Radio Foundation Models: Pre-training Transformers for 5G-based Indoor Localization

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Main Authors: Ott, Jonathan, Pirkl, Jonas, Stahlke, Maximilian, Feigl, Tobias, Mutschler, Christopher
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Published: 2024
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author Ott, Jonathan
Pirkl, Jonas
Stahlke, Maximilian
Feigl, Tobias
Mutschler, Christopher
author_facet Ott, Jonathan
Pirkl, Jonas
Stahlke, Maximilian
Feigl, Tobias
Mutschler, Christopher
contents Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based radio fingerprinting (FP) outperforms classic localization methods in propagation environments with strong multipath effects. However, the model and data orchestration of FP are time-consuming and costly, as it requires many reference positions and extensive measurement campaigns for each environment. Instead, modern unsupervised and self-supervised learning schemes require less reference data for localization, but either their accuracy is low or they require additional sensor information, rendering them impractical. In this paper we propose a self-supervised learning framework that pre-trains a general transformer (TF) neural network on 5G channel measurements that we collect on-the-fly without expensive equipment. Our novel pretext task randomly masks and drops input information to learn to reconstruct it. So, it implicitly learns the spatiotemporal patterns and information of the propagation environment that enable FP-based localization. Most interestingly, when we optimize this pre-trained model for localization in a given environment, it achieves the accuracy of state-of-the-art methods but requires ten times less reference data and significantly reduces the time from training to operation.
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spellingShingle Radio Foundation Models: Pre-training Transformers for 5G-based Indoor Localization
Ott, Jonathan
Pirkl, Jonas
Stahlke, Maximilian
Feigl, Tobias
Mutschler, Christopher
Signal Processing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based radio fingerprinting (FP) outperforms classic localization methods in propagation environments with strong multipath effects. However, the model and data orchestration of FP are time-consuming and costly, as it requires many reference positions and extensive measurement campaigns for each environment. Instead, modern unsupervised and self-supervised learning schemes require less reference data for localization, but either their accuracy is low or they require additional sensor information, rendering them impractical. In this paper we propose a self-supervised learning framework that pre-trains a general transformer (TF) neural network on 5G channel measurements that we collect on-the-fly without expensive equipment. Our novel pretext task randomly masks and drops input information to learn to reconstruct it. So, it implicitly learns the spatiotemporal patterns and information of the propagation environment that enable FP-based localization. Most interestingly, when we optimize this pre-trained model for localization in a given environment, it achieves the accuracy of state-of-the-art methods but requires ten times less reference data and significantly reduces the time from training to operation.
title Radio Foundation Models: Pre-training Transformers for 5G-based Indoor Localization
topic Signal Processing
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00617