Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elbir, Ahmet M., Mishra, Kumar Vijay
Format: Preprint
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02540
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866918153282387968
author Elbir, Ahmet M.
Mishra, Kumar Vijay
author_facet Elbir, Ahmet M.
Mishra, Kumar Vijay
contents Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have recently received significant attention for 6G wireless communications as they enable the control of the wireless propagation environment. The use of IRS also provides reducing the hardware complexity, physical size, weight as well as cost of conventional large antenna arrays. However, deployment of the IRS entails dealing with multiple channel links between the base station (BS) and the users. Further, the BS and IRS beamformers require a joint design, wherein the IRS elements must be rapidly reconfigured. Data-driven techniques, such as deep learning (DL), are critical in addressing these challenges. The lower computation time and model-free nature of DL make it robust against data imperfections and environmental changes. At the physical layer, DL has been shown to be effective for IRS signal detection, channel estimation, and active/passive beamforming using architectures such as supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning. This article provides a synopsis of these techniques for designing DL-based IRS-assisted wireless systems.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2009_02540
institution arXiv
publishDate 2020
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A Survey of Deep Learning Architectures for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
Elbir, Ahmet M.
Mishra, Kumar Vijay
Signal Processing
Information Theory
Machine Learning
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have recently received significant attention for 6G wireless communications as they enable the control of the wireless propagation environment. The use of IRS also provides reducing the hardware complexity, physical size, weight as well as cost of conventional large antenna arrays. However, deployment of the IRS entails dealing with multiple channel links between the base station (BS) and the users. Further, the BS and IRS beamformers require a joint design, wherein the IRS elements must be rapidly reconfigured. Data-driven techniques, such as deep learning (DL), are critical in addressing these challenges. The lower computation time and model-free nature of DL make it robust against data imperfections and environmental changes. At the physical layer, DL has been shown to be effective for IRS signal detection, channel estimation, and active/passive beamforming using architectures such as supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning. This article provides a synopsis of these techniques for designing DL-based IRS-assisted wireless systems.
title A Survey of Deep Learning Architectures for Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces
topic Signal Processing
Information Theory
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02540