A low-complexity machine learning design for mmWave beam prediction

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Abstract

Machine learning (ML) for fifth generation (5G)-Advanced air interface is currently being studied by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), where millimeter-wave (mmWave) beam prediction is an important use case. Thereby the targets are to reduce reference signal (RS) overhead, latency, and power consumption, which are currently imperative for frequent beam measurements. To this end, a low-complexity ML design is presented, that exploits the spatial correlation between beam qualities to expedite the spatial-domain beam prediction. Evaluation results showcase that the proposal achieves a beam prediction accuracy of 96 % with 75 % reduction in RS overhead and lower computational complexity as compared to the state of the art. Further, to demonstrate the practicality of the proposed design, we analyze its generalization behavior across different communication scenarios.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1551-1555
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Volume13
Issue number6
Early online date26 Mar 2024
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85189304234
ORCID /0000-0002-0738-556X/work/184885141
ORCID /0000-0002-1315-7635/work/184886962
ORCID /0000-0001-7075-8990/work/184887493

Keywords

Keywords

  • Beam prediction, low-complexity, machine learning (ML), millimeter-wave (mmWave)