Search Results for author: Yuanwei Liu

Found 84 papers, 7 papers with code

CAPA: Continuous-Aperture Arrays for Revolutionizing 6G Wireless Communications

no code implementations1 Dec 2024 Yuanwei Liu, Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang, Jiaqi Xu, Xidong Mu, Zhiguo Ding

In this paper, a novel continuous-aperture array (CAPA)-based wireless communication architecture is proposed, which relies on an electrically large aperture with a continuous current distribution.

Diversity

STAR-RIS in Cognitive Radio Networks

no code implementations30 Nov 2024 Haochen Li, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Yue Chen, Zhiwen Pan, Xiaohu You

The secondary network sum rate maximization problem is first formulated for the STAR-RIS aided MIMO CR system.

STAR-RIS Aided Integrated Sensing, Computing, and Communication for Internet of Robotic Things

no code implementations30 Nov 2024 Haochen Li, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen, Pan Zhiwen

A computation rate maximization problem is formulated to optimize the sensing and receive beamformers at the BS and the STAR-RIS coefficients under the BS power constraint, the sensing signal-to-noise ratio constraint, and STAR-RIS coefficients constraints.

Deep Learning for Beamforming in Multi-User Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA) Systems

no code implementations14 Nov 2024 Jia Guo, Yuanwei Liu, Hyundong Shin, Arumugam Nallanathan

A DeepCAPA (Deep Learning for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)) framework is proposed to learn beamforming in CAPA systems.

Performance of Linear Receive Beamforming for Continuous Aperture Arrays (CAPAs)

no code implementations10 Nov 2024 Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang, Xingqi Zhang, Yuanwei Liu

i) For MRC beamforming, a closed-form expression for the beamformer is derived to maximize per-user signal power, and the achieved uplink rate and mean-square error (MSE) in detecting received data symbols are analyzed.

WorkflowLLM: Enhancing Workflow Orchestration Capability of Large Language Models

1 code implementation8 Nov 2024 Shengda Fan, Xin Cong, Yuepeng Fu, Zhong Zhang, Shuyan Zhang, Yuanwei Liu, Yesai Wu, Yankai Lin, Zhiyuan Liu, Maosong Sun

Finally, we merge the synthetic samples that pass quality confirmation with the collected samples to obtain the WorkflowBench.

Zero-shot Generalization

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) for Mobile Communications: A Diffusion Model Perspective

1 code implementation8 Oct 2024 Xiaoxia Xu, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Hong Xing, Yue Liu, Arumugam Nallanathan

First, a DM-driven communication architecture is proposed, which introduces two key paradigms, i. e., conditional DM and DM-driven deep reinforcement learning (DRL), for wireless data generation and communication management, respectively.

Deep Reinforcement Learning Management

A Homogeneous Graph Neural Network for Precoding and Power Allocation in Scalable Wireless Networks

no code implementations30 Aug 2024 Mingjun Sun, Zeng Li, Shaochuan Wu, Yuanwei Liu, Guoyu Li, Tong Zhang

Lastly, using ICGNN as the core algorithm, we tailor the neural network's input and output for specific problem requirements and validate its performance in two scenarios: 1) in cellular networks, we develop a matrix-inverse-free multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) precoding scheme using the conjugate gradient (CG) method, adaptable to varying user and antenna numbers; 2) in a cell-free network, facing dynamic variations in the number of users served by APs, the number of APs serving each user, and the number of antennas per AP, we propose a universal power allocation scheme.

Graph Neural Network

Symbiotic Sensing and Communication: Framework and Beamforming Design

no code implementations28 Aug 2024 Fanghao Xia, Zesong Fei, Xinyi Wang, Weijie Yuan, Qingqing Wu, Yuanwei Liu, Tony Q. S. Quek

By considering both fully digital arrays and hybrid analog-digital (HAD) arrays, we investigate the beamforming design in the SSAC system.

Diversity and Multiplexing for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-Based Communications

no code implementations25 Aug 2024 Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang, Xingqi Zhang, Yuanwei Liu

2) For MIMO channels, high-SNR approximations are derived for the ADR and OP, based on which the DMT and associated array gain are revealed.

Diversity

Multi-User Continuous-Aperture Array Communications: How to Learn Current Distribution?

no code implementations20 Aug 2024 Jia Guo, Yuanwei Liu, Arumugam Nallanathan

The continuous aperture array (CAPA) can provide higher degree-of-freedom and spatial resolution than the spatially discrete array (SDPA), where optimizing multi-user current distributions in CAPA systems is crucial but challenging.

