no code implementations • 19 Sep 2023 • Mohamad Mestoukirdi, Omid Esrafilian, David Gesbert, Qianrui Li, Nicolas Gresset
In this setting, a binary mask is optimized instead of the model weights, which are kept fixed.
1 code implementation • 3 Jun 2023 • Jichao Chen, Omid Esrafilian, Harald Bayerlein, David Gesbert, Marco Caccamo
Deploying teams of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to harvest data from distributed Internet of Things (IoT) devices requires efficient trajectory planning and coordination algorithms.
no code implementations • 12 May 2023 • Ehsan Tohidi, Mario Coutino, David Gesbert
We study the problem of selecting a subset of vectors from a large set, to obtain the best signal representation over a family of functions.
no code implementations • 25 Apr 2023 • Mohamad Mestoukirdi, Matteo Zecchin, David Gesbert, Qianrui Li
Statistical heterogeneity across clients in a Federated Learning (FL) system increases the algorithm convergence time and reduces the generalization performance, resulting in a large communication overhead in return for a poor model.
no code implementations • 19 Jan 2023 • Mohammadsaleh Nikooroo, Zdenek Becvar, Omid Esrafilian, David Gesbert
In this paper, we study the problem of sum downlink capacity maximization in FlyBS-assisted networks with mobile users and with a consideration of wireless backhaul with channel reuse while a minimum required capacity to every user is guaranteed.
no code implementations • 21 Oct 2022 • Mohammadsaleh Nikooroo, Zdenek Becvar, Omid Esrafilian, David Gesbert
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acting as flying base stations (FlyBSs) is considered as an effective tool to improve performance of the mobile networks.
no code implementations • 21 Oct 2022 • Mohammadsaleh Nikooroo, Omid Esrafilian, Zdenek Becvar, David Gesbert
To this end, we propose an analytical approach based on an alternating optimization of the FlyBSs' 3D positions as well as the association of the users to the FlyBSs over time.
no code implementations • 1 Jul 2022 • Matteo Zecchin, Sangwoo Park, Osvaldo Simeone, Marios Kountouris, David Gesbert
In this context, we explore the application of the framework of robust Bayesian learning.
no code implementations • 4 Jun 2022 • Mohamad Mestoukirdi, Omid Esrafilian, David Gesbert, Qianrui Li
We propose a heuristic metric as a proxy for the training performance of the different tasks.
no code implementations • 31 May 2022 • Matteo Zecchin, Marios Kountouris, David Gesbert
Decentralized learning algorithms empower interconnected devices to share data and computational resources to collaboratively train a machine learning model without the aid of a central coordinator.
no code implementations • 6 May 2022 • Omid Esrafilian, Rajeev Gangula, David Gesbert
With this model and a set of offline RSS measurements, the unknown parameters are estimated.
no code implementations • 6 May 2022 • David Gesbert, Omid Esrafilian, Junting Chen, Rajeev Gangula, Urbashi Mitra
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as flying radio access network (RAN) nodes offers a promising complement to traditional fixed terrestrial deployments.
no code implementations • 3 Mar 2022 • Matteo Zecchin, Sangwoo Park, Osvaldo Simeone, Marios Kountouris, David Gesbert
Standard Bayesian learning is known to have suboptimal generalization capabilities under misspecification and in the presence of outliers.
no code implementations • 2 Mar 2022 • Matteo Zecchin, David Gesbert, Marios Kountouris
Decentralized learning empowers wireless network devices to collaboratively train a machine learning (ML) model relying solely on device-to-device (D2D) communication.
no code implementations • 30 Jan 2022 • Xinghe Chu, Zhaoming Lu, David Gesbert, Luhan Wang, Xiangming Wen, Muqing Wu, Meiling Li
This approach exploits an initial (e. g. GPS-based) vehicle position information and allows subsequent tracking of vehicles by exploiting the shared nature of virtual transmitters associated to the reflecting surfaces.
no code implementations • 19 Oct 2021 • Mohamad Mestoukirdi, Matteo Zecchin, David Gesbert, Qianrui Li, Nicolas Gresset
Data heterogeneity across participating devices poses one of the main challenges in federated learning as it has been shown to greatly hamper its convergence time and generalization capabilities.
no code implementations • 30 Sep 2021 • Raphael Trumpp, Harald Bayerlein, David Gesbert
Reliable pedestrian crash avoidance mitigation (PCAM) systems are crucial components of safe autonomous vehicles (AVs).
