提出在线元学习框架,让通信模型用极少导频快速适应动态信道。
Online Meta-Learning Channel Autoencoder for Dynamic End-to-end Physical Layer Optimization
- 基于在线元学习,实现动态信道下的实时自适应优化
- 仅需少量导频即可完成新信道的高效适配,提升导频使用效率
- 适合实际无线系统中信道快速变化且训练数据有限的场景
信道自编码器(CAE)在特定信道下通过端到端联合训练展现了优化物理层的巨大潜力。然而,实际应用中面临诸多挑战,尤其是在动态信道环境中。现有大多数CAE设计假设信道静态,仅针对单一信道实例进行训练与测试,忽视了无线通信系统的动态特性。此外,传统CAE依赖大量导频信号作为训练样本,但在实时系统中难以获取足够多的样本。因此,CAE必须能在少样本学习场景下部署,且具备对新信道的快速适应能力。本文提出在线元学习信道自编码器(OML-CAE)框架,适用于动态信道和少样本场景。该框架以在线方式增强对变化信道条件的适应性,可基于极少量导频快速调整,显著提升导频效率,使CAE设计在真实场景中更具可行性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Channel Autoencoders (CAEs) have shown significant potential in optimizing the physical layer of a wireless communication system for a specific channel through joint end-to-end training. However, the practical implementation of CAEs faces several challenges, particularly in realistic and dynamic scenarios. Channels in communication systems are dynamic and change with time. Still, most proposed CAE designs assume stationary scenarios, meaning they are trained and tested for only one channel realization without regard for the dynamic nature of wireless communication systems. Moreover, conventional CAEs are designed based on the assumption of having access to a large number of pilot signals, which act as training samples in the context of CAEs. However, in real-world applications, it is not feasible for a CAE operating in real-time to acquire large amounts of training samples for each new channel realization. Hence, the CAE has to be deployable in few-shot learning scenarios where only limited training samples are available. Furthermore, most proposed conventional CAEs lack fast adaptability to new channel realizations, which becomes more pronounced when dealing with a limited number of pilots. To address these challenges, this paper proposes the Online Meta Learning channel AE (OML-CAE) framework for few-shot CAE scenarios with dynamic channels. The OML-CAE framework enhances adaptability to varying channel conditions in an online manner, allowing for dynamic adjustments in response to evolving communication scenarios. Moreover, it can adapt to new channel conditions using only a few pilots, drastically increasing pilot efficiency and making the CAE design feasible in realistic scenarios.
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