Near-Field Sensing: A Low-Complexity Wavenumber-Domain Method

no code implementations18 Aug 2024 Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

A novel low-complexity wavenumber-domain method is proposed for near-field sensing (NISE).

Near-Field Sensing Enabled Predictive Beamforming: From Estimation to Tracking

no code implementations4 Aug 2024 Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

It is also revealed that: 1)the proposed AGD-AO can achieve stable descending with small gradients, thereby accelerating convergence; 2) compared to far-field predictive beamforming and feedback-based schemes, both of the proposed methods exhibit superior performance; and 3) by incorporating multiple CPIs, the EKF method exhibits greater robustness in low SNR regions.

Beam Prediction

Accelerating Mobile Edge Generation (MEG) by Constrained Learning

no code implementations9 Jul 2024 Xiaoxia Xu, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Hong Xing, Arumugam Nallanathan

A novel accelerated mobile edge generation (MEG) framework is proposed for generating high-resolution images on mobile devices.

Denoising Image Generation

Hybrid Beamforming Design for Near-Field ISAC with Modular XL-MIMO

no code implementations18 Jun 2024 Chunwei Meng, Dingyou Ma, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu, Zhiqing Wei, Zhiyong Feng

Considering the hybrid digital-analog structure inherent to modular arrays, we formulate a joint analog-digital beamforming design problem based on the communication spectral efficiency and sensing signal-to-clutter-plus-noise ratio (SCNR).

Near-Field Localization and Sensing with Large-Aperture Arrays: From Signal Modeling to Processing

no code implementations16 Jun 2024 Zhaolin Wang, Parisa Ramezani, Yuanwei Liu, Emil Björnson

The signal processing community is currently witnessing a growing interest in near-field signal processing, driven by the trend towards the use of large aperture arrays with high spatial resolution in the fields of communication, localization, sensing, imaging, etc.

Sustainable Wireless Networks via Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs): Overview of the ETSI ISG RIS

no code implementations9 Jun 2024 Ruiqi Liu, Shuang Zheng, Qingqing Wu, Yifan Jiang, Nan Zhang, Yuanwei Liu, Marco Di Renzo, and George C. Alexandropoulos

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are a novel form of ultra-low power devices that are capable to increase the communication data rates as well as the cell coverage in a cost- and energy-efficient way.

On the Performance of Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-Based Wireless Communications

no code implementations26 May 2024 Chongjun Ouyang, Yuanwei Liu, Xingqi Zhang

The performance of continuous aperture array (CAPA)-based wireless communications is analyzed in an uplink scenario.

Aperture Selection for CAP Arrays (CAPAs)

no code implementations26 May 2024 Chongjun Ouyang, Yuanwei Liu, Xingqi Zhang

The achieved performance is analyzed in an uplink scenario by considering both line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) scenarios.

Diversity

Cramer-Rao Bounds for Near-Field Sensing: A Generic Modular Architecture

no code implementations11 Apr 2024 Chunwei Meng, Dingyou Ma, Xu Chen, Zhiyong Feng, Yuanwei Liu

A generic modular array architecture is proposed, featuring uniform/non-uniform subarray layouts that allows for flexible deployment.

Active Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Surface Assisted NOMA Networks

no code implementations25 Jan 2024 Xinwei Yue, Jin Xie, Chongjun Ouyang, Yuanwei Liu, Xia Shen, Zhiguo Ding

The numerical results are presented and show that: 1) ASTARS-NOMA with pSIC outperforms ASTARS assisted-orthogonal multiple access (ASTARS-OMA) in terms of outage probability and ergodic data rate; 2) The outage probability of ASTARS-NOMA can be further reduced within a certain range by increasing the power amplification factors; 3) The system throughputs of ASTARS-NOMA are superior to that of ASTARS-OMA in both delay-limited and delay-tolerant transmission modes.

Near-Field Communications: A Comprehensive Survey

no code implementations11 Jan 2024 Yuanwei Liu, Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang, Jiaqi Xu, Xidong Mu, A. Lee Swindlehurst

Throughout this paper, promising directions are highlighted to inspire future research endeavors in the realm of NFC, underscoring its significance in the advancement of wireless communication technologies.

