Theoretical Analysis of the Radio Map Estimation Problem

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Autori principali: Romero, Daniel, Ha, Tien Ngoc, Shrestha, Raju, Franceschetti, Massimo
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author Romero, Daniel
Ha, Tien Ngoc
Shrestha, Raju
Franceschetti, Massimo
author_facet Romero, Daniel
Ha, Tien Ngoc
Shrestha, Raju
Franceschetti, Massimo
contents Radio maps provide radio frequency metrics, such as the received signal strength, at every location of a geographic area. These maps, which are estimated using a set of measurements collected at multiple positions, find a wide range of applications in wireless communications, including the prediction of coverage holes, network planning, resource allocation, and path planning for mobile robots. Although a vast number of estimators have been proposed, the theoretical understanding of the radio map estimation (RME) problem has not been addressed. The present work aims at filling this gap along two directions. First, the complexity of the set of radio map functions is quantified by means of lower and upper bounds on their spatial variability, which offers valuable insight into the required spatial distribution of measurements and the estimators that can be used. Second, the reconstruction error for power maps in free space is upper bounded for three conventional spatial interpolators. The proximity coefficient, which is a decreasing function of the distance from the transmitters to the mapped region, is proposed to quantify the complexity of the RME problem. Numerical experiments assess the tightness of the obtained bounds and the validity of the main takeaways in complex environments.
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spellingShingle Theoretical Analysis of the Radio Map Estimation Problem
Romero, Daniel
Ha, Tien Ngoc
Shrestha, Raju
Franceschetti, Massimo
Information Theory
Signal Processing
Radio maps provide radio frequency metrics, such as the received signal strength, at every location of a geographic area. These maps, which are estimated using a set of measurements collected at multiple positions, find a wide range of applications in wireless communications, including the prediction of coverage holes, network planning, resource allocation, and path planning for mobile robots. Although a vast number of estimators have been proposed, the theoretical understanding of the radio map estimation (RME) problem has not been addressed. The present work aims at filling this gap along two directions. First, the complexity of the set of radio map functions is quantified by means of lower and upper bounds on their spatial variability, which offers valuable insight into the required spatial distribution of measurements and the estimators that can be used. Second, the reconstruction error for power maps in free space is upper bounded for three conventional spatial interpolators. The proximity coefficient, which is a decreasing function of the distance from the transmitters to the mapped region, is proposed to quantify the complexity of the RME problem. Numerical experiments assess the tightness of the obtained bounds and the validity of the main takeaways in complex environments.
title Theoretical Analysis of the Radio Map Estimation Problem
topic Information Theory
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15106