Optimal QAM Constellation for Over-the-Air Computation in the Presence of Heavy-Tailed Channel Noise
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| author | Razavikia, Saeed Gündüz, Deniz Fischione, Carlo |
| author_facet | Razavikia, Saeed Gündüz, Deniz Fischione, Carlo |
| contents | Over-the-air computation (OAC) enables low-latency aggregation over multiple-access channels (MACs) by exploiting the superposition property of the wireless medium to compute functions efficiently in distributed networks. A critical but often overlooked challenge is that electromagnetic interference in practical radio channels frequently exhibits heavy-tailed behavior, causing strong impulsive noise that severely degrades computation performance. This work studies digital OAC with QAM-based signaling under heavy-tailed interference modeled by a Cauchy distribution (lacking a finite second moment). We seek QAM-like constellations that minimize the mean-squared error (MSE) of sum aggregation subject to an average-power constraint. The problem is formulated as a constrained optimization, whose solution yields unique optimality conditions. Numerical results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed design. Notably, the framework extends naturally to nomographic functions, broader constellation families, and alternative noise models. |
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| spellingShingle | Optimal QAM Constellation for Over-the-Air Computation in the Presence of Heavy-Tailed Channel Noise Razavikia, Saeed Gündüz, Deniz Fischione, Carlo Signal Processing Information Theory Over-the-air computation (OAC) enables low-latency aggregation over multiple-access channels (MACs) by exploiting the superposition property of the wireless medium to compute functions efficiently in distributed networks. A critical but often overlooked challenge is that electromagnetic interference in practical radio channels frequently exhibits heavy-tailed behavior, causing strong impulsive noise that severely degrades computation performance. This work studies digital OAC with QAM-based signaling under heavy-tailed interference modeled by a Cauchy distribution (lacking a finite second moment). We seek QAM-like constellations that minimize the mean-squared error (MSE) of sum aggregation subject to an average-power constraint. The problem is formulated as a constrained optimization, whose solution yields unique optimality conditions. Numerical results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed design. Notably, the framework extends naturally to nomographic functions, broader constellation families, and alternative noise models. |
| title | Optimal QAM Constellation for Over-the-Air Computation in the Presence of Heavy-Tailed Channel Noise |
| topic | Signal Processing Information Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21027 |