Survey

Autosen: improving automatic wifi human sensing through cross-modal autoencoder

no code implementations8 Jan 2024 Qian Gao, Yanling Hao, Yuanwei Liu

AutoSen establishes a direct link between amplitude and phase through automated cross-modal autoencoder learning.

Few-Shot Learning Self-Supervised Learning

A unified framework for STAR-RIS coefficients optimization

no code implementations13 Oct 2023 Hancheng Zhu, Yuanwei Liu, Yik Chung Wu, Vincent K. N. Lau

Due to the lack of a unified comparison of communication systems equipped with different modes of STAR-RIS and the performance degradation caused by the constraints involving discrete selection, this paper proposes a unified optimization framework for handling the STAR-RIS operating mode and discrete phase constraints.

Signal Processing and Learning for Next Generation Multiple Access in 6G

no code implementations1 Sep 2023 Wei Chen, Yuanwei Liu, Hamid Jafarkhani, Yonina C. Eldar, Peiying Zhu, Khaled B Letaief

Wireless communication systems to date primarily rely on the orthogonality of resources to facilitate the design and implementation, from user access to data transmission.

Caching-at-STARS: the Next Generation Edge Caching

no code implementations1 Aug 2023 Zhaoming Hu, Ruikang Zhong, Chao Fang, Yuanwei Liu

As long-term decision processes, the optimization problems based on independent and coupled phase-shift models of Caching-at-STARS contain both continuous and discrete decision variables, and are suitable for solving with deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm.

Deep Reinforcement Learning

Successive Pose Estimation and Beam Tracking for mmWave Vehicular Communication Systems

1 code implementation30 Jul 2023 Cen Liu, Guangxu Zhu, Fan Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Kaibin Huang

Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed SPEBT scheme is capable of providing precise pose estimation information and accurate beam tracking output, while reducing the proportion of beam training overhead to less than 5% averagely.

Pose Estimation Radar odometry

A Survey on Model-based, Heuristic, and Machine Learning Optimization Approaches in RIS-aided Wireless Networks

no code implementations25 Mar 2023 Hao Zhou, Melike Erol-Kantarci, Yuanwei Liu, H. Vincent Poor

Model-based, heuristic, and ML approaches are compared in terms of stability, robustness, optimality and so on, providing a systematic understanding of these techniques.

Federated Learning Graph Learning +2

Active Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR)-RISs: Modelling and Analysis

no code implementations9 Feb 2023 Jiaqi Xu, Jiakuo Zuo, Joey Tianyi Zhou, Yuanwei Liu

The amplitude gains of the STAR element are derived for both coupled and independent phase-shift scenarios.

Diversity

Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR) RIS Assisted Over-the-Air Computation Systems

no code implementations5 Jan 2023 Xiongfei Zhai, Guojun Han, Yunlong Cai, Yuanwei Liu, Lajos Hanzo

The performance of over-the-air computation (AirComp) systems degrades due to the hostile channel conditions of wireless devices (WDs), which can be significantly improved by the employment of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs).

Exploiting STAR-RISs in Near-Field Communications

no code implementations28 Nov 2022 Jiaqi Xu, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

Exploiting the electric current distribution, a Green's function method based channel model is proposed.

Intermediate Prototype Mining Transformer for Few-Shot Semantic Segmentation

1 code implementation13 Oct 2022 Yuanwei Liu, Nian Liu, Xiwen Yao, Junwei Han

To solve this problem, we are the first to introduce an intermediate prototype for mining both deterministic category information from the support and adaptive category knowledge from the query.

Few-Shot Semantic Segmentation Semantic Segmentation

Knowledge-aided Federated Learning for Energy-limited Wireless Networks

no code implementations25 Sep 2022 Zhixiong Chen, Wenqiang Yi, Yuanwei Liu, Arumugam Nallanathan

Inspired by this, we define a new objective function, i. e., the weighted scheduled data sample volume, to transform the inexplicit global loss minimization problem into a tractable one for device scheduling, bandwidth allocation, and power control.

Federated Learning Scheduling

Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR)-RISs: Are they Applicable to Dual-Sided Incidence?

no code implementations12 Sep 2022 Jiaqi Xu, Xidong Mu, Joey Tianyi Zhou, Yuanwei Liu

A hardware model and a signal model are proposed for dual-sided simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs), where the signal simultaneously incident on both sides of the surface.