1 code implementation • 29 Apr 2021 • Matteo Zecchin, Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi, Mikolaj Jankowski, Deniz Gunduz, Marios Kountouris, David Gesbert
Efficient millimeter wave (mmWave) beam selection in vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication is a crucial yet challenging task due to the narrow mmWave beamwidth and high user mobility.
no code implementations • 21 Apr 2021 • Omid Esrafilian, Harald Bayerlein, David Gesbert
Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is gaining attention as a potential approach to design trajectories for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) used as flying access points in the context of cellular or Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity.
no code implementations • 9 Feb 2021 • Xinghe Chu, Zhaoming Lu, David Gesbert, Luhan Wang, Xiangming Wen
Our approach builds on the recently proposed Channel-SLAM method which first enabled leveraging of multi-path so as to improve (single) vehicle positioning.
no code implementations • 2 Feb 2021 • Placido Mursia, Italo Atzeni, Mari Kobayashi, David Gesbert
Multicasting, where a base station (BS) wishes to convey the same message to several user equipments (UEs), represents a common yet highly challenging wireless scenario.
Information Theory Information Theory
no code implementations • 16 Dec 2020 • Flavio Maschietti, Gábor Fodor, David Gesbert, Paul de Kerret
Massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) communications are one of the enabling technologies of 5G and beyond networks.
1 code implementation • 23 Oct 2020 • Harald Bayerlein, Mirco Theile, Marco Caccamo, David Gesbert
Harvesting data from distributed Internet of Things (IoT) devices with multiple autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a challenging problem requiring flexible path planning methods.
2 code implementations • 14 Oct 2020 • Mirco Theile, Harald Bayerlein, Richard Nai, David Gesbert, Marco Caccamo
Path planning methods for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are typically designed for one specific type of mission.
no code implementations • 28 Jul 2020 • Matteo Zecchin, David Gesbert, Marios Kountouris
In the context of wireless networking, it was recently shown that multiple DNNs can be jointly trained to offer a desired collaborative behaviour capable of coping with a broad range of sensing uncertainties.
3 code implementations • 1 Jul 2020 • Harald Bayerlein, Mirco Theile, Marco Caccamo, David Gesbert
Autonomous deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) supporting next-generation communication networks requires efficient trajectory planning methods.
no code implementations • 17 Jun 2020 • Ehsan Tohidi, Rouhollah Amiri, Mario Coutino, David Gesbert, Geert Leus, Amin Karbasi
We introduce a variety of submodular-friendly applications, and elucidate the relation of submodularity to convexity and concavity which enables efficient optimization.
no code implementations • 6 May 2020 • Ehsan Tohidi, David Gesbert, Antonio Bazco-Nogueras, Paul de Kerret
We address the problem of resource allocation (RA) for spectrum underlay in a cognitive radio (CR) communication system with multiple secondary operators sharing resource with an incumbent primary operator.
no code implementations • 6 May 2020 • Ehsan Tohidi, David Gesbert, Philippe Ciblat
We address the problem of resource allocation (RA) in a cognitive radio (CR) communication system with multiple secondary operators sharing spectrum with an incumbent primary operator.
2 code implementations • 5 Mar 2020 • Mirco Theile, Harald Bayerlein, Richard Nai, David Gesbert, Marco Caccamo
Coverage path planning (CPP) is the task of designing a trajectory that enables a mobile agent to travel over every point of an area of interest.
Robotics Systems and Control Systems and Control
no code implementations • 28 Apr 2019 • Deniz Gunduz, Paul de Kerret, Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos, David Gesbert, Chandra Murthy, Mihaela van der Schaar
Thanks to the recent advances in processing speed and data acquisition and storage, machine learning (ML) is penetrating every facet of our lives, and transforming research in many areas in a fundamental manner.