LOREN: Low Rank-Based Code-Rate Adaptation in Neural Receivers

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Main Authors: Van Bolderik, Bram, Menkovski, Vlado, de Groot, Sonia Heemstra, Gomony, Manil Dev
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author Van Bolderik, Bram
Menkovski, Vlado
de Groot, Sonia Heemstra
Gomony, Manil Dev
author_facet Van Bolderik, Bram
Menkovski, Vlado
de Groot, Sonia Heemstra
Gomony, Manil Dev
contents Neural network based receivers have recently demonstrated superior system-level performance compared to traditional receivers. However, their practicality is limited by high memory and power requirements, as separate weight sets must be stored for each code rate. To address this challenge, we propose LOREN, a Low Rank-Based Code-Rate Adaptation Neural Receiver that achieves adaptability with minimal overhead. LOREN integrates lightweight low rank adaptation adapters (LOREN adapters) into convolutional layers, freezing a shared base network while training only small adapters per code rate. An end-to-end training framework over 3GPP CDL channels ensures robustness across realistic wireless environments. LOREN achieves comparable or superior performance relative to fully retrained base neural receivers. The hardware implementation of LOREN in 22nm technology shows more than 65% savings in silicon area and up to 15% power reduction when supporting three code rates.
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spellingShingle LOREN: Low Rank-Based Code-Rate Adaptation in Neural Receivers
Van Bolderik, Bram
Menkovski, Vlado
de Groot, Sonia Heemstra
Gomony, Manil Dev
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Hardware Architecture
Signal Processing
Neural network based receivers have recently demonstrated superior system-level performance compared to traditional receivers. However, their practicality is limited by high memory and power requirements, as separate weight sets must be stored for each code rate. To address this challenge, we propose LOREN, a Low Rank-Based Code-Rate Adaptation Neural Receiver that achieves adaptability with minimal overhead. LOREN integrates lightweight low rank adaptation adapters (LOREN adapters) into convolutional layers, freezing a shared base network while training only small adapters per code rate. An end-to-end training framework over 3GPP CDL channels ensures robustness across realistic wireless environments. LOREN achieves comparable or superior performance relative to fully retrained base neural receivers. The hardware implementation of LOREN in 22nm technology shows more than 65% savings in silicon area and up to 15% power reduction when supporting three code rates.
title LOREN: Low Rank-Based Code-Rate Adaptation in Neural Receivers
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Hardware Architecture
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10770