DRL Enabled Coverage and Capacity Optimization in STAR-RIS Assisted Networks

no code implementations1 Sep 2022 Xinyu Gao, Wenqiang Yi, Yuanwei Liu, Jianhua Zhang, Ping Zhang

Moreover, in order to improve the performance of the MO-PPO algorithm, two update strategies, i. e., action-value-based update strategy (AVUS) and loss function-based update strategy (LFUS), are investigated.

Distributed Intelligence in Wireless Networks

no code implementations1 Aug 2022 Xiaolan Liu, Jiadong Yu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Gao, Toktam Mahmoodi, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Danny H. K. Tsang

In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive overview of recent advances in distributed intelligence in wireless networks under the umbrella of native-AI wireless networks, with a focus on the basic concepts of native-AI wireless networks, on the AI-enabled edge computing, on the design of distributed learning architectures for heterogeneous networks, on the communication-efficient technologies to support distributed learning, and on the AI-empowered end-to-end communications.

Decision Making Edge-computing

Joint Location and Beamforming Design for STAR-RIS Assisted NOMA Systems

no code implementations26 Jun 2022 Qiling Gao, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Min Jia, Dongbo Li, Lajos Hanzo

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication systems are investigated in its vicinity, where a STAR-RIS is deployed within a predefined region for establishing communication links for users.

WiFi-based Spatiotemporal Human Action Perception

no code implementations20 Jun 2022 Yanling Hao, Zhiyuan Shi, Yuanwei Liu

WiFi-based sensing for human activity recognition (HAR) has recently become a hot topic as it brings great benefits when compared with video-based HAR, such as eliminating the demands of line-of-sight (LOS) and preserving privacy.

Human Activity Recognition

GraSens: A Gabor Residual Anti-aliasing Sensing Framework for Action Recognition using WiFi

no code implementations24 May 2022 Yanling Hao, Zhiyuan Shi, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

WiFi-based human action recognition (HAR) has been regarded as a promising solution in applications such as smart living and remote monitoring due to the pervasive and unobtrusive nature of WiFi signals.

Action Recognition Temporal Action Localization

A Wireless-Vision Dataset for Privacy Preserving Human Activity Recognition

no code implementations24 May 2022 Yanling Hao, Zhiyuan Shi, Yuanwei Liu

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has recently received remarkable attention in numerous applications such as assisted living and remote monitoring.

Action Segmentation Human Activity Recognition +1

Learning Non-target Knowledge for Few-shot Semantic Segmentation

1 code implementation CVPR 2022 Yuanwei Liu, Nian Liu, Qinglong Cao, Xiwen Yao, Junwei Han, Ling Shao

Then, a BG Eliminating Module and a DO Eliminating Module are proposed to successively filter out the BG and DO information from the query feature, based on which we can obtain a BG and DO-free target object segmentation result.

Contrastive Learning Few-Shot Semantic Segmentation +3

Hybrid Reinforcement Learning for STAR-RISs: A Coupled Phase-Shift Model Based Beamformer

no code implementations10 May 2022 Ruikang Zhong, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Yue Chen, Xianbin Wang, Lajos Hanzo

Despite the coupled nature of the phase-shift model, the formulated problem is solved by invoking a hybrid continuous and discrete phase-shift control policy.

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Intelligent Trajectory Design for RIS-NOMA aided Multi-robot Communications

no code implementations3 May 2022 Xinyu Gao, Xidong Mu, Wenqiang Yi, Yuanwei Liu

The goal is to maximize the sum-rate of whole trajectories for the multi-robot system by jointly optimizing trajectories and NOMA decoding orders of robots, phase-shift coefficients of the RIS, and the power allocation of the AP, subject to predicted initial and final positions of robots and the quality of service (QoS) of each robot.

Distributed Auto-Learning GNN for Multi-Cell Cluster-Free NOMA Communications

no code implementations28 Apr 2022 Xiaoxia Xu, Yuanwei Liu, Qimei Chen, Xidong Mu, Zhiguo Ding

A multi-cell cluster-free NOMA framework is proposed, where both intra-cell and inter-cell interference are jointly mitigated via flexible cluster-free successive interference cancellation (SIC) and coordinated beamforming design.

