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Employing large antenna arrays is a key characteristic of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz communication systems. However, due to the adoption of fully analog or hybrid analog/digital architectures, as well as non-ideal hardware or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-19 Yu Zhang , Muhammad Alrabeiah , Ahmed Alkhateeb

To overcome the curse of dimensionality and curse of modeling in Dynamic Programming (DP) methods for solving classical Markov Decision Process (MDP) problems, Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms are popular. In this paper, we consider…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-29 Arghyadip Roy , Vivek Borkar , Abhay Karandikar , Prasanna Chaporkar

We apply deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to design of a networked controller with network delays to complete a temporal control task that is described by a signal temporal logic (STL) formula. STL is useful to deal with a specification…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Junya Ikemoto , Toshimitsu Ushio

The explosive growth of dynamic and heterogeneous data traffic brings great challenges for 5G and beyond mobile networks. To enhance the network capacity and reliability, we propose a learning-based dynamic time-frequency division duplexing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Ziyan Yin , Zhe Wang , Jun Li , Ming Ding , Wen Chen , Shi Jin

Millimeter Wave (MmWave) communication is one of the key technology of the fifth generation (5G) wireless systems to achieve the expected 1000x data rate. With large bandwidth at mmWave band, the link capacity between users and base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-19 Mingjie Feng , Shiwen Mao

Spectrum allocation in the form of primary channel and bandwidth selection is a key factor for dynamic channel bonding (DCB) wireless local area networks (WLANs). To cope with varying environments, where networks change their configurations…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz , Alessandro Chiumento , Boris Bellalta

We consider a joint uplink and downlink scheduling problem of a fully distributed wireless networked control system (WNCS) with a limited number of frequency channels. Using elements of stochastic systems theory, we derive a sufficient…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Gaoyang Pang , Kang Huang , Daniel E. Quevedo , Branka Vucetic , Yonghui Li , Wanchun Liu

This paper proposes a distributed Reinforcement Learning (RL) based framework that can be used for synthesizing MAC layer wireless protocols in IoT networks with low-complexity wireless transceivers. The proposed framework does not rely on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Hrishikesh Dutta , Subir Biswas

Existing solutions to network scheduling typically assume that the instantaneous link rates are completely known before a scheduling decision is made or consider a bandit setting where the accurate link quality is discovered only after it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Tianyi Xu , Ding Zhang , Zizhan Zheng

We develop a structure-aware reinforcement learning (RL) approach for delay- and energy-aware flow allocation in 5G User Plane Functions (UPFs). We consider a dynamic system with $K$ heterogeneous UPFs of varying capacities that handle…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-07 Mahesh Ganesh Bhat , Shana Moothedath , Prasanna Chaporkar

Multi-access point coordination (MAPC) is a key feature of IEEE 802.11bn, with a potential impact on future Wi-Fi networks. MAPC enables joint scheduling decisions across multiple access points (APs) to improve throughput, latency, and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-28 David Nunez , Francesc Wilhelmi , Maksymilian Wojnar , Katarzyna Kosek-Szott , Szymon Szott , Boris Bellalta

This paper focuses on improving the resource allocation algorithm in terms of packet delivery ratio (PDR), i.e., the number of successfully received packets sent by end devices (EDs) in a long-range wide-area network (LoRaWAN). Setting the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Farzad Azizi , Benyamin Teymuri , Rojin Aslani , Mehdi Rasti , Jesse Tolvanen , Pedro H. J. Nardelli

Due to limited resources and public safety concerns, deep reinforcement learning (RL) agents for many cyber-physical systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles) are first trained in simulators. However, when deployed in real world environments,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Gengyue Han , Yiheng Feng

We study the problem of real-time scheduling in a multi-hop millimeter-wave (mmWave) mesh. We develop a model-free deep reinforcement learning algorithm called Adaptive Activator RL (AARL), which determines the subset of mmWave links that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Barak Gahtan , Reuven Cohen , Alex M. Bronstein , Gil Kedar

This study explores the application of the rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) technique, vital for interference mitigation in modern communication systems. It investigates the use of precoding methods in RSMA, especially in complex…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Osman Nuri Irkicatal , Elif Tugce Ceran , Melda Yuksel

The sim-to-real gap, which represents the disparity between training and testing environments, poses a significant challenge in reinforcement learning (RL). A promising approach to addressing this challenge is distributionally robust RL,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Miao Lu , Han Zhong , Tong Zhang , Jose Blanchet

WiFi densification leads to the existence of multiple overlapping coverage areas, which allows user stations (STAs) to choose between different Access Points (APs). The standard WiFi association method makes the STAs select the AP with the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Marc Carrascosa , Boris Bellalta

We develop several provably efficient model-free reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms for infinite-horizon average-reward Markov Decision Processes (MDPs). We consider both online setting and the setting with access to a simulator. In the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Zihan Zhang , Qiaomin Xie

The emergent technology of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) has the potential to transform wireless environments into controllable systems, through programmable propagation of information-bearing signals. Techniques stemming from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Kyriakos Stylianopoulos , George Alexandropoulos , Chongwen Huang , Chau Yuen , Mehdi Bennis , and Mérouane Debbah

This paper targets at the problem of radio resource management for expected long-term delay-power tradeoff in vehicular communications. At each decision epoch, the road side unit observes the global network state, allocates channels and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-04 Xianfu Chen , Celimuge Wu , Honggang Zhang , Yan Zhang , Mehdi Bennis , Heli Vuojala