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Main Authors: Zhang, Xuejian, He, Ruisi, Yang, Mi, Zhang, Zhengyu, Qi, Ziyi, Ai, Bo
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18618
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author Zhang, Xuejian
He, Ruisi
Yang, Mi
Zhang, Zhengyu
Qi, Ziyi
Ai, Bo
author_facet Zhang, Xuejian
He, Ruisi
Yang, Mi
Zhang, Zhengyu
Qi, Ziyi
Ai, Bo
contents The communication scenarios and channel characteristics of 6G will be more complex and difficult to characterize. Conventional methods for channel prediction face challenges in achieving an optimal balance between accuracy, practicality, and generalizability. Additionally, they often fail to effectively leverage environmental features. Within the framework of integration communication and artificial intelligence as a pivotal development vision for 6G, it is imperative to achieve intelligent prediction of channel characteristics. Vision-aided methods have been employed in various wireless communication tasks, excluding channel prediction, and have demonstrated enhanced efficiency and performance. In this paper, we propose a vision-aided two-stage model for channel prediction in millimeter wave vehicular communication scenarios, realizing accurate received power prediction utilizing solely RGB images. Firstly, we obtain original images of propagation environment through an RGB camera. Secondly, three typical computer vision methods including object detection, instance segmentation and binary mask are employed for environmental information extraction from original images in stage 1, and prediction of received power based on processed images is implemented in stage 2. Pre-trained YOLOv8 and ResNets are used in stages 1 and 2, respectively, and fine-tuned on datasets. Finally, we conduct five experiments to evaluate the performance of proposed model, demonstrating its feasibility, accuracy and generalization capabilities. The model proposed in this paper offers novel solutions for achieving intelligent channel prediction in vehicular communications.
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spellingShingle Vision Aided Channel Prediction for Vehicular Communications: A Case Study of Received Power Prediction Using RGB Images
Zhang, Xuejian
He, Ruisi
Yang, Mi
Zhang, Zhengyu
Qi, Ziyi
Ai, Bo
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The communication scenarios and channel characteristics of 6G will be more complex and difficult to characterize. Conventional methods for channel prediction face challenges in achieving an optimal balance between accuracy, practicality, and generalizability. Additionally, they often fail to effectively leverage environmental features. Within the framework of integration communication and artificial intelligence as a pivotal development vision for 6G, it is imperative to achieve intelligent prediction of channel characteristics. Vision-aided methods have been employed in various wireless communication tasks, excluding channel prediction, and have demonstrated enhanced efficiency and performance. In this paper, we propose a vision-aided two-stage model for channel prediction in millimeter wave vehicular communication scenarios, realizing accurate received power prediction utilizing solely RGB images. Firstly, we obtain original images of propagation environment through an RGB camera. Secondly, three typical computer vision methods including object detection, instance segmentation and binary mask are employed for environmental information extraction from original images in stage 1, and prediction of received power based on processed images is implemented in stage 2. Pre-trained YOLOv8 and ResNets are used in stages 1 and 2, respectively, and fine-tuned on datasets. Finally, we conduct five experiments to evaluate the performance of proposed model, demonstrating its feasibility, accuracy and generalization capabilities. The model proposed in this paper offers novel solutions for achieving intelligent channel prediction in vehicular communications.
title Vision Aided Channel Prediction for Vehicular Communications: A Case Study of Received Power Prediction Using RGB Images
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18618