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For future Internet of Things (IoT)-based Big Data applications (e.g., smart cities/transportation), wireless data collection from ubiquitous massive smart sensors with limited spectrum bandwidth is very challenging. On the other hand, to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Wanchun Liu , Xin Zang , Yonghui Li , Branka Vucetic

Over-the-air computation (AirComp), which leverages the superposition property of wireless multiple-access channel (MAC) and the mathematical tool of function representation, has been considered as a promising technique for effective…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Xin Zang , Wanchun Liu , Yonghui Li , Branka Vucetic

Over-the-Air (OtA) computation is a newly emerged concept for computing functions of data from distributed nodes by taking advantage of the wave superposition property of wireless channels. Despite its advantage in communication efficiency,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-15 David Nordlund , Zheng Chen , Erik G. Larsson

This paper presents a decentralized algorithm for solving distributed convex optimization problems in dynamic networks with time-varying objectives. The unique feature of the algorithm lies in its ability to accommodate a wide range of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-12 Navneet Agrawal , Renato L. G. Cavalcante , Masahiro Yukawa , Slawomir Stanczak

The rapid expansion of oceanic applications such as underwater surveillance and mineral exploration is driving the need for real-time wireless backhaul of massive observational data. Such demands are challenging to meet using the narrowband…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Jiayue Liu , Tianqi Mao , Leyu Cao , Weijie Liu , Dezhi Zheng , Julian Cheng , Zhaocheng Wang

Over-the-air computation (AirComp), as a data aggregation method that can improve network efficiency by exploiting the superposition characteristics of wireless channels, has received much attention recently. Meanwhile, the orthogonal time…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Dongkai Zhou , Jing Guo , Siqiang Wang , Zhong Zheng , Zesong Fei , Weijie Yuan , Xinyi Wang

Analog machine-learning hardware platforms promise greater speed and energy efficiency than their digital counterparts. Specifically, over-the-air analog computation allows offloading computation to the wireless propagation through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Mengbing Liu , Jiancheng An , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds significant promise for enhancing intraoperative perception and decision-making in telesurgery, where physical separation impairs sensory feedback and control. Despite advances in medical AI and surgical…

Centralized radio access network architectures consolidate the baseband operation towards a cloud-based platform, thereby allowing for efficient utilization of computing assets, effective inter-cell coordination, and exploitation of global…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-07-09 Matthew C. Valenti , Salvatore Talarico , Peter Rost

The number of satellites, especially those operating in low-earth orbit (LEO), is exploding in recent years. Additionally, the use of COTS hardware into those satellites enables a new paradigm of computing: orbital edge computing (OEC). OEC…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Changhao Wu , Yuanchun Li , Mengwei Xu , Chongbin Guo , Zengshan Yin , Weiwei Gao , Chuanxiu Chi

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) is an efficient solution to enable federated learning on wireless channels. AirComp assumes that the wireless channels from different devices can be controlled, e.g., via transmitter-side phase…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-21 Daesung Yu , Seok-Hwan Park , Osvaldo Simeone , Shlomo Shamai

In typical sensor networks, data collection and processing are separated. A sink collects data from all nodes sequentially, which is very time consuming. Over-the-air computation, as a new diagram of sensor networks, integrates data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Suhua Tang , Huarui Yin , Chao Zhang , Sadao Obana

IoT systems typically involve separate data collection and processing, and the former faces the scalability issue when the number of nodes increases. For some tasks, only the result of data fusion is needed. Then, the whole process can be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Suhua Tang , Petar Popovski , Chao Zhang , Sadao Obana

With the significant advancements in optical computing platforms recently capable of performing various primitive operations, a seamless integration of optical computing into very fabric of optical communication links is envisioned, paving…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Dao Thanh Hai , Isaac Woungang

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) enables efficient wireless data aggregation in sensor networks by simultaneous processing of calculation and communication. This paper proposes a novel precoder design for AirComp that incorporates…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-05 Ayano Nakai-Kasai , Tadashi Wadayama

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) is considered as a communication-efficient solution for data aggregation and distributed learning by exploiting the superposition properties of wireless multi-access channels. However, AirComp is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Chen Chen , Emil Björnson , Carlo Fischione

This paper investigates a communication-efficient split learning (SL) over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. In particular, we mathematically decompose the inter-layer connection of a neural network (NN) to a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-11 Yuzhi Yang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Zhaohui Yang

Over-the-air computation (OAC) is a promising technique to achieve fast model aggregation across multiple devices in federated edge learning (FEEL). In addition to the analog schemes, one-bit digital aggregation (OBDA) scheme was proposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-19 Li Qiao , Zhen Gao , Zhongxiang Li , Deniz Gündüz

Driven by the visions of Internet of Things (IoT), there is an ever-increasing demand for computation resources of IoT users to support diverse applications. Mobile edge computing (MEC) has been deemed a promising solution to settle the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-31 Zhengyu Song , Xintong Qin , Yuanyuan Hao , Tianwei Hou , Jun Wang , Xin Sun

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a relatively new technology. Their application can often involve complex and unseen problems. For instance, they can work in a cooperative-based environment under the supervision of a ground station to…