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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) has been recognized as a promising technique in Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks for fast data aggregation from a large number of wireless devices. However, as the number of devices becomes large, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Xiongfei Zhai , Xihan Chen , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Due to its high communication efficiency, over-the-air computation (AirComp) has been expected to carry out various computing tasks in the next-generation wireless networks. However, up to now, most applications of AirComp are explored in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-14 Xin Xie , Cunqinq Hua , Jianan Hong , Yuejun Wei

The next-generation wireless networks are envisioned to support large-scale sensing and distributed machine learning, thereby enabling new intelligent mobile applications. One common network operation will be the aggregation of distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-13 Qiao Lan , Hyo Seung Kang , Kaibin Huang

One of the main challenges facing Internet of Things (IoT) networks is managing interference caused by the large number of devices communicating simultaneously, particularly in multi-cluster networks where multiple devices simultaneously…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Lucas Sempéré , Yue Bi , Yue Wu , Pengwenlong Gu , Selma Boumerdassi

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 computation (AirComp) provides a promising way to support ultrafast aggregation of distributed data. However, its performance cannot be guaranteed in long-distance transmission due to the distortion induced by the channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-26 Min Fu , Yong Zhou , Yuanming Shi , Ting Wang , Wei Chen

6G mobile networks aim to realize ubiquitous intelligence at the network edge via distributed learning, sensing, and data analytics. Their common operation is to aggregate high-dimensional data, which causes a communication bottleneck that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Jiawei Liu , Yi Gong , Kaibin Huang

As a revolution in networking, Internet of Things (IoT) aims at automating the operations of our societies by connecting and leveraging an enormous number of distributed devices (e.g., sensors and actuators). One design challenge is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Xiaoyang Li , Guangxu Zhu , Yi Gong , Kaibin Huang

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) has recently been recognized as a promising scheme for a fusion center to achieve fast distributed data aggregation in wireless networks via exploiting the superposition property of multiple-access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-23 Lukuan Xing , Yong Zhou , Yuanming Shi

Distributed optimization concerns the optimization of a common function in a distributed network, which finds a wide range of applications ranging from machine learning to vehicle platooning. Its key operation is to aggregate all local…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Zhenyi Lin , Yi Gong , Kaibin Huang

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

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) has recently emerged as a pivotal technique for communication-efficient federated learning (FL) in resource-constrained wireless networks. Though AirComp leverages the superposition property of multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Jiacheng Yao , Wei Xu , Guangxu Zhu , Zhaohui Yang , Kaibin Huang , Dusit Niyato

This paper presents the first broadband digital over-the-air computation (AirComp) system for phase asynchronous OFDM-based federated edge learning systems. Existing analog AirComp systems often assume perfect phase alignment via channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Xinbo Zhao , Lizhao You , Rui Cao , Yulin Shao , Liqun Fu

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

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 correspondence studies the wireless powered over-the-air computation (AirComp) for achieving sustainable wireless data aggregation (WDA) by integrating AirComp and wireless power transfer (WPT) into a joint design. In particular, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Siyao Zhang , Xinmin Li , Yin Long , Jie Xu , Shuguang Cui

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

The conventional FL methods face critical challenges in realistic wireless edge networks, where training data is both limited and heterogeneous, often leading to unstable training and poor generalization. To address these challenges in a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-09 Jun-Pyo Hong , Hyowoon Seo , Kisong Lee

Communication and computation are often viewed as separate tasks. This approach is very effective from the perspective of engineering as isolated optimizations can be performed. However, for many computation-oriented applications, the main…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Alphan Sahin , Rui Yang