Graph Neural Network Scheduling

Coverage and Capacity Optimization in STAR-RISs Assisted Networks: A Machine Learning Approach

no code implementations13 Apr 2022 Xinyu Gao, Wenqiang Yi, Alexandros Agapitos, Hao Wang, Yuanwei Liu

Coverage and capacity are the important metrics for performance evaluation in wireless networks, while the coverage and capacity have several conflicting relationships, e. g. high transmit power contributes to large coverage but high inter-cell interference reduces the capacity performance.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

A New Look at AI-Driven NOMA-F-RANs: Features Extraction, Cooperative Caching, and Cache-Aided Computing

no code implementations2 Dec 2021 Zhong Yang, Yaru Fu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen, Junshan Zhang

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) enabled fog radio access networks (NOMA-F-RANs) have been taken as a promising enabler to release network congestion, reduce delivery latency, and improve fog user equipments' (F-UEs') quality of services (QoS).

Edge-computing

Meta-learning for RIS-assisted NOMA Networks

no code implementations4 Nov 2021 Yixuan Zou, Yuanwei Liu, Kaifeng Han, Xiao Liu, Kok Keong Chai

Extensive simulation results demonstrate that the proposed QoS-based NOMA network achieves significantly higher transmission throughput compared to the conventional orthogonal multiple access (OMA) network.

Clustering Meta-Learning

Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR) Intelligent Omni-Surfaces, Their Modeling and Implementation

no code implementations13 Aug 2021 Jiaqi Xu, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Joey Tianyi Zhou, Lingyang Song, H. Vincent Poor, Lajos Hanzo

With the rapid development of advanced electromagnetic manipulation technologies, researchers and engineers are starting to study smart surfaces that can achieve enhanced coverages, high reconfigurability, and are easy to deploy.

Graph-Embedded Multi-Agent Learning for Smart Reconfigurable THz MIMO-NOMA Networks

no code implementations15 Jul 2021 Xiaoxia Xu, Qimei Chen, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Hao Jiang

With the accelerated development of immersive applications and the explosive increment of internet-of-things (IoT) terminals, 6G would introduce terahertz (THz) massive multiple-input multiple-output non-orthogonal multiple access (MIMO-NOMA) technologies to meet the ultra-high-speed transmission and massive connectivity requirements.

Deep Reinforcement Learning

Coverage Characterization of STAR-RIS Networks: NOMA and OMA

no code implementations20 Apr 2021 Chenyu Wu, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Xuemai Gu, Octavia A. Dobre

A sum coverage range maximization problem is formulated for both non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and orthogonal multiple access (OMA), where the resource allocation at the access point and the transmission and reflection coefficients at the STAR-RIS are jointly optimized to satisfy the communication requirements of users.

Multi-cell NOMA: Coherent Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Model With Stochastic Geometry

no code implementations3 Mar 2021 Chao Zhang, Wenqiang Yi, Yuanwei Liu, Qiang Wang

Numerical results indicate that 1) although the interference from other cells is enhanced via the RISs, the performance of the RIS-aided user still enhances since the channel quality is strengthened more obviously; and 2) the SIC order can be altered by employing the RISs since the RISs improve the channel quality of the aided user.

Information Theory Information Theory

STAR-RISs: Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

no code implementations24 Jan 2021 Jiaqi Xu, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu, Octavia A. Dobre

In this letter, simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) are studied.

Diversity

Joint User Activity and Data Detection in Grant-Free NOMA using Generative Neural Networks

no code implementations7 Jan 2021 Yixuan Zou, Zhijin Qin, Yuanwei Liu

Grant-free non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is considered as one of the supporting technology for massive connectivity for future networks.

Action Detection Activity Detection

Integrated 3C in NOMA-enabled Remote-E-Health Systems

no code implementations5 Jan 2021 Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Zhong Yang, Xinwei Yue, Chuan Wang, Yue Chen

A novel framework is proposed to integrate communication, control and computing (3C) into the fifth-generation and beyond (5GB) wireless networks for satisfying the ultra-reliable low-latency connectivity requirements of remote-e-Health systems.

Deep Learning for Latent Events Forecasting in Twitter Aided Caching Networks

no code implementations4 Jan 2021 Zhong Yang, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen, Joey Tianyi Zhou

A novel Twitter context aided content caching (TAC) framework is proposed for enhancing the caching efficiency by taking advantage of the legibility and massive volume of Twitter data.

Popularity Forecasting

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-assisted Networks: Phase Alignment Categories

no code implementations22 Dec 2020 Jiaqi Xu, Yuanwei Liu

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is one of the promising technology contributing to the next generation smart radio environment.

