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Main Authors: Villena-Rodríguez, Alejandro, Gómez, Gerardo, Aguayo-Torres, Mari Carmen, Martín-Vega, Francisco J., Outes-Carnero, José, Ng-Molina, F. Yak, Ramiro-Moreno, Juan
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13675
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author Villena-Rodríguez, Alejandro
Gómez, Gerardo
Aguayo-Torres, Mari Carmen
Martín-Vega, Francisco J.
Outes-Carnero, José
Ng-Molina, F. Yak
Ramiro-Moreno, Juan
author_facet Villena-Rodríguez, Alejandro
Gómez, Gerardo
Aguayo-Torres, Mari Carmen
Martín-Vega, Francisco J.
Outes-Carnero, José
Ng-Molina, F. Yak
Ramiro-Moreno, Juan
contents The uplink of 5G networks allows selecting the transmit waveform between cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) and discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM), which is appealing for cell-edge users using high-frequency bands, since it shows a smaller peak-to-average power ratio, and allows a higher transmit power. Nevertheless, DFT-S-OFDM exhibits a higher block error rate (BLER) which complicates an optimal waveform selection. In this paper, we propose an intelligent waveform-switching mechanism based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL). In this proposal, a learning agent aims at maximizing a function built using available throughput percentiles in real networks. Said percentiles are weighted so as to improve the cell-edge users' service without dramatically reducing the cell average. Aggregated measurements of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and timing advance (TA), available in real networks, are used in the procedure. Results show that our proposed scheme greatly outperforms both metrics compared to classical approaches.
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spellingShingle AI-Assisted Dynamic Port and Waveform Switching for Enhancing UL Coverage in 5G NR
Villena-Rodríguez, Alejandro
Gómez, Gerardo
Aguayo-Torres, Mari Carmen
Martín-Vega, Francisco J.
Outes-Carnero, José
Ng-Molina, F. Yak
Ramiro-Moreno, Juan
Information Theory
The uplink of 5G networks allows selecting the transmit waveform between cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) and discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM), which is appealing for cell-edge users using high-frequency bands, since it shows a smaller peak-to-average power ratio, and allows a higher transmit power. Nevertheless, DFT-S-OFDM exhibits a higher block error rate (BLER) which complicates an optimal waveform selection. In this paper, we propose an intelligent waveform-switching mechanism based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL). In this proposal, a learning agent aims at maximizing a function built using available throughput percentiles in real networks. Said percentiles are weighted so as to improve the cell-edge users' service without dramatically reducing the cell average. Aggregated measurements of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and timing advance (TA), available in real networks, are used in the procedure. Results show that our proposed scheme greatly outperforms both metrics compared to classical approaches.
title AI-Assisted Dynamic Port and Waveform Switching for Enhancing UL Coverage in 5G NR
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13675