English

GAN-based Massive MIMO Channel Model Trained on Measured Data

Information Theory 2024-03-11 v1 Signal Processing math.IT

Abstract

Wireless channel models are a commonly used tool for the development of wireless telecommunication systems and standards. The currently prevailing geometry-based stochastic channel models (GSCMs) were manually specified for certain environments in a manual process requiring extensive domain knowledge, on the basis of channel measurement campaigns. By taking into account the stochastic distribution of certain channel properties like Rician k-factor, path loss or delay spread, they model the distribution of channel realizations. Instead of this manual process, a generative machine learning model like a generative adversarial network (GAN) may be used to automatically learn the distribution of channel statistics. Subsequently, the GAN's generator may be viewed as a channel model that can replace conventional stochastic or raytracer-based models. We propose a GAN architecture for a massive MIMO channel model, and train it on measurement data produced by a distributed massive MIMO channel sounder.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2403.05321,
  title  = {GAN-based Massive MIMO Channel Model Trained on Measured Data},
  author = {Florian Euchner and Janina Sanzi and Marcus Henninger and Stephan ten Brink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05321},
  year   = {2024}
}
R2 v1 2026-06-28T15:13:36.843Z