Diversity

Robotic Communications for 5G and Beyond: Challenges and Research Opportunities

no code implementations9 Dec 2020 Yuanwei Liu, Xiao Liu, Xinyu Gao, Xidong Mu, Xiangwei Zhou, Octavia A. Dobre, H. Vincent Poor

Furthermore, dynamic trajectory design and resource allocation for both indoor and outdoor robots are provided to verify the performance of robotic communications in the context of typical robotic application scenarios.

Robotics Systems and Control Signal Processing Systems and Control

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multi-Cell NOMA Networks

no code implementations7 Dec 2020 Wanli Ni, Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Hui Tian, Yue Chen

This paper proposes a novel framework of resource allocation in intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided multi-cell non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks, where a sum-rate maximization problem is formulated.

Path Design and Resource Management for NOMA enhanced Indoor Intelligent Robots

no code implementations23 Nov 2020 Ruikang Zhong, Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen, Xianbin Wang

Our simulation results demonstrate that 1) With the aid of NOMA techniques, the communication reliability of IRs is effectively improved; 2) The radio map is qualified to be a virtual training environment, and its statistical channel state information improves training efficiency by about 30%; 3) The proposed DT-DPG algorithm is superior to the conventional deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm in terms of optimization performance, training time, and anti-local optimum ability.

Management reinforcement-learning +1

Trajectory and Passive Beamforming Design for IRS-aided Multi-Robot NOMA Indoor Networks

no code implementations18 Nov 2020 Xinyu Gao, Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu

A novel intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multi-robot network is proposed, where multiple mobile wheeled robots are served by an access point (AP) through non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA).

Robotics

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Cooperative Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Systems

no code implementations18 Nov 2020 Jiakuo Zuo, Yuanwei Liu, Naofal Al-Dhahir

In each alternative procedure, the optimal solutions for the active beamforming vectors, transmit-relaying power and phase shifts are obtained.

Physical Layer Security of Intelligent Reflective Surface Aided NOMA Networks

no code implementations6 Nov 2020 Zhiqing Tang, Tianwei Hou, Yuanwei Liu, Jiankang Zhang, Lajos Hanzo

We finally show that: 1) the expectation of the channel gain in the reflected links is determined both by the number of IRSs and by the Nakagami-m fading parameters; 2) The SOP of both receiver 1 and receiver 2 becomes unity, when the number of IRSs is sufficiently high; 3) The secrecy diversity orders are affected both by the number of IRSs and by the Nakagami-m fading parameters, whereas the high-SNR slopes are not affected by these parameters.

Diversity Unity

Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) With Multiple Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

no code implementations31 Oct 2020 Yanyu Cheng, Kwok Hung Li, Yuanwei Liu, Kah Chan Teh, George K. Karagiannidis

More importantly, simulation results reveal that a 3-bit resolution for discrete phase shifts is sufficient to achieve near-optimal outage performance.

Diversity

Federated Learning in Multi-RIS Aided Systems

no code implementations26 Oct 2020 Wanli Ni, Yuanwei Liu, Zhaohui Yang, Hui Tian, Xuemin Shen

This paper investigates the problem of model aggregation in federated learning systems aided by multiple reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs).

Information Theory Signal Processing Information Theory

NOMA in UAV-aided cellular offloading: A machine learning approach

no code implementations18 Oct 2020 Ruikang Zhong, Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen

A novel framework is proposed for cellular offloading with the aid of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), while non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique is employed at each UAV to further improve the spectrum efficiency of the wireless network.

BIG-bench Machine Learning Clustering

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning in NOMA-aided UAV Networks for Cellular Offloading

no code implementations18 Oct 2020 Ruikang Zhong, Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen

Afterward, a mutual deep Q-network (MDQN) algorithm is proposed to jointly determine the optimal 3D trajectory and power allocation of UAVs.

Clustering Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning +2

Machine Learning Empowered Trajectory and Passive Beamforming Design in UAV-RIS Wireless Networks

no code implementations6 Oct 2020 Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen

The energy consumption minimizing problem is formulated by jointly designing the movement of the UAV, phase shifts of the RIS, power allocation policy from the UAV to MUs, as well as determining the dynamic decoding order.

BIG-bench Machine Learning Q-Learning

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Indoor Robot Path Planning: A Radio Map based Approach

no code implementations27 Sep 2020 Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Li Guo, Jiaru Lin, Robert Schober

Based on the obtained channel power gain map, the communication-aware robot path planing problem is solved by exploiting graph theory.

