Search Results for author: David Gesbert

Found 31 papers, 6 papers with code

Model-aided Federated Reinforcement Learning for Multi-UAV Trajectory Planning in IoT Networks

1 code implementation3 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.

Federated Learning Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning +1

Revisiting Matching Pursuit: Beyond Approximate Submodularity

no code implementations12 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.

User-Centric Federated Learning: Trading off Wireless Resources for Personalization

no code implementations25 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.

Federated Learning Privacy Preserving

Channel Reuse for Backhaul in UAV Mobile Networks with User QoS Guarantee

no code implementations19 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.

QoS-Aware Sum Capacity Maximization for Mobile Internet of Things Devices Served by UAVs

no code implementations21 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.

Sum Capacity Maximization in Multi-Hop Mobile Networks with Flying Base Stations

no code implementations21 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.

Management

UAV-Aided Multi-Community Federated Learning

no code implementations4 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.

Federated Learning Scheduling

Communication-Efficient Distributionally Robust Decentralized Learning

no code implementations31 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.

UAV-aided Wireless Node Localization Using Hybrid Radio Channel Models

no code implementations6 May 2022 Omid Esrafilian, Rajeev Gangula, David Gesbert

With this model and a set of offline RSS measurements, the unknown parameters are estimated.

UAV-aided RF Mapping for Sensing and Connectivity in Wireless Networks

no code implementations6 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.

Navigate

Robust PAC$^m$: Training Ensemble Models Under Misspecification and Outliers

no code implementations3 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.

UAV-Aided Decentralized Learning over Mesh Networks

no code implementations2 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.

Joint Vehicular Localization and Reflective Mapping Based on Team Channel-SLAM

no code implementations30 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.

Position

User-Centric Federated Learning

no code implementations19 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.

Federated Learning

LIDAR and Position-Aided mmWave Beam Selection with Non-local CNNs and Curriculum Training

1 code implementation29 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.

Knowledge Distillation Position

Model-aided Deep Reinforcement Learning for Sample-efficient UAV Trajectory Design in IoT Networks

no code implementations21 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.

Q-Learning Reinforcement Learning (RL) +1

Vehicle Localization via Cooperative Channel Mapping

no code implementations9 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.

Autonomous Driving

D2D-Aided Multi-Antenna Multicasting under Generalized CSIT

no code implementations2 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

User Coordination for Fast Beam Training in FDD Multi-User Massive MIMO

no code implementations16 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.

Multi-UAV Path Planning for Wireless Data Harvesting with Deep Reinforcement Learning

1 code implementation23 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.

Collision Avoidance Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning +2

Team Deep Mixture of Experts for Distributed Power Control

no code implementations28 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.

speech-recognition Speech Recognition

UAV Path Planning for Wireless Data Harvesting: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

3 code implementations1 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.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL) +1

Submodularity in Action: From Machine Learning to Signal Processing Applications

no code implementations17 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.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

Decentralizing Multi-Operator Cognitive Radio Resource Allocation: An Asymptotic Analysis

no code implementations6 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.

Distributed Resource Allocation Algorithms for Multi-Operator Cognitive Communication Systems

no code implementations6 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.

Distributed Optimization

UAV Coverage Path Planning under Varying Power Constraints using Deep Reinforcement Learning

2 code implementations5 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

Machine Learning in the Air

no code implementations28 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.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

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