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Over-the-air federated learning (OTA-FL) is an emerging technique to reduce the computation and communication overload at the PS caused by the orthogonal transmissions of the model updates in conventional federated learning (FL). This…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Saba Asaad , Hina Tabassum , Chongjun Ouyang , Ping Wang

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) is a promising technology that is capable of achieving fast data aggregation in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The mean-squared error (MSE) performance of AirComp is bottlenecked by the unfavorable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Wenzhi Fang , Min Fu , Kunlun Wang , Yuanming Shi , Yong Zhou

Over-the-air (OTA) federated learning (FL) effectively utilizes communication bandwidth, yet it is vulnerable to errors during analog aggregation. While removing users with unfavorable channel conditions can mitigate these errors, it also…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-04 Yang Zhao , Minrui Xu , Ping Wang , Dusit Niyato

This paper addresses the problem of Over-The-Air (OTA) computation in wireless networks which has the potential to realize huge efficiency gains for instance in training of distributed ML models. We provide non-asymptotic, theoretical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Matthias Frey , Igor Bjelakovic , Slawomir Stanczak

In this paper, we propose an over-the-air (OTA)-based approach for distributed matrix-vector multiplications in the context of distributed machine learning (DML). Thanks to OTA computation, the column-wise partitioning of a large matrix…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Jinho Choi

Data-nulling superimposed pilot (DNSP) effectively alleviates the superimposed interference of superimposed training (ST)-based channel estimation (CE) in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, while facing the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-12 Chaojin Qing , Lei Dong , Li Wang , Guowei Ling , Jiafan Wang

This paper investigates over-the-air computation (AirComp) in the context of multiple-access time-varying multipath channels. We focus on a scenario where devices with high mobility transmit their sensing data to a fusion center (FC) for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Xinyu Huang , Henrik Hellstrom , Carlo Fischione

Non-coherent over-the-air (NCOTA) computation enables low-latency and bandwidth-efficient decentralized optimization by exploiting the average energy superposition property of wireless channels. It has recently been proposed as a powerful…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Nicolò Michelusi

This paper investigates the effect of imperfect channel state information (CSI) on the over-the-air computation (AirComp) system, in which multiple wireless devices (WDs) send individual messages to one access point (AP) for distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Yilong Chen , Guangxu Zhu , Jie Xu

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

This paper presents novel solutions for the efficient and reliable transmission of point clouds over wireless channels for real-time applications. We first propose SEmatic Point cloud Transmission (SEPT) for small-scale point clouds, which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-11 Chenghong Bian , Yulin Shao , Deniz Gunduz

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 (OTA) computation has recently emerged as a communication-efficient Federated Learning (FL) paradigm to train machine learning models over wireless networks. However, its performance is limited by the device with the worst SNR,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Muhammad Faraz Ul Abrar , Nicolò Michelusi

For millimeter-wave (mmWave) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication systems, we propose an innovative near-field (NF) transmission framework based on dynamic metasurface antenna (DMA) technology. In this framework, a base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-25 Yue Xiu , Yang Zhao , Songjie Yang , Yufeng Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Hongyang Du , Ning Wei

This paper introduces a novel multi-objective integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) framework to enable collaborative wireless sensing in conjunction with over-the-air federated-edge learning (OTA-FEEL). The framework enables…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Saba Asaad , Hina Tabassum , Ping Wang

Departing from the classic paradigm of data-centric designs, the 6G networks for supporting edge AI features task-oriented techniques that focus on effective and efficient execution of AI task. Targeting end-to-end system performance, such…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Dingzhu Wen , Xiang Jiao , Peixi Liu , Guangxu Zhu , Yuanming Shi , Kaibin Huang

A novel framework is proposed for the deployment and passive beamforming design of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) with the aid of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technology. The problem of joint deployment, phase shift…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-29 Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen , H. Vincent Poor

Wireless data aggregation (WDA), referring to aggregating data distributed at devices (e.g., sensors and smartphone), is a common operation in 5G-and-beyond machine-type communications to support Internet-of-Things (IoT), which lays the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-17 Guangxu Zhu , Jie Xu , Kaibin Huang , Shuguang Cui

This paper considers over-the-air federated learning (OTA-FL). OTA-FL exploits the superposition property of the wireless medium, and performs model aggregation over the air for free. Thus, it can greatly reduce the communication cost…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-13 Haibo Yang , Peiwen Qiu , Jia Liu , Aylin Yener

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been widely applied in current communication systems. The artificial intelligence (AI)-aided OFDM receivers are currently brought to the forefront to replace and improve the traditional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Peiwen Jiang , Tianqi Wang , Bin Han , Xuanxuan Gao , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li