Robot Navigation

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Indoor Robot Path Planning Using Radio Maps

no code implementations24 Sep 2020 Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Li Guo, Jiaru Lin, Robert Schober

Based on the obtained channel power gain map, the communication-aware robot path planing problem is solved as a shortest path problem by exploiting graph theory.

Robot Navigation

Caching Placement and Resource Allocation for Cache-Enabling UAV NOMA Networks

no code implementations12 Aug 2020 Tiankui Zhang, Ziduan Wang, Yuanwei Liu, Wenjun Xu, Arumugam Nallanathan

In cache-enabling UAV NOMA networks, the caching placement of content caching phase and radio resource allocation of content delivery phase are crucial for network performance.

Q-Learning Scheduling

Cache-enabling UAV Communications: Network Deployment and Resource Allocation

no code implementations22 Jul 2020 Tiankui Zhang, Yi Wang, Yuanwei Liu, Wenjun Xu, Arumugam Nallanathan

We formulate a joint optimization problem of UAV deployment, caching placement and user association for maximizing QoE of users, which is evaluated by mean opinion score (MOS).

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Principles and Opportunities

no code implementations7 Jul 2020 Yuanwei Liu, Xiao Liu, Xidong Mu, Tianwei Hou, Jiaqi Xu, Marco Di Renzo, Naofal Al-Dhahir

In this context, we provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art on RISs, with focus on their operating principles, performance evaluation, beamforming design and resource management, applications of machine learning to RIS-enhanced wireless networks, as well as the integration of RISs with other emerging technologies.

BIG-bench Machine Learning Management +1

Resource Allocation for Multi-Cell IRS-Aided NOMA Networks

no code implementations21 Jun 2020 Wanli Ni, Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Hui Tian, Yue Chen

This paper proposes a novel framework of resource allocation in multi-cell intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks, where an IRS is deployed to enhance the wireless service.

I/Q Imbalance Aware Nonlinear Wireless-Powered Relaying of B5G Networks: Security and Reliability Analysis

no code implementations6 Jun 2020 Xingwang Li, Mengyan Huang, Yuanwei Liu, Varun G Menon, Anand Paul, Zhiguo Ding

Physical layer security is known as a promising paradigm to ensure security for the beyond 5G (B5G) networks in the presence of eavesdroppers.

Downlink and Uplink Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Networks: NOMA and OMA

no code implementations3 May 2020 Yanyu Cheng, Kwok Hung Li, Yuanwei Liu, Kah Chan Teh, H. Vincent Poor

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are envisioned to provide reconfigurable wireless environments for future communication networks.

Diversity

Performance Analysis of Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted NOMA Networks

no code implementations23 Feb 2020 Xinwei Yue, Yuanwei Liu

Numerical results are presented to substantiate our analyses and demonstrate that: i) The outage behaviors of IRS-NOMA are superior to that of IRS-OMA and relaying schemes; ii) With increasing the number of reflecting elements, IRS-NOMA is capable of achieving enhanced outage performance; and iii) The M-th user has a larger ergodic rate compared to IRS-OMA and benchmarks.

Information Theory Information Theory

RIS Enhanced Massive Non-orthogonal Multiple Access Networks: Deployment and Passive Beamforming Design

no code implementations28 Jan 2020 Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen, H. Vincent Poor

A novel framework is proposed for the deployment and passive beamforming design of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with the aid of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technology.

Artificial Intelligence Aided Next-Generation Networks Relying on UAVs

no code implementations28 Jan 2020 Xiao Liu, Mingzhe Chen, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Chen, Shuguang Cui, Lajos Hanzo

Artificial intelligence (AI) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided next-generation networking is proposed for dynamic environments.

Position

Exploiting Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces in NOMA Networks: Joint Beamforming Optimization

no code implementations30 Oct 2019 Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Li Guo, Jiaru Lin, Naofal Al-Dhahir

Our goal is to maximize the sum rate of all users by jointly optimizing the active beamforming at the BS and the passive beamforming at the IRS, subject to successive interference cancellation decoding rate conditions and IRS reflecting elements constraints.

Quantization

MIMO Assisted Networks Relying on Intelligent Reflective Surfaces

no code implementations2 Oct 2019 Tianwei Hou, Yuanwei Liu, Zhengyu Song, Xin Sun, Yue Chen, Lajos Hanzo

The network's SE and EE are also derived.

Information Theory Signal Processing Information Theory

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