Generative AI-enabled Blockage Prediction for Robust Dual-Band mmWave Communication

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Main Authors: Ghassemi, Mohammad, Zhang, Han, Afana, Ali, Sediq, Akram Bin, Erol-Kantarci, Melike
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author Ghassemi, Mohammad
Zhang, Han
Afana, Ali
Sediq, Akram Bin
Erol-Kantarci, Melike
author_facet Ghassemi, Mohammad
Zhang, Han
Afana, Ali
Sediq, Akram Bin
Erol-Kantarci, Melike
contents In mmWave wireless networks, signal blockages present a significant challenge due to the susceptibility to environmental moving obstructions. Recently, the availability of visual data has been leveraged to enhance blockage prediction accuracy in mmWave networks. In this work, we propose a Vision Transformer (ViT)-based approach for visual-aided blockage prediction that intelligently switches between mmWave and Sub-6 GHz frequencies to maximize network throughput and maintain reliable connectivity. Given the computational demands of processing visual data, we implement our solution within a hierarchical fog-cloud computing architecture, where fog nodes collaborate with cloud servers to efficiently manage computational tasks. This structure incorporates a generative AI-based compression technique that significantly reduces the volume of visual data transmitted between fog nodes and cloud centers. Our proposed method is tested with the real-world DeepSense 6G dataset, and according to the simulation results, it achieves a blockage prediction accuracy of 92.78% while reducing bandwidth usage by 70.31%.
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spellingShingle Generative AI-enabled Blockage Prediction for Robust Dual-Band mmWave Communication
Ghassemi, Mohammad
Zhang, Han
Afana, Ali
Sediq, Akram Bin
Erol-Kantarci, Melike
Signal Processing
In mmWave wireless networks, signal blockages present a significant challenge due to the susceptibility to environmental moving obstructions. Recently, the availability of visual data has been leveraged to enhance blockage prediction accuracy in mmWave networks. In this work, we propose a Vision Transformer (ViT)-based approach for visual-aided blockage prediction that intelligently switches between mmWave and Sub-6 GHz frequencies to maximize network throughput and maintain reliable connectivity. Given the computational demands of processing visual data, we implement our solution within a hierarchical fog-cloud computing architecture, where fog nodes collaborate with cloud servers to efficiently manage computational tasks. This structure incorporates a generative AI-based compression technique that significantly reduces the volume of visual data transmitted between fog nodes and cloud centers. Our proposed method is tested with the real-world DeepSense 6G dataset, and according to the simulation results, it achieves a blockage prediction accuracy of 92.78% while reducing bandwidth usage by 70.31%.
title Generative AI-enabled Blockage Prediction for Robust Dual-Band mmWave Communication
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11763