Continual Learning-Aided Super-Resolution Scheme for Channel Reconstruction and Generalization in OFDM Systems

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Jianqiao, Ma, Nan, Liu, Wenkai, Xu, Xiaodong, Zhang, Ping
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author Chen, Jianqiao
Ma, Nan
Liu, Wenkai
Xu, Xiaodong
Zhang, Ping
author_facet Chen, Jianqiao
Ma, Nan
Liu, Wenkai
Xu, Xiaodong
Zhang, Ping
contents Channel reconstruction and generalization capability are of equal importance for developing channel estimation schemes within deep learning (DL) framework. In this paper, we exploit a novel DL-based scheme for efficient OFDM channel estimation where the neural networks for channel reconstruction and generalization are respectively designed. For the former, we propose a dual-attention-aided super-resolution neural network (DA-SRNN) to map the channels at pilot positions to the whole time-frequency channels. Specifically, the channel-spatial attention mechanism is first introduced to sequentially infer attention maps along two separate dimensions corresponding to two types of underlying channel correlations, and then the lightweight SR module is developed for efficient channel reconstruction. For the latter, we introduce continual learning (CL)-aided training strategies to make the neural network adapt to different channel distributions. Specifically, the elastic weight consolidation (EWC) is introduced as the regularization term in regard to loss function of channel reconstruction, which can constrain the direction and space of updating the important weights of neural networks among different channel distributions. Meanwhile, the corresponding training process is provided in detail. By evaluating under 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) channel models, numerical results verify the superiority of the proposed channel estimation scheme with significantly improved channel reconstruction and generalization performance over counterparts.
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spellingShingle Continual Learning-Aided Super-Resolution Scheme for Channel Reconstruction and Generalization in OFDM Systems
Chen, Jianqiao
Ma, Nan
Liu, Wenkai
Xu, Xiaodong
Zhang, Ping
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Information Theory
Channel reconstruction and generalization capability are of equal importance for developing channel estimation schemes within deep learning (DL) framework. In this paper, we exploit a novel DL-based scheme for efficient OFDM channel estimation where the neural networks for channel reconstruction and generalization are respectively designed. For the former, we propose a dual-attention-aided super-resolution neural network (DA-SRNN) to map the channels at pilot positions to the whole time-frequency channels. Specifically, the channel-spatial attention mechanism is first introduced to sequentially infer attention maps along two separate dimensions corresponding to two types of underlying channel correlations, and then the lightweight SR module is developed for efficient channel reconstruction. For the latter, we introduce continual learning (CL)-aided training strategies to make the neural network adapt to different channel distributions. Specifically, the elastic weight consolidation (EWC) is introduced as the regularization term in regard to loss function of channel reconstruction, which can constrain the direction and space of updating the important weights of neural networks among different channel distributions. Meanwhile, the corresponding training process is provided in detail. By evaluating under 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) channel models, numerical results verify the superiority of the proposed channel estimation scheme with significantly improved channel reconstruction and generalization performance over counterparts.
title Continual Learning-Aided Super-Resolution Scheme for Channel Reconstruction and Generalization in OFDM Systems
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01897