam training for multi-hop THz communications with high data rates and low time overhead.
method Developed a reinforcement learning-based hierarchical beam training scheme with dynamic training levels.
result The proposed scheme achieves up to 75% performance gain in spectral efficiency compared to conventional methods.
This paper considers the design of optimal resource allocation policies in wireless communication systems which are generically modeled as a functional optimization problem with stochastic constraints. These optimization problems have the structure of a learning problem in which the statistical loss appears as a constr…
Adversaries manipulate wireless power allocation to reduce user rates.
problem Adversaries exploit deep learning for power control to decrease communication rates.
method Adversaries craft perturbations to inputs of a DNN to minimize power allocation.
result Adversarial attacks are highly effective and robust to uncertainties.
DEFINED improves wireless symbol detection with limited pilot data.
problem Efficient symbol detection over block-fading channels with scarce pilot data.
method In-context learning with decision feedback mechanism.
result Significant performance improvements, often needing only a single pilot pair.
Adversarial attacks are ineffective when the surrogate models are trained with different channel effects.
problem Adversarial attacks against wireless signal classifiers are ineffective when the adversary's surrogate model differs from the transmitter's classifier.
method Investigated different topologies to analyze how channel effects influence the performance of adversarial attacks.
result Surrogate models trained with different channel-induced inputs severely limit the attack performance.
CNN model for efficient wireless spectrum sensing and signal identification.
problem Efficient utilization of scarce wireless spectrum.
method Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based on spectral correlation function.
result Significant performance gains over existing methods.
Semi-decentralized federated learning combines device-to-server and device-to-device communications for faster convergence.
problem Faster convergence in federated learning with decentralized model training.
method Two timescale hybrid federated learning (TT-HF) with cooperative D2D model aggregations.
result Achieves sublinear convergence rate of O(1/t) with adaptive control algorithm.
This article proposes and evaluates a technique to predict the level of interference in wireless networks. We design a recursive predictor that estimates future interference values by filtering measured interference at a given location. The predictor's parameterization is done offline by translating the autocorrelation…
Fog learning distributes ML model training across heterogeneous devices and networks.
problem Challenges with conventional federated learning in heterogeneous networks.
method Intelligent distribution of ML model training across nodes from edge devices to cloud servers.
result Enhanced federated learning with multi-layer hybrid framework considering network, heterogeneity, and proximity.
A machine-learning method speeds up RIS design by predicting reflection coefficients.
problem Extensive full-wave EM simulations are time-consuming for RIS design.
method Combining MLP and dual-port network to develop a fast model.
result The proposed method significantly reduces the time for RIS design.
Wireless communication systems operate in complex time-varying environments. Therefore, selecting the optimal configuration parameters in these systems is a challenging problem. For wireless links, \emph{rate selection} is used to select the optimal data transmission rate that maximizes the link throughput subject to a…
We propose a joint source and channel coding (JSCC) technique for wireless image transmission that does not rely on explicit codes for either compression or error correction; instead, it directly maps the image pixel values to the complex-valued channel input symbols. We parameterize the encoder and decoder functions b…
Graph neural networks optimize radio resource management policies for wireless networks.
problem Optimizing user selection and power control in wireless networks with fairness constraints.
method Formulated as a Lagrangian dual problem, RRM policies are parameterized by a GNN architecture trained on channel conditions.
result The method achieves superior tradeoff between average and 5th percentile rates, demonstrating fairness.
This work improves wireless network learning by using side-information about interference.
problem Improving online learning algorithms in wireless networks.
method Exploiting side-information like interference levels to improve learning algorithms.
result Improved learning algorithms achieve higher throughput with fewer samples.
Recent successes and advances in Deep Neural Networks (DNN) in machine vision and Natural Language Processing (NLP) have motivated their use in traditional signal processing and communications systems. In this paper, we present results of such applications to the problem of automatic modulation recognition. Variations …